Source: U.S. Census Bureau Press Release CB96-224 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Table 3. Rankings of States Based on Current Population Estimate, Population Change, and Demographic Components of Population Change: July 1, 1995 to July 1, 1996 (Population in thousands. Population estimates incorporate revisions of estimates from previous years and the results of special censuses and test censuses conducted by the Census Bureau.) --------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | July 1, 1995 to July 1, 1996 --------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | Population change | Demographic Components of Change --------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | Net Net July 1, 1996 | | Natural international domestic United States, region, population | | change Birth Death migration migration division, and state estimate Rank | Numerical /1 Rank Percent /1 Rank | rate /2 Rank rate /2 Rank rate /2 Rank rate /2 Rank rate /2 Rank --------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ United States.................. 265284 2394 0.9 0.6 1.5 0.9 0.3 0.0 Northeast...................... 51580 75 0.1 0.4 1.4 1.0 0.4 -0.6 New England.................. 13351 46 0.3 0.3 1.3 0.9 0.2 -0.2 Middle Atlantic.............. 38229 28 0.1 0.4 1.4 1.0 0.5 -0.8 Midwest........................ 62082 350 0.6 0.5 1.4 0.9 0.1 -0.1 East North Central........... 43614 233 0.5 0.5 1.4 0.9 0.2 -0.1 West North Central........... 18468 118 0.6 0.4 1.4 1.0 0.1 0.1 South.......................... 93098 1140 1.2 0.6 1.5 0.9 0.3 0.4 South Atlantic............... 47616 603 1.3 0.5 1.4 0.9 0.3 0.5 East South Central........... 16193 147 0.9 0.4 1.4 1.0 0.0 0.4 West South Central........... 29290 390 1.4 0.8 1.6 0.8 0.3 0.2 West........................... 58523 830 1.4 0.9 1.7 0.7 0.6 -0.0 Mountain..................... 16118 368 2.3 0.9 1.6 0.7 0.3 1.2 Pacific...................... 42406 462 1.1 0.9 1.7 0.7 0.7 -0.5 Alabama........................ 4273 23 27 24 0.6 32 0.4 35 1.4 26 1.0 9 0.1 45 0.2 29 Alaska......................... 607 48 4 41 0.7 25 1.3 2 1.7 4 0.4 51 0.2 22 -0.7 47 Arizona........................ 4428 21 123 5 2.9 2 0.9 6 1.7 5 0.8 36 0.3 12 1.7 2 Arkansas....................... 2510 33 25 27 1.0 17 0.3 42 1.4 25 1.1 4 0.0 47 0.6 11 California..................... 31878 1 313 2 1.0 18 1.0 3 1.7 2 0.7 47 0.8 1 -0.8 48 Colorado....................... 3823 25 75 8 2.0 5 0.8 10 1.5 14 0.7 48 0.3 17 1.0 6 Connecticut.................... 3274 28 3 43 0.1 46 0.5 27 1.4 31 0.9 29 0.3 16 -0.6 46 Delaware....................... 725 46 8 38 1.1 15 0.5 18 1.4 20 0.9 32 0.2 24 0.4 15 District of Columbia........... 543 50 -11 51 -2.0 51 0.3 43 1.4 22 1.1 3 0.7 2 -3.1 51 Florida........................ 14400 4 216 3 1.5 11 0.2 48 1.3 39 1.1 2 0.6 4 0.7 9 Georgia........................ 7353 10 145 4 2.0 4 0.7 11 1.5 10 0.8 40 0.2 21 1.1 4 Hawaii......................... 1184 41 5 40 0.4 38 1.0 5 1.5 11 0.6 49 0.6 5 -1.1 49 Idaho.......................... 1189 40 23 29 2.0 6 0.8 8 1.6 9 0.7 45 0.2 19 0.9 7 Illinois....................... 11847 6 56 13 0.5 35 0.6 13 1.6 8 0.9 22 0.3 9 -0.5 43 Indiana........................ 5841 14 44 15 0.8 24 0.5 24 1.4 18 0.9 23 0.1 42 0.2 27 Iowa........................... 2852 30 9 36 0.3 44 0.3 46 1.3 44 1.0 7 0.1 34 -0.1 33 Kansas......................... 