States Ranked by 2005 Population Estimates

[Bartholomew]

States Ranked by 2005 Population Estimates

US Census Bureau 2005 Estimates:

1 .California 36,132,147

2 .Texas 22,859,968

3 .New York 19,254,630

4 .Florida 17,789,864

5 .Illinois 12,763,371

6 .Pennsylvania 12,429,616

7 .Ohio 11,464,042

8 .Michigan 10,120,860

9 .Georgia 9,072,576

10 .New Jersey 8,717,925

11 .North Carolina 8,683,242

12 .Virginia 7,567,465

13 .Massachusetts 6,398,743

14 .Washington 6,287,759

15 .Indiana 6,271,973

16 .Tennessee 5,962,959

17 .Arizona 5,939,292

18 .Missouri 5,800,310

19 .Maryland 5,600,388

20 .Wisconsin 5,536,201

21 .Minnesota 5,132,799

22 .Colorado 4,665,177

23 .Alabama 4,557,808

24 .Louisiana 4,523,628

25 .South Carolina 4,255,083

26 .Kentucky 4,173,405

27 .Oregon 3,641,056

28 .Oklahoma 3,547,884

29 .Connecticut 3,510,297

30 .Iowa 2,966,334

31 .Mississippi 2,921,088

32 .Arkansas 2,779,154

33 .Kansas 2,744,687

34 .Utah 2,469,585

35 .Nevada 2,414,807

36 .New Mexico 1,928,384

37 .West Virginia 1,816,856

38 .Nebraska 1,758,787

39 .Idaho 1,429,096

40 .Maine 1,321,505

41 .New Hampshire 1,309,940

42 .Hawaii 1,275,194

43 .Rhode Island 1,076,189

44 .Montana 935,670

45 .Delaware 843,524

46 .South Dakota 775,933

47 .Alaska 663,661

48 .North Dakota 636,677

49 .Vermont 623,050

50 .Wyoming 509,294

District of Columbia 550,521

United States 296,410,404

[cameronm]

The only reason New York is ahead of florida is because the boost of New York city and it's metro population. But Florida will catch up soon.

[Bartholomew]

Ranking by numerical increase/decrease 2000 to 2005:

United States 14,985,802

.California 2,260,494

.Texas 2,008,176

.Florida 1,807,040

.Georgia 885,760

.Arizona 808,660

.North Carolina 636,751

.Virginia 488,435

.Nevada 416,550

.Washington 393,619

.Colorado 363,162

.Illinois 343,724

.Maryland 303,882

.New Jersey 303,578

.New York 277,809

.Tennessee 273,697

.South Carolina 243,267

.Utah 236,387

.Oregon 219,620

.Minnesota 213,307

.Missouri 203,627

.Indiana 191,456

.Michigan 182,380

.Wisconsin 172,486

.Pennsylvania 148,562

.Idaho 135,140

.Kentucky 131,120

.Ohio 110,897

.Alabama 110,457

.New Mexico 109,338

.Arkansas 105,756

.Connecticut 104,695

.Oklahoma 97,232

.Mississippi 76,432

.New Hampshire 74,154

.Hawaii 63,657

.Delaware 59,924

.Kansas 55,863

.Louisiana 54,670

.Massachusetts 49,638

.Nebraska 47,522

.Maine 46,582

.Iowa 39,952

.Alaska 36,730

.Montana 33,475

.Rhode Island 27,870

.South Dakota 21,093

.Wyoming 15,512

.Vermont 14,223

.West Virginia 8,506

.North Dakota -5,527

.District of Columbia -21,538

Percent Change Increase/Decrease 2000 to 2005:

United States 5.3

.Nevada 20.8

.Arizona 15.8

.Florida 11.3

.Georgia 10.8

.Utah 10.6

.Idaho 10.4

.Texas 9.6

.Colorado 8.4

.North Carolina 7.9

.Delaware 7.6

.Virginia 6.9

.Washington 6.7

.California 6.7

.Oregon 6.4

.South Carolina 6.1

.New Mexico 6.0

.New Hampshire 6.0

.Alaska 5.9

.Maryland 5.7

.Hawaii 5.3

.Tennessee 4.8

.Minnesota 4.3

.Arkansas 4.0

.Montana 3.7

.Maine 3.7

.Missouri 3.6

.New Jersey 3.6

.Kentucky 3.2

.Wisconsin 3.2

.Indiana 3.1

.Wyoming 3.1

.Connecticut 3.1

.Oklahoma 2.8

.South Dakota 2.8

.Nebraska 2.8

.Illinois 2.8

.Mississippi 2.7

.Rhode Island 2.7

.Alabama 2.5

.Vermont 2.3

.Kansas 2.1

.Michigan 1.8

.New York 1.5

.Iowa 1.4

.Louisiana 1.2

.Pennsylvania 1.2

.Ohio 1.0

.Massachusetts 0.8

.West Virginia 0.5

.North Dakota -0.9

.District of Columbia -3.8

[EbonyGardens]

Florida will overtake NY for 3rd largest, just watch. It's only 1.4 million that separates us from them. One question, if Greater New York has 22 million and NY state has 19 million, then wouldn't NY be number 4?

[monsoon]

Florida will overtake NY for 3rd largest, just watch. It's only 1.4 million that separates us from them. One question, if Greater New York has 22 million and NY state has 19 million, then wouldn't NY be number 4?

The 22 million refers to the NYC CSA which is of course multiple MSA's. It includes part of Penn, NJ and Conn.

[Unifour]

According to the latest census report, Florida is projected to overtake New York state by 2010. Florida is growing far faster and New York state actually recorded a loss over the past year. Florida could reach nearly 20,000,000 in population over the next few years if it doesn't slow. As usual the census reports the West and the South continue to dominate the USA's population growth, which is the fastest in the industrialized world by far. If current trends continue, the USA could have a population of 550,000,000 by 2050. It could be over 1,000,000,000 by the end of the century. If you think urban sprawl is bad now, wonder what it will be like then??