Population Characteristics - Population (2010 - 2022) To resort data: click column headings. To download data: click here. Name Change (%) Rank Change (%) Population 2010 Population 2022 Change (Number) Idaho 1 23.7% 1,567,582 1,939,033 371,451 Utah 2 22.3% 2,763,885 3,380,800 616,915 Texas 3 19.4% 25,145,561 30,029,572 4,884,011 Florida 4 18.3% 18,801,310 22,244,823 3,443,513 Nevada 5 17.7% 2,700,551 3,177,772 477,221 Colorado 6 16.1% 5,029,196 5,839,926 810,730 North Dakota 7 15.9% 672,591 779,261 106,670 Washington 8 15.8% 6,724,540 7,785,786 1,061,246 Arizona 9 15.1% 6,392,017 7,359,197 967,180 South Carolina 10 14.2% 4,625,364 5,282,634 657,270 Montana 11 13.5% 989,415 1,122,867 133,452 Delaware 12 13.4% 897,934 1,018,396 120,462 Georgia 13 12.6% 9,687,653 10,912,876 1,225,223 North Carolina 14 12.2% 9,535,483 10,698,973 1,163,490 South Dakota 15 11.7% 814,180 909,824 95,644 Tennessee 16 11.1% 6,346,105 7,051,339 705,234 Oregon 17 10.7% 3,831,074 4,240,137 409,063 Virginia 18 8.5% 8,001,024 8,683,619 682,595 Minnesota 19 7.8% 5,303,925 5,717,184 413,259 Nebraska 20 7.8% 1,826,341 1,967,923 141,582 Oklahoma 21 7.2% 3,751,351 4,019,800 268,449 Maryland 22 6.8% 5,773,552 6,164,660 391,108 Massachusetts 23 6.6% 6,547,629 6,981,974 434,345 Alabama 24 6.2% 4,779,736 5,074,296 294,560 New Hampshire 25 6.0% 1,316,470 1,395,231 78,761 Hawaii 26 5.9% 1,360,301 1,440,196 79,895 Indiana 27 5.4% 6,483,802 6,833,037 349,235 New Jersey 28 5.3% 8,791,894 9,261,699 469,805 Iowa 29 5.1% 3,046,355 3,200,517 154,162 California 30 4.8% 37,253,956 39,029,342 1,775,386 Arkansas 31 4.4% 2,915,918 3,045,637 129,719 Maine 32 4.3% 1,328,361 1,385,340 56,979 Kentucky 33 4.0% 4,339,367 4,512,310 172,943 Rhode Island 34 3.9% 1,052,567 1,093,734 41,167 Wisconsin 35 3.6% 5,686,986 5,892,539 205,553 Vermont 36 3.4% 625,741 647,064 21,323 Alaska 37 3.3% 710,231 733,583 23,352 Missouri 38 3.2% 5,988,927 6,177,957 189,030 Wyoming 39 3.2% 563,626 581,381 17,755 Kansas 40 2.9% 2,853,118 2,937,150 84,032 New Mexico 41 2.6% 2,059,179 2,113,344 54,165 Pennsylvania 42 2.1% 12,702,379 12,972,008 269,629 Ohio 43 1.9% 11,536,504 11,756,058 219,554 New York 44 1.5% 19,378,102 19,677,151 299,049 Michigan 45 1.5% 9,883,640 10,034,113 150,473 Connecticut 46 1.5% 3,574,097 3,626,205 52,108 Louisiana 47 1.3% 4,533,372 4,590,241 56,869 Mississippi 48 -0.9% 2,967,297 2,940,057 -27,240 Illinois 49 -1.9% 12,830,632 12,582,032 -248,600 West Virginia 50 -4.2% 1,852,994 1,775,156 -77,838 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: April 12, 2023.