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

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