Rank Popula· Rank Percent Runic Popula- Rank Percent 

according t!ou according increase accord lug ti on HCcordlng increase to State lncrflase, in popu- to incrensc, in popu- amount 1940 to State 1~tJ~r· amount State 1940 to State la ti on, of to percent of to percent 19,JO 

increase 1950 rncrcase to 1950 increase 1950 increase f;o 1950 

--- 1 California_----------- 3, 678,836 1 Oallfornfa ___________ 53. 3 26 Minnesota __ ., ________ 190, 183 26 Rhode Island _______ 11.0 2 New York ____________ 1, 351, 050 2 Arliona _____________ 50.1 27 Missouri.. ____________ 169, 989 27 Illinois ______________ 10.3 3 Texas ___________ ------ 1, 29R, 370 3 Florida ______________ 4R.1 28 New Mexico __________ 149. 309 28 Georgia.------------ 10.3 4 Michigan _____________ I, 115, 060 4 Nevada _____________ 45. 2 29 District of Columbia __ 139,087 29 New York __________ 10. 0 5 0 h!o. _ --- _. ___________ 1, 039, 015 5 Orr1?on. ------------- 39. 6 30 Utah.---------------- 138, 552 30 Wisconsin ___________ 9.5 6 Florida _____________ -- 873, 891 6 Washington _________ 37.0 31 Kansas.---- ___ ------- 104, 271 31 Massachusetts ______ 8. 7 7 Illinois ___ ------------ 814, 935 7 Maryland ___________ 28. 6 32 West Virginia ________ 103, 578 32 New Hampshire ____ 8.5 8 New Jersey ___________ 675, 164 8 New Mexico ________ 28.1 33 Kentucky.----------- 99, 179 33 Alabama ____________ 8.1 0 vYashlugton __________ 642, 772 0 Ut1th. _______________ 25. 2 34 Iowa ___ -------------- R2, 805 34 Muluo. __ ----------- 7.9 10 Virginia._------------ 640, 907 10 Virginia---------·--- 23. 9 35 Rhode Island _________ 78, 550 35 Minnesota_----- ____ 6.8 

11 Pcnnsrl vmfa _________ 597,832 11 Michigan ___________ 21. 2 36 Maine ________________ 66, 548 36 Pennsylvania_------ 6.(} 12 Maryland_----------- 521, 757 12 Distl'ict of Columbia 21.0 37 Idaho ______ ----------_ 63, 764 37 Kansas _______ ---- ___ 5.8 13 Indiana. ------------- 606, 428 13 Texas ______ --------_ 20. 2 38 Dela ware .• ___________ 61.580 38 Montana ____________ 5.6 14 North Carolina. ______ 490,306 14 Delnware ___________ 19. 4 39 Nevada _______________ 49, 836 39 West Virginia _______ 5.4 15 Oregon.-------------- 431, 657 15 Oo Iorado. ___________ 18. 0 40 New Hampshire ______ 41, 718 40 Vermont. ___________ 5.2 16 Tennessee_----------- 375, 877 16 C1onnectim1t _________ 17. 4 41 Wyoming ____________ 39, 787 41 Missouri ____________ 4. 5 17 Massachusetts-------- 373, 793 17 New J~rsey _________ 16 2 42 Montana _____________ 31, 568 42 Kentucky ___________ 3. 5 18 Oeor~ia ____ ------ _____ 320,Sfi5 18 Wyoming ___________ 15. 9 43 Vermont.._---------- 18, 616 43 Iowa. ______ -------- _ 3.3 19 Louisiana·------------ 319. 636 19 Ohio.--------------- 15. 0 44 South Dakota ________ 9, 779 44 South Dakota _______ 1. 5 20 Oonnecticut __________ 298, 038 20 Indiana _____________ 14.8 45 Nebraska ___________ -- 9,676 45 Nebraska __ --------- o. 7 

21 "Wisconsin ____________ 296, 988 21 North Carolina _____ 13. 7 46 Mis~issippL---------- -4,882 46 Mi~slssippL ________ -0.2 22 Ari7.ona _______________ 250,320 22 Louisiana ___________ 13. 5 47 North Dakota ________ -22,299 47 Arkansas. ___ -------_ -2.0 23 Alabama. __ ---------- 228, 782 23 Tennessee ___________ 12. 9 48 Arkansa~- ___ • ______ -_ -39,876 48 North Dakota _______ -3.5 24 South Carolina _______ 217, 223 24 Idaho_-------------- 12.1 49 Oklahoma ____________ -103, 083 49 Oklahoma .• _________ -4.4 25 Colorado _____________ 201, 703 25 South Carolina ..•• __ 11.4 I