List of U.S. states and territories by population

Table columns:
Rank in the fifty states, 2016
Rank in all states & territories, 2010
State or territory
Population estimate, July 1, 2016[4]
Census population, April 1, 2010
Total seats in House of Representatives, 2013–2023
Estimated pop. per House seat, 2016
Census pop. per House seat, 2010
Percent of total U.S. pop., 2016[note 1]

Table rows:
cells: 1
1
California
39,250,017
37,254,503
53
738,581
702,905
12.15%
cells: 2
2
Texas
27,862,596
25,146,105
36
763,031
698,487
8.62%
cells: 3
4
Florida
20,612,439
18,804,623
27
750,788
696,345
6.38%
cells: 4
3
New York
19,745,289
19,378,087
27
733,177
717,707
6.11%
cells: 5
5
Illinois
12,801,539
12,831,549
align=cen
714,444
712,813
3.96%
cells: 6
6
Pennsylvania
12,784,227
12,702,887
18
711,250
705,688
3.96%
cells: 7
7
Ohio
11,614,373
11,536,725
16
725,839
721,032
3.59%
cells: 8
9
Georgia
10,310,371
9,688,681
14
729,633
691,975
3.19%
cells: 9
10
North Carolina
10,146,788
9,535,692
13
772,523
733,498
3.14%
cells: 10
8
Michigan
9,928,300
9,884,129
14
708,755
705,974
3.07%
cells: 11
11
New Jersey
8,944,469
8,791,936
12
746,501
732,658
2.77%
cells: 12
12
Virginia
8,411,808
8,001,045
11
762,090
727,366
2.60%
cells: 13
13
Washington
7,288,000
6,724,543
10
717,035
672,454
2.26%
cells: 14
16
Arizona
6,931,071
6,392,307
9
758,674
710,224
2.15%
cells: 15
14
Massachusetts
6,811,779
6,547,817
9
754,936
727,514
2.11%
cells: 16
17
Tennessee
6,651,194
6,346,275
9
733,367
705,123
2.06%
cells: 17
15
Indiana
6,633,053
6,484,229
9
735,520
720,422
2.05%
cells: 18
18
Missouri
6,093,000
5,988,927
8
760,459
748,615
1.89%
cells: 19
19
Maryland
6,016,447
5,773,785
8
750,800
721,694
1.86%
cells: 20
20
Wisconsin
5,778,708
5,687,289
8
721,417
710,873
1.79%
cells: 21
22
Colorado
5,540,545
5,029,324
7
779,511
720,704
1.72%
cells: 22
21
Minnesota
5,519,952
5,303,925
8
686,199
662,991
1.71%
cells: 23
24
South Carolina
4,961,119
4,625,401
7
699,449
660,766
1.54%
cells: 24
23
Alabama
4,863,300
4,780,127
7
694,140
682,819
1.51%
cells: 25
25
Louisiana
4,681,666
4,533,479
6
778,454
755,562
1.45%
cells: 26
26
Kentucky
4,436,974
4,339,349
6
737,515
723,228
1.37%
cells: 27
27
Oregon
4,093,465
3,831,073
5
805,795
766,215
1.27%
cells: 28
28
Oklahoma
3,923,561
3,751,616
5
782,268
750,270
1.21%
cells: 29
30
Connecticut
3,576,452
3,574,118
5
718,177
714,819
1.11%
cells: —
29
Puerto Rico
3,411,307
3,726,157
1 (non-voting)
—
—
1.06%
cells: 30
31
Iowa
3,134,693
3,046,869
4
780,975
761,589
0.97%
cells: 31
35
Utah
3,051,217
2,763,888
4
748,083
690,221
0.94%
cells: 32
32
Mississippi
2,988,726
2,968,103
4
748,083
741,824
0.93%
cells: 33
33
Arkansas
2,988,248
2,915,958
4
744,551
728,980
0.93%
cells: 34
36
Nevada
2,940,058
2,700,691
4
722,711
675,110
0.91%
cells: 35
34
Kansas
2,907,289
2,853,132
4
727,910
713,280
0.90%
cells: 36
37
New Mexico
2,081,015
2,059,192
3
695,036
686,393
0.64%
cells: 37
39
Nebraska
1,907,116
1,826,341
3
632,063
608,780
0.59%
cells: 38
38
West Virginia
1,831,102
1,853,011
3
614,709
617,665
0.57%
cells: 39
40
Idaho
1,683,140
1,567,652
2
827,465
783,791
0.52%
cells: 40
41
Hawaii
1,428,557
1,360,301
2
715,802
680,151
0.44%
cells: 41
43
New Hampshire
1,334,795
1,316,466
2
665,304
658,235
0.41%
cells: 42
42
Maine
1,331,479
1,328,361
2
664,664
664,181
0.41%
cells: 43
44
Rhode Island
1,056,426
1,052,931
2
528,149
526,284
0.33%
cells: 44
45
Montana
1,042,520
989,417
1
1,032,949
989,415
0.32%
cells: 45
46
Delaware
952,065
897,936
1
952,065
897,934
0.30%
cells: 46
47
South Dakota
865,454
814,191
1
858,469
814,180
0.27%
cells: 47
49
North Dakota
757,952
672,591
1
756,927
672,591
0.24%
cells: 48
48
Alaska
741,894
710,249
1
741,894
710,231
0.23%
cells: —
51
District of Columbia
681,170
601,767
1 (non-voting)
—
—
0.21%
cells: 49
50
Vermont
624,594
625,745
1
626,042
625,741
0.19%
cells: 50
52
Wyoming
585,501
563,767
1
586,107
563,626
0.18%
cells: —
53
Guam
161,785
159,358[5]
1 (non-voting)
—
—
0.06%
cells: —
54
U.S. Virgin Islands
103,574
106,405[6]
1 (non-voting)
—
—
0.04%
cells: —
55
American Samoa
54,343
55,519[7]
1 (non-voting)
—
—
0.01%
cells: —
56
Northern Mariana Islands
52,344
53,883[8]
1 (non-voting)
—
—
0.00%
cells: —
59
Wake Island
188
382
0
—
—
0.00%
cells: —
58
Johnston Atoll
40
1,100
0
—
—
0.00%
cells: —
57
Midway Atoll
75
2,220
0
—
—
0.00%
cells: —
60
Palmyra Atoll
20
n/a
0
—
—
0.00%
cells: —
—
Contiguous United States
320,975,339
306,687,555
432 (+ 1 non-voting)
—
—
98.18%
cells: —
—
The fifty states
322,464,620
308,156,338
435
737,348
708,376
98.48%
cells: —
—
Fifty states + D.C.
323,145,790
308,758,105
435 (+ 1 non-voting)
—
—
98.67%
cells: —
—
Total U.S. territory
326,929,143
312,913,872
435 (+ 6 non-voting)
—
—
100.00%

Questions about this table:
originalText: which state in us has the largest population
answer: answerTexts: California