STATE RANKINGS [When states share the same rank, the next lower rank is omitted. States may share the same value but have different ranks due to rounding] ------------------------------------ ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- Population --------------------------------- ---------------- ---------------- 1990-1997 STATE 1997 1990 /1 --------------------------------- Net change Percent change -------------------------------------------------- ---------------- 1,000 Rank 1,000 Rank 1,000 Rank Percent Rank ------------------------------------ ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- United States 267,636 X 248,765 X 18,870.9 X 7.6 X Alabama 4,319 23 4,040 22 278.8 22 6.9 23 Alaska 609 48 550 49 59.3 42 10.8 13 Arizona 4,555 21 3,665 24 889.6 5 24.3 2 Arkansas 2,523 33 2,351 33 172.2 28 7.3 20 California 32,268 1 29,786 1 2,482.4 1 8.3 18 Colorado 3,893 25 3,294 26 598.2 8 18.2 5 Connecticut 3,270 28 3,287 27 -17.3 50 -0.5 50 Delaware 732 46 666 46 65.4 40 9.8 16 District of Columbia 529 X 607 X -77.9 X -12.8 X Florida 14,654 4 12,938 4 1,715.9 3 13.3 11 Georgia 7,486 10 6,478 11 1,008.1 4 15.6 6 Hawaii 1,187 41 1,108 41 78.4 38 7.1 22 Idaho 1,210 40 1,007 42 203.5 27 20.2 3 Illinois 11,896 6 11,431 6 465.2 13 4.1 38 Indiana 5,864 14 5,544 14 320.0 17 5.8 28 Iowa 2,852 30 2,777 30 75.6 39 2.7 42 Kansas 2,595 32 2,478 32 117.3 34 4.7 36 Kentucky 3,908 24 3,687 23 221.2 25 6.0 25 Louisiana 4,352 22 4,222 21 129.9 33 3.1 40 Maine 1,242 39 1,228 38 14.1 47 1.2 44 Maryland 5,094 19 4,781 19 313.5 18 6.6 24 Massachusetts 6,118 13 6,016 13 101.1 35 1.7 43 Michigan 9,774 8 9,295 8 478.6 11 5.1 34 Minnesota 4,686 20 4,376 20 309.9 19 7.1 21 Mississippi 2,731 31 2,575 31 155.0 30 6.0 25 Missouri 5,402 16 5,117 15 285.2 21 5.6 32 Montana 879 44 799 44 79.7 36 10.0 15 Nebraska 1,657 38 1,578 36 78.5 37 5.0 35 Nevada 1,677 37 1,202 39 475.1 12 39.5 1 New Hampshire 1,173 42 1,109 40 63.5 41 5.7 30 New Jersey 8,053 9 7,748 9 305.1 20 3.9 39 New Mexico 1,730 36 1,515 37 214.7 26 14.2 9 New York 18,137 3 17,991 2 146.4 31 0.8 47 North Carolina 7,425 11 6,632 10 792.7 6 12.0 12 North Dakota 641 47 639 47 2.1 48 0.3 48 Ohio 11,186 7 10,847 7 339.2 15 3.1 40 Oklahoma 3,317 27 3,146 28 171.5 29 5.5 33 Oregon 3,243 29 2,842 29 401.2 14 14.1 10 Pennsylvania 12,020 5 11,883 5 136.8 32 1.2 44 Rhode Island 987 43 1,003 43 -16.0 49 -1.6 49 South Carolina 3,760 26 3,486 25 273.9 24 7.9 19 South Dakota 738 45 696 45 42.0 43 6.0 25 Tennessee 5,368 17 4,877 17 491.0 10 10.1 14 Texas 19,439 2 16,986 3 2,453.0 2 14.4 8 Utah 2,059 34 1,723 35 336.3 16 19.5 4 Vermont 589 49 563 48 26.2 44 4.7 36 Virginia 6,734 12 6,189 12 544.8 9 8.8 17 Washington 5,610 15 4,867 18 743.7 7 15.3 7 West Virginia 1,816 35 1,793 34 22.3 46 1.2 44 Wisconsin 5,170 18 4,892 16 277.9 23 5.7 30 Wyoming 480 50 454 50 26.2 45 5.8 28 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- X Not applicable. /1 The April 1, 1990 census counts include count question resolution corrections processed through December 1996 and do not include adjustments for census coverage errors. Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, State and Metropolitan Area Data Book 1997-98, table A-1.