List of states and territories of the United States by population
State rankings
This figure for each state compares to a national increase of 5.50%. Each state has a number of votes in the Electoral College equal to two more than its number of representatives in the U.S.

List of states and territories of the United States by population

Section Title: State rankings
Table Section Text: This figure for each state compares to a national increase of 5.50%. Each state has a number of votes in the Electoral College equal to two more than its number of representatives in the U.S.

Rank in the fifty states, 2018	Rank in states & territories	Name	Population estimate, July 1, 2018	Census population, April 1, 2010	Percent increase from 2010-2018	Total seats in the U.S. House of Representatives, 2013–2023	Estimated population per electoral vote, 2018	Estimated population per House seat, 2018	Census population per House seat, 2010	Percent of the total U.S. population, 2018

1	1	California	39,557,045	37,254,523	6.2%	53	719,219	746,359	702,885	11.96%

2	2	Texas	28,701,845	25,145,561	14.1%	36	755,312	797,273	698,503	8.68%

3	3	Florida	21,299,325	18,801,310	13.3%	27	734,459	788,864	696,468	6.44%

4	4	New York	19,542,209	19,378,102	0.8%	27	673,869	723,786	717,707	5.91%

5	5	Pennsylvania	12,807,060	12,702,379	0.8%	18	640,353	711,503	705,715	3.87%

6	6	Illinois	12,741,080	12,830,632	0.7%	18	637,054	707,838	712,864	3.85%

7	7	Ohio	11,689,442	11,536,504	1.3%	16	649,413	730,590	721,032	3.53%

8	8	Georgia	10,519,475	9,687,653	8.6%	14	657,467	751,391	691,975	3.18%

9	9	North Carolina	10,383,620	9,535,483	8.9%	13	692,241	798,740	733,498	3.14%

10	10	Michigan	9,995,915	9,883,640	1.1%	14	624,735	713,994	705,974	3.02%

11	11	New Jersey	8,908,520	8,791,894	1.3%	12	636,323	742,377	732,658	2.69%

12	12	Virginia	8,517,685	8,001,024	6.5%	11	655,207	774,335	727,366	2.58%

13	13	Washington	7,535,591	6,724,540	12.1%	10	627,966	753,559	672,454	2.28%

14	16	Arizona	7,171,646	6,392,017	12.2%	9	651,968	796,850	710,224	2.17%

15	14	Massachusetts	6,902,149	6,547,629	5.4%	9	627,468	766,905	727,514	2.09%

16	17	Tennessee	6,770,010	6,346,105	6.7%	9	615,455	752,223	705,123	2.05%

17	15	Indiana	6,691,878	6,483,802	3.2%	9	608,353	743,542	720,422	2.02%

18	18	Missouri	6,126,452	5,988,927	2.3%	8	612,645	765,807	748,615	1.85%

19	19	Maryland	6,042,718	5,773,552	4.7%	8	604,272	755,340	721,694	1.83%

20	20	Wisconsin	5,813,568	5,686,986	2.2%	8	581,357	726,696	710,873	1.76%

21	22	Colorado	5,695,564	5,029,196	13.2%	7	632,840	813,652	720,704	1.72%

22	21	Minnesota	5,611,179	5,303,925	5.8%	8	561,118	701,397	662,991	1.70%

23	24	South Carolina	5,084,127	4,625,364	9.9%	7	564,903	726,304	660,766	1.54%

24	23	Alabama	4,887,871	4,779,736	2.3%	7	543,097	698,267	682,819	1.48%

25	25	Louisiana	4,659,978	4,533,372	2.8%	6	582,497	776,663	755,562	1.41%

26	26	Kentucky	4,468,402	4,339,367	3.0%	6	558,550	744,734	723,228	1.35%

27	27	Oregon	4,190,713	3,831,074	9.4%	5	598,673	838,143	766,215	1.27%

28	28	Oklahoma	3,943,079	3,751,351	5.1%	5	563,297	788,616	750,270	1.19%

29	30	Connecticut	3,572,665	3,574,097	0.04%	5	510,381	714,533	714,824	1.08%

—	29	Puerto Rico	3,195,153	3,725,789	16.6%	1 (non-voting)	—	3,195,153	3,725,789	0.97%

