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Resident population, July 1, 2025

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Resident population, July 1, 2025, by state

Residents. Shaded in five groups of about ten states each. Rank 1 is the highest value.

Residents

  • Step 1 of 5, lightest: 0 to under 1.5M
  • Step 2 of 5, shade: 1.5M to under 3.5M
  • Step 3 of 5, shade: 3.5M to under 6M
  • Step 4 of 5, shade: 6M to under 10M
  • Step 5 of 5, strongest: 10M to 40M

United States: 341,784,857

Data table

All 50 states and DC, A to Z. The source publishes no margin of error for this measure.

StateJuly 1, 2025Rank (1 = highest)
Alabama5,193,08824
Alaska737,27048
Arizona7,623,81814
Arkansas3,114,79133
California39,355,3091
Colorado6,012,56120
Connecticut3,688,49629
Delaware1,059,95245
District of Columbia693,64549
Florida23,462,5183
Georgia11,302,7488
Hawaii1,432,82040
Idaho2,029,73337
Illinois12,719,1416
Indiana6,973,33317
Iowa3,238,38732
Kansas2,977,22034
Kentucky4,606,86426
Louisiana4,618,18925
Maine1,414,87442
Maryland6,265,34719
Massachusetts7,154,08416
Michigan10,127,88410
Minnesota5,830,40522
Mississippi2,954,16035
Missouri6,270,54118
Montana1,144,69443
Nebraska2,018,00638
Nevada3,282,18831
New Hampshire1,415,34241
New Jersey9,548,21511
New Mexico2,125,49836
New York20,002,4274
North Carolina11,197,9689
North Dakota799,35847
Ohio11,900,5107
Oklahoma4,123,28828
Oregon4,273,58627
Pennsylvania13,059,4325
Rhode Island1,114,52144
South Carolina5,570,27423
South Dakota935,09446
Tennessee7,315,07615
Texas31,709,8212
Utah3,538,90430
Vermont644,66350
Virginia8,880,10712
Washington8,001,02013
West Virginia1,766,14739
Wisconsin5,972,78721
Wyoming588,75351

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.

Resident population, July 1, 2025, highest to lowest
RankStateValue
1California39,355,309
2Texas31,709,821
3Florida23,462,518
4New York20,002,427
5Pennsylvania13,059,432
6Illinois12,719,141
7Ohio11,900,510
8Georgia11,302,748
9North Carolina11,197,968
10Michigan10,127,884
11New Jersey9,548,215
12Virginia8,880,107
13Washington8,001,020
14Arizona7,623,818
15Tennessee7,315,076
16Massachusetts7,154,084
17Indiana6,973,333
18Missouri6,270,541
19Maryland6,265,347
20Colorado6,012,561
21Wisconsin5,972,787
22Minnesota5,830,405
23South Carolina5,570,274
24Alabama5,193,088
25Louisiana4,618,189
26Kentucky4,606,864
27Oregon4,273,586
28Oklahoma4,123,288
29Connecticut3,688,496
30Utah3,538,904
31Nevada3,282,188
32Iowa3,238,387
33Arkansas3,114,791
34Kansas2,977,220
35Mississippi2,954,160
36New Mexico2,125,498
37Idaho2,029,733
38Nebraska2,018,006
39West Virginia1,766,147
40Hawaii1,432,820
41New Hampshire1,415,342
42Maine1,414,874
43Montana1,144,694
44Rhode Island1,114,521
45Delaware1,059,952
46South Dakota935,094
47North Dakota799,358
48Alaska737,270
49District of Columbia693,645
50Vermont644,663
51Wyoming588,753
Not rankedUnited States For reference, not ranked341,784,857

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
Download the CSV (all 50 states and DC, with the rank, the test and every input column)
  • Census estimates, not a count. Each new vintage revises every year back to 2020.