Historical State Populations
U.S. Census Bureau Figures, in thousands

 

Region, Division & State	1960  (April)	1970  (April)	1980 1  (April)	1981  (July)	1982  (July)	1983  (July)	1984  (July)	1985  (July)	1986  (July)	1987  (July)	1988  (July)	1989  (July)	1990 2  (April)	1990  (July)	1991  (July)	1992  (July)	1993  (July)	1994  (July)	1995  (July)	1996  (July)
United States	179,323	203,302	226,546	229,466	231,664	233,792	235,825	237,924	240,133	242,289	244,499	246,819	248,718	249,398	252,106	255,011	257,795	260,372	262,890	265,284
Northeast	44,678	49,061	49,135	49,270	49,334	49,537	49,718	49,869	50,071	50,302	50,584	50,757	50,811	50,857	50,954	51,097	51,293	51,426	51,505	51,580
New England	10,509	11,848	12,348	12,436	12,468	12,544	12,642	12,741	12,833	12,951	13,085	13,182	13,207	13,220	13,204	13,198	13,230	13,265	13,305	13,351
Maine	969	994	1,125	1,133	1,137	1,145	1,156	1,163	1,170	1,185	1,204	1,220	1,228	1,231	1,236	1,236	1,239	1,238	1,239	1,243
New Hampshire	607	738	921	937	948	958	977	997	1,025	1,054	1,083	1,105	1,109	1,112	1,108	1,114	1,123	1,135	1,148	1,162
Vermont	390	445	511	516	519	523	527	530	534	540	550	558	563	564	568	571	575	581	585	589
Massachusetts	5,149	5,689	5,737	5,769	5,771	5,799	5,841	5,881	5,903	5,935	5,980	6,015	6,016	6,018	5,999	5,998	6,017	6,042	6,071	6,092
Rhode Island	859	950	947	953	954	956	962	969	977	990	996	1,001	1,003	1,005	1,005	1,002	1,000	996	992	990
Connecticut	2,535	3,032	3,108	3,129	3,139	3,162	3,180	3,201	3,224	3,247	3,272	3,283	3,287	3,289	3,289	3,276	3,276	3,273	3,271	3,274
Middle Atlantic	34,168	37,213	36,787	36,834	36,866	36,992	37,076	37,128	37,238	37,350	37,499	37,575	37,604	37,638	37,750	37,899	38,063	38,161	38,200	38,229
New York	16,782	18,241	17,558	17,568	17,590	17,687	17,746	17,792	17,833	17,869	17,941	17,983	17,991	18,003	18,037	18,099	18,170	18,197	18,191	18,185
New Jersey	6,067	7,171	7,365	7,407	7,431	7,468	7,515	7,566	7,622	7,671	7,712	7,726	7,730	7,740	7,767	7,811	7,860	7,906	7,950	7,988
Pennsylvania	11,319	11,801	11,864	11,859	11,845	11,838	11,815	11,771	11,783	11,811	11,846	11,866	11,883	11,895	11,946	11,989	12,033	12,058	12,060	12,056
Midwest	51,619	56,589	58,866	58,912	58,784	58,691	58,775	58,820	58,848	59,018	59,254	59,468	59,669	59,765	60,160	60,597	61,016	61,371	61,732	62,082
East North Central	36,225	40,262	41,682	41,648	41,493	41,366	41,393	41,418	41,455	41,590	41,721	41,873	42,009	42,077	42,363	42,663	42,934	43,152	43,381	43,614
Ohio	9,706	10,657	10,798	10,788	10,757	10,738	10,738	10,735	10,730	10,760	10,799	10,829	10,847	10,862	10,929	11,000	11,059	11,097	11,134	11,173
Indiana	4,662	5,195	5,490	5,480	5,468	5,450	5,458	5,459	5,454	5,473	5,492	5,524	5,544	5,555	5,603	5,652	5,707	5,750	5,797	5,841
Illinois	10,081	11,110	11,427	11,443	11,423	11,409	11,412	11,400	11,387	11,391	11,390	11,410	11,431	11,447	11,516	11,596	11,670	11,734	11,790	11,847
Michigan	7,823	8,882	9,262	9,209	9,115	9,048	9,049	9,076	9,128	9,187	9,218	9,253	9,295	9,311	9,366	9,418	9,453	9,486	9,538	9,594
Wisconsin	3,952	4,418	4,706	4,726	4,729	4,721	4,736	4,748	4,756	4,778	4,822	4,857	4,892	4,902	4,948	4,996	5,045	5,084	5,122	5,160
West North Central	15,394	16,327	17,183	17,264	17,292	17,325	17,382	17,402	17,393	17,428	17,533	17,595	17,660	17,688	17,797	17,934	18,082	18,219	18,351	18,468
