| Most Populous States in America | | Rank | State | Population (2005 estimate) | | 1 | California | 36,132,147 | | 2 | Texas | 22,859,968 | | 3 | New York | 19,254,630 | | 4 | Florida | 17,789,864 | | 5 | Illinois | 12,763,371 | | 6 | Pennsylvania | 12,429,616 | | 7 | Ohio | 11,464,042 | | 8 | Michigan | 10,120,860 | | 9 | Georgia | 9,072,576 | | 10 | New Jersey | 8,717,925 | | 11 | North Carolina | 8,683,242 | | 12 | Virginia | 7,567,465 | | 13 | Massachusetts | 6,398,743 | | 14 | Washington | 6,287,759 | | 15 | Indiana | 6,271,973 | | 16 | Tennessee | 5,962,959 | | 17 | Arizona | 5,939,292 | | 18 | Missouri | 5,800,310 | | 19 | Maryland | 5,600,388 | | 20 | Wisconsin | 5,536,201 | | 21 | Minnesota | 5,132,799 | | 22 | Colorado | 4,665,177 | | 23 | Alabama | 4,557,808 | | 24 | Louisiana | 4,523,628 | | 25 | South Carolina | 4,255,083 | | 26 | Kentucky | 4,173,405 | | 27 | Oregon | 3,641,056 | | 28 | Oklahoma | 3,547,884 | | 29 | Connecticut | 3,510,297 | | 30 | Iowa | 2,966,334 | | 31 | Mississippi | 2,921,088 | | 32 | Arkansas | 2,779,154 | | 33 | Kansas | 2,744,687 | | 34 | Utah | 2,469,585 | | 35 | Nevada | 2,414,807 | | 36 | New Mexico | 1,928,384 | | 37 | West Virginia | 1,816,856 | | 38 | Nebraska | 1,758,787 | | 39 | Idaho | 1,429,096 | | 40 | Maine | 1,321,505 | | 41 | New Hampshire | 1,309,940 | | 42 | Hawaii | 1,275,194 | | 43 | Rhode Island | 1,076,189 | | 44 | Montana | 935,670 | | 45 | Delaware | 843,524 | | 46 | South Dakota | 775,933 | | 47 | Alaska | 663,661 | | 48 | North Dakota | 636,677 | | 49 | Vermont | 623,050 | | 50 | District of Columbia | 550,521 | | 51 | Wyoming | 509,294 | | | | | | | | Puerto Rico | 3,912,054 | | | Source: US Census Bureau |
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