Census 2000 PHC-T-2. Ranking Tables for States: 1990 and 2000 Table 2. States Ranked by Numeric Population Change: 1990 to 2000 Note: 1990 populations shown in this table were originally published in 1990 Census reports and do not include subsequent revisions due to boundary or other changes. Source: U.S. Census Bureau Internet Release date: April 2, 2001 For information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, and definitions, see http://factfinder.census.gov/home/en/datanotes/expplu.html. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Census Population | Change, 1990 to 2000 | |-------------------------------|----------------------- Rank | Area | April 1, 2000 | April 1, 1990 | Numeric | Percent -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 California 33,871,648 29,760,021 4,111,627 13.8 2 Texas 20,851,820 16,986,510 3,865,310 22.8 3 Florida 15,982,378 12,937,926 3,044,452 23.5 4 Georgia 8,186,453 6,478,216 1,708,237 26.4 5 Arizona 5,130,632 3,665,228 1,465,404 40.0 6 North Carolina 8,049,313 6,628,637 1,420,676 21.4 7 Washington 5,894,121 4,866,692 1,027,429 21.1 8 Colorado 4,301,261 3,294,394 1,006,867 30.6 9 Illinois 12,419,293 11,430,602 988,691 8.6 10 New York 18,976,457 17,990,455 986,002 5.5 11 Virginia 7,078,515 6,187,358 891,157 14.4 12 Tennessee 5,689,283 4,877,185 812,098 16.7 13 Nevada 1,998,257 1,201,833 796,424 66.3 14 New Jersey 8,414,350 7,730,188 684,162 8.9 15 Michigan 9,938,444 9,295,297 643,147 6.9 16 Oregon 3,421,399 2,842,321 579,078 20.4 17 Minnesota 4,919,479 4,375,099 544,380 12.4 18 Indiana 6,080,485 5,544,159 536,326 9.7 19 South Carolina 4,012,012 3,486,703 525,309 15.1 20 Maryland 5,296,486 4,781,468 515,018 10.8 21 Utah 2,233,169 1,722,850 510,319 29.6 22 Ohio 11,353,140 10,847,115 506,025 4.7 23 Missouri 5,595,211 5,117,073 478,138 9.3 24 Wisconsin 5,363,675 4,891,769 471,906 9.6 25 Alabama 4,447,100 4,040,587 406,513 10.1 26 Pennsylvania 12,281,054 11,881,643 399,411 3.4 27 Kentucky 4,041,769 3,685,296 356,473 9.7 28 Massachusetts 6,349,097 6,016,425 332,672 5.5 29 Arkansas 2,673,400 2,350,725 322,675 13.7 30 Oklahoma 3,450,654 3,145,585 305,069 9.7 31 New Mexico 1,819,046 1,515,069 303,977 20.1 32 Idaho 1,293,953 1,006,749 287,204 28.5 33 Mississippi 2,844,658 2,573,216 271,442 10.5 34 Louisiana 4,468,976 4,219,973 249,003 5.9 35 Kansas 2,688,418 2,477,574 210,844 8.5 36 Iowa 2,926,324 2,776,755 149,569 5.4 37 Nebraska 1,711,263 1,578,385 132,878 8.4 38 New Hampshire 1,235,786 1,109,252 126,534 11.4 39 Connecticut 3,405,565 3,287,116 118,449 3.6 40 Delaware 783,600 666,168 117,432 17.6 41 Hawaii 1,211,537 1,108,229 103,308 9.3 42 Montana 902,195 799,065 103,130 12.9 43 Alaska 626,932 550,043 76,889 14.0 44 South Dakota 754,844 696,004 58,840 8.5 45 Maine 1,274,923 1,227,928 46,995 3.8 46 Vermont 608,827 562,758 46,069 8.2 47 Rhode Island 1,048,319 1,003,464 44,855 4.5 48 Wyoming 493,782 453,588 40,194 8.9 49 West Virginia 1,808,344 1,793,477 14,867 0.8 50 North Dakota 642,200 638,800 3,400 0.5 (NA) District of Columbia 572,059 606,900 -34,841 -5.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (NA) United States 281,421,906 248,709,873 32,712,033 13.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000 Redistricting Data (P.L. 94-171) Summary File and 1990 Census.