New York’s population grew more slowly than 45 other states between 2006 and 2007, new population numbers from the U.S. Census Bureau show.

The numbers, released on December 27 by the Census Bureau, show that New York’s population grew by only 0.08 percent between July 2006 and July 2007—ahead of only four other states and far below the national average growth rate of 0.96 percent.

New York retained its standing as the third most populous state in the nation behind California and Texas. Florida is quickly gaining ground on New York, however. The Sunshine State experienced above-average population growth over the past year, putting its population at more than 18.2 million—about one million less than New York.

The Empire State continued to be a top destination for immigrants to the United States. The state became home to 111,607 international immigrants between July 2006 and July 2007—nearly 11 percent of the total number of immigrants to the U.S. in that time period and second only to California.

But the state continued to lose population through internal migration. Nearly 200,000 New Yorkers moved to other states between 2006 and 2007—only California lost more of its residents.

Nevada led the nation in population growth, showing a population increase of 2.93 percent between 2006 and 2007. Michigan and Rhode Island were the only two states to experience net population decreases during the same time period.

The Census Bureau population numbers are available at www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/population/011109.html.

Rank, percent change 2006-2007	State	Percent Change, 2006 to 2007	Rank, International Migration	Rank, Internal Migration	Total Change, 2006-2007	July 2007 Population
1	Nevada	2.93%	21	7	72,955	2,565,382
2	Arizona	2.81%	8	4	173,066	6,338,755
3	Utah	2.55%	23	13	65,795	2,645,330
4	Idaho	2.43%	39	14	35,524	1,499,402
5	Georgia	2.17%	7	3	202,670	9,544,750
6	North Carolina	2.16%	10	2	191,590	9,061,032
7	Texas	2.12%	3	1	496,751	23,904,380
8	Colorado	2.00%	14	9	95,267	4,861,515
9	Wyoming	1.96%	50	20	10,073	522,830
10	South Carolina	1.79%	29	5	77,601	4,407,709
11	Oregon	1.53%	19	12	56,371	3,747,455
12	Washington	1.47%	12	10	93,514	6,468,424
13	New Mexico	1.42%	31	18	27,613	1,969,915
14	Delaware	1.41%	40	23	12,017	864,764
15	Tennessee	1.35%	24	6	81,806	6,156,719
16	Louisiana	1.18%	38	11	49,916	4,293,204
17	Montana	1.17%	49	21	11,066	957,861
18	Oklahoma	1.11%	28	17	39,780	3,617,316
19	Florida	1.07%	4	8	193,735	18,251,243
20	South Dakota	0.98%	46	27	7,747	796,214
21	Virginia	0.94%	11	24	71,842	7,712,091
22	Arkansas	0.91%	36	19	25,686	2,834,797
23	Alaska	0.89%	45	34	6,028	683,478
24	Kentucky	0.88%	34	16	37,030	4,241,474
25	California	0.84%	1	50	303,343	36,553,215
26	Minnesota	0.83%	20	37	43,035	5,197,621
27	Alabama	0.82%	33	15	37,611	4,627,851
28	Kansas	0.73%	27	33	20,180	2,775,997
29	Missouri	0.70%	26	22	40,776	5,878,415
30	Mississippi	0.68%	42	26	19,673	2,918,785
31	Indiana	0.68%	22	28	42,643	6,345,289
32	Nebraska	0.61%	35	36	10,806	1,774,571
33	Illinois	0.59%	5	46	75,506	12,852,548
34	Iowa	0.52%	30	35	15,480	2,988,046
35	Wisconsin	0.52%	25	38	28,980	5,601,640
36	Hawaii	0.37%	32	40	4,753	1,283,388
37	North Dakota	0.35%	48	30	2,255	639,715
38	New Hampshire	0.31%	41	32	4,007	1,315,828
39	Maryland	0.29%	15	44	16,327	5,618,344
40	Pennsylvania	0.24%	16	39	29,975	12,432,792
41	Massachusetts	0.24%	9	43	15,366	6,449,755
42	New Jersey	0.23%	6	47	19,845	8,685,920
43	Connecticut	0.19%	17	42	6,556	3,502,309
44	West Virginia	0.18%	47	25	3,336	1,812,035
45	Maine	0.17%	43	29	2,297	1,317,207
46	NEW YORK	0.08%	2	49	15,741	19,297,729
47	Vermont	0.08%	44	31	476	621,254
48	Ohio	0.03%	18	45	3,404	11,466,917
49	Michigan	-0.30%	13	48	-30,500	10,071,822
50	Rhode Island	-0.36%	37	41	-3,809	1,057,832
United States		0.96%			2,866,338	301,621,157

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