LIST OF U.S. STATES BY POPULATION

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Map of states' populations (2006)

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).

Contents
Classification
See also
References

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

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