Table 3
Resident Population 2000
Rank	State	Amt.		Rank	State	Amt.
1	California	33,871,648		27	Oklahoma	3,450,654
2	Texas	20,851,820		28	Oregon	3,421,399
3	NEW YORK	18,976,457		29	Connecticut	3,405,565
4	Florida	15,982,378		30	Iowa	2,926,324
5	Illinois	12,419,293		31	Mississippi	2,844,658
6	Pennsylvania	12,281,054		32	Kansas	2,688,418
7	Ohio	11,353,140		33	Arkansas	2,673,400
8	Michigan	9,938,444		34	Utah	2,233,169
9	New Jersey	8,414,350		35	Nevada	1,998,257
10	Georgia	8,186,453		36	New Mexico	1,819,046
11	North Carolina	8,049,313		37	West Virginia	1,808,344
12	Virginia	7,078,515		38	Nebraska	1,711,263
13	Massachusetts	6,349,097		39	Idaho	1,293,953
14	Indiana	6,080,485		40	Maine	1,274,923
15	Washington	5,894,121		41	New Hampshire	1,235,786
16	Tennessee	5,689,283		42	Hawaii	1,211,537
17	Missouri	5,595,211		43	Rhode Island	1,048,319
18	Wisconsin	5,363,675		44	Montana	902,195
19	Maryland	5,296,486		45	Delaware	783,600
20	Arizona	5,130,632		46	South Dakota	754,844
21	Minnesota	4,919,479		47	North Dakota	642,200
22	Louisiana	4,468,976		48	Alaska	626,932
23	Alabama	4,447,100		49	Vermont	608,827
24	Colorado	4,301,261		50	Wyoming	493,782
25	Kentucky	4,041,769		U.S. total		285,230,516
26	South Carolina	4,012,012		N.Y.S. % of U.S. total		6.7%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau; total includes Puerto Rico and Washington, D.C. http://www.census.gov/main/www/cen2000.html
As recently as 1993, New York State was the second-largest state in the nation, ahead of Texas.