30	35	Utah	3,161,105	2,763,885	14.4%	4	526,851	790,276	690,972	0.96%

31	31	Iowa	3,156,145	3,046,355	3.6%	4	526,024	789,036	761,717	0.95%

32	36	Nevada	3,034,392	2,700,551	12.4%	4	505,732	758,598	675,173	0.92%

33	33	Arkansas	3,013,825	2,915,918	3.4%	4	502,304	753,456	728,990	0.91%

34	32	Mississippi	2,986,530	2,967,297	0.6%	4	497,755	746,633	742,026	0.90%

35	34	Kansas	2,911,505	2,853,118	2.0%	4	485,251	727,876	713,280	0.88%

36	37	New Mexico	2,095,428	2,059,179	1.8%	3	419,086	698,476	686,393	0.63%

37	39	Nebraska	1,929,268	1,826,341	5.6%	3	385,854	643,089	608,780	0.58%

38	38	West Virginia	1,805,832	1,852,994	2.5%	3	361,166	601,944	617,670	0.55%

39	40	Idaho	1,754,208	1,567,582	11.9%	2	438,552	877,104	783,826	0.53%

40	41	Hawaii	1,420,491	1,360,301	4.4%	2	355,123	710,246	680,151	0.43%

41	43	New Hampshire	1,356,458	1,316,470	3.0%	2	339,115	678,229	658,233	0.41%

42	42	Maine	1,338,404	1,328,361	0.8%	2	334,601	669,202	664,181	0.40%

43	45	Montana	1,062,305	989,415	7.4%	1	354,102	1,062,305	989,417	0.32%

44	44	Rhode Island	1,057,315	1,052,567	0.5%	2	264,329	528,658	526,466	0.32%

45	46	Delaware	967,171	897,934	7.7%	1	322,390	967,171	897,936	0.29%

46	47	South Dakota	882,235	814,180	8.4%	1	294,078	882,235	814,191	0.27%

47	49	North Dakota	760,077	672,591	13.0%	1	253,359	760,077	672,591	0.23%

48	48	Alaska	737,438	710,231	3.8%	1	245,813	737,438	710,249	0.22%

—	50	District of Columbia	702,455	601,723	16.7%	1 (non-voting)	234,152	—	—	0.21%

49	51	Vermont	626,299	625,741	0.09%	1	208,766	626,299	625,745	0.19%

50	52	Wyoming	577,737	563,626	2.5%	1	192,579	577,737	563,767	0.17%

—	53	Guam	165,718	159,358	4.0%	1 (non-voting)	—	—	0.05%

—	54	U.S. Virgin Islands	104,914	106,405	1.4%	1 (non-voting)	—	—	0.03%

—	55	American Samoa	55,641	55,519	0.22%	1 (non-voting)	—	—	0.02%

—	56	Northern Mariana Islands	55,194	53,883	2.4%	1 (non-voting)	—	—	0.02%

—	—	Contiguous United States	325,009,505	306,675,006	6.0%	432 (+ 1 non-voting)	748,977	708,285	98.05%

—	—	The fifty states	326,464,979	308,143,815	5.9%	435	747,184	708,405	98.71%

—	—	Fifty states + District of Columbia	327,167,434	308,745,538	6.0%	435 (+ 1 non-voting)	608,118	—	—	98.92%

—	—	Total U.S. (including District of Columbia and territories)	330,744,054	312,846,492	5.7%	435 (+ 6 non-voting)	—	—	100.00%

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Colorado is the 21st most populous U.S. state.

final_sentence: Colorado is the 21st most populous U.S. state.