State Rankings -- Statistical Abstract of the United States
RESIDENT POPULATION--JULY 1, 2003
[When states share the same rank, the next lower rank is omitted.
Because of rounded data, states may have identical values shown,
but different ranks.]
State
Number
Rank
United States
290,809,777
(X)
Alabama
4,500,752
23
Alaska
648,818
47
Arizona
5,580,811
18
Arkansas
2,725,714
32
California
35,484,453
1
Colorado
4,550,688
22
Connecticut
3,483,372
29
Delaware
817,491
45
District
of Columbia
563,384
(X)
Florida
17,019,068
4
Georgia
8,684,715
9
Hawaii
1,257,608
42
Idaho
1,366,332
39
Illinois
12,653,544
5
Indiana
6,195,643
14
Iowa
2,944,062
30
Kansas
2,723,507
33
Kentucky
4,117,827
26
Louisiana
4,496,334
24
Maine
1,305,728
40
Maryland
5,508,909
19
Massachusetts
6,433,422
13
Michigan
10,079,985
8
Minnesota
5,059,375
21
Mississippi
2,881,281
31
Missouri
5,704,484
17
Montana
917,621
44
Nebraska
1,739,291
38
Nevada
2,241,154
35
New
Hampshire
1,287,687
41
New
Jersey
8,638,396
10
New
Mexico
1,874,614
36
New
York
19,190,115
3
North
Carolina
8,407,248
11
North
Dakota
633,837
48
Ohio
11,435,798
7
Oklahoma
3,511,532
28
Oregon
3,559,596
27
Pennsylvania
12,365,455
6
Rhode
Island
1,076,164
43
South
Carolina
4,147,152
25
South
Dakota
764,309
46
Tennessee
5,841,748
16
Texas
22,118,509
2
Utah
2,351,467
34
Vermont
619,107
49
Virginia
7,386,330
12
Washington
6,131,445
15
West
Virginia
1,810,354
37
Wisconsin
5,472,299
20
Wyoming
501,242
50
X Not applicable.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau,
"Table NST-EST2003-01 - Annual Estimates of the Population for the United
States and States, and for Puerto Rico: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003";
published 18 December 2003.
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