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).
Rank | State | Population (as of July 1, 2021) |
1 | California | 39.24 Million |
2 | Texas | 29.53 Million |
3 | Florida | 21.78 Million |
4 | New York | 19.84 Million |
5 | Pennsylvania | 12.96 Million |
6 | Illinois | 12.67 Million |
7 | Ohio | 11.78 Million |
8 | Georgia | 10.80 Million |
9 | North Carolina | 10.55 Million |
10 | Michigan | 10.05 Million |
11 | New Jersey | 9.27 Million |
12 | Virginia | 8.64 Million |
13 | Washington (state) | 7.74 Million |
14 | Arizona | 7.28 Million |
15 | Massachusetts | 6.98 Million |
16 | Tennessee | 6.98 Million |
17 | Indiana | 6.81 Million |
18 | Missouri | 6.17 Million |
19 | Maryland | 6.17 Million |
20 | Wisconsin | 5.90 Million |
21 | Colorado | 5.81 Million |
22 | Minnesota | 5.71 Million |
23 | South Carolina | 5.19 Million |
24 | Alabama | 5.04 Million |
25 | Louisiana | 4.62 Million |
26 | Kentucky | 4.51 Million |
27 | Oregon | 4.25 Million |
28 | Oklahoma | 3.99 Million |
29 | Connecticut | 3.61 Million |
30 | Utah | 3.32 Million |
31 | Iowa | 3.19 Million |
32 | Nevada | 3.14 Million |
33 | Arkansas | 3.03 Million |
34 | Mississippi | 2.95 Million |
35 | Kansas | 2.93 Million |
36 | New Mexico | 2.12 Million |
37 | Nebraska | 1.96 Million |
38 | Idaho | 1.90 Million |
39 | West Virginia | 1.78 Million |
40 | Hawaii | 1.44 Million |
41 | New Hampshire | 1.39 Million |
42 | Maine | 1.37 Million |
43 | Rhode Island | 1.10 Million |
44 | Montana | 1.10 Million |
45 | Delaware | 1.00 Million |
46 | South Dakota | 895,000 |
47 | North Dakota | 775,000 |
48 | Alaska | 733,000 |
49 | Vermont | 646,000 |
50 | Wyoming | 579,000 |