US States by Population

US Population by State, % Growth, %Pop. 2018

%Growth shows the increase or decrease in State population totals for the past year.  %Pop shows the percentage of the State population as it relates to the national population.

California is first, as the most populous State. California’s population increased 0.61% this past year and 12.13% of the US population lived in California this past year. See list below:

California 39,776,830, 0.61%, 12.13%

Texas 28,704.330, 1.41%, 8.75%

Florida 21,312,211, 1.56%, 6.50%

New York 19,862,512, 0.07%, 6.06%

Pennsylvania 12.823,989, .0.14%, 3.91%

Illinois 12,768,320, -0.26% 3.89%

Ohio 11694,664, 0.31% 3.57%

Georgia 10,545,138, 1.11% 3.21%

North Carolina 10,390,149, 1.14%, 3.17%

Michigan 9,991,177, .029%, 3.05%

New Jersey 9,032,872, 0.30%, 2.75%

Virginia 8,525,660, 0.66% 2.60%

Washington 7,530,552, 1.69%, 2.30%

Arizona 7,123,898, 1.53%, 2.17%

Massachusetts 6,895,917, 0.53%, 2.10%

Tennessee 6,782,564, 0.99%, 2.07%

Indiana 6,699,629, 0.49%, 2.04%

Missouri 6,135,888, 0.37%, 1.87%

Maryland 6,079,602, 0.45%, 1.85%

Wisconsin 5,818,049, 0.39%, 1.77%

Colorado 5,684,203, 1.37%, 1.73%

Minnesota 5,628,162, 0.92%, 1.72%

South Carolina 5,088,916, 1.28%, 1.55%

Alabama 4,888,949, 0.29%, 1.49%

Louisiana 4,682,509, -0.04%, 1.43%

Kentucky 4,472,265, 0.41%, 1.36%

Oregon 4,199,563, 1.37%, 1.28%

Oklahoma 3,940,521, 0.25%, 1.20%

Connecticut 3,588,638, 0.01%, 1.09%

Iowa 3,160,553, 0.47%, 0.96%

Utah, 3,159,345, 1.85%, 0.96%

Nevada 3,056,824, 1.06%, .93%

Arkansas 3,020,327, 0.53%, 0.92%

Mississippi 2,982,785, -0.04% .91%

Kansas 2,918,515, 0.19%, 0.89%

New Mexico 2,090,708, 0.13%, 0.64%

Nebraska 1,932,549, 0.65%, .059%

West Virginia 1,803,077, -0.70%, .055%

Idaho 1,753,860, 2.15%, 0.53%

Hawaii 1,426,393, -0.08%, 0.43%

New Hampshire 1,350,575, 0.58%, 0.41%

Maine 1.341,582, 0.42%, 0.41%

Montana 1,062,330, 1.13%, 0.32%

Rhode Island 1,061,712, 0.20%, 0.32%

Delaware 971,180, 0.96%, .030%

South Dakota 877,790, 0.93%, 0.27%

North Dakota 755,238, -0.02%, 0.23%

Alaska 738,068, -0.23%. 0.22%

District of Columbia 703,608, 1.39%, 0.21%

Vermont 623,960, 0.05%, 0.19%

Wyoming 573,720, -0.97%, 0.17%

States that lost population in 2018 included Illinois -0.26%, Louisiana --1.04%, Mississippi -0.04%, West Virginia -0.70%, Hawaii --0.08%, North Dakota -0.02%, Alaska -0.23%, Wyoming -0.97%.

High cost, high tax states like California, New York, New Jersey and other New England States show zero to low population growth.

http://worldpopulationreview.com/states/

Norb Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader