Fastest-growing states
Arizona 6,166,318 5,953,007 213,311 3.58%
Nevada 2,495,529 2,412,301 83,228 3.45%
Idaho 1,466,465 1,429,367 37,098 2.60%
Georgia 9,363,941 9,132,553 231,388 2.53%
Texas 23,507,783 22,928,508 579,275 2.53%
Utah 2,550,063 2,490,334 59,729 2.40%
North Carolina 8,856,505 8,672,459 184,046 2.12%
Colorado 4,753,377 4,663,295 90,082 1.93%
Florida 18,089,888 17,768,191 321,697 1.81%
South Carolina 4,321,249 4,246,933 74,316 1.75%
Oregon 3,700,758 3,638,871 61,887 1.70%
Washington 6,395,798 6,291,899 103,899 1.65%
New Mexico 1,954,599 1,925,985 28,614 1.49%
Delaware 853,476 841,741 11,735 1.39%
Tennessee 6,038,803 5,955,745 83,058 1.39%
Arkansas 2,810,872 2,775,708 35,164 1.27%
Wyoming 515,004 508,798 6,206 1.22%
Alabama 4,599,030 4,548,327 50,703 1.11%
Montana 944,632 934,737 9,895 1.06%
Virginia 7,642,884 7,564,327 78,557 1.04%
Alaska 670,053 663,253 6,800 1.03%
Oklahoma 3,579,212 3,543,442 35,770 1.01%
Hawaii 1,285,498 1,273,278 12,220 0.96%
South Dakota 781,919 774,883 7,036 0.91%
California 36,457,549 36,154,147 303,402 0.84%
Kentucky 4,206,074 4,172,608 33,466 0.80%
Minnesota 5,167,101 5,126,739 40,362 0.79%
Missouri 5,842,713 5,797,703 45,010 0.78%
Indiana 6,313,520 6,266,019 47,501 0.76%
New Hampshire 1,314,895 1,306,819 8,076 0.62%
Kansas 2,764,075 2,748,172 15,903 0.58%
Nebraska 1,768,331 1,758,163 10,168 0.58%
Iowa 2,982,085 2,965,524 16,561 0.56%
Wisconsin 5,556,506 5,527,644 28,862 0.52%
Illinois 12,831,970 12,765,427 66,543 0.52%
Maryland 5,615,727 5,589,599 26,128 0.47%
Pennsylvania 12,440,621 12,405,348 35,273 0.28%
New Jersey 8,724,560 8,703,150 21,410 0.25%
Maine 1,321,574 1,318,220 3,354 0.25%
West Virginia 1,818,470 1,814,083 4,387 0.24%
Vermont 623,908 622,387 1,521 0.24%
North Dakota 635,867 634,605 1,262 0.20%
Connecticut 3,504,809 3,500,701 4,108 0.12%
Mississippi 2,910,540 2,908,496 2,044 0.07%
Massachusetts 6,437,193 6,433,367 3,826 0.06%
Ohio 11,478,006 11,470,685 7,321 0.06%
New York 19,306,183 19,315,721 -9,538 -0.05%
Michigan 10,095,643 10,100,833 -5,190 -0.05%
District of Columbia 581,530 582,049 -519 -0.09%
Rhode Island 1,067,610 1,073,579 -5,969 -0.56%
Louisiana 4,287,768 4,507,331 -219,563 -4.87%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau

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