All 50 U.S. States Ranked by Population 2022


In this article, we rank all 50 U.S. states by their population. Population counts are sourced from the Census Bureau’s annual population estimate for July 1, 2021 (released 2022).

This heat map shows the population of each state in the U.S.
Population by State – Heatmap
RankStatePopulation (as of July 1, 2021)
1California39.24 Million
2Texas29.53 Million
3Florida21.78 Million
4New York19.84 Million
5Pennsylvania12.96 Million
6Illinois12.67 Million
7Ohio11.78 Million
8Georgia10.80 Million
9North Carolina10.55 Million
10Michigan10.05 Million
11New Jersey9.27 Million
12Virginia8.64 Million
13Washington (state)7.74 Million
14Arizona7.28 Million
15Massachusetts6.98 Million
16Tennessee6.98 Million
17Indiana6.81 Million
18Missouri6.17 Million
19Maryland6.17 Million
20Wisconsin5.90 Million
21Colorado5.81 Million
22Minnesota5.71 Million
23South Carolina5.19 Million
24Alabama5.04 Million
25Louisiana4.62 Million
26Kentucky4.51 Million
27Oregon4.25 Million
28Oklahoma3.99 Million
29Connecticut3.61 Million
30Utah3.32 Million
31Iowa3.19 Million
32Nevada3.14 Million
33Arkansas3.03 Million
34Mississippi2.95 Million
35Kansas2.93 Million
36New Mexico2.12 Million
37Nebraska1.96 Million
38Idaho1.90 Million
39West Virginia1.78 Million
40Hawaii1.44 Million
41New Hampshire1.39 Million
42Maine1.37 Million
43Rhode Island1.10 Million
44Montana1.10 Million
45Delaware1.00 Million
46South Dakota895,000
47North Dakota775,000
48Alaska733,000
49Vermont646,000
50Wyoming579,000

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In college, Ricky studied physics & math, won a prestigious research competition hosted by Oak Ridge National Laboratory, started several small businesses including an energy chewing gum business and a computer repair business, and graduated with a thesis in algebraic topology. After graduating, Ricky attended grad school at Duke University in the mathematics PhD program where he worked on quantum algorithms & non-Euclidean geometry models for flexible proteins. He also worked in cybersecurity at Los Alamos during this time before eventually dropping out of grad school to join a startup working on formal semantic modeling for legal documents. Finally, he left that startup to start his own in the finance & crypto space. Now, he helps entrepreneurs pay less capital gains tax.

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