States: people
Resident population, July 1, 2025
Persons. Select a state on the map or in the table for its profile.
Resident population, July 1, 2025, by state
Residents. Shaded in five groups of about ten states each. Rank 1 is the highest value.
Data table
All 50 states and DC, A to Z. The source publishes no margin of error for this measure.
| State | July 1, 2025 | Rank (1 = highest) |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 5,193,088 | 24 |
| Alaska | 737,270 | 48 |
| Arizona | 7,623,818 | 14 |
| Arkansas | 3,114,791 | 33 |
| California | 39,355,309 | 1 |
| Colorado | 6,012,561 | 20 |
| Connecticut | 3,688,496 | 29 |
| Delaware | 1,059,952 | 45 |
| District of Columbia | 693,645 | 49 |
| Florida | 23,462,518 | 3 |
| Georgia | 11,302,748 | 8 |
| Hawaii | 1,432,820 | 40 |
| Idaho | 2,029,733 | 37 |
| Illinois | 12,719,141 | 6 |
| Indiana | 6,973,333 | 17 |
| Iowa | 3,238,387 | 32 |
| Kansas | 2,977,220 | 34 |
| Kentucky | 4,606,864 | 26 |
| Louisiana | 4,618,189 | 25 |
| Maine | 1,414,874 | 42 |
| Maryland | 6,265,347 | 19 |
| Massachusetts | 7,154,084 | 16 |
| Michigan | 10,127,884 | 10 |
| Minnesota | 5,830,405 | 22 |
| Mississippi | 2,954,160 | 35 |
| Missouri | 6,270,541 | 18 |
| Montana | 1,144,694 | 43 |
| Nebraska | 2,018,006 | 38 |
| Nevada | 3,282,188 | 31 |
| New Hampshire | 1,415,342 | 41 |
| New Jersey | 9,548,215 | 11 |
| New Mexico | 2,125,498 | 36 |
| New York | 20,002,427 | 4 |
| North Carolina | 11,197,968 | 9 |
| North Dakota | 799,358 | 47 |
| Ohio | 11,900,510 | 7 |
| Oklahoma | 4,123,288 | 28 |
| Oregon | 4,273,586 | 27 |
| Pennsylvania | 13,059,432 | 5 |
| Rhode Island | 1,114,521 | 44 |
| South Carolina | 5,570,274 | 23 |
| South Dakota | 935,094 | 46 |
| Tennessee | 7,315,076 | 15 |
| Texas | 31,709,821 | 2 |
| Utah | 3,538,904 | 30 |
| Vermont | 644,663 | 50 |
| Virginia | 8,880,107 | 12 |
| Washington | 8,001,020 | 13 |
| West Virginia | 1,766,147 | 39 |
| Wisconsin | 5,972,787 | 21 |
| Wyoming | 588,753 | 51 |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025. NST-EST2025-ALLDATA, POPESTIMATE2025 · retrieved Oct. 2, 2026 · 51 rows · as of July 1, 2025 · annual. File: NST-EST2025-ALLDATA, POPESTIMATE2025. Download CSV
Highest to lowest
The source publishes no margin of error for this measure, so the ranks carry no test of whether neighbors really differ. Small gaps between states may be within the estimate’s ordinary error and revisions.
| Rank | State | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | California | 39,355,309 |
| 2 | Texas | 31,709,821 |
| 3 | Florida | 23,462,518 |
| 4 | New York | 20,002,427 |
| 5 | Pennsylvania | 13,059,432 |
| 6 | Illinois | 12,719,141 |
| 7 | Ohio | 11,900,510 |
| 8 | Georgia | 11,302,748 |
| 9 | North Carolina | 11,197,968 |
| 10 | Michigan | 10,127,884 |
| 11 | New Jersey | 9,548,215 |
| 12 | Virginia | 8,880,107 |
| 13 | Washington | 8,001,020 |
| 14 | Arizona | 7,623,818 |
| 15 | Tennessee | 7,315,076 |
| 16 | Massachusetts | 7,154,084 |
| 17 | Indiana | 6,973,333 |
| 18 | Missouri | 6,270,541 |
| 19 | Maryland | 6,265,347 |
| 20 | Colorado | 6,012,561 |
| 21 | Wisconsin | 5,972,787 |
| 22 | Minnesota | 5,830,405 |
| 23 | South Carolina | 5,570,274 |
| 24 | Alabama | 5,193,088 |
| 25 | Louisiana | 4,618,189 |
| 26 | Kentucky | 4,606,864 |
| 27 | Oregon | 4,273,586 |
| 28 | Oklahoma | 4,123,288 |
| 29 | Connecticut | 3,688,496 |
| 30 | Utah | 3,538,904 |
| 31 | Nevada | 3,282,188 |
| 32 | Iowa | 3,238,387 |
| 33 | Arkansas | 3,114,791 |
| 34 | Kansas | 2,977,220 |
| 35 | Mississippi | 2,954,160 |
| 36 | New Mexico | 2,125,498 |
| 37 | Idaho | 2,029,733 |
| 38 | Nebraska | 2,018,006 |
| 39 | West Virginia | 1,766,147 |
| 40 | Hawaii | 1,432,820 |
| 41 | New Hampshire | 1,415,342 |
| 42 | Maine | 1,414,874 |
| 43 | Montana | 1,144,694 |
| 44 | Rhode Island | 1,114,521 |
| 45 | Delaware | 1,059,952 |
| 46 | South Dakota | 935,094 |
| 47 | North Dakota | 799,358 |
| 48 | Alaska | 737,270 |
| 49 | District of Columbia | 693,645 |
| 50 | Vermont | 644,663 |
| 51 | Wyoming | 588,753 |
| Not ranked | United States For reference, not ranked | 341,784,857 |
About this measure
- Period
- July 1, 2025
- As of
- , retrieved
- Units
- Persons
- Uncertainty
- None published (administrative and model-based estimates), so ranks carry no test.
- Data
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- Census estimates, not a count. Each new vintage revises every year back to 2020.