Population estimates for the states
New York State's population rose slightly, by 0.07 percent, in the year ending July 1, 2017, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Here are the details for the 50 states plus the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, as well as four regions and the nation as a whole, listed in the table below in order of population size. You can read more about the population trend here.
New York State rose by 13,113 to a population of 19,849,399 for 2017 and kept its rank as fourth among the states. In addition, revised Census figures did away with last year's estimated slight decline for the Empire State. Eight states were listed as losing population by 2017: Alaska, Hawaii, Illinois, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Dakota, West Virginia and Wyoming. Puerto Rico had the largest percentage decrease in population, down 2 percent. Click on any state for details (zoom out for Alaska and Hawaii). This database was updated on Dec. 20, 2017.
Percent change in population 2016 to 2017
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Population estimates by year
Region or state | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2016-17 change | 2016-17 percent change |
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Region or state United States | 2010 309,338,421 | 2011 311,644,280 | 2012 313,993,272 | 2013 316,234,505 | 2014 318,622,525 | 2015 321,039,839 | 2016 323,405,935 | 2017 325,719,178 | 2016-17 change 2,313,243 | 2016-17 percent change 0.72% |
Region or state South | 2010 114,869,241 | 2011 116,060,993 | 2012 117,291,728 | 2013 118,422,269 | 2014 119,699,966 | 2015 121,081,238 | 2016 122,423,457 | 2017 123,658,624 | 2016-17 change 1,235,167 | 2016-17 percent change 1.01% |
Region or state West | 2010 72,107,471 | 2011 72,799,127 | 2012 73,522,988 | 2013 74,230,053 | 2014 74,999,361 | 2015 75,822,786 | 2016 76,644,950 | 2017 77,410,622 | 2016-17 change 765,672 | 2016-17 percent change 1.00% |
Region or state Midwest | 2010 66,973,360 | 2011 67,141,501 | 2012 67,318,295 | 2013 67,534,451 | 2014 67,720,120 | 2015 67,839,187 | 2016 67,978,168 | 2017 68,179,351 | 2016-17 change 201,183 | 2016-17 percent change 0.30% |
Region or state Northeast | 2010 55,388,349 | 2011 55,642,659 | 2012 55,860,261 | 2013 56,047,732 | 2014 56,203,078 | 2015 56,296,628 | 2016 56,359,360 | 2017 56,470,581 | 2016-17 change 111,221 | 2016-17 percent change 0.20% |
Region or state California | 2010 37,327,690 | 2011 37,672,654 | 2012 38,019,006 | 2013 38,347,383 | 2014 38,701,278 | 2015 39,032,444 | 2016 39,296,476 | 2017 39,536,653 | 2016-17 change 240,177 | 2016-17 percent change 0.61% |
Region or state Texas | 2010 25,241,648 | 2011 25,644,424 | 2012 26,078,327 | 2013 26,479,279 | 2014 26,954,436 | 2015 27,454,880 | 2016 27,904,862 | 2017 28,304,596 | 2016-17 change 399,734 | 2016-17 percent change 1.43% |
Region or state Florida | 2010 18,846,461 | 2011 19,097,369 | 2012 19,341,327 | 2013 19,584,927 | 2014 19,897,747 | 2015 20,268,567 | 2016 20,656,589 | 2017 20,984,400 | 2016-17 change 327,811 | 2016-17 percent change 1.59% |
Region or state New York | 2010 19,405,185 | 2011 19,526,372 | 2012 19,625,409 | 2013 19,712,514 | 2014 19,773,580 | 2015 19,819,347 | 2016 19,836,286 | 2017 19,849,399 | 2016-17 change 13,113 | 2016-17 percent change 0.07% |
