Top 10 most populated states US United States America

Top 10 populated states in US 2017

This is a list of United States of America states by Name as of 2016. The list was made using the 2016 Census estimates taken by the United States Census Bureau. The total population of the United States was 308,745,538 at the 2010 Census and was estimated to be 318,857,056 in July 2014.

These numbers include all people other than people just visiting: These include

citizens, non-citizen permanent residents and non-citizen long-term visitors. People in the military who are working in other countries and their families are counted in their home state. The United States of America is one of the most populated countries, behind China and India.

The following is the state by state population count as of the July 1, 2014 estimate.

Methodology

The United States Census counts most persons residing in the United States including citizens, non-citizen permanent residents, and non-citizen long-term visitors.Civilian and military federal employees serving abroad and their dependents are counted in their home state

State information

Rank in thefifty states, 2016	Rank in all states & territories, 2010	State or territory	Population estimate, July 1, 2016^[4]	Census population, April 1, 2010
1	1	California	39,250,017	37,254,503
2	2	Texas	27,862,596	25,146,105
3	4	Florida	20,612,439	18,804,623
4	3	New York	19,745,289	19,378,087
5	5	Illinois	12,801,539	12,831,549
6	6	Pennsylvania	12,784,227	12,702,887
7	7	Ohio	11,646,273	11,536,725
8	9	Georgia	10,310,371	9,688,681
9	10	North Carolina	10,146,788	9,535,692
10	8	Michigan	10,001,045	9,884,129
11	11	New Jersey	8,944,469	8,791,936
12	12	Virginia	8,411,808	8,001,045
13	13	Washington	7,288,000	6,724,543
14	16	Arizona	6,931,071	6,392,307
15	14	Massachusetts	6,811,779	6,547,817
16	17	Tennessee	6,651,194	6,346,275
17	15	Indiana	6,633,053	6,484,229
18	18	Missouri	6,093,000	5,988,927
19	19	Maryland	6,016,447	5,773,785
20	20	Wisconsin	5,778,708	5,687,289
21	22	Colorado	5,540,545	5,029,324
22	21	Minnesota	5,519,952	5,303,925
23	24	South Carolina	4,961,119	4,625,401
24	23	Alabama	4,863,300	4,780,127
25	25	Louisiana	4,681,666	4,533,479
26	26	Kentucky	4,436,974	4,339,349
27	27	Oregon	4,093,465	3,831,073
28	28	Oklahoma	3,923,561	3,751,616
29	30	Connecticut	3,576,452	3,574,118
—	29	Puerto Rico	3,411,307	3,726,157
30	31	Iowa	3,134,693	3,046,869
31	35	Utah	3,051,217	2,763,888
32	32	Mississippi	2,988,726	2,968,103
33	33	Arkansas	2,988,248	2,915,958
34	36	Nevada	2,940,058	2,700,691
35	34	Kansas	2,907,289	2,853,132
36	37	New Mexico	2,081,015	2,059,192
37	39	Nebraska	1,907,116	1,826,341
38	38	West Virginia	1,831,102	1,853,011
39	40	Idaho	1,683,140	1,567,652
40	41	Hawaii	1,428,557	1,360,301
41	43	New Hampshire	1,334,795	1,316,466
42	42	Maine	1,331,479	1,328,361
43	44	Rhode Island	1,056,426	1,052,931
44	45	Montana	1,042,520	989,417
45	46	Delaware	952,065	897,936
46	47	South Dakota	865,454	814,191
47	49	North Dakota	757,952	672,591
48	48	Alaska	741,894	710,249
—	51	District of Columbia	681,170	601,767
49	50	Vermont	624,594	625,745
50	52	Wyoming	585,501	563,767
—	53	Guam	161,785	159,358^[5]
—	54	U.S. Virgin Islands	103,574	106,405^[6]
—	55	American Samoa	54,343	55,519^[7]
—	56	Northern Mariana Islands	52,344	53,883^[8]
—	59	Wake Island	188	382
—	58	Johnston Atoll	40	1,100
—	57	Midway Atoll	75	2,220
—	60	Palmyra Atoll	20	n/a
—	—	Contiguous United States	320,975,339	306,687,555
—	—	The fifty states	322,464,620	308,156,338
—	—	Fifty states + D.C.	323,145,790	308,758,105
—	—	Total U.S. territory	326,929,143	312,913,872