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Table 3Resident 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.
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