Change in State Population from 2000 to 2010

December 27, 2010

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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