Rankings · Place

Highest population by state

Population.

This measure has no better end. The order describes the states, it does not rank them — see the other direction.

Census ACS 1-yr 2024 (auto-updated)

  1. 1California39,431,263
  2. 2Texas31,290,831
  3. 3Florida23,372,215
  4. 4New York19,867,248
  5. 5Pennsylvania13,078,751
  6. 6Illinois12,710,158
  7. 7Ohio11,883,304
  8. 8Georgia11,180,878
  9. 9North Carolina11,046,024
  10. 10Michigan10,140,459
  11. 11New Jersey9,500,851
  12. 12Virginia8,811,195
  13. 13Washington7,958,180
  14. 14Arizona7,582,384
  15. 15Tennessee7,227,750
  16. 16Massachusetts7,136,171
  17. 17Indiana6,924,275
  18. 18Maryland6,263,220
  19. 19Missouri6,245,466
  20. 20Wisconsin5,960,975
  21. 21Colorado5,957,494
  22. 22Minnesota5,793,151
  23. 23South Carolina5,478,831
  24. 24Alabama5,157,699
  25. 25Louisiana4,597,740
  26. 26Kentucky4,588,372
  27. 27Oregon4,272,371
  28. 28Oklahoma4,095,393
  29. 29Connecticut3,675,069
  30. 30Utah3,503,613
  31. 31Nevada3,267,467
  32. 32Iowa3,241,488
  33. 33Arkansas3,088,354
  34. 34Kansas2,970,606
  35. 35Mississippi2,943,045
  36. 36New Mexico2,130,256
  37. 37Nebraska2,005,466
  38. 38Idaho2,001,619
  39. 39West Virginia1,769,979
  40. 40Hawaii1,446,146
  41. 41New Hampshire1,409,032
  42. 42Maine1,405,012
  43. 43Montana1,137,233
  44. 44Rhode Island1,112,308
  45. 45Delaware1,051,917
  46. 46South Dakota924,669
  47. 47North Dakota796,568
  48. 48Alaska740,133
  49. 49District of Columbia702,250
  50. 50Vermont648,493
  51. 51Wyoming587,618
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Source: U.S. Census Bureau. · How this is built