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The Twenty-first United States Census, conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States to be 248,709,873, an increase of 9.8 percent over the 226,545,805 persons enumerated during the 1980 Census.
[edit] State Rankings
1990 U.S. State Population Rankings
Rank |
State |
Population |
1 |
California |
29,760,000 |
2 |
New York |
17,990,000 |
3 |
Texas |
16,987,000 |
4 |
Florida |
12,938,000 |
5 |
Pennsylvania |
11,882,000 |
6 |
Illinois |
11,431,000 |
7 |
Ohio |
10,847,000 |
8 |
Michigan |
9,295,000 |
9 |
New Jersey |
7,730,000 |
10 |
North Carolina |
6,629,000 |
11 |
Georgia |
6,478,000 |
12 |
Virginia |
6,187,000 |
13 |
Massachusetts |
6,016,000 |
14 |
Indiana |
5,544,000 |
15 |
Missouri |
5,117,000 |
16 |
Wisconsin |
4,892,000 |
17 |
Tennessee |
4,877,000 |
18 |
Washington |
4,867,000 |
19 |
Maryland |
4,781,000 |
20 |
Minnesota |
4,375,099 |
21 |
Louisiana |
4,220,000 |
22 |
Alabama |
4,041,000 |
23 |
Kentucky |
3,685,000 |
24 |
Arizona |
3,685,000 |
25 |
South Carolina |
3,487,000 |
26 |
Colorado |
3,294,000 |
27 |
Connecticut |
3,287,116 |
28 |
Oklahoma |
3,146,000 |
29 |
Oregon |
2,842,000 |
30 |
Iowa |
2,777,000 |
31 |
Mississippi |
2,573,000 |
32 |
Kansas |
2,478,000 |
33 |
Arkansas |
2,351,000 |
34 |
West Virginia |
1,793,000 |
35 |
Utah |
1,723,000 |
36 |
Nebraska |
1,578,000 |
37 |
New Mexico |
1,515,000 |
38 |
Maine |
1,228,000 |
39 |
Nevada |
1,202,000 |
40 |
New Hampshire |
1,109,000 |
41 |
Hawaii |
1,108,000 |
42 |
Idaho |
1,007,000 |
43 |
Rhode Island |
1,003,000 |
44 |
Montana |
799,000 |
45 |
South Dakota |
696,000 |
46 |
Delaware |
666,000 |
47 |
North Dakota |
639,000 |
x |
District of Columbia |
607,000 |
48 |
Vermont |
563,000 |
49 |
Alaska |
550,000 |
50 |
Wyoming |
454,000 |
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