"States Ranked by Percent Change in Population, 2000-2001"				
				
				
Rank 	State	"Percent Change
2000-2001"	"Population
July 1, 2001"	"Population
April 1, 2000"
				
 1 	Nevada	5.4	"2,106,074"	"1,998,257"
 2 	Arizona	3.4	"5,307,331"	"5,130,632"
 3 	Colorado	2.7	"4,417,714"	"4,301,261"
 4 	Florida	2.6	"16,396,515"	"15,982,378"
 5 	Georgia	2.4	"8,383,915"	"8,186,453"
 6 	Texas	2.3	"21,325,018"	"20,851,820"
 7 	Idaho	2.1	"1,321,006"	"1,293,953"
 8 	New Hampshire	1.9	"1,259,181"	"1,235,786"
 8 	California	1.9	"34,501,130"	"33,871,648"
 10 	North Carolina	1.7	"8,186,268"	"8,049,313"
 11 	Utah	1.6	"2,269,789"	"2,233,169"
 11 	Delaware	1.6	"796,165"	"783,600"
 11 	Washington	1.6	"5,987,973"	"5,894,121"
 14 	Virginia	1.5	"7,187,734"	"7,078,515"
 14 	Oregon	1.5	"3,472,867"	"3,421,399"
 14 	Maryland	1.5	"5,375,156"	"5,296,486"
 17 	South Carolina	1.3	"4,063,011"	"4,012,012"
 17 	Alaska	1.3	"634,892"	"626,932"
 19 	Minnesota	1.1	"4,972,294"	"4,919,479"
 19 	Hawaii	1.1	"1,224,398"	"1,211,537"
 21 	Rhode Island	1.0	"1,058,920"	"1,048,319"
 22 	Maine	0.9	"1,286,670"	"1,274,923"
 22 	Tennessee	0.9	"5,740,021"	"5,689,283"
 24 	New Jersey	0.8	"8,484,431"	"8,414,350"
 25 	Wisconsin	0.7	"5,401,906"	"5,363,675"
 25 	Vermont	0.7	"613,090"	"608,827"
 25 	Arkansas	0.7	"2,692,090"	"2,673,400"
 28 	Missouri	0.6	"5,629,707"	"5,595,211"
 28 	Kentucky	0.6	"4,065,556"	"4,041,769"
 28 	Connecticut	0.6	"3,425,074"	"3,405,565"
 28 	Indiana	0.6	"6,114,745"	"6,080,485"
 28 	New Mexico	0.6	"1,829,146"	"1,819,046"
 33 	Michigan	0.5	"9,990,817"	"9,938,444"
 33 	Illinois	0.5	"12,482,301"	"12,419,293"
 33 	Massachusetts	0.5	"6,379,304"	"6,349,097"
 33 	Mississippi	0.5	"2,858,029"	"2,844,658"
 37 	Alabama	0.4	"4,464,356"	"4,447,100"
 38 	Oklahoma	0.3	"3,460,097"	"3,450,654"
 39 	Montana	0.2	"904,433"	"902,195"
 39 	South Dakota	0.2	"756,600"	"754,844"
 39 	Kansas	0.2	"2,694,641"	"2,688,418"
 39 	New York	0.2	"19,011,378"	"18,976,457"
 39 	Ohio	0.2	"11,373,541"	"11,353,140"
 44 	Wyoming	0.1	"494,423"	"493,782"
 44 	Nebraska	0.1	"1,713,235"	"1,711,263"
 46 	Pennsylvania	0.0	"12,287,150"	"12,281,054"
 46 	District of Columbia	0.0	"571,822"	"572,059"
 48 	Louisiana	-0.1	"4,465,430"	"4,468,976"
 48 	Iowa	-0.1	"2,923,179"	"2,926,324"
 50 	West Virginia	-0.4	"1,801,916"	"1,808,344"
 51 	North Dakota	-1.2	"634,448"	"642,200"

	UNITED STATES	1.2	"284,796,887"	"281,421,906"
				

"Source: Population Reference Bureau, analysis of data from U.S. Census Bureau, accessed at http://eire.census.gov/popest/states_dataset.csv"				
"   (April 25, 2002)."