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.
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