ALBANY—New York State's population grew at a faster pace from 2001-2002 than in the previous year, but the state's growth lagged behind 42 other states, new data from the U.S. Census Bureau show.

As of July 2002, New York was home to an estimated 19,157,532 residents. That figure was up 0.4 percent from a year earlier. The U.S. population grew 1.1 percent during the same period, reaching 288.4 million in July 2002. The Empire State retained the third-largest population, behind California and Texas.

During the previous year, New York's population grew by about 0.2 percent. It gained 146,392 residents from international immigration from 2001-02; both that total and the percentage gain from immigration were third-highest among the 50 states. Also adding to the state's population was a net gain of 97,672 more births than deaths.

But the state lost a net 170,828 residents in moves between states, the Census Bureau data show. That put New York last among all states in migration from one state to another, both in raw numbers and as a percentage of population.

New York's population growth was near the middle of larger industrialized states. It exceeded that of Ohio and Pennsylvania; it lagged New Jersey and Connecticut.

Nevada, the fastest-growing state in the nation for the 16th year in a row, led all the states with a population increase of 3.6 percent. North Dakota and the District of Columbia both lost population between 2001 and 2002.

The Census Bureau tables are at eire.census.gov/popest/estimates.php. Here is information on population estimates and increases from 2001 to 2002 for all the states: