No. 20. Resident Population--States [In thousands (226,546 represents 226,546,000). As of April 1. Insofar as possible, population shown for all years is that of present area of state. ---------------------------------------------------------- 1980 \1 1990 \2 2000 STATE ---------------------------------------------------------- United States 226,546 248,791 281,422 Alabama 3,894 4,040 4,447 Alaska 402 550 627 Arizona 2,718 3,665 5,131 Arkansas 2,286 2,351 2,673 California 23,668 29,811 33,872 Colorado 2,890 3,294 4,301 Connecticut 3,108 3,287 3,406 Delaware 594 666 784 District of Columbia 638 607 572 Florida 9,746 12,938 15,982 Georgia 5,463 6,478 8,186 Hawaii 965 1,108 1,212 Idaho 944 1,007 1,294 Illinois 11,427 11,431 12,419 Indiana 5,490 5,544 6,080 Iowa 2,914 2,777 2,926 Kansas 2,364 2,478 2,688 Kentucky 3,661 3,687 4,042 Louisiana 4,206 4,222 4,469 Maine 1,125 1,228 1,275 Maryland 4,217 4,781 5,296 Massachusetts 5,737 6,016 6,349 Michigan 9,262 9,295 9,938 Minnesota 4,076 4,376 4,919 Mississippi 2,521 2,575 2,845 Missouri 4,917 5,117 5,595 Montana 787 799 902 Nebraska 1,570 1,578 1,711 Nevada 800 1,202 1,998 New Hampshire 921 1,109 1,236 New Jersey 7,365 7,748 8,414 New Mexico 1,303 1,515 1,819 New York 17,558 17,991 18,976 North Carolina 5,882 6,632 8,049 North Dakota 653 639 642 Ohio 10,798 10,847 11,353 Oklahoma 3,025 3,146 3,451 Oregon 2,633 2,842 3,421 Pennsylvania 11,864 11,883 12,281 Rhode Island 947 1,003 1,048 South Carolina 3,122 3,486 4,012 South Dakota 691 696 755 Tennessee 4,591 4,877 5,689 Texas 14,229 16,986 20,852 Utah 1,461 1,723 2,233 Vermont 511 563 609 Virginia 5,347 6,189 7,079 Washington 4,132 4,867 5,894 West Virginia 1,950 1,793 1,808 Wisconsin 4,706 4,892 5,364 Wyoming 470 454 494 ---------------------------------------------------------- \1 Total population count has been revised since the 1980 census publications. Numbers by State have not been corrected. \2 The April 1, 1990, census counts include corrections processed through August 1997, results of special censuses and test censuses, and do not include adjustments for census coverage errors. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 1990 Census of Population and Housing, Population and Housing Unit Counts (CPH-2); and "Table 4. Resident Population of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico: April 1, 2000 (Census 2000) and April 1, 1990 (1990 Census)"; published 28 December 2000; . http://www.census.gov/population/www/