Most Populous States in America

	State	Population (2005 estimate)
1	California	36,132,147
2	Texas	22,859,968
3	New York	19,254,630
4	Florida	17,789,864
5	Illinois	12,763,371
6	Pennsylvania	12,429,616
7	Ohio	11,464,042
8	Michigan	10,120,860
9	Georgia	9,072,576
10	New Jersey	8,717,925
11	North Carolina	8,683,242
12	Virginia	7,567,465
13	Massachusetts	6,398,743
14	Washington	6,287,759
15	Indiana	6,271,973
16	Tennessee	5,962,959
17	Arizona	5,939,292
18	Missouri	5,800,310
19	Maryland	5,600,388
20	Wisconsin	5,536,201
21	Minnesota	5,132,799
22	Colorado	4,665,177
23	Alabama	4,557,808
24	Louisiana	4,523,628
25	South Carolina	4,255,083
26	Kentucky	4,173,405
27	Oregon	3,641,056
28	Oklahoma	3,547,884
29	Connecticut	3,510,297
30	Iowa	2,966,334
31	Mississippi	2,921,088
32	Arkansas	2,779,154
33	Kansas	2,744,687
34	Utah	2,469,585
35	Nevada	2,414,807
36	New Mexico	1,928,384
37	West Virginia	1,816,856
38	Nebraska	1,758,787
39	Idaho	1,429,096
40	Maine	1,321,505
41	New Hampshire	1,309,940
42	Hawaii	1,275,194
43	Rhode Island	1,076,189
44	Montana	935,670
45	Delaware	843,524
46	South Dakota	775,933
47	Alaska	663,661
48	North Dakota	636,677
49	Vermont	623,050
50	District of Columbia	550,521
51	Wyoming	509,294