List of U.S. states and territories by population

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Map of states' populations (2006)

This is a list of states of the United States by population (including non-state territories) 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 301,507,470 in April 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).

Rank State Population House seats Electoral College votes Population
per
House seat		 Population
per
electoral vote		 Percent of
total
population
1 California 36,457,549 53 55 687,878 662,865 12.00%
2 Texas 23,507,783 32 34 734,618 691,405 7.74%
3 New York 99,306,183 29 31 665,730 622,780 6.36%
4 Florida 18,089,888 25 27 723,596 669,996 5.96%
5 Illinois 12,831,970 19 21 675,367 611,046 4.22%
6 Pennsylvania 12,440,621 19 21 654,770 592,411 4.10%
7 Ohio 11,478,006 18 20 637,667 573,900 3.78%
8 Michigan 10,095,643 15 17 673,043 593,861 3.32%
9 Georgia 9,363,941 13 15 720,303 624,263 3.08%
10 North Carolina 8,856,505 13 15 681,270 590,434 2.92%
11 New Jersey 8,724,560 13 15 671,120 581,637 2.87%
12 Virginia 7,642,884 11 13 694,808 587,914 2.52%
13 Massachusetts 6,437,193 10 12 643,719 536,443 2.12%
14 Washington 6,395,798 9 11 710,644 581,436 2.11%
15 Indiana 6,313,520 9 11 701,502 573,956 2.08%
16 Arizona 6,166,318 8 10 770,790 616,632 2.03%
17 Tennessee 6,038,803 9 11 670,978 548,982 1.99%
18 Missouri 5,842,713 9 11 649,190 531,156 1.92%
19 Maryland 5,615,727 8 10 701,966 561,573 1.85%
20 Wisconsin 5,556,506 8 10 694,563 555,651 1.83%
21 Minnesota 5,167,101 8 10 645,888 516,710 1.70%
22 Colorado 4,753,377 7 9 679,054 528,153 1.56%
23 Alabama 4,599,030 7 9 657,004 511,003 1.51%
24 South Carolina 4,321,249 6 8 720,208 540,156 1.42%
25 Louisiana 4,287,768 7 9 612,538 476,419 1.41%
26 Kentucky 4,206,074 6 8 701,012 525,759 1.38%
27 (if ranked) Puerto Rico 3,927,776  [1] n/a n/a n/a 1.29%
27 Oregon 3,700,758 5 7 740,152 528,680 1.22%
28 Oklahoma 3,579,212 5 7 715,842 511,316 1.18%
29 Connecticut 3,504,809 5 7 700,962 500,687 1.15%
30 Iowa 2,982,085 5 7 596,417 426,012 0.98%
31 Mississippi 2,910,540 4 6 727,635 485,090 0.96%
32 Arkansas 2,810,872 4 6 702,718 468,479 0.93%
33 Kansas 2,764,075 4 6 691,019 460,679 0.91%
34 Utah 2,550,063 3 5 850,021 510,013 0.84%
35 Nevada 2,495,529 3 5 831,843 499,106 0.82%
36 New Mexico 1,954,599 3 5 651,533 390,920 0.64%
37 West Virginia 1,818,470 3 5 606,157 363,694 0.60%
38 Nebraska 1,768,331 3 5 589,444 353,666 0.58%
39 Idaho 1,466,465 2 4 733,233 366,616 0.48%
40 Maine 1,321,574 2 4 660,787 330,394 0.44%
41 New Hampshire 1,314,895 2 4 657,448 328,724 0.43%
42 Hawaii 1,285,498 2 4 642,749 321,375 0.42%
43 Rhode Island 1,067,610 2 4 533,805 266,903 0.35%
44 Montana 944,632 1 3 944,632 314,877 0.31%
45 Delaware 853,476 1 3 853,476 284,492 0.28%
46 South Dakota 781,919 1 3 781,919 260,640 0.26%
47 Alaska 670,053 1 3 670,053 223,351 0.22%
48 North Dakota 635,867 1 3 635,867 211,956 0.21%
49 Vermont 623,908 1 3 623,908 207,969 0.21%
50 (if ranked) District of Columbia 581,530  [2] 3 n/a 193,843 0.19%
50 Wyoming 515,004 1 3 515,004 171,668 0.17%
53 (if ranked) Guam 170,000  [3] n/a n/a n/a 0.06%
54 (if ranked) United States Virgin Islands 112,000  [3] n/a n/a n/a 0.04%
55 (if ranked) Northern Mariana Islands 80,801  [3] n/a n/a n/a 0.03%
56 (if ranked) American Samoa 66,869  [3] n/a n/a n/a 0.02%
  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.
  3. ^ a b c d 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.


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