Minnesota	3,414	3,806	4,076	4,112	4,131	4,141	4,158	4,184	4,205	4,235	4,296	4,338	4,376	4,387	4,429	4,475	4,526	4,572	4,615	4,658
Iowa	2,758	2,825	2,914	2,908	2,888	2,871	2,859	2,830	2,792	2,767	2,768	2,771	2,777	2,780	2,792	2,808	2,822	2,832	2,843	2,852
Missouri	4,320	4,678	4,917	4,932	4,929	4,944	4,975	5,000	5,023	5,057	5,082	5,096	5,117	5,126	5,157	5,189	5,233	5,275	5,319	5,359
North Dakota	632	618	653	660	669	677	680	677	669	661	655	646	639	637	634	635	637	640	642	644
South Dakota	681	666	691	690	691	693	697	698	696	696	698	697	696	697	702	710	717	724	730	732
Nebraska	1,411	1,485	1,570	1,579	1,582	1,584	1,589	1,585	1,574	1,567	1,571	1,575	1,578	1,581	1,592	1,604	1,615	1,626	1,639	1,652
Kansas	2,179	2,249	2,364	2,385	2,401	2,416	2,424	2,427	2,433	2,445	2,462	2,473	2,478	2,481	2,492	2,514	2,532	2,550	2,564	2,572
South	54,973	62,812	75,372	76,965	78,302	79,449	80,417	81,409	82,428	83,208	83,890	84,700	85,454	85,732	86,934	88,186	89,457	90,738	91,958	93,098
South Atlantic	25,972	30,678	36,959	37,790	38,307	38,850	39,492	40,159	40,863	41,619	42,318	43,008	43,571	43,758	44,444	45,097	45,733	46,397	47,013	47,616
Delaware	446	548	594	596	599	605	612	618	628	637	648	658	666	669	680	690	699	708	717	725
Maryland	3,101	3,924	4,217	4,262	4,283	4,313	4,365	4,413	4,487	4,566	4,658	4,727	4,781	4,798	4,859	4,909	4,953	5,000	5,039	5,072
District of Columbia	764	757	638	637	634	632	633	635	638	637	630	624	607	604	595	586	579	568	555	543
Virginia	3,967	4,651	5,347	5,444	5,493	5,565	5,644	5,715	5,812	5,932	6,037	6,120	6,189	6,214	6,286	6,388	6,475	6,550	6,615	6,675
West Virginia	1,860	1,744	1,950	1,954	1,950	1,945	1,928	1,907	1,882	1,858	1,830	1,807	1,793	1,792	1,799	1,807	1,819	1,822	1,825	1,826
North Carolina	4,556	5,084	5,882	5,957	6,019	6,077	6,164	6,254	6,322	6,404	6,481	6,565	6,632	6,657	6,754	6,841	6,960	7,079	7,202	7,323
South Carolina	2,383	2,591	3,122	3,179	3,208	3,234	3,272	3,303	3,343	3,381	3,412	3,457	3,486	3,499	3,556	3,595	3,629	3,643	3,667	3,699
Georgia	3,943	4,588	5,463	5,568	5,650	5,728	5,835	5,963	6,085	6,208	6,316	6,411	6,478	6,507	6,625	6,767	6,906	7,063	7,209	7,353
Florida	4,952	6,791	9,746	10,193	10,471	10,750	11,040	11,351	11,668	11,997	12,306	12,638	12,938	13,018	13,291	13,513	13,714	13,965	14,184	14,400
East South Central	12,050	12,808	14,666	14,756	14,811	14,856	14,912	14,971	15,012	15,070	15,107	15,136	15,180	15,209	15,343	15,516	15,709	15,884	16,046	16,193
Kentucky	3,038	3,221	3,661	3,670	3,683	3,694	3,695	3,695	3,688	3,683	3,680	3,677	3,687	3,693	3,715	3,753	3,794	3,826	3,857	3,884
Tennessee	3,567	3,926	4,591	4,628	4,646	4,660	4,687	4,715	4,739	4,783	4,822	4,854	4,877	4,891	4,949	5,020	5,094	5,175	5,247	5,320
Alabama	3,267	3,444	3,894	3,919	3,925	3,934	3,952	3,973	3,992	4,015	4,024	4,030	4,040	4,048	4,087	4,131	4,182	4,215	4,246	4,273
Mississippi	2,178	2,217	2,521	2,539	2,557	2,568	2,578	2,588	2,594	2,589	2,580	2,574	2,575	2,577	2,592	2,612	2,639	2,668	2,696	2,716
West South Central	16,951	19,326	23,747	24,419	25,184	25,743	26,013	26,279	26,553	26,518	26,466	26,556	26,703	26,765	27,147	27,574	28,016	28,457	28,899	29,290
