U.S. State Resident Population Estimates, 2005

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State	July 2005 pop.¹	July 2004 pop.	Pop. rank, 2004	July 2003 pop.	Pop. rank, 2003	Percent change, 1990–2000	Pop. per sq mi, 2000	2000	Pop. rank, 2000	1990	1950	1900	1790
Alabama	4,557,808	4,530,182	23	4,500,752	23	10.1%	87.6	4,447,100	23	4,040,587	3,061,743	1,828,697	—
>Alaska	663,661	655,435	47	648,818	47	14.0	1.1	626,932	48	550,043	128,643	63,592	—
Arizona	5,939,292	5,743,834	18	5,580,811	18	40.0	45.2	5,130,632	20	3,665,228	749,587	122,931	—
Arkansas	2,779,154	2,752,629	32	2,725,714	32	13.7	51.3	2,673,400	33	2,350,725	1,909,511	1,311,564	—
California	36,132,147	35,893,799	1	35,484,453	1	13.8	217.2	33,871,648	1	29,760,021	10,586,223	1,485,053	—
Colorado	4,665,177	4,601,403	22	4,550,688	22	30.6	41.5	4,301,261	24	3,294,394	1,325,089	539,700	—
Connecticut	3,510,297	3,503,604	29	3,483,372	29	3.6	702.9	3,405,565	29	3,287,116	2,007,280	908,420	237,946
Delaware	843,524	830,364	45	817,491	45	17.6	401.0	783,600	45	666,168	318,085	184,735	59,096
DC	550,521	553,523	—	563,384	50	–5.7	9,378.0	572,059	—	606,900	802,178	278,718	—
Florida	17,789,864	17,397,161	4	17,019,068	4	23.5	296.4	15,982,378	4	12,937,926	2,771,305	528,542	—
Georgia	9,072,576	8,829,383	9	8,684,715	9	26.4	141.4	8,186,453	10	6,478,216	3,444,578	2,216,331	82,548
Hawaii	1,275,194	1,262,840	42	1,257,608	42	9.3	188.6	1,211,537	42	1,108,229	499,794	154,001	—
Idaho	1,429,096	1,393,262	39	1,366,332	39	28.5	15.6	1,293,953	39	1,006,749	588,637	161,772	—
Illinois	12,763,371	12,713,634	5	12,653,544	5	8.6	223.4	12,419,293	5	11,430,602	8,712,176	4,821,550	—
Indiana	6,271,973	6,237,569	14	6,195,643	14	9.7	169.5	6,080,485	14	5,544,159	3,934,224	2,516,462	—
Iowa	2,966,334	2,954,451	30	2,944,062	30	5.4	52.4	2,926,324	30	2,776,755	2,621,073	2,231,853	—
Kansas	2,744,687	2,735,502	33	2,723,507	33	8.5	32.9	2,688,418	32	2,477,574	1,905,299	1,470,495	—
Kentucky	4,173,405	4,145,922	26	4,117,827	26	9.7	101.7	4,041,769	25	3,685,296	2,944,806	2,147,174	73,677
Louisiana	4,523,628	4,515,770	24	4,496,334	24	5.9	102.6	4,468,976	22	4,219,973	2,683,516	1,381,625	—
Maine	1,321,505	1,317,253	40	1,305,728	40	3.8	41.3	1,274,923	40	1,227,928	913,774	694,466	96,540
Maryland	5,600,388	5,558,058	19	5,508,909	19	10.8	541.9	5,296,486	19	4,781,468	2,343,001	1,188,044	319,728
Massachusetts	6,398,743	6,416,505	13	6,433,422	13	5.5	809.8	6,349,097	13	6,016,425	4,690,514	2,805,346	378,787
Michigan	10,120,860	10,112,620	8	10,079,985	8	6.9	175.0	9,938,444	8	9,295,297	6,371,766	2,420,982	—
Minnesota	5,132,799	5,100,958	21	5,059,375	21	12.4	61.8	4,919,479	21	4,375,099	2,982,483	1,751,394	—
Mississippi	2,921,088	2,902,966	31	2,881,281	31	10.5	60.6	2,844,658	31	2,573,216	2,178,914	1,551,270	—
Missouri	5,800,310	5,754,618	17	5,704,484	17	9.3	81.2	5,595,211	17	5,117,073	3,954,653	3,106,665	—