Region or state Pennsylvania | 2010 12,711,063 | 2011 12,742,811 | 2012 12,768,034 | 2013 12,778,450 | 2014 12,790,341 | 2015 12,791,124 | 2016 12,787,085 | 2017 12,805,537 | 2016-17 change 18,452 | 2016-17 percent change 0.14% |
Region or state Illinois | 2010 12,841,196 | 2011 12,862,298 | 2012 12,878,494 | 2013 12,890,403 | 2014 12,882,438 | 2015 12,862,051 | 2016 12,835,726 | 2017 12,802,023 | 2016-17 change -33,703 | 2016-17 percent change -0.26% |
Region or state Ohio | 2010 11,539,282 | 2011 11,543,332 | 2012 11,546,969 | 2013 11,567,845 | 2014 11,593,741 | 2015 11,606,027 | 2016 11,622,554 | 2017 11,658,609 | 2016-17 change 36,055 | 2016-17 percent change 0.31% |
Region or state Georgia | 2010 9,712,696 | 2011 9,810,595 | 2012 9,911,171 | 2013 9,981,773 | 2014 10,083,850 | 2015 10,199,533 | 2016 10,313,620 | 2017 10,429,379 | 2016-17 change 115,759 | 2016-17 percent change 1.12% |
Region or state North Carolina | 2010 9,574,247 | 2011 9,662,940 | 2012 9,755,299 | 2013 9,849,812 | 2014 9,941,160 | 2015 10,041,769 | 2016 10,156,689 | 2017 10,273,419 | 2016-17 change 116,730 | 2016-17 percent change 1.15% |
Region or state Michigan | 2010 9,876,731 | 2011 9,876,199 | 2012 9,886,610 | 2013 9,899,219 | 2014 9,914,675 | 2015 9,918,170 | 2016 9,933,445 | 2017 9,962,311 | 2016-17 change 28,866 | 2016-17 percent change 0.29% |
Region or state New Jersey | 2010 8,803,708 | 2011 8,844,694 | 2012 8,882,095 | 2013 8,913,735 | 2014 8,943,010 | 2015 8,960,001 | 2016 8,978,416 | 2017 9,005,644 | 2016-17 change 27,228 | 2016-17 percent change 0.30% |
Region or state Virginia | 2010 8,025,206 | 2011 8,107,548 | 2012 8,188,656 | 2013 8,261,689 | 2014 8,316,902 | 2015 8,366,767 | 2016 8,414,380 | 2017 8,470,020 | 2016-17 change 55,640 | 2016-17 percent change 0.66% |
Region or state Washington | 2010 6,741,386 | 2011 6,819,155 | 2012 6,890,899 | 2013 6,963,410 | 2014 7,046,931 | 2015 7,152,818 | 2016 7,280,934 | 2017 7,405,743 | 2016-17 change 124,809 | 2016-17 percent change 1.71% |
Region or state Arizona | 2010 6,407,002 | 2011 6,465,488 | 2012 6,544,211 | 2013 6,616,124 | 2014 6,706,435 | 2015 6,802,262 | 2016 6,908,642 | 2017 7,016,270 | 2016-17 change 107,628 | 2016-17 percent change 1.56% |
Region or state Massachusetts | 2010 6,564,943 | 2011 6,612,178 | 2012 6,659,627 | 2013 6,711,138 | 2014 6,757,925 | 2015 6,794,002 | 2016 6,823,721 | 2017 6,859,819 | 2016-17 change 36,098 | 2016-17 percent change 0.53% |
Region or state Tennessee | 2010 6,355,882 | 2011 6,396,281 | 2012 6,450,632 | 2013 6,490,795 | 2014 6,540,007 | 2015 6,590,726 | 2016 6,649,404 | 2017 6,715,984 | 2016-17 change 66,580 | 2016-17 percent change 1.00% |
Region or state Indiana | 2010 6,490,029 | 2011 6,515,358 | 2012 6,535,665 | 2013 6,567,484 | 2014 6,593,182 | 2015 6,610,596 | 2016 6,634,007 | 2017 6,666,818 | 2016-17 change 32,811 | 2016-17 percent change 0.49% |
Region or state Missouri | 2010 5,995,681 | 2011 6,010,280 | 2012 6,023,267 | 2013 6,041,142 | 2014 6,058,014 | 2015 6,072,640 | 2016 6,091,176 | 2017 6,113,532 | 2016-17 change 22,356 | 2016-17 percent change 0.37% |
Region or state Maryland | 2010 5,788,099 | 2011 5,843,115 | 2012 5,891,680 | 2013 5,932,654 | 2014 5,970,245 | 2015 6,000,561 | 2016 6,024,752 | 2017 6,052,177 | 2016-17 change 27,425 | 2016-17 percent change 0.46% |
Region or state Wisconsin | 2010 5,690,403 | 2011 5,705,812 | 2012 5,721,075 | 2013 5,736,673 | 2014 5,751,272 | 2015 5,759,744 | 2016 5,772,917 | 2017 5,795,483 | 2016-17 change 22,566 | 2016-17 percent change 0.39% |
