States Ranked by 2005 Population Estimates

States Ranked by 2005 Population Estimates US Census Bureau 2005 Estimates: 1 .California 36,132,147 2 .Texas 22,859,968 3 .New York 19,254,630 4 .Florida 17,789,864 5 .Illinois 12,763,371 6 .Pennsylvania 12,429,616 7 .Ohio 11,464,042 8 .Michigan 10,120,860 9 .Georgia 9,072,576 10 .New Jersey 8,717,925 11 .North Carolina 8,683,242 12 .Virginia 7,567,465 13 .Massachusetts 6,398,743 14 .Washington 6,287,759 15 .Indiana 6,271,973 16 .Tennessee 5,962,959 17 .Arizona 5,939,292 18 .Missouri 5,800,310 19 .Maryland 5,600,388 20 .Wisconsin 5,536,201 21 .Minnesota 5,132,799 22 .Colorado 4,665,177 23 .Alabama 4,557,808 24 .Louisiana 4,523,628 25 .South Carolina 4,255,083 26 .Kentucky 4,173,405 27 .Oregon 3,641,056 28 .Oklahoma 3,547,884 29 .Connecticut 3,510,297 30 .Iowa 2,966,334 31 .Mississippi 2,921,088 32 .Arkansas 2,779,154 33 .Kansas 2,744,687 34 .Utah 2,469,585 35 .Nevada 2,414,807 36 .New Mexico 1,928,384 37 .West Virginia 1,816,856 38 .Nebraska 1,758,787 39 .Idaho 1,429,096 40 .Maine 1,321,505 41 .New Hampshire 1,309,940 42 .Hawaii 1,275,194 43 .Rhode Island 1,076,189 44 .Montana 935,670 45 .Delaware 843,524 46 .South Dakota 775,933 47 .Alaska 663,661 48 .North Dakota 636,677 49 .Vermont 623,050 50 .Wyoming 509,294 District of Columbia 550,521 United States 296,410,404>