| Rank |
State |
1990 |
1997 |
% Change |
| 1 |
California |
29,785,857 |
32,268,301 |
8.3% |
| 2 |
Texas. |
16,986,335 |
19,439,337 |
14.4% |
| 3 |
New York |
17,990,778 |
18,137,226 |
0.8% |
| 4 |
Florida. |
12,938,071 |
14,653,945 |
13.3% |
| 5 |
Pennsylvania |
11,882,842 |
12,019,661 |
1.2% |
| 6 |
Illinois |
11,430,602 |
11,895,849 |
4.1% |
| 7 |
Ohio |
10,847,115 |
11,186,331 |
3.1% |
| 8 |
Michigan |
9,295,287 |
9,773,892 |
5.1% |
| 9 |
New Jersey |
7,747,750 |
8,052,849 |
3.9% |
| 10 |
Georgia. |
6,478,149 |
7,486,242 |
15.6% |
| 11 |
North Carolina |
6,632,448 |
7,425,183 |
12.0% |
| 12 |
Virginia |
6,189,197 |
6,733,996 |
8.8% |
| 13 |
Massachusetts. |
6,016,425 |
6,117,520 |
1.7% |
| 14 |
Indiana. |
5,544,156 |
5,864,108 |
5.8% |
| 15 |
Washington |
4,866,669 |
5,610,362 |
15.3% |
| 16 |
Missouri |
5,116,901 |
5,402,058 |
5.6% |
| 17 |
Tennessee. |
4,877,203 |
5,368,198 |
10.1% |
| 18 |
Wisconsin. |
4,891,769 |
5,169,677 |
5.7% |
| 19 |
Maryland |
4,780,753 |
5,094,289 |
6.6% |
| 20 |
Minnesota. |
4,375,665 |
4,685,549 |
7.1% |
| 21 |
Arizona. |
3,665,339 |
4,554,966 |
24.3% |
| 22 |
Louisiana. |
4,221,826 |
4,351,769 |
3.1% |
| 23 |
Alabama. |
4,040,389 |
4,319,154 |
6.9% |
| 24 |
Kentucky |
3,686,892 |
3,908,124 |
6.0% |
| 25 |
Colorado |
3,294,473 |
3,892,644 |
18.2% |
| 26 |
South Carolina |
3,486,310 |
3,760,181 |
7.9% |
| 27 |
Oklahoma |
3,145,576 |
3,317,091 |
5.5% |
| 28 |
Connecticut. |
3,287,116 |
3,269,858 |
-0.5% |
| 29 |
Oregon |
2,842,337 |
3,243,487 |
14.1% |
| 30 |
Iowa |
2,776,831 |
2,852,423 |
2.7% |
| 31 |
Mississippi. |
2,575,475 |
2,730,501 |
6.0% |
| 32 |
Kansas |
2,477,588 |
2,594,840 |
4.7% |
| 33 |
Arkansas |
2,350,624 |
2,522,819 |
7.3% |
| 34 |
Utah |
1,722,850 |
2,059,148 |
19.5% |
| 35 |
West Virginia. |
1,793,477 |
1,815,787 |
1.2% |
| 36 |
New Mexico |
1,515,069 |
1,729,751 |
14.2% |
| 37 |
Nevada |
1,201,675 |
1,676,809 |
39.5% |
| 38 |
Nebraska |
1,578,417 |
1,656,870 |
5.0% |
| 39 |
Maine. |
1,227,928 |
1,242,051 |
1.2% |
| 40 |
Idaho. |
1,006,734 |
1,210,232 |
20.2% |
| 41 |
Hawaii |
1,108,229 |
1,186,602 |
7.1% |
| 42 |
New Hampshire. |
1,109,252 |
1,172,709 |
5.7% |
| 43 |
Rhode Island |
1,003,464 |
987,429 |
-1.6% |
| 44 |
Montana. |
799,065 |
878,810 |
10.0% |
| 45 |
South Dakota |
696,004 |
737,973 |
6.0% |
| 46 |
Delaware |
666,168 |
731,581 |
9.8% |
| 47 |
North Dakota |
638,800 |
640,883 |
0.3% |
| 48 |
Alaska |
550,043 |
609,311 |
10.8% |
| 49 |
Vermont. |
562,758 |
588,978 |
4.7% |
| 50 |
Wyoming. |
453,589 |
479,743 |
5.8% |
| Exh. |
District of Columbia |
606,900 |
528,964 |
-12.8% |
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