List of U.S. states by population

This is a list of United States of America states by population as of 2020. The list was made using the 2020 United States Census.  The total population of the United States was 331,449,281 at the 2020 Census, not including U.S. territories, or 335,073,176, including U.S. territories.

These numbers include all people other than people just visiting: These include citizens, non-citizen permanent residents and non-citizen long-term visitors. People in the military who are working in other countries and their families are counted in their home state. The United States of America is the third most populous country in the world, behind China and India. 


 Rank in states & territories, 2020 Rank in states & territories, 2010 State Census population, April 1, 2020 Census population, April 1, 2010 Percent change, 2010–2020This figure for each state compares to a national increase of 5.97%. Absolute change, 2010-2020 Total seats in the U.S. House of Representatives, 2023–2033 Census population per electoral voteEach state has a number of votes in the Electoral College equal to two more than its number of representatives in the U.S. House, while DC is granted 3 electoral votes. The Electoral College is used to elect the President and Vice President of the United States. Census population per House seat Percent of the total U.S. population, 2020Because of rounding of the individual percentages, the entries in this column may not sum to 100%.1 39,538,22337,253,9566.1% +2,284,267732,189760,35011.80%30,145,50525,145,56115.9% +4,999,944728,638766,9878.70%421,538,18718,801,31014.6% +2,736,877717,940769,2216.43%320,201,24919,378,1024.2% +823,147721,473776,9716.03%613,002,70012,702,379  2.4% +300,321684,353764,8653.88%512,812,50812,830,632−0.1% −18,124674,343753,6773.82%11,799,44811,536,5042.3% +262,944694,085786,6303.52%10,711,9089,687,65310.6% +1,024,255669,494765,1363.20%10,439,3889,535,4839.5% +903,905652,462745,6713.12%10,077,3319,883,6402.0% +193,691671,822775,1793.01%9,288,9948,791,8945.7% +497,100663,500774,0832.77%8,631,3938,001,0247.9% +630,369663,953784,6722.58%7,705,2816,724,54014.6% +980,741642,107770,5282.30%7,151,5026,392,01711.9% +759,485650,137794,6112.13%7,029,9176,547,6297.4% +482,288639,083781,1022.10%6,910,8406,346,1058.9% +564,735628,258767,8712.06%6,785,5286,483,8024.7% +301,726616,866753,9482.03%6,177,2245,773,5527.0% +403,672617,722772,1531.84%6,154,9135,988,9272.8% +165,986615,491769,3641.84%5,893,7185,686,9863.6% +206,732589,372736,7151.76%5,773,7145,029,19614.8% +744,518577,371721,7141.72%5,706,4945,303,9257.6% +402,569570,649713,3121.70%5,118,4254,625,36410.7% +493,061568,714731,2041.53%5,024,2794,779,7365.1% +244,543558,253717,7541.50%4,657,7574,533,3722.7% +124,385582,220776,2931.39%4,505,8364,339,3673.8% +166,469563,230750,9731.35%4,237,2563,831,07410.6% +406,182529,657706,2091.27%3,959,3533,751,3515.5% +208,002565,622791,8711.18%3,605,9443,574,097  0.9% +31,847515,135721,1891.08%3,285,8743,725,789 −11.8%−439,9151 (non-voting)——0.98%3,271,6162,763,88518.4% +507,731545,269817,9040.98%3,190,3693,046,3554.7% +144,014531,728797,5920.95%3,104,6142,700,55115.0% +404,063517,436776,1540.93%3,011,5242,915,9183.3% +95,606501,921752,8810.90% Mississippi2,961,2792,967,297−0.2% −6,018493,547740,3200.88%2,937,8802,853,1183.0% +84,762489,647734,4700.88%2,117,5222,059,1792.8% +58,343423,504705,8410.63%1,961,5041,826,3417.4% +135,163392,301653,8350.59%1,839,1061,567,58217.3% +271,524459,777919,5530.55%1,793,7161,852,994  −3.2%−59,278448,429896,8580.54%1,455,2711,360,3017.0% +94,970363,818727,6360.43%1,377,5291,316,4704.6% +61,059344,382688,7650.41%1,362,3591,328,3612.6% +33,998340,590681,1800.41%1,097,3791,052,5674.3% +44,812274,345548,6900.33%1,084,225989,4159.6% +94,810271,056542,1130.32%989,948897,93410.2% +92,014329,983989,9480.30%886,667814,1808.9% +72,487295,556886,6670.27%779,094672,59115.8% +106,503259,698779,0940.23%733,391710,2313.3% +23,160244,464733,3910.22%689,545601,72314.6% +87,8221 (non-voting)229,848—0.21%643,077625,741  2.8% +17,336214,359643,0770.19%576,851563,6262.3% +13,225192,284576,8510.17%153,836159,358−3.5%−5,5221 (non-voting)——0.05%87,146106,405 −18.1%−19,2591 (non-voting)——0.03%49,71055,519−10.5%−5,8091 (non-voting)——0.01%47,32953,883−12.2%−6,5541 (non-voting)——0.01%——Contiguous United States329,260,619306,675,0067.4% +22,585,613432 (+ 1 non-voting)627,163757,74598.27%——The fifty states331,759,736308,143,8157.3% +22,615,921435621,729755,79698.71%——Fifty states + D.C.332,449,281308,745,5387.4% +22,703,743435 (+ 1 non-voting) 619,531—98.92%——Total U.S. (including D.C. and territories)335,073,176312,846,4927.1% +22,226,684435 (+ 6 non-voting)——100.00%

References

 Other websites 
 State Totals: Vintage 2012 - U.S Census Bureau
Here is a video about the most populated states in the United States of America
 Congressional Apportionment - 2010 apportionment results - people and households - U.S. Census Bureau

Population, List of U.S. states by