Table 5: Resident Population in 1990 and 2000, Numerical and Percent Change in Resident Population 1990 to 2000 of the 50 States and the District of Columbia - Ranked by Numerical Change, 1990-2000 ______________________________________________________________________________ Population Change in Population ________________________ ____________________ Rank State 1990 2000 Number Percent ______________________________________________________________________________ 1 California 29,760,021 33,871,648 4,111,627 13.82 2 Texas 16,986,510 20,851,820 3,865,310 22.76 3 Florida 12,937,926 15,982,378 3,044,452 23.53 4 Georgia 6,478,216 8,186,453 1,708,237 26.37 5 Arizona 3,665,228 5,130,632 1,465,404 39.98 6 North Carolina 6,628,637 8,049,313 1,420,676 21.43 7 Washington 4,866,692 5,894,121 1,027,429 21.11 8 Colorado 3,294,394 4,301,261 1,006,867 30.56 9 Illinois 11,430,602 12,419,293 988,691 8.65 10 New York 17,990,455 18,976,457 986,002 5.48 11 Virginia 6,187,358 7,078,515 891,157 14.40 12 Tennessee 4,877,185 5,689,283 812,098 16.65 13 Nevada 1,201,833 1,998,257 796,424 66.27 14 New Jersey 7,730,188 8,414,350 684,162 8.85 15 Michigan 9,295,297 9,938,444 643,147 6.92 16 Oregon 2,842,321 3,421,399 579,078 20.37 17 Minnesota 4,375,099 4,919,479 544,380 12.44 18 Indiana 5,544,159 6,080,485 536,326 9.67 19 South Carolina 3,486,703 4,012,012 525,309 15.07 20 Maryland 4,781,468 5,296,486 515,018 10.77 21 Utah 1,722,850 2,233,169 510,319 29.62 22 Ohio 10,847,115 11,353,140 506,025 4.67 23 Missouri 5,117,073 5,595,211 478,138 9.34 24 Wisconsin 4,891,769 5,363,675 471,906 9.65 25 Alabama 4,040,587 4,447,100 406,513 10.06 26 Pennsylvania 11,881,643 12,281,054 399,411 3.36 27 Kentucky 3,685,296 4,041,769 356,473 9.67 28 Massachusetts 6,016,425 6,349,097 332,672 5.53 29 Arkansas 2,350,725 2,673,400 322,675 13.73 30 Oklahoma 3,145,585 3,450,654 305,069 9.70 31 New Mexico 1,515,069 1,819,046 303,977 20.06 32 Idaho 1,006,749 1,293,953 287,204 28.53 33 Mississippi 2,573,216 2,844,658 271,442 10.55 34 Louisiana 4,219,973 4,468,976 249,003 5.90 35 Kansas 2,477,574 2,688,418 210,844 8.51 36 Iowa 2,776,755 2,926,324 149,569 5.39 37 Nebraska 1,578,385 1,711,263 132,878 8.42 38 New Hampshire 1,109,252 1,235,786 126,534 11.41 39 Connecticut 3,287,116 3,405,565 118,449 3.60 40 Delaware 666,168 783,600 117,432 17.63 41 Hawaii 1,108,229 1,211,537 103,308 9.32 42 Montana 799,065 902,195 103,130 12.91 43 Alaska 550,043 626,932 76,889 13.98 44 South Dakota 696,004 754,844 58,840 8.45 45 Maine 1,227,928 1,274,923 46,995 3.83 46 Vermont 562,758 608,827 46,069 8.19 47 Rhode Island 1,003,464 1,048,319 44,855 4.47 48 Wyoming 453,588 493,782 40,194 8.86 49 West Virginia 1,793,477 1,808,344 14,867 0.83 50 North Dakota 638,800 642,200 3,400 0.53 51 District of Columbia 606,900 572,059 -34,841 -5.74 ______________________________________________________________________________