Population by state 2000 and 2009

Use this form to list the population of each of the 50 states in the United States in 2000 and 2009. You can also order the states by absolute and relative population growth.

The 2000 data is from the United States Census Bureau Population Census in 2000. The 2009 population data is from the 2009 population estimate.



#State20092000Change% change
1North Dakota646,844642,1954,6490.72%
2Rhode Island1,053,2091,048,3154,8940.47%
3West Virginia1,819,7771,808,34411,4330.63%
4Vermont621,760608,82112,9392.13%
5Louisiana4,492,0764,468,97223,1040.52%
6District of Columbia599,657572,05527,6024.83%
7Michigan9,969,7279,938,49231,2350.31%
8Maine1,318,3011,274,91543,3863.4%
9Wyoming544,270493,78350,48710.22%
10South Dakota812,383754,83557,5487.62%
11Alaska698,473626,93171,54211.41%
12Montana974,989902,19072,7998.07%
13Iowa3,007,8562,926,38081,4762.78%
14Hawaii1,295,1781,211,53883,6406.9%
15Nebraska1,796,6191,711,26585,3544.99%
16New Hampshire1,324,5751,235,79188,7847.18%
17Delaware885,122783,557101,56512.96%
18Mississippi2,951,9962,844,666107,3303.77%
19Connecticut 3,518,2883,405,607112,6813.31%
20Kansas2,818,7472,688,811129,9364.83%
#State20092000Change% change
21Ohio11,542,64511,353,150189,4951.67%
22New Mexico2,009,6711,819,041190,63010.48%
23Arkansas2,889,4502,673,386216,0648.08%
24Oklahoma3,687,0503,450,638236,4126.85%
25Massachusetts6,593,5876,349,119244,4683.85%
26Idaho1,545,8011,293,955251,84619.46%
27Alabama4,708,7084,447,382261,3265.88%
28Kentucky4,314,1134,042,288271,8256.72%
29Wisconsin5,654,7745,363,708291,0665.43%
30New Jersey8,707,7398,414,378293,3613.49%
31Pennsylvania12,604,76712,281,071323,6962.64%
32Indiana6,423,1136,080,520342,5935.63%
33Minnesota5,266,2144,919,492346,7227.05%
34Missouri5,987,5805,596,684390,8966.98%
35Maryland5,699,4785,296,544402,9347.61%
36Oregon3,825,6573,421,437404,22011.81%
37Illinois12,910,40912,419,658490,7513.95%
38South Carolina4,561,2424,011,832549,41013.69%
39Utah2,784,5722,233,204551,36824.69%
40New York19,541,45318,976,811564,6422.98%
#State20092000Change% change
41Tennessee6,296,2545,689,276606,97810.67%
42Nevada2,643,0851,998,260644,82532.27%
43Colorado5,024,7484,302,015722,73316.8%
44Washington6,664,1955,894,143770,05213.06%
45Virginia7,882,5907,079,048803,54211.35%
46North Carolina9,380,8848,046,4061,334,47816.58%
47Arizona6,595,7785,130,6071,465,17128.56%
48Georgia9,829,2118,186,7811,642,43020.06%
49Florida18,537,96915,982,8392,555,13015.99%
50California36,961,66433,871,6483,090,0169.12%
51Texas24,782,30220,851,8183,930,48418.85%