Region or state Colorado | 2010 5,048,029 | 2011 5,116,411 | 2012 5,186,330 | 2013 5,262,556 | 2014 5,342,311 | 2015 5,440,445 | 2016 5,530,105 | 2017 5,607,154 | 2016-17 change 77,049 | 2016-17 percent change 1.39% |
Region or state Minnesota | 2010 5,310,711 | 2011 5,345,967 | 2012 5,377,695 | 2013 5,416,074 | 2014 5,452,649 | 2015 5,483,238 | 2016 5,525,050 | 2017 5,576,606 | 2016-17 change 51,556 | 2016-17 percent change 0.93% |
Region or state South Carolina | 2010 4,635,834 | 2011 4,672,744 | 2012 4,719,009 | 2013 4,765,862 | 2014 4,824,758 | 2015 4,892,423 | 2016 4,959,822 | 2017 5,024,369 | 2016-17 change 64,547 | 2016-17 percent change 1.30% |
Region or state Alabama | 2010 4,785,579 | 2011 4,798,649 | 2012 4,813,946 | 2013 4,827,660 | 2014 4,840,037 | 2015 4,850,858 | 2016 4,860,545 | 2017 4,874,747 | 2016-17 change 14,202 | 2016-17 percent change 0.29% |
Region or state Louisiana | 2010 4,544,871 | 2011 4,574,388 | 2012 4,602,681 | 2013 4,626,795 | 2014 4,648,797 | 2015 4,671,211 | 2016 4,686,157 | 2017 4,684,333 | 2016-17 change -1,824 | 2016-17 percent change -0.04% |
Region or state Kentucky | 2010 4,347,948 | 2011 4,368,505 | 2012 4,383,673 | 2013 4,399,121 | 2014 4,410,415 | 2015 4,422,057 | 2016 4,436,113 | 2017 4,454,189 | 2016-17 change 18,076 | 2016-17 percent change 0.41% |
Region or state Oregon | 2010 3,837,073 | 2011 3,865,845 | 2012 3,893,920 | 2013 3,919,664 | 2014 3,960,673 | 2015 4,016,537 | 2016 4,085,989 | 2017 4,142,776 | 2016-17 change 56,787 | 2016-17 percent change 1.39% |
Region or state Oklahoma | 2010 3,759,529 | 2011 3,785,232 | 2012 3,815,298 | 2013 3,849,840 | 2014 3,875,008 | 2015 3,904,353 | 2016 3,921,207 | 2017 3,930,864 | 2016-17 change 9,657 | 2016-17 percent change 0.25% |
Region or state Connecticut | 2010 3,580,171 | 2011 3,591,927 | 2012 3,597,705 | 2013 3,602,470 | 2014 3,600,188 | 2015 3,593,862 | 2016 3,587,685 | 2017 3,588,184 | 2016-17 change 499 | 2016-17 percent change 0.01% |
Region or state Puerto Rico | 2010 3,721,525 | 2011 3,678,732 | 2012 3,634,488 | 2013 3,593,077 | 2014 3,534,874 | 2015 3,473,177 | 2016 3,406,520 | 2017 3,337,177 | 2016-17 change -69,343 | 2016-17 percent change -2.04% |
Region or state Iowa | 2010 3,050,223 | 2011 3,063,690 | 2012 3,074,386 | 2013 3,089,876 | 2014 3,105,563 | 2015 3,118,473 | 2016 3,130,869 | 2017 3,145,711 | 2016-17 change 14,842 | 2016-17 percent change 0.47% |
Region or state Utah | 2010 2,775,260 | 2011 2,815,430 | 2012 2,854,222 | 2013 2,899,961 | 2014 2,938,671 | 2015 2,984,917 | 2016 3,044,321 | 2017 3,101,833 | 2016-17 change 57,512 | 2016-17 percent change 1.89% |
Region or state Arkansas | 2010 2,921,737 | 2011 2,938,640 | 2012 2,949,208 | 2013 2,956,780 | 2014 2,964,800 | 2015 2,975,626 | 2016 2,988,231 | 2017 3,004,279 | 2016-17 change 16,048 | 2016-17 percent change 0.54% |
Region or state Nevada | 2010 2,702,797 | 2011 2,718,170 | 2012 2,752,410 | 2013 2,786,547 | 2014 2,831,730 | 2015 2,883,057 | 2016 2,939,254 | 2017 2,998,039 | 2016-17 change 58,785 | 2016-17 percent change 2.00% |
Region or state Mississippi | 2010 2,970,437 | 2011 2,977,452 | 2012 2,982,963 | 2013 2,987,721 | 2014 2,988,578 | 2015 2,985,297 | 2016 2,985,415 | 2017 2,984,100 | 2016-17 change -1,315 | 2016-17 percent change -0.04% |
Region or state Kansas | 2010 2,858,403 | 2011 2,868,756 | 2012 2,885,316 | 2013 2,892,900 | 2014 2,899,553 | 2015 2,905,789 | 2016 2,907,731 | 2017 2,913,123 | 2016-17 change 5,392 | 2016-17 percent change 0.19% |
