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| Rank | State | 2016 Population |
Rank | State | 2016 Population | |
| 1 | California (CA) | 39,250,017 | 26 | Kentucky (KY) | 4,436,974 | |
| 2 | Texas (TX) | 27,862,596 | 27 | Oregon (OR) | 4,093,465 | |
| 3 | Florida (FL) | 20,612,439 | 28 | Oklahoma (OK) | 3,923,561 | |
| 4 | New York (NY) | 19,745,289 | 29 | Connecticut (CT) | 3,576,452 | |
| 5 | Illinois (IL) | 12,801,539 | 30 | Iowa (IA) | 3,134,693 | |
| 6 | Pennsylvania (PA) | 12,784,227 | 31 | Mississippi (MS) | 2,988,726 | |
| 7 | Ohio (OH) | 11,614,373 | 32 | Arkansas (AR) | 2,988,248 | |
| 8 | Georgia (GA) | 10,310,371 | 33 | Utah (UT) | 3,051,217 | |
| 9 | North Carolina (NC) | 10,146,788 | 34 | Kansas (KS) | 2,907,289 | |
| 10 | Michigan (MI) | 9,928,300 | 35 | Nevada (NV) | 2,940,058 | |
| 11 | New Jersey (NJ) | 8,944,469 | 36 | New Mexico (NM) | 2,081,015 | |
| 12 | Virginia (VA) | 8,411,808 | 37 | Nebraska (NE) | 1,907,116 | |
| 13 | Washington (WA) | 7,288,000 | 38 | West Virginia (WV) | 1,831,102 | |
| 14 | Massachusetts (MA) | 6,811,779 | 39 | Idaho (ID) | 1,683,140 | |
| 15 | Arizona (AZ) | 6,931,071 | 40 | Hawaii (HI) | 1,428,557 | |
| 16 | Indiana (IN) | 6,633,053 | 41 | Maine (ME) | 1,331,479 | |
| 17 | Tennessee (TN) | 6,651,194 | 42 | New Hampshire (NH) | 1,334,795 | |
| 18 | Missouri (MO) | 6,093,000 | 43 | Rhode Island (RI) | 1,056,426 | |
| 19 | Maryland (MD) | 6,016,447 | 44 | Montana (MT) | 1,042,520 | |
| 20 | Wisconsin (WI) | 5,778,708 | 45 | Delaware (DE) | 952,065 | |
| 21 | Minnesota (MN) | 5,519,952 | 46 | South Dakota (SD) | 865,454 | |
| 22 | Colorado (CO) | 5,540,545 | 47 | North Dakota (ND) | 757,952 | |
| 23 | Alabama (AL) | 4,863,300 | 48 | Alaska (AK) | 741,894 | |
| 24 | South Carolina (SC) | 4,961,119 | 49 | Vermont (VT) | 624,594 | |
| 25 | Louisiana (LA) | 4,681,666 | 50 | Wyoming (WY) | 585,501 | |
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