State Population
July 1, 1997
Rank	State	Amt.	Rank	State	Amt.
1	California	32,268,301	27	Oklahoma	3,317,091
2	Texas	19,439,337	28	Connecticut	3,269,858
3	NEW YORK	18,137,226	29	Oregon	3,243,487
4	Florida	14,653,945	30	Iowa	2,852,423
5	Pennsylvania	12,019,661	31	Mississippi	2,730,501
6	Illinois	11,895,849	32	Kansas	2,594,840
7	Ohio	11,186,331	33	Arkansas	2,522,819
8	Michigan	9,773,892	34	Utah	2,059,148
9	New Jersey	8,052,849	35	West Virginia	1,815,787
10	Georgia	7,486,242	36	New Mexico	1,729,751
11	North Carolina	7,425,183	37	Nevada	1,676,809
12	Virginia	6,733,996	38	Nebraska	1,656,870
13	Massachusetts	6,117,520	39	Maine	1,242,051
14	Indiana	5,864,108	40	Idaho	1,210,232
15	Washington	5,610,362	41	Hawaii	1,186,602
16	Missouri	5,402,058	42	New Hampshire	1,172,709
17	Tennessee	5,368,198	43	Rhode Island	987,429
18	Wisconsin	5,169,677	44	Montana	878,810
19	Maryland	5,094,289	45	South Dakota	737,973
20	Minnesota	4,685,549	46	Delaware	731,581
21	Arizona	4,554,966	47	North Dakota	640,883
22	Louisiana	4,351,769	48	Alaska	609,311
23	Alabama	4,319,154	49	Vermont	588,978
24	Kentucky	3,908,124	50	Wyoming	479,743
25	Colorado	3,892,644	U.S. total		267,636,061
26	South Carolina	3,760,181	N.Y.S. % of U.S. total		6.8%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau estimates as of January, 1998

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