1998 State Populations and Percentage Change

United States Population
271,645,214
as of July 1,1998

State	Population	Change	Percent Change
Alabama	4,351,999	29,886	0.7
Alaska	614,010	4,355	0.7
Arizona	4,668,631	115,382	2.5
Arkansas	2,538,303	15,117	0.6
California	32,666,550	484,432	1.5
Colorado	3,970,971	78,942	2.0
Connecticut	3,274,069	6,829	0.2
Delaware	743,603	8,460	1.2
District of Columbia	523,124	-6771	-1.3
Florida	14,915,980	238,799	1.6
Georgia	7,642,207	152,225	2.0
Hawaii	1,193,001	944	0.1
Idaho	1,228,684	19,819	1.6
Illinois	12,045,326	55,974	0.5
Indiana	5,899,195	34,348	0.6
Iowa	2,862,447	8,117	0.3
Kansas	2,629,067	27,630	1.1
Kentucky	3,936,499	26,133	0.7
Louisiana	4,368,967	15,321	0.4
Maine	1,244,250	2,355	0.2
Maryland	5,134,808	39,884	0.8
Massachusetts	6,147,132	32,692	0.5
Michigan	9,817,242	37,258	0.4
Minnesota	4,725,419	38,011	0.8
Mississippi	2,752,092	20,448	0.7
Missouri	5,438,559	30,104	0.6
Montana	880,453	1,723	0.2
Nebraska	1,662,719	5,710	0.3
Nevada	1,746,898	68,207	4.1
New Hampshire	1,185,048	12,908	1.1
New Jersey	8,115,011	56,627	0.7
New Mexico	1,736,931	12,966	0.8
New York	18,175,301	29,101	0.2
North Carolina	7,546,493	115,818	1.6
North Dakota	638,244	-2,721	-0.4
Ohio	11,209,493	16,561	0.1
Oklahoma	3,346,713	25,102	0.8
Oregon	3,281,974	38,702	1.2
Pennsylvania	12,001,451	-9,827	-0.1
Rhode Island	988,480	1,217	0.1
South Carolina	3,835,962	47,843	1.3
South Dakota	738,171	416	0.1
Tennessee	5,430,621	58,928	1.1
Texas	19,759,614	373,915	1.9
Utah	2,099,758	34,757	1.7
Vermont	590,883	2,251	0.4
Virginia	6,791,345	53,856	0.8
Washington	5,689,263	75,112	1.3
West Virginia	1,811,156	-4,075	-0.2
Wisconsin	5,223,500	22,274	0.4
Wyoming	480,907	864	0.2

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