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Change in State Population from 2000 to 2010

1 min readBy: Joseph Bishop-Henchman

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s new results, the change population for each state from 2000 to 2010, ranked by percent of change.

Area % Change Rank (% Change)

Nevada

35.15% 1

Arizona

24.59% 2

Utah

23.77% 3

Idaho

21.15% 4

Texas

20.59% 5

North Carolina

18.46% 6

Georgia

18.34% 7

Florida

17.64% 8

Colorado

16.92% 9

South Carolina

15.29% 10

Delaware

14.59% 11

Wyoming

14.14% 12

Washington

14.09% 13

Alaska

13.29% 14

New Mexico

13.20% 15

Virginia

13.03% 16

Hawaii

12.28% 17

Oregon

11.97% 18

Tennessee

11.54% 19

California

9.99% 20

Montana

9.67% 21

Arkansas

9.07% 22

Maryland

9.01% 23

Oklahoma

8.71% 24

South Dakota

7.86% 25

Minnesota

7.81% 26

Alabama

7.48% 27

Kentucky

7.36% 28

Missouri

7.04% 29

Nebraska

6.72% 30

Indiana

6.63% 31

New Hampshire

6.53% 32

Kansas

6.13% 33

Wisconsin

6.03% 34

Connecticut

4.95% 35

North Dakota

4.73% 36

New Jersey

4.49% 37

Mississippi

4.31% 38

Maine

4.19% 39

Iowa

4.10% 40

Pennsylvania

3.43% 41

Illinois

3.31% 42

Massachusetts

3.13% 43

Vermont

2.78% 44

West Virginia

2.47% 45

New York

2.12% 46

Ohio

1.62% 47

Louisiana

1.44% 48

Rhode Island

0.41% 49

Michigan

-0.55% 50

District of Columbia

5.19%

Also, be sure to check out our state to state migration data tool!

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About the Author

Joseph Bishop-Henchman

Joseph Bishop-Henchman

Executive Vice President

Joe Bishop-Henchman is Executive Vice President at the Tax Foundation, where he analyzes state tax trends, constitutional issues, and tax law developments. Joe has testified or presented to officials in 36 states, testified before Congress six times, and has written over 75 major studies on tax policy.