This is a list of U.S. states by population. The data is from the United States Census Bureau and is current as of mid-year 2000.

1. California - 33,871,648
2. Texas - 20,851,820
3. New York - 18,976,457
4. Florida - 15,982,378
5. Illinois - 12,419,293
6. Pennsylvania - 12,281,054
7. Ohio - 11,353,140
8. Michigan - 9,938,444
9. New Jersey - 8,414,350
10. Georgia - 8,186,453
11. North Carolina - 8,049,313
12. Virginia - 7,078,515
13. Massachusetts - 6,349,097
14. Indiana - 6,080,485
15. Washington - 5,894,121
16. Tennessee - 5,689,283
17. Missouri - 5,595,211
18. Wisconsin - 5,363,675
19. Maryland - 5,296,486
20. Arizona - 5,130,632
21. Minnesota - 4,919,479
22. Louisiana - 4,468,976
23. Alabama - 4,447,100
24. Colorado - 4,301,261
25. Kentucky - 4,041,769
26. South Carolina - 4,012,012
27. Oklahoma - 3,450,654
28. Oregon - 3,421,399
29. Connecticut - 3,405,565
30. Iowa - 2,926,324
31. Mississippi - 2,844,658
32. Kansas - 2,688,418
33. Arkansas - 2,673,400
34. Utah - 2,233,169
35. Nevada - 1,998,257
36. New Mexico - 1,819,046
37. West Virginia - 1,808,344
38. Nebraska - 1,711,263
39. Idaho - 1,293,953
40. Maine - 1,274,923
41. New Hampshire - 1,235,786
42. Hawaii - 1,211,537
43. Rhode Island - 1,048,319
44. Montana - 904,433
45. Delaware - 783,600
46. South Dakota - 754,844
47. North Dakota - 642,200
48. Alaska - 626,932
49. Vermont - 608,827
50. Wyoming - 493,782

• States by population, organized alphabetically: US Census
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