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This is a 'list of states of the United States by population' (with inhabited non-state jurisdictions included for comparison) as of July 1, 2006, according to the 2005 estimates of the United States Census Bureau. The total population of the United States was 281,421,906 at the 2000 Census, and is estimated to be 302,754,716 in July 2007. As of July 1, 2006, the estimated population of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the other insular areas of the United States was 303,755,930. Notably, the top nine states in population contain half of the total population. The twenty-five lowest-population states contain less than one-sixth of the total population.
The United States Census counts all persons present on the territory of the United States other than short-term visitors, including citizens, non-citizen permanent residents, non-citizen long-term visitors, and illegal aliens. In addition, those serving abroad in the United States Armed Forces and their dependents are also counted in their home state.
Based on data from the decennial census, each state is allocated a proportion of the 435 seats in the United States House of Representatives, though regardless of population, each state is guaranteed a minimum of one seat. The Electoral College is the body that, every four years, elects the President and Vice President of the United States. Each state's representation in the Electoral College is equal to that state's total number of members in both houses of the United States Congress. By the Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution, the District of Columbia, which lies outside of the jurisdiction of any state, is granted as many votes in the Electoral College as is given the state with the lowest representation in that body. Thus the total representation of the College is 538 members (100 senators plus 435 representatives, plus 3 members for the District of Columbia).

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Classification

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Classification

State Rank	Territory Rank	State	Population	House seats	Elec. College votes	Pop. per House seat	Pop. per electoral vote	Percent of total pop.	Cumulative percent (descending)
1	1	California	36457549	53	55	687878	662865	12.00%	12.00%
2	2	Texas	23507783	32	34	734618	691405	7.74%	19.74%
3	3	New York	19306183	29	31	665730	622780	6.36%	26.10%
4	4	Florida	18089888	25	27	723596	669996	5.96%	32.06%
5	5	Illinois	12831970	19	21	675367	611046	4.22%	36.28%
6	6	Pennsylvania	12440621	19	21	654770	592411	4.10%	40.39%
7	7	Ohio	11478006	18	20	637667	573900	3.78%	44.17%
8	8	Michigan	10095643	15	17	673043	593861	3.32%	47.49%
9	9	Georgia	9363941	13	15	720303	624263	3.08%	50.57%
10	10	North Carolina	8856505	13	15	681270	590434	2.92%	53.49%
11	11	New Jersey	8724560	13	15	671120	581637	2.87%	56.36%
12	12	Virginia	7642884	11	13	694808	587914	2.52%	58.88%
13	13	Massachusetts	6437193	10	12	643719	536443	2.12%	61.00%
14	14	Washington	6395798	9	11	710644	581436	2.11%	63.11%
15	15	Indiana	6313520	9	11	701502	573956	2.08%	65.19%
16	16	Arizona	6166318	8	10	770790	616632	2.03%	67.22%
17	17	Tennessee	6038803	9	11	670978	548982	1.99%	69.21%
18	18	Missouri	5842713	9	11	649190	531156	1.92%	71.13%
19	19	Maryland	5615727	8	10	701966	561573	1.85%	72.98%
20	20	Wisconsin	5556506	8	10	694563	555651	1.83%	74.81%
21	21	Minnesota	5167101	8	10	645888	516710	1.70%	76.51%
22	22	Colorado	4753377	7	9	679054	528153	1.56%	78.07%
23	23	Alabama	4599030	7	9	657004	511003	1.51%	79.58%
24	24	South Carolina	4321249	6	8	720208	540156	1.42%	81.00%
25	25	Louisiana	4287768	7	9	612538	476419	1.41%	82.41%
26	26	Kentucky	4206074	6	8	701012	525759	1.38%	83.79%
	27	''Puerto Rico''	3927776	[1]	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.29%	85.08%
27	28	Oregon	3700758	5	7	740152	528680	1.22%	86.30%
28	29	Oklahoma	3579212	5	7	715842	511316	1.18%	87.48%
29	30	Connecticut	3504809	5	7	700962	500687	1.15%	88.63%
30	31	Iowa	2982085	5	7	596417	426012	0.98%	89.61%
31	32	Mississippi	2910540	4	6	727635	485090	0.96%	90.57%
32	33	Arkansas	2810872	4	6	702718	468479	0.93%	91.50%
33	34	Kansas	2764075	4	6	691019	460679	0.91%	92.41%
34	35	Utah	2550063	3	5	850021	510013	0.84%	93.25%
35	36	Nevada	2495529	3	5	831843	499106	0.82%	94.07%
36	37	New Mexico	1954599	3	5	651533	390920	0.64%	94.71%
37	38	West Virginia	1818470	3	5	606157	363694	0.60%	95.31%
38	39	Nebraska	1768331	3	5	589444	353666	0.58%	95.89%
39	40	Idaho	1466465	2	4	733233	366616	0.48%	96.37%
40	41	Maine	1321574	2	4	660787	330394	0.44%	96.81%
41	42	New Hampshire	1314895	2	4	657448	328724	0.43%	97.24%
42	43	Hawaii	1285498	2	4	642749	321375	0.42%	97.66%
43	44	Rhode Island	1067610	2	4	533805	266903	0.35%	98.01%
44	45	Montana	944632	1	3	944632	314877	0.31%	98.32%
45	46	Delaware	853476	1	3	853476	284492	0.28%	98.60%
46	47	South Dakota	781919	1	3	781919	260640	0.26%	98.86%
47	48	Alaska	670053	1	3	670053	223351	0.22%	99.08%
48	49	North Dakota	635867	1	3	635867	211956	0.21%	99.29%
49	50	Vermont	623908	1	3	623908	207969	0.21%	99.50%
	51	''D. of Columbia''	581530	[2]	3	n/a	193843	0.19%	99.69%
50	52	Wyoming	515004	1	3	515004	171668	0.17%	99.86%
	53	''Guam''	170000	American Samoa, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands are represented by one non-voting House delegate each. An act to add a delegate from the Northern Mariana Islands has been considered by Congress in 2005, but not yet passed. || n/a || n/a || n/a || 0.06% || 99.92%
	54	''US Virgin Islands''	112000		n/a	n/a	n/a	0.04%	99.96%
	55	''Northern Mariana Islands''	80801		n/a	n/a	n/a	0.03%	99.99%
	56	''American Samoa''	66869		n/a	n/a	n/a	0.02%	100.00%

1. Puerto Rico elects a non-voting resident commissioner to the House.
2. The District of Columbia elects a non-voting delegate to the House.


:n.b. ''Excluding Washington DC, Wyoming comes 50th. Other territories do not have statehood.''
:n.b.b. ''Total cumulative percentage actually sums to 100.01% due to rounding errors of the parts.''

See also

★ List of U.S. states by area

★ List of United States cities by population

★ List of U.S. states by population density

★ United States Electoral College

★ United States House of Representatives

★ List of European Union states by population

References

★ 2006 Census estimates

★ 2000 Census population, area and density results