Census 2000 PHC-T-2. Ranking Tables for States: 1990 and 2000 Table 3. States Ranked by Percent 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 Nevada 1,998,257 1,201,833 796,424 66.3 2 Arizona 5,130,632 3,665,228 1,465,404 40.0 3 Colorado 4,301,261 3,294,394 1,006,867 30.6 4 Utah 2,233,169 1,722,850 510,319 29.6 5 Idaho 1,293,953 1,006,749 287,204 28.5 6 Georgia 8,186,453 6,478,216 1,708,237 26.4 7 Florida 15,982,378 12,937,926 3,044,452 23.5 8 Texas 20,851,820 16,986,510 3,865,310 22.8 9 North Carolina 8,049,313 6,628,637 1,420,676 21.4 10 Washington 5,894,121 4,866,692 1,027,429 21.1 11 Oregon 3,421,399 2,842,321 579,078 20.4 12 New Mexico 1,819,046 1,515,069 303,977 20.1 13 Delaware 783,600 666,168 117,432 17.6 14 Tennessee 5,689,283 4,877,185 812,098 16.7 15 South Carolina 4,012,012 3,486,703 525,309 15.1 16 Virginia 7,078,515 6,187,358 891,157 14.4 17 Alaska 626,932 550,043 76,889 14.0 18 California 33,871,648 29,760,021 4,111,627 13.8 19 Arkansas 2,673,400 2,350,725 322,675 13.7 20 Montana 902,195 799,065 103,130 12.9 21 Minnesota 4,919,479 4,375,099 544,380 12.4 22 New Hampshire 1,235,786 1,109,252 126,534 11.4 23 Maryland 5,296,486 4,781,468 515,018 10.8 24 Mississippi 2,844,658 2,573,216 271,442 10.5 25 Alabama 4,447,100 4,040,587 406,513 10.1 26 Oklahoma 3,450,654 3,145,585 305,069 9.7 27 Indiana 6,080,485 5,544,159 536,326 9.7 28 Kentucky 4,041,769 3,685,296 356,473 9.7 29 Wisconsin 5,363,675 4,891,769 471,906 9.6 30 Missouri 5,595,211 5,117,073 478,138 9.3 31 Hawaii 1,211,537 1,108,229 103,308 9.3 32 Wyoming 493,782 453,588 40,194 8.9 33 New Jersey 8,414,350 7,730,188 684,162 8.9 34 Illinois 12,419,293 11,430,602 988,691 8.6 35 Kansas 2,688,418 2,477,574 210,844 8.5 36 South Dakota 754,844 696,004 58,840 8.5 37 Nebraska 1,711,263 1,578,385 132,878 8.4 38 Vermont 608,827 562,758 46,069 8.2 39 Michigan 9,938,444 9,295,297 643,147 6.9 40 Louisiana 4,468,976 4,219,973 249,003 5.9 41 Massachusetts 6,349,097 6,016,425 332,672 5.5 42 New York 18,976,457 17,990,455 986,002 5.5 43 Iowa 2,926,324 2,776,755 149,569 5.4 44 Ohio 11,353,140 10,847,115 506,025 4.7 45 Rhode Island 1,048,319 1,003,464 44,855 4.5 46 Maine 1,274,923 1,227,928 46,995 3.8 47 Connecticut 3,405,565 3,287,116 118,449 3.6 48 Pennsylvania 12,281,054 11,881,643 399,411 3.4 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.