List of U.S. states and territories by population

Table columns:
Rank in the fifty states, 2017
Rank in all states and territories, 2010
State or territory
Population estimate, July 1, 2017[4]
Census population, April 1, 2010
Total seats in the U.S. House of Representatives, 2013–2023
Estimated population per House seat, 2017
Census population per House seat, 2010
Percent of the total U.S. population, 2017[note 1]

Table rows:
cells: 1
1
California
39,536,653
37,252,895
53
745,974
702,885
12.14%
cells: 2
2
Texas
28,304,596
25,146,105
36
786,238
698,503
8.69%
cells: 3
4
Florida
21,312,211
18,804,623
27
777,200
696,468
6.44%
cells: 4
3
New York
19,849,399
19,378,087
27
735,163
717,707
6.09%
cells: 5
6
Pennsylvania
12,805,537
12,702,887
18
711,419
705,715
3.93%
cells: 6
5
Illinois
12,802,023
12,831,549
18
711,224
712,864
3.93%
cells: 7
7
Ohio
11,658,609
11,536,725
16
728,663
721,032
3.58%
cells: 8
9
Georgia
10,429,379
9,688,681
14
744,956
691,975
3.20%
cells: 9
10
North Carolina
10,273,419
9,535,692
13
790,263
733,498
3.15%
cells: 10
8
Michigan
9,962,311
9,884,129
14
711,594
705,974
3.06%
cells: 11
11
New Jersey
9,005,644
8,791,936
12
750,470
732,658
2.76%
cells: 12
12
Virginia
8,470,020
8,001,045
11
770,002
727,366
2.60%
cells: 13
13
Washington
7,405,743
6,724,543
10
740,574
672,454
2.27%
cells: 14
16
Arizona
7,016,270
6,392,307
9
779,586
710,224
2.15%
cells: 15
14
Massachusetts
6,859,819
6,547,817
9
762,202
727,514
2.11%
cells: 16
17
Tennessee
6,715,984
6,346,275
9
746,220
705,123
2.06%
cells: 17
15
Indiana
6,666,818
6,484,229
9
740,758
720,422
2.05%
cells: 18
18
Missouri
6,113,532
5,988,927
8
764,192
748,615
1.88%
cells: 19
19
Maryland
6,052,177
5,773,785
8
756,522
721,694
1.86%
cells: 20
20
Wisconsin
5,795,483
5,687,289
8
724,435
710,873
1.78%
cells: 21
22
Colorado
5,607,154
5,029,324
7
801,022
720,704
1.72%
cells: 22
21
Minnesota
5,576,606
5,303,925
8
697,076
662,991
1.71%
cells: 23
24
South Carolina
5,024,369
4,625,401
7
717,767
660,766
1.54%
cells: 24
23
Alabama
4,874,747
4,780,127
7
696,392
682,819
1.50%
cells: 25
25
Louisiana
4,684,333
4,533,479
6
780,722
755,562
1.44%
cells: 26
26
Kentucky
4,454,189
4,339,349
6
742,365
723,228
1.37%
cells: 27
27
Oregon
4,142,776
3,831,073
5
828,555
766,215
1.27%
cells: 28
28
Oklahoma
3,930,864
3,751,616
5
786,173
750,270
1.21%
cells: 29
30
Connecticut
3,588,184
3,574,118
5
717,637
714,824
1.10%
cells: —
29
Puerto Rico
3,337,177
3,726,157
1 (non-voting)
—
—
1.01%
cells: 30
31
Iowa
3,145,711
3,046,869
4
786,428
761,717
0.97%
cells: 31
35
Utah
3,101,833
2,763,888
4
775,458
690,972
0.95%
cells: 32
33
Arkansas
3,004,279
2,915,958
4
751,070
728,990
0.92%
cells: 33
36
Nevada
2,998,039
2,700,691
4
749,510
675,173
0.92%
cells: 34
32
Mississippi
2,984,100
2,968,103
4
746,025
742,026
0.92%
cells: 35
34
Kansas
2,913,123
2,853,132
4
728,281
713,280
0.89%
cells: 36
37
New Mexico
2,088,070
2,059,192
3
696,023
686,393
0.64%
cells: 37
39
Nebraska
1,920,076
1,826,341
3
640,025
608,780
0.59%
cells: 38
38
West Virginia
1,815,857
1,853,011
3
605,285
617,670
0.56%
cells: 39
40
Idaho
1,716,943
1,567,652
2
858,472
783,826
0.53%
cells: 40
41
Hawaii
1,427,538
1,360,301
2
713,769
680,151
0.44%
cells: 41
43
New Hampshire
1,342,795
1,316,466
2
671,398
658,233
0.41%
cells: 42
42
Maine
1,335,907
1,328,361
2
667,954
664,181
0.41%
cells: 43
44
Rhode Island
1,059,639
1,052,931
2
529,820
526,466
0.33%
cells: 44
45
Montana
1,050,493
989,417
1
1,050,493
989,417
0.32%
cells: 45
46
Delaware
961,939
897,936
1
961,939
897,936
0.30%
cells: 46
47
South Dakota
869,666
814,191
1
869,666
814,191
0.27%
cells: 47
49
North Dakota
755,393
672,591
1
755,393
672,591
0.23%
cells: 48
48
Alaska
739,795
710,249
1
739,795
710,249
0.23%
cells: —
51
District of Columbia
693,972
601,767
1 (non-voting)
—
—
0.21%
cells: 49
50
Vermont
623,657
625,745
1
623,657
625,745
0.19%
cells: 50
52
Wyoming
579,315
563,767
1
579,315
563,767
0.18%
cells: —
53
Guam
[note 2]
159,358[5]
1 (non-voting)
—
—
0.06%
cells: —
54
U.S. Virgin Islands
[note 2]
106,405[6]
1 (non-voting)
—
—
0.04%
cells: —
55
American Samoa
[note 2]
55,519[7]
1 (non-voting)
—
—
0.01%
cells: —
56
Northern Mariana Islands
[note 2]
53,883[8]
1 (non-voting)
—
—
0.00%
cells: —
57
Wake Island
100
188
0
—
—
0.00%
cells: —
58
Palmyra Atoll
20
20
0
—
—
0.00%
cells: —
59
Midway Atoll
40
0
0
—
—
0.00%
cells: —
—
Johnston Atoll
0
0
0
—
—
0.00%
cells: —
—
Baker Island
0
0
0
—
—
0.00%
cells: —
—
Howland Island
0
0
0
—
—
0.00%
cells: —
—
Jarvis Island
0
0
0
—
—
0.00%
cells: —
—
Kingman Reef
0
0
0
—
—
0.00%
cells: —
—
Navassa Island
0
0
0
—
—
0.00%
cells: —
—
Serranilla Bank
0
0
0
—
—
0.00%
cells: —
—
Bajo Nuevo Bank
0
0
0
—
—
0.00%
cells: —
—
Contiguous United States
323,551,845
306,687,555
432 (+ 1 non-voting)
—
—
98.18%
cells: —
—
The fifty states
325,025,206
308,156,338
435
737,348
708,376
98.48%
cells: —
—
Fifty states + D.C.
325,719,178
308,758,105
435 (+ 1 non-voting)
—
—
98.67%
cells: —
—
Total U.S. (including D.C. and territories)
329,431,520
312,913,872
435 (+ 6 non-voting)
—
—
100.00%

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