2572 32 9 37 0.3 42 0.5 22 1.5 15 0.9 21 0.1 28 -0.3 40 Kentucky....................... 3884 24 27 25 0.7 29 0.4 39 1.4 38 1.0 14 0.0 46 0.3 21 Louisiana...................... 4351 22 13 34 0.3 45 0.6 15 1.5 13 0.9 26 0.1 38 -0.4 42 Maine.......................... 1243 39 5 39 0.4 39 0.2 50 1.1 51 1.0 16 0.0 49 0.2 26 Maryland....................... 5072 19 33 22 0.6 31 0.6 16 1.4 21 0.8 35 0.3 11 -0.2 38 Massachusetts.................. 6092 13 21 30 0.4 40 0.3 45 1.2 48 0.9 24 0.3 10 -0.3 39 Michigan....................... 9594 8 56 12 0.6 33 0.5 21 1.4 27 0.9 33 0.1 25 -0.1 32 Minnesota...................... 4658 20 43 16 0.9 19 0.5 17 1.4 35 0.8 37 0.1 26 0.3 24 Mississippi.................... 2716 31 20 31 0.7 27 0.5 19 1.5 12 1.0 10 0.0 50 0.2 28 Missouri....................... 5359 16 39 18 0.7 26 0.3 41 1.4 36 1.0 6 0.1 35 0.3 17 Montana........................ 879 44 9 35 1.0 16 0.4 37 1.3 45 0.9 31 0.0 48 0.6 13 Nebraska....................... 1652 37 13 33 0.8 23 0.5 28 1.4 23 0.9 19 0.1 29 0.2 25 Nevada......................... 1603 38 70 10 4.5 1 0.8 9 1.6 6 0.8 38 0.4 8 3.3 1 New Hampshire.................. 1162 42 14 32 1.2 14 0.5 26 1.3 43 0.8 39 0.1 37 0.7 10 New Jersey..................... 7988 9 38 20 0.5 34 0.5 29 1.4 19 1.0 15 0.5 6 -0.5 44 New Mexico..................... 1713 36 24 28 1.4 12 0.8 7 1.6 7 0.8 44 0.3 15 0.3 20 New York....................... 18185 3 -6 50 -0.0 48 0.5 23 1.5 16 0.9 20 0.7 3 -1.2 50 North Carolina................. 7323 11 121 6 1.7 9 0.5 25 1.4 28 0.9 28 0.1 32 1.1 3 North Dakota................... 644 47 2 46 0.3 43 0.4 40 1.3 40 1.0 18 0.1 31 -0.1 36 Ohio........................... 11173 7 39 19 0.3 41 0.4 33 1.4 32 1.0 17 0.1 41 -0.1 34 Oklahoma....................... 3301 27 26 26 0.8 22 0.4 38 1.4 30 1.0 8 0.1 30 0.3 18 Oregon......................... 3204 29 55 14 1.7 7 0.5 32 1.4 37 0.9 27 0.2 18 1.1 5 Pennsylvania................... 12056 5 -4 49 -0.0 49 0.2 49 1.3 47 1.1 5 0.1 27 -0.3 41 Rhode Island................... 990 43 -1 48 -0.1 50 0.3 47 1.3 46 1.0 11 0.2 20 -0.6 45 South Carolina................. 3699 26 32 23 0.9 21 0.5 31 1.4 33 0.9 25 0.1 39 0.3 16 South Dakota................... 732 45 3 44 0.4 37 0.5 30 1.4 17 1.0 13 0.1 36 -0.1 37 Tennessee...................... 5320 17 73 9 1.4 13 0.4 36 1.4 29 1.0 12 0.1 44 0.9 8 Texas.......................... 19128 2 327 1 1.7 8 1.0 4 1.7 3 0.7 46 0.4 7 0.3 19 Utah........................... 2000 34 42 17 2.2 3 1.5 1 2.0 1 0.6 50 0.2 23 0.5 14 Vermont........................ 589 49 4 42 0.7 30 0.3 44 1.2 49 0.9 34 0.1 33 0.3 22 Virginia....................... 6675 12 60 11 0.9 20 0.6 14 1.4 34 0.8 41 0.3 14 0.0 30 Washington..................... 5533 15 85 7 1.6 10 0.7 12 1.4 24 0.8 43 0.3 13 0.6 12 West Virginia.................. 1826 35 0 47 0.0 47 0.0 51 1.2 50 1.1 1 0.0 51 -0.0 31 Wisconsin...................... 5160 18 38 21 0.7 28 0.4 34 1.3 41 0.9 30 0.1 43 0.3 23 Wyoming........................ 481 51 2 45 0.5 36 0.5 20 1.3 42 0.8 42 0.1 40 -0.1 35 1. Population change includes the listed demographic components of change (births, deaths, net international migration, and net domestic migration) plus net federal movement and a small residual. 2. Rates are calculated by dividing the component by the 1995 population and multiplying by 100.