Arkansas	1,786	1,923	2,286	2,293	2,294	2,306	2,320	2,327	2,332	2,342	2,343	2,346	2,351	2,354	2,371	2,396	2,427	2,455	2,485	2,510
Louisiana	3,257	3,645	4,206	4,283	4,353	4,395	4,400	4,408	4,407	4,344	4,289	4,253	4,220	4,217	4,241	4,274	4,290	4,315	4,338	4,351
Oklahoma	2,328	2,559	3,025	3,096	3,206	3,290	3,286	3,271	3,253	3,210	3,167	3,150	3,146	3,147	3,168	3,207	3,234	3,254	3,275	3,301
Texas	9,580	11,199	14,229	14,746	15,331	15,752	16,007	16,273	16,561	16,622	16,667	16,807	16,986	17,046	17,367	17,697	18,065	18,434	18,801	19,128
West	28,053	34,838	43,172	44,319	45,244	46,115	46,914	47,827	48,786	49,762	50,770	51,894	52,784	53,044	54,059	55,131	56,029	56,837	57,694	58,523
Mountain	6,855	8,289	11,373	11,733	12,039	12,300	12,518	12,741	12,952	13,145	13,303	13,498	13,659	13,717	14,025	14,388	14,800	15,256	15,750	16,118
Montana	675	694	787	795	804	814	821	822	814	805	800	800	799	800	808	823	841	857	870	879
Idaho	667	713	944	962	974	982	991	994	990	985	986	994	1,007	1,012	1,039	1,067	1,102	1,136	1,166	1,189
Wyoming	330	332	470	492	506	510	505	500	496	477	465	458	454	453	458	464	470	476	479	481
Colorado	1,754	2,210	2,890	2,978	3,062	3,134	3,170	3,209	3,237	3,260	3,262	3,276	3,294	3,304	3,369	3,464	3,568	3,663	3,748	3,823
New Mexico	951	1,017	1,303	1,333	1,364	1,394	1,417	1,438	1,463	1,479	1,490	1,504	1,515	1,520	1,548	1,583	1,619	1,659	1,690	1,713
Arizona	1,302	1,775	2,718	2,810	2,890	2,969	3,067	3,184	3,308	3,437	3,535	3,622	3,665	3,679	3,750	3,841	3,953	4,092	4,305	4,428
Utah	891	1,059	1,461	1,515	1,558	1,595	1,622	1,643	1,663	1,678	1,689	1,706	1,723	1,730	1,767	1,812	1,861	1,910	1,958	2,000
Nevada	285	489	800	848	882	902	925	951	981	1,023	1,075	1,137	1,202	1,219	1,286	1,334	1,386	1,464	1,533	1,603
Pacific	21,198	26,549	31,800	32,586	33,205	33,814	34,396	35,086	35,835	36,617	37,467	38,397	39,125	39,327	40,033	40,743	41,230	41,581	41,944	42,406
Washington	2,853	3,413	4,132	4,236	4,277	4,300	4,344	4,400	4,453	4,532	4,640	4,746	4,867	4,901	5,018	5,147	5,260	5,351	5,448	5,533
Oregon	1,769	2,092	2,633	2,668	2,665	2,653	2,667	2,673	2,684	2,701	2,741	2,791	2,842	2,859	2,921	2,978	3,040	3,094	3,149	3,204
California	15,717	19,971	23,668	24,286	24,820	25,360	25,844	26,441	27,102	27,777	28,464	29,218	29,758	29,901	30,396	30,883	31,172	31,362	31,565	31,878
Alaska	226	303	402	418	450	488	514	532	544	539	542	547	550	553	569	587	598	601	603	607
Hawaii	633	770	965	978	994	1,013	1,028	1,040	1,052	1,068	1,080	1,095	1,108	1,113	1,130	1,148	1,160	1,173	1,179	1,184

 

1. Total population count has been revised since the 1980 census publications. Numbers by State have not been corrected.  2. The April 1, 1990, census counts include count question resolution corrections processed through December 1994 and do not include adjustments for census coverage errors.    Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1990 Census of Population and Housing, Population and Housing Unit Counts (CPH-2); Current Population Reports, P25-1106; and "ST-96-1 Estimates of the Population of States: Annual Time Series, July 1, 1990 to July 1, 1996."  Home | What's New | What is NPG? | Publications | Population Facts and Figures Advertising Campaigns | Media Coverage | Members Only | Links | Population-News Listserve