U.S. Population by State, 1790 to 2015

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

The following table lists the population of each state in the United States, from the year 1790 to 2015. From 2000 to 2010, Nevada grew the fastest, followed by Arizona, Utah, Idaho and Texas. Louisiana, Ohio, and Rhode Island had the slowest increase in population. Michigan was the only state to experience a population decline over the decade, losing 0.6% of its population.

State	2015 pop.	2010 pop.	2000 pop.	1990 pop.	1950 pop.	1900 pop.	1790 pop.
Alabama	4,858,979	4,779,735	4,447,100	4,040,587	3,061,743	1,828,697	—
Alaska	738,432	710,231	626,932	550,043	128,643	63,592	—
Arizona	6,828,065	6,329,013	5,130,632	3,665,228	749,587	122,931	—
Arkansas	2,978,204	2,915,921	2,673,400	2,350,725	1,909,511	1,311,564	—
California	39,144,818	37,253,956	33,871,648	29,760,021	10,586,223	1,485,053	—
Colorado	5,456,574	5,029,196	4,301,261	3,294,394	1,325,089	539,700	—
Connecticut	3,590,886	3,574,097	3,405,565	3,287,116	2,007,280	908,420	237,946
Delaware	945,934	897,934	783,600	666,168	318,085	184,735	59,096
DC	672,228	601,723	572,059	606,900	802,178	278,718	—
Florida	20,271,272	18,801,311	15,982,378	12,937,926	2,771,305	528,542	—
Georgia	10,214,860	9,687,653	8,186,453	6,478,216	3,444,578	2,216,331	82,548
Hawaii	1,431,603	1,360,301	1,211,537	1,108,229	499,794	154,001	—
Idaho	1,654,930	1,567,582	1,293,953	1,006,749	588,637	161,772	—
Illinois	12,859,995	12,830,632	12,419,293	11,430,602	8,712,176	4,821,550	—
Indiana	6,619,680	6,483,800	6,080,485	5,544,159	3,934,224	2,516,462	—
Iowa	3,123,899	3,046,350	2,926,324	2,776,755	2,621,073	2,231,853	—
Kansas	2,911,641	2,853,118	2,688,418	2,477,574	1,905,299	1,470,495	—
Kentucky	4,425,092	4,339,362	4,041,769	3,685,296	2,944,806	2,147,174	73,677
Louisiana	4,649,676	4,515,770	4,468,976	4,219,973	2,683,516	1,381,625	—
Maine	1,329,328	1,328,361	1,274,923	1,227,928	913,774	694,466	96,540
Maryland	6,006,401	5,773,552	5,296,486	4,781,468	2,343,001	1,188,044	319,728
Massachusetts	6,794,422	6,547,629	6,349,097	6,016,425	4,690,514	2,805,346	378,787
Michigan	9,922,576	9,883,635	9,938,444	9,295,297	6,371,766	2,420,982	—
Minnesota	5,489,594	5,303,925	4,919,479	4,375,099	2,982,483	1,751,394	—
Mississippi	2,992,333	2,967,297	2,844,658	2,573,216	2,178,914	1,551,270	—
Missouri	6,083,672	5,988,927	5,595,211	5,117,073	3,954,653	3,106,665	—
Montana	1,032,949	989,415	902,195	799,065	591,024	243,329	—
Nebraska	1,896,190	1,826,341	1,711,263	1,578,385	1,325,510	1,066,300	—
Nevada	2,890,845	2,700,551	1,998,257	1,201,833	160,083	42,335	—
New Hampshire	1,330,608	1,316,472	1,235,786	1,109,252	533,242	411,588	141,885
New Jersey	8,958,013	8,791,894	8,414,350	7,730,188	4,835,329	1,883,669	184,139
New Mexico	2,085,109	2,059,180	1,819,046	1,515,069	681,187	195,310	—
New York	19,795,791	19,378,104	18,976,457	17,990,455	14,830,192	7,268,894	340,120
North Carolina	10,042,802	9,535,475	8,049,313	6,628,637	4,061,929	1,893,810	393,751
North Dakota	756,927	672,591	642,200	638,800	619,636	319,146	—
Ohio	11,613,423	11,536,502	11,353,140	10,847,115	7,946,627	4,157,545	—
Oklahoma	3,911,338	3,751,354	3,450,654	3,145,585	2,233,351	790,391²	—
Oregon	4,028,977	3,831,074	3,421,399	2,842,321	1,521,341	413,536	—
Pennsylvania	12,802,503	12,702,379	12,281,054	11,881,643	10,498,012	6,302,115	434,373
Rhode Island	1,056,298	1,052,567	1,048,319	1,003,464	791,896	428,556	68,825
South Carolina	4,896,146	4,625,364	4,012,012	3,486,703	2,117,027	1,340,316	249,073
South Dakota	858,469	814,180	754,844	696,004	652,740	401,570	—
Tennessee	6,600,299	6,346,110	5,689,283	4,877,185	3,291,718	2,020,616	35,691
Texas	27,469,114	25,145,561	20,851,820	16,986,510	7,711,194	3,048,710	—
Utah	2,995,919	2,763,885	2,233,169	1,722,850	688,862	276,749	—
Vermont	626,042	625,741	608,827	562,758	377,747	343,641	85,425
Virginia	8,382,993	8,001,024	7,078,515	6,187,358	3,318,680	1,854,184	747,610³
Washington	7,170,351	6,724,540	5,894,121	4,866,692	2,378,963	518,103	—
West Virginia	1,844,128	1,852,996	1,808,344	1,793,477	2,005,552	958,800	—
Wisconsin	5,771,337	5,686,986	5,363,675	4,891,769	3,434,575	2,069,042	—
Wyoming	586,107	563,626	493,782	453,588	290,529	92,531	—
Total U.S.	321,418,820	308,745,538	281,421,906	248,709,873	152,271,417	76,212,168	3,929,214