Montana	935,670	926,865	44	917,621	44	12.9	6.2	902,195	44	799,065	591,024	243,329	—
Nebraska	1,758,787	1,747,214	38	1,739,291	38	8.4	22.3	1,711,263	38	1,578,385	1,325,510	1,066,300	—
Nevada	2,414,807	2,334,771	35	2,241,154	35	66.3	18.2	1,998,257	35	1,201,833	160,083	42,335	—
New Hampshire	1,309,940	1,299,500	41	1,287,687	41	11.4	137.8	1,235,786	41	1,109,252	533,242	411,588	141,885
New Jersey	8,717,925	8,698,879	10	8,638,396	10	8.9	1,134.5	8,414,350	9	7,730,188	4,835,329	1,883,669	184,139
New Mexico	1,928,384	1,903,289	36	1,874,614	36	20.1	15.0	1,819,046	36	1,515,069	681,187	195,310	—
New York	19,254,630	19,227,088	3	19,190,115	3	5.5	401.9	18,976,457	3	17,990,455	14,830,192	7,268,894	340,120
North Carolina	8,683,242	8,541,221	11	8,407,248	11	21.4	165.2	8,049,313	11	6,628,637	4,061,929	1,893,810	393,751
North Dakota	636,677	634,366	48	633,837	48	0.5	9.3	642,200	47	638,800	619,636	319,146	—
Ohio	11,464,042	11,459,011	7	11,435,798	7	4.7	277.3	11,353,140	7	10,847,115	7,946,627	4,157,545	—
Oklahoma	3,547,884	3,523,553	28	3,511,532	28	9.7	50.3	3,450,654	27	3,145,585	2,233,351	790,391²	—
Oregon	3,641,056	3,594,586	27	3,559,596	27	20.4	35.6	3,421,399	28	2,842,321	1,521,341	413,536	—
Pennsylvania	12,429,616	12,406,292	6	12,365,455	6	3.4	274.0	12,281,054	6	11,881,643	10,498,012	6,302,115	434,373
Rhode Island	1,076,189	1,080,632	43	1,076,164	43	4.5	1,003.2	1,048,319	43	1,003,464	791,896	428,556	68,825
South Carolina	4,255,083	4,198,068	25	4,147,152	25	15.1	133.2	4,012,012	26	3,486,703	2,117,027	1,340,316	249,073
South Dakota	775,933	770,883	46	764,309	46	8.5	9.9	754,844	46	696,004	652,740	401,570	—
Tennessee	5,962,959	5,900,962	16	5,841,748	16	16.7	138.0	5,689,283	16	4,877,185	3,291,718	2,020,616	35,691
Texas	22,859,968	22,490,022	2	22,118,509	2	22.8	79.6	20,851,820	2	16,986,510	7,711,194	3,048,710	—
Utah	2,469,585	2,389,039	34	2,351,467	34	29.6	27.2	2,233,169	34	1,722,850	688,862	276,749	—
Vermont	623,050	621,394	49	619,107	49	8.2	65.8	608,827	49	562,758	377,747	343,641	85,425
Virginia	7,567,465	7,459,827	12	7,386,330	12	14.4	178.8	7,078,515	12	6,187,358	3,318,680	1,854,184	747,610³
Washington	6,287,759	6,203,788	15	6,131,445	15	21.1	88.6	5,894,121	15	4,866,692	2,378,963	518,103	—
West Virginia	1,816,856	1,815,354	37	1,810,354	37	0.8	75.1	1,808,344	37	1,793,477	2,005,552	958,800	—
Wisconsin	5,536,201	5,509,026	20	5,472,299	20	9.6	98.8	5,363,675	18	4,891,769	3,434,575	2,069,042	—
Wyoming	509,294	506,529	50	501,242	51	8.9	5.1	493,782	50	453,588	290,529	92,531	—
Total U.S.	296,410,404	293,655,404		290,809,777	—	13.2	—	281,421,906	—	248,709,873	151,325,798	76,212,168	3,929,214

1. Estimated.

2. Includes population of Indian Territory, 1900: 392,960.

3. Until 1863, Virginia included what is now West Virginia.

U.S. State Resident Population Estimates, 2005

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