U.S. population by states (2025)

Wondering how many people are in the United States? Here is a live population count of the U.S. in real time, along with a table showing the last census count by state.

Find below the populations of each state of the United states of America (USA) from top to bottom. The source is the U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division.

Below is the real-time population of the USA updated live:

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Please note that the above is a live population update based on statistics from the U.S. Census Bureau. But the data in the table below are based on the last census.

Overall rankStatePopulation (2020 census)Percentage of U.S. population
1California39,576,75711.80%
2Texas29,183,2908.70%
3Florida21,570,5276.43%
4New York20,215,7516.03%
5Pennsylvania13,011,8443.88%
6Illinois12,822,7393.82%
7Ohio11,808,8483.52%
8Georgia10,725,2743.20%
9North Carolina10,453,9483.12%
10Michigan10,084,4423.01%
11New Jersey9,294,4932.77%
12Virginia8,654,5422.8%
13Washington7,715,9462.30%
14Arizona7,158,9232.13%
15Massachusetts7,033,4692.10%
16Tennessee6,916,8972.06%
17Indiana6,790,2802.02%
18Maryland6,185,2781.84%
19Missouri6,160,2811.84%
20Wisconsin5,897,4731.76%
21Colorado5,782,1711.72%
22Minnesota5,709,7521.70%
23South Carolina5,124,7121.53%
24Alabama5,030,0531.50%
25Louisiana4,661,4681.39%
26Kentucky4,509,3421.34%
27Oregon4,241,5001.26%
28Oklahoma3,963,5161.18%
29Connecticut3,608,2981.08%
30Utah3,271,6160.98%
31Iowa3,192,4060.95%
32Nevada3,108,4620.93%
33Arkansas3,013,7560.90%
34Mississippi2,963,9140.88%
35Kansas2,940,8650.88%
36New Mexico2,120,2200.63%
37Nebraska1,963,3330.59%
38Idaho1,841,3770.55%
39West Virginia1,795,0450.54%
40Hawaii1,460,1370.44%
41New Hampshire1,379,0890.41%
42Maine1,363,5820.41%
43Rhode Island1,098,1630.33%
44Montana1,085,4070.32%
45Delaware990,8370.30%
46South Dakota887,7700.26%
47North Dakota779,7020.23%
48Alaska736,0810.22%
49District of Columbia689,5450.21%
50Vermont643,5030.19%
51Wyoming577,7190.17%