Ranking

States by population

California ranks first with 39,355,309 people as of July 1, 2025, according to the Census Bureau.

The five largest states held 37.3% of the country's 341,784,857 people.

Population · July 1, 2025

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Population, July 1, 2025
Rank	Name	people	Share of the country
1	California	39,355,309	11.5%
2	Texas	31,709,821	9.3%
3	Florida	23,462,518	6.9%
4	New York	20,002,427	5.9%
5	Pennsylvania	13,059,432	3.8%
6	Illinois	12,719,141	3.7%
7	Ohio	11,900,510	3.5%
8	Georgia	11,302,748	3.3%
9	North Carolina	11,197,968	3.3%
10	Michigan	10,127,884	3.0%
11	New Jersey	9,548,215	2.8%
12	Virginia	8,880,107	2.6%
13	Washington	8,001,020	2.3%
14	Arizona	7,623,818	2.2%
15	Tennessee	7,315,076	2.1%
16	Massachusetts	7,154,084	2.1%
17	Indiana	6,973,333	2.0%
18	Missouri	6,270,541	1.8%
19	Maryland	6,265,347	1.8%
20	Colorado	6,012,561	1.8%
21	Wisconsin	5,972,787	1.7%
22	Minnesota	5,830,405	1.7%
23	South Carolina	5,570,274	1.6%
24	Alabama	5,193,088	1.5%
25	Louisiana	4,618,189	1.4%
26	Kentucky	4,606,864	1.3%
27	Oregon	4,273,586	1.3%
28	Oklahoma	4,123,288	1.2%
29	Connecticut	3,688,496	1.1%
30	Utah	3,538,904	1.0%
31	Nevada	3,282,188	1.0%
32	Iowa	3,238,387	0.9%
33	Arkansas	3,114,791	0.9%
34	Kansas	2,977,220	0.9%
35	Mississippi	2,954,160	0.9%
36	New Mexico	2,125,498	0.6%
37	Idaho	2,029,733	0.6%
38	Nebraska	2,018,006	0.6%
39	West Virginia	1,766,147	0.5%
40	Hawaii	1,432,820	0.4%
41	New Hampshire	1,415,342	0.4%
42	Maine	1,414,874	0.4%
43	Montana	1,144,694	0.3%
44	Rhode Island	1,114,521	0.3%
45	Delaware	1,059,952	0.3%
46	South Dakota	935,094	0.3%
47	North Dakota	799,358	0.2%
48	Alaska	737,270	0.2%
49	District of Columbia	693,645	0.2%
50	Vermont	644,663	0.2%
51	Wyoming	588,753	0.2%
Not ranked	Puerto Rico (territory)	3,184,835	Not shown

Puerto Rico has no share: the national estimate is of the 50 states and the District of Columbia.

Puerto Rico is a territory. The Census Bureau estimates it separately from the 50 states and the District of Columbia, which the ranking and the national figures are of, so its figure is shown beneath them and not ranked.

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A July 1 estimate from the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, not a count. The Bureau re-estimates every year back to 2020, and a later vintage can move these figures.
The share is of the 50 states and DC, which sum to the national estimate exactly. Puerto Rico is estimated separately, so it is shown beneath the ranking with no share.

Sources

Census Bureau population estimates — nation and states, with components of change — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026

Compiled automatically from Census Bureau population estimates — nation and states, with components of change by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

Data retrieved September 25, 2026

Population · July 1, 2025

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