Population Characteristics - Population (2010 - 2023) To resort data: click column headings. To download data: click here. Name Change (%) Rank Change (%) Population 2010 Population 2023 Change (Number) Idaho 1 25.3% 1,567,582 1,964,726 397,144 Utah 2 23.7% 2,763,885 3,417,734 653,849 Texas 3 21.3% 25,145,561 30,503,301 5,357,740 Florida 4 20.3% 18,801,310 22,610,726 3,809,416 Nevada 5 18.3% 2,700,551 3,194,176 493,625 Colorado 6 16.9% 5,029,196 5,877,610 848,414 North Dakota 7 16.6% 672,591 783,926 111,335 Arizona 8 16.3% 6,392,017 7,431,344 1,039,327 Washington 9 16.2% 6,724,540 7,812,880 1,088,340 South Carolina 10 16.2% 4,625,364 5,373,555 748,191 Delaware 11 14.9% 897,934 1,031,890 133,956 Montana 12 14.5% 989,415 1,132,812 143,397 Georgia 13 13.8% 9,687,653 11,029,227 1,341,574 North Carolina 14 13.6% 9,535,483 10,835,491 1,300,008 South Dakota 15 12.9% 814,180 919,318 105,138 Tennessee 16 12.3% 6,346,105 7,126,489 780,384 Oregon 17 10.5% 3,831,074 4,233,358 402,284 Virginia 18 8.9% 8,001,024 8,715,698 714,674 Nebraska 19 8.3% 1,826,341 1,978,379 152,038 Minnesota 20 8.2% 5,303,925 5,737,915 433,990 Oklahoma 21 8.1% 3,751,351 4,053,824 302,473 Maryland 22 7.0% 5,773,552 6,180,253 406,701 Massachusetts 23 6.9% 6,547,629 7,001,399 453,770 Alabama 24 6.9% 4,779,736 5,108,468 328,732 New Hampshire 25 6.5% 1,316,470 1,402,054 85,584 Indiana 26 5.8% 6,483,802 6,862,199 378,397 New Jersey 27 5.7% 8,791,894 9,290,841 498,947 Hawaii 28 5.5% 1,360,301 1,435,138 74,837 Iowa 29 5.3% 3,046,355 3,207,004 160,649 Arkansas 30 5.2% 2,915,918 3,067,732 151,814 Maine 31 5.1% 1,328,361 1,395,722 67,361 California 32 4.6% 37,253,956 38,965,193 1,711,237 Kentucky 33 4.3% 4,339,367 4,526,154 186,787 Rhode Island 34 4.1% 1,052,567 1,095,962 43,395 Wisconsin 35 3.9% 5,686,986 5,910,955 223,969 Wyoming 36 3.6% 563,626 584,057 20,431 Vermont 37 3.5% 625,741 647,464 21,723 Missouri 38 3.5% 5,988,927 6,196,156 207,229 Alaska 39 3.3% 710,231 733,406 23,175 Kansas 40 3.1% 2,853,118 2,940,546 87,428 New Mexico 41 2.7% 2,059,179 2,114,371 55,192 Ohio 42 2.2% 11,536,504 11,785,935 249,431 Pennsylvania 43 2.0% 12,702,379 12,961,683 259,304 Michigan 44 1.6% 9,883,640 10,037,261 153,621 Connecticut 45 1.2% 3,574,097 3,617,176 43,079 New York 46 1.0% 19,378,102 19,571,216 193,114 Louisiana 47 0.9% 4,533,372 4,573,749 40,377 Mississippi 48 -0.9% 2,967,297 2,939,690 -27,607 Illinois 49 -2.2% 12,830,632 12,549,689 -280,943 West Virginia 50 -4.5% 1,852,994 1,770,071 -82,923 Source: 1970 & 1980: U.S. Bureau of the Census, County Population Census Counts, (https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade/decennial-publications.1970.html); 2001-2009, 2011-2022: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Population Estimates Program, (https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/tables.html); 1990, 2000, 2010: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Explore Census Data, (https://data.census.gov/cedsci/); DATE LAST UPDATED: August 21, 2024.