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Population 2024: U.S. states ranked

Measure: Population 2024. All 50 states and District of Columbia and Puerto Rico with data in Population and growth by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2024.

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Data last updated
2026-10-27
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National value: 340,003,797 (United States).

Washington: 7,927,958Idaho: 2,000,872Montana: 1,137,557North Dakota: 793,387Minnesota: 5,797,405Michigan: 10,099,962Ohio: 11,860,621Pennsylvania: 13,045,848New York: 20,001,419Vermont: 646,521New Hampshire: 1,408,518Maine: 1,408,438Arizona: 7,556,424California: 39,364,774New Mexico: 2,126,774Texas: 31,318,578Louisiana: 4,614,878Mississippi: 2,950,172Alabama: 5,163,055Florida: 23,265,838Georgia: 11,204,208South Carolina: 5,490,316North Carolina: 11,052,061Virginia: 8,819,642District of Columbia: 691,310Maryland: 6,245,314Delaware: 1,050,123New Jersey: 9,506,354Connecticut: 3,674,449Rhode Island: 1,110,415Massachusetts: 7,138,560Oregon: 4,265,324Utah: 3,502,983Wyoming: 586,722Nevada: 3,253,543Colorado: 5,988,502South Dakota: 927,110Nebraska: 2,005,591Kansas: 2,965,252Oklahoma: 4,097,758Iowa: 3,230,454Missouri: 6,243,544Wisconsin: 5,957,168Illinois: 12,703,033Kentucky: 4,584,046Arkansas: 3,096,080Tennessee: 7,251,291West Virginia: 1,767,402Indiana: 6,934,754Alaska: 736,537Hawaii: 1,434,952

Small states, hard to see on the map:

  • DC 691,310
  • RI 1,110,415
  • DE 1,050,123
  • CT 3,674,449
  • NJ 9,506,354
  • MD 6,245,314
  • MA 7,138,560
  • VT 646,521
  • NH 1,408,518
  • Lowest: 586,722 to 1,408,518
  • Group 2: 1,408,518 to 3,230,454
  • Group 3: 3,230,454 to 5,957,168
  • Group 4: 5,957,168 to 9,506,354
  • Highest: 9,506,354 to 39,364,774
The map is a visual summary; every value is in the table below, which is the keyboard and screen-reader path. Groups are quintiles of the values shown (a derived grouping). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain), simplified. Alaska and Hawaii are shown as insets, not to scale.

Rank is derived by Quadranac: 1 = highest value; ties share a rank. Values are as published in the source table.

1California39,364,774
2Texas31,318,578
3Florida23,265,838
4New York20,001,419
5Pennsylvania13,045,848
6Illinois12,703,033
7Ohio11,860,621
8Georgia11,204,208
9North Carolina11,052,061
10Michigan10,099,962
11New Jersey9,506,354
12Virginia8,819,642
13Washington7,927,958
14Arizona7,556,424
15Tennessee7,251,291
16Massachusetts7,138,560
17Indiana6,934,754
18Maryland6,245,314
19Missouri6,243,544
20Colorado5,988,502
21Wisconsin5,957,168
22Minnesota5,797,405
23South Carolina5,490,316
24Alabama5,163,055
25Louisiana4,614,878
26Kentucky4,584,046
27Oregon4,265,324
28Oklahoma4,097,758
29Connecticut3,674,449
30Utah3,502,983
31Nevada3,253,543
32Iowa3,230,454
33Puerto Rico3,202,521
34Arkansas3,096,080
35Kansas2,965,252
36Mississippi2,950,172
37New Mexico2,126,774
38Nebraska2,005,591
39Idaho2,000,872
40West Virginia1,767,402
41Hawaii1,434,952
42New Hampshire1,408,518
43Maine1,408,438
44Montana1,137,557
45Rhode Island1,110,415
46Delaware1,050,123
47South Dakota927,110
48North Dakota793,387
49Alaska736,537
50District of Columbia691,310
51Vermont646,521
52Wyoming586,722

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates: State Population Totals and Components of Change (NST-EST2025-ALLDATA). Reference period: 2025.

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U.S. states ranked by population 2024 (2024). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 state totals; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-10-27. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-population-2024/

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