1990 United States Census
State rankings

1990 United States Census

Section Title: State rankings
Table Section Text: None

Rank	State	Population as of 1980 Census	Population as of 1990 Census	Change	Percent change

1	California	23,667,902	29,760,021	6,092,119	25.7%

2	New York	17,558,072	17,990,455	432,383	2.5%

3	Texas	14,229,191	16,986,510	2,757,319	19.4%

4	Florida	9,746,324	12,937,926	3,191,602	32.7%

5	Pennsylvania	11,863,895	11,881,643	17,748	0.15%

6	Illinois	11,426,518	11,430,602	4,084	0.0%

7	Ohio	10,797,630	10,847,115	49,485	0.4%

8	Michigan	9,262,078	9,295,297	33,219	0.4%

9	New Jersey	7,364,823	7,730,188	365,365	4.96%

10	North Carolina	5,881,766	6,628,637	746,871	12.7%

11	Georgia	5,463,105	6,478,216	1,015,111	18.6%

12	Virginia	5,346,818	6,187,358	840,540	15.7%

13	Massachusetts	5,737,037	6,016,425	279,388	4.87%

14	Indiana	5,490,224	5,544,159	53,935	0.98%

15	Missouri	4,916,686	5,117,073	200,387	4.1%

16	Wisconsin	4,705,767	4,891,769	186,002	3.9%

17	Tennessee	4,591,120	4,877,185	286,065	6.2%

18	Washington	4,132,156	4,866,692	734,536	17.8%

19	Maryland	4,216,975	4,781,468	564,493	13.4%

20	Minnesota	4,075,970	4,375,099	299,129	7.3%

21	Louisiana	4,205,900	4,219,973	14,073	0.3%

22	Alabama	3,893,888	4,040,587	146,699	3.8%

23	Kentucky	3,660,777	3,685,296	24,519	0.67%

24	Arizona	2,718,215	3,665,228	947,013	34.8%

25	South Carolina	3,121,820	3,486,703	364,883	11.7%

26	Colorado	2,889,964	3,294,394	404,430	14.0%

27	Connecticut	3,107,576	3,287,116	179,540	5.8%

28	Oklahoma	3,025,290	3,145,585	120,295	4.0%

29	Oregon	2,633,105	2,842,321	209,216	7.9%

30	Iowa	2,913,808	2,776,755	137,053	4.7%

31	Mississippi	2,520,638	2,573,216	52,578	2.1%

32	Kansas	2,363,679	2,477,574	113,895	4.8%

33	Arkansas	2,286,435	2,350,725	64,290	2.8%

34	West Virginia	1,949,644	1,793,477	156,167	8.0%

35	Utah	1,461,037	1,722,850	261,813	17.9%

36	Nebraska	1,569,825	1,578,385	8,560	0.54%

37	New Mexico	1,302,894	1,515,069	212,175	16.3%

38	Maine	1,124,660	1,227,928	103,268	9.2%

39	Nevada	800,493	1,201,833	401,340	50.1%

40	New Hampshire	920,610	1,109,252	188,642	20.5%

41	Hawaii	964,691	1,108,229	143,538	14.8%

42	Idaho	943,935	1,006,749	62,814	6.65%

43	Rhode Island	947,154	1,003,464	56,310	5.9%

44	Montana	786,690	799,065	12,375	1.6%

45	South Dakota	690,768	696,004	5,236	0.76%

46	Delaware	594,338	666,168	71,830	12.1%

47	North Dakota	652,717	638,800	13,917	2.1%

—	District of Columbia	638,333	606,900	31,433	4.9%

48	Vermont	511,456	562,758	51,302	10.0%

49	Alaska	401,851	550,043	148,192	36.8%

50	Wyoming	469,557	453,588	15,969	3.4%

United States	226,545,805	248,709,873	22,164,068	9.8%

Sentence(s)

The 1990 United States Census determined the population of the United States to be 248,709,873, an increase of 9.8 percent over the 226,545,805 persons from the 1980 Census.

final_sentence: The 1990 United States Census determined the population of the United States to be 248,709,873, an increase of 9.8 percent over the 226,545,805 persons from the 1980 Census.