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As of April 1, 2010, the date of the 2010 United States census, the nine most populous U.S. states contain slightly more than half of the total population. The 25 least populous states contain less than one-sixth of the total population. California, the most populous state, contains more people than the 21 least populous states combined, and ...
As the United States has grown in area and population, new states have been formed out of U.S. territories or the division of existing states. The population figures provided here reflect modern state boundaries. Shaded areas of the tables indicate census years when a territory or the part of another state had not yet been admitted as a new state.
The largest state by area is Alaska, encompassing 665,384 square miles (1,723,340 km 2), while the smallest is Rhode Island, encompassing 1,545 square miles (4,000 km 2). The most recent states to be admitted, Alaska and Hawaii, were admitted in 1959. The largest territory by population is Puerto Rico, with a population of 3,285,874 people ...
Top 10 states with the highest population increase since 2022. Texas 473,453. Florida 365,205. North Carolina 139,526. Georgia 116,077. South Carolina 90,600
The population density of the United States is lower than that of many other countries because of the United States' large land area. There are large, sparsely populated areas in parts of the US, like the east-to-west stretch extending from the outskirts of Seattle all the way to Minneapolis , or the north-to-south portion from northern Montana ...
While the number of people over 85 has increased in all states since 2010, the largest growth was in Nevada (41.5%), Alaska (38.4%), and Texas (30%). The reasons for these shifting demographics ...
Eight states saw declines in their populations, with Wyoming coming in last with a 0.96% loss in population. Here's the percent change in total population in each state and the District of ...
Rank Country (or dependent territory) July 1, 2015 projection [1] % of pop. Average relative annual growth (%) [2] Average absolute annual growth [3]Estimated doubling time