The Most Populous States in the US

By adding an average of 803 new residents each day between July 1, 2013 and July 1, 2014, Florida passed New York to become the nation’s third most populous state, according to U.S. Census Bureau state population estimates released today. Florida’s population grew by 293,000 over this period, reaching 19.9 million. The population of New York increased by 51,000 to 19.7 million.

California remained the nation’s most populous state in 2014, with 38.8 million residents, followed by Texas, at 27.0 million

The 10 Most Populous States on July 1, 2014

Rank

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

State

California
Texas
Florida
New York
Illinois
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Georgia
North Carolina
Michigan

Population

38,802,500
26,956,958
19,893,297
19,746,227
12,880,580
12,787,209
11,594,163
10,097,343
9,943,964
9,909,877

The 10 Fastest-Growing States from July 1, 2013 to July 1, 2014

Rank

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

State

North Dakota
Nevada
Texas
Colorado
District of Columbia
Florida
Arizona
Utah
Idaho
South Carolina

Percent Change

2.16
1.71
1.70
1.59
1.51
1.49
1.45
1.38
1.34
1.27

The 10 States with the Largest Numeric Increase from July 1, 2013 to July 1, 2014

Rank

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

State

Texas
California
Florida
Georgia
Arizona
North Carolina
Washington
Colorado
South Carolina
Virginia

Numeric Increase

451,321
371,107
292,986
102,584
96,487
95,047
87,788
83,780
60,553
55,944

Six states lost population between July 1, 2013, and July 1, 2014: Illinois (9,972 or -0.08 percent), West Virginia (3,269 or -0.18 percent), Connecticut (2,664 or -0.07 percent), New Mexico (1,323 or -0.06 percent, Alaska (527 or -0.07 percent) and Vermont (293 or -0.05 percent).

The United States as a whole saw its population increase by 2.4 million to 318.9 million, or 0.75 percent.