State Populations and Changes: 1970, 1980 & 1990
Go to Numerical Change Go to Percent Change Go to Ranked Size STATE POPULATION 4-1-1970* 4-1-1980** 4-1-1990** Alabama 3,444,354 3,890,061 4,040,587 Alaska 302,583 400,481 550,043 Arizona 1,775,399 2,717,866 3,665,228 Arkansas 1,923,322 2,285,513 2,350,725 California 19,971,069 23,668,562 29,760,021 Colorado 2,209,596 2,888,834 3,294,394 Connecticut 3,032,217 3,107,576 3,287,116 Delaware 548,104 595,225 666,168 Florida 6,791,418 9,739,992 12,937,926 Georgia 4,587,930 5,464,265 6,478,216 Hawaii 769,913 965,000 1,108,229 Idaho 713,015 943,935 1,006,749 Illinois 11,110,285 11,418,461 11,430,602 Indiana 5,195,392 5,490,179 5,544,159 Iowa 2,825,368 2,913,387 2,776,755 Kansas 2,249,071 2,363,208 2,477,574 Kentucky 3,220,711 3,661,433 3,685,296 Louisiana 3,644,637 4,203,972 4,219,973 Maine 993,722 1,124,660 1,227,928 Maryland 3,923,897 4,216,446 4,781,468 Massachusetts 5,689,170 5,737,037 6,016,425 Michigan 8,881,826 9,258,344 9,295,297 Minnesota 3,806,103 4,077,148 4,375,099 Mississippi 2,216,994 2,520,638 2,573,216 Missouri 4,677,623 4,917,444 5,117,073 Montana 694,409 786,690 799,065 Nebraska 1,485,333 1,570,006 1,578,385 Nevada 488,738 799,184 1,201,833 New Hampshire 737,681 920,610 1,109,252 New Jersey 7,171,112 7,364,158 7,730,188 New Mexico 1,017,055 1,299,968 1,515,069 New York 18,241,391 17,557,288 17,990,455 North Carolina 5,084,411 5,874,429 6,628,637 North Dakota 617,792 652,695 638,800 Ohio 10,657,423 10,797,419 10,847,115 Oklahoma 2,559,463 3,025,266 3,145,585 Oregon 2,091,533 2,632,663 2,842,321 Pennsylvania 11,800,766 11,866,728 11,881,643 Rhode Island 949,723 947,154 1,003,464 South Carolina 2,590,713 3,119,208 3,486,703 South Dakota 666,257 690,178 696,004 Tennessee 3,926,018 4,590,750 4,877,185 Texas 11,198,655 14,228,383 16,986,510 Utah 1,059,273 1,461,037 1,722,850 Vermont 444,732 511,456 562,758 Virginia 4,651,448 5,346,279 6,187,358 Washington 3,413,244 4,130,163 4,866,692 West Virginia 1,744,237 1,949,644 1,793,477 Wisconsin 4,417,821 4,705,335 4,891,769 Wyoming 332,416 470,816 453,588 District of Columbia 756,668 637,651 606,900 Total 203,302,031 226,504,825 248,709,873 *PC80-1-A1 Num of Inhabs US Summary **Census Bureau press release Jan '91
STATE Numerical Change
1970-80 1980-90
Alabama 445,707 150,526
Alaska 97,898 149,562
Arizona 942,467 947,362
Arkansas 362,191 65,212
California 3,697,493 6,091,459
Colorado 679,238 405,560
Connecticut 75,359 179,540
Delaware 47,121 70,943
Florida 2,948,574 3,197,934
Georgia 876,335 1,013,951
Hawaii 195,087 143,229
Idaho 230,920 62,814
Illinois 308,176 12,141
Indiana 294,787 53,980
Iowa 88,019 -136,632
Kansas 114,137 114,366
Kentucky 440,722 23,863
Louisiana 559,335 16,001
Maine 130,938 103,268
Maryland 292,549 565,022
Massachusetts 47,867 279,388
