US states by natural change, July to June

California had the highest natural change, July to June of 51 states in 2015, at 246,579. West Virginia had the lowest, at -2,668. The median was 12,476 and the figure for the United States was 1.29 million. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest246,579California

Lowest-2,668West Virginia

Median12,47651 states

United States1,292,550History

All states, 2015

persons. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program: natural change (births minus deaths), July 1 of the previous year to June 30 of the reported year; vintage 2020 files for 2011 to 2020 and the latest 2020s vintage from 2021. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	States	2015 persons	Change on 2014
1	California Estimated	246,579	-3.3%
2	Texas Estimated	214,435	+0.4%
3	New York Estimated	85,447	-3.1%
4	Georgia Estimated	53,112	-2.9%
5	Illinois Estimated	51,693	-5.7%
6	Virginia Estimated	37,970	-4.9%
7	Washington Estimated	34,922	-3.2%
8	Arizona Estimated	33,912	-5.5%
9	Utah Estimated	33,736	-2.3%
10	North Carolina Estimated	32,345	-11.8%
11	Florida Estimated	30,661	-17.8%
12	New Jersey Estimated	30,561	-6.9%
13	Colorado Estimated	30,103	-5.3%
14	Maryland Estimated	26,955	-3.7%
15	Minnesota Estimated	26,848	-7.7%
16	Indiana Estimated	21,305	-10.1%
17	Ohio Estimated	21,260	-23.2%
18	Louisiana Estimated	20,427	-1%
19	Michigan Estimated	17,509	-22.8%
20	Wisconsin Estimated	15,898	-10.5%
21	Tennessee Estimated	15,769	-6.5%
22	Missouri Estimated	15,164	-18.8%
23	Massachusetts Estimated	14,442	-16.1%
24	Nevada Estimated	13,784	-1.6%
25	Oklahoma Estimated	13,760	-4.9%
26	Kansas Estimated	12,476	-9.7%
27	South Carolina Estimated	11,415	-10.7%
28	Nebraska Estimated	10,288	-4.4%
29	Oregon Estimated	10,280	-11.9%
30	Idaho Estimated	10,140	+2.4%
31	Iowa Estimated	9,946	-5.9%
32	Kentucky Estimated	9,620	-20.5%
33	Pennsylvania Estimated	9,157	-40.9%
34	New Mexico Estimated	8,406	-8.8%
35	Alabama Estimated	7,775	-15.4%
36	Arkansas Estimated	7,474	-9.6%
37	Hawaii Estimated	7,133	-13.2%
38	Mississippi Estimated	7,106	-12.6%
39	Alaska Estimated	7,010	-5.8%
40	Connecticut Estimated	5,946	-8.4%
41	North Dakota Estimated	5,084	+6.5%
42	District of Columbia Estimated	4,766	+1.8%
43	South Dakota Estimated	4,520	-14.4%
44	Wyoming Estimated	2,979	-6.8%
45	Montana Estimated	2,902	-3.5%
46	Delaware Estimated	2,480	-14.9%
47	Rhode Island Estimated	797	-22.5%
48	New Hampshire Estimated	385	-63.7%
49	Vermont Estimated	66	-87%
50	Maine Estimated	-1,530	-137.9%
51	West Virginia Estimated	-2,668	-147.3%

Other periods

About this ranking

Estimated births minus deaths of residents from July 1 of the previous year through June 30 of the reported year. A negative value means more deaths than births.

Equals births_july_june minus deaths_july_june for the same place and year. Not a calendar-year figure.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the states are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

U.S. Census Bureau. Population Estimates Program: natural change (births minus deaths), July 1 of the previous year to June 30 of the reported year; vintage 2020 files for 2011 to 2020 and the latest 2020s vintage from 2021. https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/data-sets.html. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2026). Population Estimates Program: natural change (births minus deaths), July 1 of the previous year to June 30 of the reported year; vintage 2020 files for 2011 to 2020 and the latest 2020s vintage from 2021 (US states by natural change, July to June, 2015) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/data-sets.html

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Population Estimates Program: natural change (births minus deaths), July 1 of the previous year to June 30 of the reported year; vintage 2020 files for 2011 to 2020 and the latest 2020s vintage from 2021, US states by natural change, July to June, 2015. U.S. Census Bureau, 26 Mar. 2026, https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/data-sets.html. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/natural-change-july-june/us-states?period=2015. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Census Bureau. 2026. Population Estimates Program: natural change (births minus deaths), July 1 of the previous year to June 30 of the reported year; vintage 2020 files for 2011 to 2020 and the latest 2020s vintage from 2021. US states by natural change, July to June, 2015. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/data-sets.html. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/natural-change-july-june/us-states?period=2015.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2026) Population Estimates Program: natural change (births minus deaths), July 1 of the previous year to June 30 of the reported year; vintage 2020 files for 2011 to 2020 and the latest 2020s vintage from 2021, US states by natural change, July to June, 2015 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/data-sets.html, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/natural-change-july-june/us-states?period=2015 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  author = {{U.S. Census Bureau}},
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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/natural-change-july-june/us-states?period=2015. Publisher attribution: U.S. Census Bureau. Population Estimates Program: natural change (births minus deaths), July 1 of the previous year to June 30 of the reported year; vintage 2020 files for 2011 to 2020 and the latest 2020s vintage from 2021. https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/data-sets.html. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}

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Which state has the highest natural change, July to June?

California, with 246,579 in 2015, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which state has the lowest natural change, July to June?

West Virginia, with -2,668 in 2015.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program: natural change (births minus deaths), July 1 of the previous year to June 30 of the reported year; vintage 2020 files for 2011 to 2020 and the latest 2020s vintage from 2021. Retrieved 2026-10-12.