"State population totals and percent change between each decade, 1960 to 2000"									

	Total Population					Percent Change			
	1960	1970	1980	1990	2000	1960-1970	1970-1980	1980-1990	1990-2000
Alabama	" 3,267,000 "	" 3,444,354 "	" 3,893,888 "	" 4,040,587 "	" 4,447,100 "	5.4	13.1	3.8	10.1
Alaska	" 226,000 "	" 302,583 "	" 401,851 "	" 550,043 "	" 626,932 "	33.9	32.8	36.9	14.0
Arizona	" 1,302,000 "	" 1,775,399 "	" 2,718,215 "	" 3,665,228 "	" 5,130,632 "	36.4	53.1	34.8	40.0
Arkansas	" 1,786,000 "	" 1,923,322 "	" 2,286,435 "	" 2,350,725 "	" 2,673,400 "	7.7	18.9	2.8	13.7
California	" 15,717,000 "	" 19,971,069 "	" 23,667,902 "	" 29,760,021 "	" 33,871,648 "	27.1	18.5	25.7	13.8
Colorado	" 1,754,000 "	" 2,209,596 "	" 2,889,964 "	" 3,294,394 "	" 4,301,261 "	26.0	30.8	14.0	30.6
Connecticut	" 2,535,000 "	" 3,032,217 "	" 3,107,576 "	" 3,287,116 "	" 3,405,565 "	19.6	2.5	5.8	3.6
Delaware	" 446,000 "	" 548,104 "	" 594,338 "	" 666,168 "	" 783,600 "	22.9	8.4	12.1	17.6
District of Columbia	" 764,000 "	" 756,668 "	" 638,333 "	" 606,900 "	" 572,059 "	-1.0	-15.6	-4.9	-5.7
Florida	" 4,952,000 "	" 6,791,418 "	" 9,746,324 "	" 12,937,926 "	" 15,982,378 "	37.1	43.5	32.7	23.5
Georgia	" 3,943,000 "	" 4,587,930 "	" 5,463,105 "	" 6,478,216 "	" 8,186,453 "	16.4	19.1	18.6	26.4
Hawaii	" 633,000 "	" 769,913 "	" 964,691 "	" 1,108,229 "	" 1,211,537 "	21.6	25.3	14.9	9.3
Idaho	" 667,000 "	" 713,015 "	" 943,935 "	" 1,006,749 "	" 1,293,953 "	6.9	32.4	6.7	28.5
Illinois	" 10,081,000 "	" 11,110,285 "	" 11,426,518 "	" 11,430,602 "	" 12,419,293 "	10.2	2.8	0.0	8.6
Indiana	" 4,662,000 "	" 5,195,392 "	" 5,490,224 "	" 5,544,159 "	" 6,080,485 "	11.4	5.7	1.0	9.7
Iowa	" 2,758,000 "	" 2,825,368 "	" 2,913,808 "	" 2,776,755 "	" 2,926,324 "	2.4	3.1	-4.7	5.4
Kansas	" 2,179,000 "	" 2,249,071 "	" 2,363,679 "	" 2,477,574 "	" 2,688,418 "	3.2	5.1	4.8	8.5
Kentucky	" 3,038,000 "	" 3,220,711 "	" 3,660,777 "	" 3,685,296 "	" 4,041,769 "	6.0	13.7	0.7	9.7
Louisiana	" 3,257,000 "	" 3,644,637 "	" 4,205,900 "	" 4,219,973 "	" 4,468,976 "	11.9	15.4	0.3	5.9
Maine	" 969,000 "	" 993,722 "	" 1,124,660 "	" 1,227,928 "	" 1,274,923 "	2.6	13.2	9.2	3.8
Maryland	" 3,101,000 "	" 3,923,897 "	" 4,216,975 "	" 4,781,468 "	" 5,296,486 "	26.5	7.5	13.4	10.8
Massachusetts	" 5,149,000 "	" 5,689,170 "	" 5,737,037 "	" 6,016,425 "	" 6,349,097 "	10.5	0.8	4.9	5.5
Michigan	" 7,823,000 "	" 8,881,826 "	" 9,262,078 "	" 9,295,297 "	" 9,938,444 "	13.5	4.3	0.4	6.9
Minnesota	" 3,414,000 "	" 3,806,103 "	" 4,075,970 "	" 4,375,099 "	" 4,919,479 "	11.5	7.1	7.3	12.4
Mississippi	" 2,178,000 "	" 2,216,994 "	" 2,520,638 "	" 2,573,216 "	" 2,844,658 "	1.8	13.7	2.1	10.5
