Top 10 States by Population (as on 7/1/98)
| State | Population 7/1/98 |
Population 7/1/97 |
Change | Percentage change |
Births | Deaths |
California |
32666550 |
32182118 |
484432 |
1.5 |
526785 |
223066 |
Texas |
19759614 |
19385699 |
373915 |
1.9 |
335623 |
140680 |
New York |
18175301 |
18146200 |
29101 |
0.2 |
257975 |
159478 |
Florida |
14915980 |
14677181 |
238799 |
1.6 |
193145 |
155666 |
Illinois |
12045326 |
11989352 |
55974 |
0.5 |
181468 |
103199 |
Pennsylvania |
12001451 |
12011278 |
-9827 |
-0.1 |
144568 |
128113 |
Ohio |
11209493 |
11192932 |
16561 |
0.1 |
152173 |
105431 |
Michigan |
9817242 |
9779984 |
37258 |
0.4 |
134191 |
83399 |
New Jersey |
8115011 |
8058384 |
56627 |
0.7 |
111166 |
72213 |
Georgia |
7642207 |
7489982 |
152225 |
2 |
118565 |
59452 |
North Carolina |
7546493 |
7430675 |
115818 |
1.6 |
107373 |
65566 |
Virginia |
6791345 |
6737489 |
53856 |
0.8 |
92029 |
53107 |
Massachusetts |
6147132 |
6114440 |
32692 |
0.5 |
80715 |
55865 |
Indiana |
5899195 |
5864847 |
34348 |
0.6 |
83951 |
53262 |
Washington |
5689263 |
5614151 |
75112 |
1.3 |
78575 |
41713 |
Missouri |
5438559 |
5408455 |
30104 |
0.6 |
74320 |
54299 |
Tennessee |
5430621 |
5371693 |
58928 |
1.1 |
74795 |
52334 |
Wisconsin |
5223500 |
5201226 |
22274 |
0.4 |
66862 |
45419 |
Maryland |
5134808 |
5094924 |
39884 |
0.8 |
70360 |
42142 |
Minnesota |
4725419 |
4687408 |
38011 |
0.8 |
64862 |
37343 |
Arizona |
4668631 |
4553249 |
115382 |
2.5 |
75983 |
37445 |
Louisiana |
4368967 |
4353646 |
15321 |
0.4 |
66124 |
39715 |
Alabama |
4351999 |
4322113 |
29886 |
0.7 |
61104 |
42834 |
Colorado |
3970971 |
3892029 |
78942 |
2 |
56846 |
25632 |
Kentucky |
3936499 |
3910366 |
26133 |
0.7 |
53147 |
37705 |
South Carolina |
3835962 |
3788119 |
47843 |
1.3 |
52374 |
33458 |
Oklahoma |
3346713 |
3321611 |
25102 |
0.8 |
48388 |
33855 |
Oregon |
3281974 |
3243272 |
38702 |
1.2 |
44027 |
28904 |
Connecticut |
3274069 |
3267240 |
6829 |
0.2 |
43274 |
29837 |
Iowa |
2862447 |
2854330 |
8117 |
0.3 |
36868 |
27960 |
Mississippi |
2752092 |
2731644 |
20448 |
0.7 |
41621 |
27113 |
Kansas |
2629067 |
2601437 |
27630 |
1.1 |
37401 |
23793 |
Arkansas |
2538303 |
2523186 |
15117 |
0.6 |
36607 |
27632 |
Utah |
2099758 |
2065001 |
34757 |
1.7 |
43282 |
11591 |
West Virginia |
1811156 |
1815231 |
-4075 |
-0.2 |
19281 |
19736 |
Nevada |
1746898 |
1678691 |
68207 |
4.1 |
26776 |
13095 |
New Mexico |
1736931 |
1723965 |
12966 |
0.8 |
26954 |
12635 |
Nebraska |
1662719 |
1657009 |
5710 |
0.3 |
23445 |
15444 |
Maine |
1244250 |
1241895 |
2355 |
0.2 |
13747 |
12088 |
Idaho |
1228684 |
1208865 |
19819 |
1.6 |
18655 |
8990 |
Hawaii |
1193001 |
1192057 |
944 |
0.1 |
17320 |
6983 |
New Hampshire |
1185048 |
1172140 |
12908 |
1.1 |
14616 |
9473 |
Rhode Island |
988480 |
987263 |
1217 |
0.1 |
12724 |
9667 |
Montana |
880453 |
878730 |
1723 |
0.2 |
10899 |
7810 |
Delaware |
743603 |
735143 |
8460 |
1.2 |
10297 |
6340 |
South Dakota |
738171 |
737755 |
416 |
0.1 |
10225 |
6962 |
North Dakota |
638244 |
640965 |
-2721 |
-0.4 |
8399 |
5943 |
Alaska |
614010 |
609655 |
4355 |
0.7 |
9991 |
2598 |
Vermont |
590883 |
588632 |
2251 |
0.4 |
6645 |
5083 |
District of Columbia |
523124 |
529895 |
-6771 |
-1.3 |
7906 |
5894 |
Wyoming |
480907 |
480043 |
864 |
0.2 |
6415 |
3765 |
Souce www.census.gov