As of 2023, the United States was the world’s third most-populated country, with more than 335,000,000 people. The U.S. state with the largest population is California, which has some 39,000,000 residents. Second is Texas, with more than 30,000,000. Several states have less than 1,000,000 people, and Wyoming holds the title of the least-populated state, with fewer than 600,000. How do the other states rank? Find out in the table below, which lists the 50 U.S. states by the latest population estimate.
| U.S. state | population: estimate | population: census |
|---|---|---|
| 1. California | (2023 est.) 38,965,193 | (2020) 39,538,223 |
| 2. Texas | (2023 est.) 30,503,301 | (2020) 29,145,505 |
| 3. Florida | (2023 est.) 22,610,726 | (2020) 21,538,187 |
| 4. New York | (2023 est.) 19,571,216 | (2020) 20,201,249 |
| 5. Pennsylvania | (2023 est.) 12,961,683 | (2020) 13,002,700 |
| 6. Illinois | (2023 est.) 12,549,689 | (2020) 12,812,508 |
| 7. Ohio | (2023 est.) 11,785,935 | (2020) 11,799,448 |
| 8. Georgia | (2023 est.) 11,029,227 | (2020) 10,711,908 |
| 9. North Carolina | (2023 est.) 10,835,491 | (2020) 10,439,388 |
| 10. Michigan | (2023 est.) 10,037,261 | (2020) 10,077,331 |
| 11. New Jersey | (2023 est.) 9,290,841 | (2020) 9,288,994 |
| 12. Virginia | (2023 est.) 8,715,698 | (2020) 8,631,393 |
| 13. Washington | (2023 est.) 7,812,880 | (2020) 7,705,281 |
| 14. Arizona | (2023 est.) 7,431,344 | (2020) 7,151,502 |
| 15. Tennessee | (2023 est.) 7,126,489 | (2020) 6,910,840 |
| 16. Massachusetts | (2023 est.) 7,001,399 | (2020) 7,029,917 |
| 17. Indiana | (2023 est.) 6,862,199 | (2020) 6,785,528 |
| 18. Missouri | (2023 est.) 6,196,156 | (2020) 6,154,913 |
| 19. Maryland | (2023 est.) 6,180,253 | (2020) 6,177,224 |
| 20. Wisconsin | (2023 est.) 5,910,955 | (2020) 5,893,718 |
| 21. Colorado | (2023 est.) 5,877,610 | (2020) 5,773,714 |
| 22. Minnesota | (2023 est.) 5,737,915 | (2020) 5,706,494 |
| 23. South Carolina | (2023 est.) 5,373,555 | (2020) 5,118,425 |
| 24. Alabama | (2023 est.) 5,108,468 | (2020) 5,024,279 |
| 25. Louisiana | (2023 est.) 4,573,749 | (2020) 4,657,757 |
| 26. Kentucky | (2023 est.) 4,526,154 | (2020) 4,505,836 |
| 27. Oregon | (2023 est.) 4,233,358 | (2020) 4,237,256 |
| 28. Oklahoma | (2023 est.) 4,053,824 | (2020) 3,959,353 |
| 29. Connecticut | (2023 est.) 3,617,176 | (2020) 3,605,944 |
| 30. Utah | (2023 est.) 3,417,734 | (2020) 3,271,616 |
| 31. Iowa | (2023 est.) 3,207,004 | (2020) 3,190,369 |
| 32. Nevada | (2023 est.) 3,194,176 | (2020) 3,104,614 |
| 33. Arkansas | (2023 est.) 3,067,732 | (2020) 3,011,524 |
| 34. Kansas | (2023 est.) 2,940,546 | (2020) 2,937,880 |
| 35. Mississippi | (2023 est.) 2,939,690 | (2020) 2,961,279 |
| 36. New Mexico | (2023 est.) 2,114,371 | (2020) 2,117,522 |
| 37. Nebraska | (2023 est.) 1,978,379 | (2020) 1,961,504 |
| 38. Idaho | (2023 est.) 1,964,726 | (2020) 1,839,106 |
| 39. West Virginia | (2023 est.) 1,770,071 | (2020) 1,793,716 |
| 40. Hawaii | (2023 est.) 1,435,138 | (2020) 1,455,271 |
| 41. New Hampshire | (2023 est.) 1,402,054 | (2020) 1,377,529 |
| 42. Maine | (2023 est.) 1,395,722 | (2020) 1,362,359 |
| 43. Montana | (2023 est.) 1,132,812 | (2020) 1,084,225 |
| 44. Rhode Island | (2023 est.) 1,095,962 | (2020) 1,097,379 |
| 45. Delaware | (2023 est.) 1,031,890 | (2020) 989,948 |
| 46. South Dakota | (2023 est.) 919,318 | (2020) 886,667 |
| 47. North Dakota | (2023 est.) 783,926 | (2020) 779,094 |
| 48. Alaska | (2023 est.) 733,406 | (2020) 733,391 |
| 49. Vermont | (2023 est.) 647,464 | (2020) 643,077 |
| 50. Wyoming | (2023 est.) 584,057 | (2020) 576,851 |