Missouri	" 4,320,000 "	" 4,677,623 "	" 4,916,686 "	" 5,117,073 "	" 5,595,211 "	8.3	5.1	4.1	9.3
Montana	" 675,000 "	" 694,409 "	" 786,690 "	" 799,065 "	" 902,195 "	2.9	13.3	1.6	12.9
Nebraska	" 1,411,000 "	" 1,485,333 "	" 1,569,825 "	" 1,578,385 "	" 1,711,263 "	5.3	5.7	0.5	8.4
Nevada	" 285,000 "	" 488,738 "	" 800,493 "	" 1,201,833 "	" 1,998,257 "	71.5	63.8	50.1	66.3
New Hampshire	" 607,000 "	" 737,681 "	" 920,610 "	" 1,109,252 "	" 1,235,786 "	21.5	24.8	20.5	11.4
New Jersey	" 6,067,000 "	" 7,171,112 "	" 7,364,823 "	" 7,730,188 "	" 8,414,350 "	18.2	2.7	5.0	8.9
New Mexico	" 951,000 "	" 1,017,055 "	" 1,302,894 "	" 1,515,069 "	" 1,819,046 "	6.9	28.1	16.3	20.1
New York	" 16,782,000 "	" 18,241,391 "	" 17,558,072 "	" 17,990,455 "	" 18,976,457 "	8.7	-3.7	2.5	5.5
North Carolina	" 4,556,000 "	" 5,084,411 "	" 5,881,766 "	" 6,628,637 "	" 8,049,313 "	11.6	15.7	12.7	21.4
North Dakota	" 632,000 "	" 617,792 "	" 652,717 "	" 638,800 "	" 642,200 "	-2.2	5.7	-2.1	0.5
Ohio	" 9,706,000 "	" 10,657,423 "	" 10,797,630 "	" 10,847,115 "	" 11,353,140 "	9.8	1.3	0.5	4.7
Oklahoma	" 2,328,000 "	" 2,559,463 "	" 3,025,290 "	" 3,145,585 "	" 3,450,654 "	9.9	18.2	4.0	9.7
Oregon	" 1,769,000 "	" 2,091,533 "	" 2,633,105 "	" 2,842,321 "	" 3,421,399 "	18.2	25.9	7.9	20.4
Pennsylvania	" 11,319,000 "	" 11,800,766 "	" 11,863,895 "	" 11,881,643 "	" 12,281,054 "	4.3	0.5	0.1	3.4
Rhode Island	" 859,000 "	" 949,723 "	" 947,154 "	" 1,003,464 "	" 1,048,319 "	10.6	-0.3	5.9	4.5
South Carolina	" 2,383,000 "	" 2,590,713 "	" 3,121,820 "	" 3,486,703 "	" 4,012,012 "	8.7	20.5	11.7	15.1
South Dakota	" 681,000 "	" 666,257 "	" 690,768 "	" 696,004 "	" 754,844 "	-2.2	3.7	0.8	8.5
Tennessee	" 3,567,000 "	" 3,926,018 "	" 4,591,120 "	" 4,877,185 "	" 5,689,283 "	10.1	16.9	6.2	16.7
Texas	" 9,580,000 "	" 11,198,655 "	" 14,229,191 "	" 16,986,510 "	" 20,851,820 "	16.9	27.1	19.4	22.8
Utah	" 891,000 "	" 1,059,273 "	" 1,461,037 "	" 1,722,850 "	" 2,233,169 "	18.9	37.9	17.9	29.6
Vermont	" 390,000 "	" 444,732 "	" 511,456 "	" 562,758 "	" 608,827 "	14.0	15.0	10.0	8.2
Virginia	" 3,967,000 "	" 4,651,448 "	" 5,346,818 "	" 6,187,358 "	" 7,078,515 "	17.3	14.9	15.7	14.4
Washington	" 2,853,000 "	" 3,413,244 "	" 4,132,156 "	" 4,866,692 "	" 5,894,121 "	19.6	21.1	17.8	21.1
West Virginia	" 1,860,000 "	" 1,744,237 "	" 1,949,644 "	" 1,793,477 "	" 1,808,344 "	-6.2	11.8	-8.0	0.8
Wisconsin	" 3,952,000 "	" 4,417,821 "	" 4,705,767 "	" 4,891,769 "	" 5,363,675 "	11.8	6.5	4.0	9.6
Wyoming	" 330,000 "	" 332,416 "	" 469,557 "	" 453,588 "	" 493,782 "	0.7	41.3	-3.4	8.9

Source: U.S. Census Bureau.