United States total population: 281,421,906 (as of April 1, 2000, according to the US Census Bureau).
Census Data: April, 2000
California 1 33,871,648
Texas 2 20,851,820
New York 3 18,976,457
Florida 4 15,982,378
Illinois 5 12,419,293
Pennsylvania 6 12,281,054
Ohio 7 11,353,140
Michigan 8 9,938,444
New Jersey 9 8,414,350
Georgia 10 8,186,453
North Carolina 11 8,049,313
Virginia 12 7,078,515
Massachusetts 13 6,349,097
Indiana 14 6,080,485
Washington 15 5,894,121
Tennessee 16 5,689,283
Missouri 17 5,595,211
Wisconsin 18 5,363,675
Maryland 19 5,296,486
Arizona 20 5,130,632
Minnesota 21 4,919,479
Louisiana 22 4,468,976
Alabama 23 4,447,100
Colorado 24 4,301,261
Kentucky 25 4,041,769
South Carolina 26 4,012,012
Oklahoma 27 3,450,654
Oregon 28 3,421,399
Connecticut 29 3,405,565
Iowa 30 2,926,324
Mississippi 31 2,844,658
Kansas 32 2,688,418
Arkansas 33 2,673,400
Utah 34 2,233,169
Nevada 35 1,998,257
New Mexico 36 1,819,046
West Virginia 37 1,808,344
Nebraska 38 1,711,263
Idaho 39 1,293,953
Maine 40 1,274,923
New Hampshire 41 1,235,786
Hawaii 42 1,211,537
Rhode Island 43 1,048,319
Montana 44 902,195
Delaware 45 783,600
South Dakota 46 754,844
North Dakota 47 642,200
Alaska 48 626,932
Vermont 49 608,827 District of Columbia 50 572,059
Wyoming 51 493,782
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