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U.S. states ranked by population and growth: Change since 2020 base

All 50 states and District of Columbia and Puerto Rico with data in Population and growth by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2024.

Licence: Public domain (U.S. federal government work).
Data last updated: 2026-10-26

National value: 2.59 (United States).

Small states, hard to see on the map:

DC 1.84 %
RI 1.36 %
DE 6.26 %
CT 1.87 %
NJ 2.28 %
MD 1.32 %
MA 1.47 %
VT 0.84 %
NH 2.29 %

Lowest: -2.51 to 0.61 %
Group 2: 0.61 to 1.47 %
Group 3: 1.47 to 2.28 %
Group 4: 2.28 to 4.56 %
Highest: 4.56 to 8.83 %

The map is a visual summary; every value is in the table below, which is the keyboard and screen-reader path. Groups are quintiles of the values shown (a derived grouping). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain), simplified. Alaska and Hawaii are shown as insets, not to scale.

Rank is derived by Quadranac: 1 = highest value; ties share a rank. Values are as published in the source table.


1	Idaho	8.83
2	Florida	8.52
3	Texas	7.35
4	Utah	7.09
5	South Carolina	7.04
6	Delaware	6.26
7	Arizona	5.93
8	North Carolina	5.79
9	Nevada	5.21
10	Montana	4.89
11	Tennessee	4.56
12	Georgia	4.36
13	South Dakota	4.28
14	Oklahoma	3.43
15	Washington	3.25
16	Colorado	3.15
17	Maine	3.07
18	Alabama	2.63
19	Arkansas	2.55
20	New Hampshire	2.29
21	New Jersey	2.28
22	North Dakota	2.25
23	Nebraska	2.22
24	Virginia	2.08
25	Indiana	2.03
26	Connecticut	1.87
26	Wyoming	1.87
28	District of Columbia	1.84
29	Kentucky	1.82
30	Iowa	1.6
31	Minnesota	1.52
32	Massachusetts	1.47
32	Missouri	1.47
34	Rhode Island	1.36
35	Maryland	1.32
36	Wisconsin	1.13
37	Kansas	1.12
38	Alaska	0.92
39	Vermont	0.84
40	Oregon	0.83
41	Ohio	0.71
42	Michigan	0.61
43	New Mexico	0.6
44	Pennsylvania	0.58
45	California	-0.31
46	Mississippi	-0.62
47	Hawaii	-0.63
48	Illinois	-0.87
49	Louisiana	-1.29
50	West Virginia	-1.32
51	New York	-1.67
52	Puerto Rico	-2.51

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Vintage 2024 Population Estimates: State Population Totals and Components of Change (NST-EST2024-ALLDATA). Reference period: 2024.

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U.S. states ranked by population and growth: Change since 2020 base (2024). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2024 state totals; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-10-26. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-population-and-growth-change-since-2020-base/

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