Michigan 376,518 36,953
Minnesota 271,045 267,951
Mississippi 303,644 52,578
Missouri 239,821 199,629
Montana 92,281 12,375
Nebraska 84,673 8,379
Nevada 310,446 402,649
New Hampshire 182,929 188,642
New Jersey 193,046 366,030
New Mexico 282,913 215,101
New York -684,103 433,167
North Carolina 790,018 754,208
North Dakota 34,903 -13,895
Ohio 139,996 49,696
Oklahoma 465,803 120,319
Oregon 541,130 209,658
Pennsylvania 65,962 14,915
Rhode Island -2,569 56,310
South Carolina 528,495 367,495
South Dakota 23,921 5,826
Tennessee 664,732 286,435
Texas 3,029,728 2,758,127
Utah 401,764 261,813
Vermont 66,724 51,302
Virginia 694,831 841,079
Washington 716,919 736,529
West Virginia 205,407 -156,167
Wisconsin 287,514 186,434
Wyoming 138,400 -17,228
District of Columbia -119,017 -30,751
Total 23,202,794 22,205,048
STATE Percent Change
1970-80 1980-90
Alabama 12.9 3.9
Alaska 32.4 37.3
Arizona 53.1 34.9
Arkansas 18.8 2.9
California 18.5 25.7
Colorado 30.7 14.0
Connecticut 2.5 5.8
Delaware 8.6 11.9
Florida 43.4 32.8
Georgia 19.1 18.6
Hawaii 25.3 14.8
Idaho 32.4 6.7
Illinois 2.8 0.1
Indiana 5.7 1.0
Iowa 3.1 -4.7
Kansas 5.1 4.8
Kentucky 13.7 0.7
Louisiana 15.3 0.4
Maine 13.2 9.2
Maryland 7.5 13.4
Massachusetts 0.8 4.9
Michigan 4.2 0.4
Minnesota 7.1 7.3
Mississippi 13.7 2.1
Missouri 5.1 4.1
Montana 13.3 1.6
Nebraska 5.7 0.5
Nevada 63.5 50.4
New Hampshire 24.8 20.5
New Jersey 2.7 5.0
New Mexico 27.8 16.5
New York -3.8 2.5
North Carolina 15.5 12.8
North Dakota 5.6 -2.1
Ohio 1.3 0.5
Oklahoma 18.2 4.0
Oregon 25.9 8.0
Pennsylvania 0.6 0.1
Rhode Island -0.3 5.9
South Carolina 20.4 11.8
South Dakota 3.6 0.8
Tennessee 16.9 6.2
Texas 27.1 19.4
Utah 37.9 17.9
Vermont 15.0 10.0
Virginia 14.9 15.7
Washington 21.0 17.8
West Virginia 11.8 -8.0
Wisconsin 6.5 4.0
Wyoming 41.6 -3.7
District of Columbia -15.7 -4.8
Total 11.4 9.8
STATE Ranked Ranked Num Ranked %
Size Change Change
1990 1980-90 1980-90
Alabama 22 25 33
Alaska 50 26 2
Arizona 24 5 3
Arkansas 33 32 34
California 1 1 5
Colorado 26 11 14
Connecticut 27 24 26
Delaware 46 31 17
Florida 4 2 4
Georgia 11 4 8
Hawaii 41 27 13
Idaho 42 33 23
Illinois 6 44 46
Indiana 14 35 38
Iowa 30 50 49
Kansas 32 29 29
Kentucky 23 40 40
Louisiana 21 41 44
Maine 38 30 20
Maryland 19 9 15
Massachusetts 13 17 28
Michigan 8 39 43
Minnesota 20 15 22
Mississippi 31 36 36
Missouri 15 21 30
Montana 44 43 37
Nebraska 36 45 41
Nevada 39 12 1
New Hampshire 40 22 6
New Jersey 9 14 27
New Mexico 37 19 11
New York 2 10 35
North Carolina 10 7 16
North Dakota 47 47 47
Ohio 7 38 42
Oklahoma 28 28 31
Oregon 29 20 21
Pennsylvania 5 42 45
Rhode Island 43 34 25
South Carolina 25 13 18
South Dakota 45 46 39
Tennessee 17 16 24
Texas 3 3 7
Utah 35 18 9
Vermont 49 37 19
Virginia 12 6 12
Washington 18 8 10
West Virginia 34 51 51
Wisconsin 16 23 32
Wyoming 51 48 48
District of Columbia 48 48 50