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Dec. 27, 2007
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Full ranking of fastest-growing states

Census Bureau's estimates of the population of each state on July 1, 2007. The states are listed in order of rate of population increase from 2006 to 2007.

State July 2007 July 2006 %Change
Nevada 2,565,382 2,492,427 2.9
Arizona 6,338,755 6,165,689 2.8
Utah 2,645,330 2,579,535 2.6
Idaho 1,499,402 1,463,878 2.4
Georgia 9,544,750 9,342,080 2.2
North Carolina 9,061,032 8,869,442 2.2
Texas 23,904,380 23,407,629 2.1
Colorado 4,861,515 4,766,248 2.0
Wyoming 522,830 512,757 2.0
South Carolina 4,407,709 4,330,108 1.8
Oregon 3,747,455 3,691,084 1.5
Washington 6,468,424 6,374,910 1.5
New Mexico 1,969,915 1,942,302 1.4
Delaware 864,764 852,747 1.4
Tennessee 6,156,719 6,074,913 1.3
Louisiana 4,293,204 4,243,288 1.2
Montana 957,861 946,795 1.2
Oklahoma 3,617,316 3,577,536 1.1
Florida 18,251,243 18,057,508 1.1
South Dakota 796,214 788,467 1.0
Virginia 7,712,091 7,640,249 0.9
Arkansas 2,834,797 2,809,111 0.9
Alaska 683,478 677,450 0.9
Kentucky 4,241,474 4,204,444 0.9
California 36,553,215 36,249,872 0.8
Minnesota 5,197,621 5,154,586 0.8
Alabama 4,627,851 4,590,240 0.8
Kansas 2,775,997 2,755,817 0.7
Missouri 5,878,415 5,837,639 0.7
Mississippi 2,918,785 2,899,112 0.7
Indiana 6,345,289 6,302,646 0.7
Nebraska 1,774,571 1,763,765 0.6
Illinois 12,852,548 12,777,042 0.6
Iowa 2,988,046 2,972,566 0.5
Wisconsin 5,601,640 5,572,660 0.5
District of Columbia 588,292 585,459 0.5
Hawaii 1,283,388 1,278,635 0.4
North Dakota 639,715 637,460 0.4
New Hampshire 1,315,828 1,311,821 0.3
Maryland 5,618,344 5,602,017 0.3
Pennsylvania 12,432,792 12,402,817 0.2
Massachusetts 6,449,755 6,434,389 0.2
New Jersey 8,685,920 8,666,075 0.2
Connecticut 3,502,309 3,495,753 0.2
West Virginia 1,812,035 1,808,699 0.2
Maine 1,317,207 1,314,910 0.2
New York 19,297,729 19,281,988 0.1
Vermont 621,254 620,778 0.1
Ohio 11,466,917 11,463,513 0.02
Michigan 10,071,822 10,102,322 -0.3
Rhode Island 1,057,832 1,061,641 -0.4

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    j wrote on December 27, 2007 09:58 AM: Is this based on birth rates? Or could it be we have so many new "citizens", are illegals included in the census? Can we compare this to the census in Mexico? Which would probably be NEGATIVE for every section...


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    BB wrote on December 27, 2007 07:19 AM: NOTICE MICHIGAN SECOND TO LAST IN THIS ARTICLE ? THERE ARE TOO MANY THUGS THAT LIVE THERE, THATS WHY PEOPLE ARE MOVING OUT