Census Bureau's estimates of the population of each state on July 1, 2007. The states are listed in order of rate of population increase from 2006 to 2007.

State July 2007 July 2006 % Change

Nevada 2,565,382 2,492,427 2.9

Arizona 6,338,755 6,165,689 2.8

Utah 2,645,330 2,579,535 2.6

Idaho 1,499,402 1,463,878 2.4

Georgia 9,544,750 9,342,080 2.2

N. Carolina 9,061,032 8,869,442 2.2

Texas 23,904,380 23,407,629 2.1

Colorado 4,861,515 4,766,248 2.0

Wyoming 522,830 512,757 2.0

South Carolina 4,407,709 4,330,108 1.8

Oregon 3,747,455 3,691,084 1.5

Washington 6,468,424 6,374,910 1.5

New Mexico 1,969,915 1,942,302 1.4

Delaware 864,764 852,747 1.4

Tennessee 6,156,719 6,074,913 1.3

Louisiana 4,293,204 4,243,288 1.2

Montana 957,861 946,795 1.2

Oklahoma 3,617,316 3,577,536 1.1

Florida 18,251,243 18,057,508 1.1

South Dakota 796,214 788,467 1.0

Virginia 7,712,091 7,640,249 0.9

Arkansas 2,834,797 2,809,111 0.9

Alaska 683,478 677,450 0.9

Kentucky 4,241,474 4,204,444 0.9

California 36,553,215 36,249,872 0.8

Minnesota 5,197,621 5,154,586 0.8

Alabama 4,627,851 4,590,240 0.8

Kansas 2,775,997 2,755,817 0.7

Missouri 5,878,415 5,837,639 0.7

Mississippi 2,918,785 2,899,112 0.7

Indiana 6,345,289 6,302,646 0.7

Nebraska 1,774,571 1,763,765 0.6

Illinois 12,852,548 12,777,042 0.6

Iowa 2,988,046 2,972,566 0.5

Wisconsin 5,601,640 5,572,660 0.5

District of Columbia 588,292 585,459 0.5

Hawaii 1,283,388 1,278,635 0.4

North Dakota 639,715 637,460 0.4

New Hampshire 1,315,828 1,311,821 0.3

Maryland 5,618,344 5,602,017 0.3

Pennsylvania 12,432,792 12,402,817 0.2

Massachusetts 6,449,755 6,434,389 0.2

New Jersey 8,685,920 8,666,075 0.2

Connecticut 3,502,309 3,495,753 0.2

West Virginia 1,812,035 1,808,699 0.2

Maine 1,317,207 1,314,910 0.2

New York 19,297,729 19,281,988 0.1

Vermont 621,254 620,778 0.1

Ohio 11,466,917 11,463,513 0.02

Michigan 10,071,822 10,102,322 -0.3

Rhode Island 1,057,832 1,061,641 -0.4