Region or state New Mexico | 2010 2,064,607 | 2011 2,077,744 | 2012 2,083,590 | 2013 2,085,161 | 2014 2,083,207 | 2015 2,082,264 | 2016 2,085,432 | 2017 2,088,070 | 2016-17 change 2,638 | 2016-17 percent change 0.13% |
Region or state Nebraska | 2010 1,829,956 | 2011 1,841,641 | 2012 1,854,862 | 2013 1,867,414 | 2014 1,880,920 | 2015 1,893,564 | 2016 1,907,603 | 2017 1,920,076 | 2016-17 change 12,473 | 2016-17 percent change 0.65% |
Region or state West Virginia | 2010 1,854,315 | 2011 1,854,891 | 2012 1,855,360 | 2013 1,852,333 | 2014 1,847,624 | 2015 1,839,767 | 2016 1,828,637 | 2017 1,815,857 | 2016-17 change -12,780 | 2016-17 percent change -0.70% |
Region or state Idaho | 2010 1,570,912 | 2011 1,583,180 | 2012 1,594,673 | 2013 1,610,187 | 2014 1,630,391 | 2015 1,649,324 | 2016 1,680,026 | 2017 1,716,943 | 2016-17 change 36,917 | 2016-17 percent change 2.20% |
Region or state Hawaii | 2010 1,363,817 | 2011 1,378,323 | 2012 1,392,772 | 2013 1,408,038 | 2014 1,417,710 | 2015 1,426,320 | 2016 1,428,683 | 2017 1,427,538 | 2016-17 change -1,145 | 2016-17 percent change -0.08% |
Region or state New Hampshire | 2010 1,316,700 | 2011 1,318,345 | 2012 1,320,923 | 2013 1,322,622 | 2014 1,328,684 | 2015 1,330,134 | 2016 1,335,015 | 2017 1,342,795 | 2016-17 change 7,780 | 2016-17 percent change 0.58% |
Region or state Maine | 2010 1,327,568 | 2011 1,327,968 | 2012 1,328,101 | 2013 1,327,975 | 2014 1,328,903 | 2015 1,327,787 | 2016 1,330,232 | 2017 1,335,907 | 2016-17 change 5,675 | 2016-17 percent change 0.43% |
Region or state Rhode Island | 2010 1,053,169 | 2011 1,052,154 | 2012 1,052,761 | 2013 1,052,784 | 2014 1,054,782 | 2015 1,055,916 | 2016 1,057,566 | 2017 1,059,639 | 2016-17 change 2,073 | 2016-17 percent change 0.20% |
Region or state Montana | 2010 990,507 | 2011 996,866 | 2012 1,003,522 | 2013 1,011,921 | 2014 1,019,931 | 2015 1,028,317 | 2016 1,038,656 | 2017 1,050,493 | 2016-17 change 11,837 | 2016-17 percent change 1.14% |
Region or state Delaware | 2010 899,712 | 2011 907,884 | 2012 916,868 | 2013 925,114 | 2014 934,805 | 2015 944,107 | 2016 952,698 | 2017 961,939 | 2016-17 change 9,241 | 2016-17 percent change 0.97% |
Region or state South Dakota | 2010 816,227 | 2011 823,338 | 2012 832,576 | 2013 842,513 | 2014 849,455 | 2015 854,036 | 2016 861,542 | 2017 869,666 | 2016-17 change 8,124 | 2016-17 percent change 0.94% |
Region or state North Dakota | 2010 674,518 | 2011 684,830 | 2012 701,380 | 2013 722,908 | 2014 738,658 | 2015 754,859 | 2016 755,548 | 2017 755,393 | 2016-17 change -155 | 2016-17 percent change -0.02% |
Region or state Alaska | 2010 714,015 | 2011 722,259 | 2012 730,825 | 2013 736,760 | 2014 736,759 | 2015 737,979 | 2016 741,522 | 2017 739,795 | 2016-17 change -1,727 | 2016-17 percent change -0.23% |
Region or state District of Columbia | 2010 605,040 | 2011 620,336 | 2012 635,630 | 2013 650,114 | 2014 660,797 | 2015 672,736 | 2016 684,336 | 2017 693,972 | 2016-17 change 9,636 | 2016-17 percent change 1.41% |
Region or state Vermont | 2010 625,842 | 2011 626,210 | 2012 625,606 | 2013 626,044 | 2014 625,665 | 2015 624,455 | 2016 623,354 | 2017 623,657 | 2016-17 change 303 | 2016-17 percent change 0.05% |
Region or state Wyoming | 2010 564,376 | 2011 567,602 | 2012 576,608 | 2013 582,341 | 2014 583,334 | 2015 586,102 | 2016 584,910 | 2017 579,315 | 2016-17 change -5,595 | 2016-17 percent change -0.96% |
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