# US states by population, 2025

All 51 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `population`
- Unit: persons
- Definition: Resident population. Spain and the EU: 1 January, with Spanish figures from the official municipal register (Padrón). United States: Census Bureau population estimates for 1 July. Other countries and the World: World Bank mid-year estimates, which count all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Annual estimates of the resident population for the United States, states and counties, 1 July (Population Estimates Program) (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-08
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. Annual estimates of the resident population for the United States, states and counties, 1 July (Population Estimates Program). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/. Retrieved 2026-10-08.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/population/us-states
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/rankings/population/us-states.csv

| Rank | Place | persons |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | California | 39,355,309 |
| 2 | Texas | 31,709,821 |
| 3 | Florida | 23,462,518 |
| 4 | New York | 20,002,427 |
| 5 | Pennsylvania | 13,059,432 |
| 6 | Illinois | 12,719,141 |
| 7 | Ohio | 11,900,510 |
| 8 | Georgia | 11,302,748 |
| 9 | North Carolina | 11,197,968 |
| 10 | Michigan | 10,127,884 |
| 11 | New Jersey | 9,548,215 |
| 12 | Virginia | 8,880,107 |
| 13 | Washington | 8,001,020 |
| 14 | Arizona | 7,623,818 |
| 15 | Tennessee | 7,315,076 |
| 16 | Massachusetts | 7,154,084 |
| 17 | Indiana | 6,973,333 |
| 18 | Missouri | 6,270,541 |
| 19 | Maryland | 6,265,347 |
| 20 | Colorado | 6,012,561 |
| 21 | Wisconsin | 5,972,787 |
| 22 | Minnesota | 5,830,405 |
| 23 | South Carolina | 5,570,274 |
| 24 | Alabama | 5,193,088 |
| 25 | Louisiana | 4,618,189 |
| 26 | Kentucky | 4,606,864 |
| 27 | Oregon | 4,273,586 |
| 28 | Oklahoma | 4,123,288 |
| 29 | Connecticut | 3,688,496 |
| 30 | Utah | 3,538,904 |
| 31 | Nevada | 3,282,188 |
| 32 | Iowa | 3,238,387 |
| 33 | Arkansas | 3,114,791 |
| 34 | Kansas | 2,977,220 |
| 35 | Mississippi | 2,954,160 |
| 36 | New Mexico | 2,125,498 |
| 37 | Idaho | 2,029,733 |
| 38 | Nebraska | 2,018,006 |
| 39 | West Virginia | 1,766,147 |
| 40 | Hawaii | 1,432,820 |
| 41 | New Hampshire | 1,415,342 |
| 42 | Maine | 1,414,874 |
| 43 | Montana | 1,144,694 |
| 44 | Rhode Island | 1,114,521 |
| 45 | Delaware | 1,059,952 |
| 46 | South Dakota | 935,094 |
| 47 | North Dakota | 799,358 |
| 48 | Alaska | 737,270 |
| 49 | District of Columbia | 693,645 |
| 50 | Vermont | 644,663 |
| 51 | Wyoming | 588,753 |