STATE	ABBR.	POPULATION	RANK
California	CA	32,666,550	1
Texas	TX	19,759,614	2
New York	NY	18,175,301	3
Florida	FL	14,915,980	4
Illinois	IL	14,045,326	5
Pennsylvania	PA	12,001,451	6
Ohio	OH	11,209,493	7
Michigan	MI	9,817,242	8
New Jersey	NJ	8,115,011	9
Georgia	GA	7,642,207	10
North Carolina	NC	7,546,493	11
Virginia	VA	6,791,345	12
Massachusetts	MA	6,147,132	13
Indiana	IN	5,899,195	14
Washington	WA	5,689,263	15
Missouri	MO	5,438,559	16
Tennessee	TN	5,430,621	17
Wisconsin	WI	5,223,500	18
Maryland	MD	5,134,808	19
Minnesota	MN	4,725,419	20
Arizona	AZ	4,668,631	21
Louisiana	LA	4,368,967	22
Alabama	AL	4,351,999	23
Colorado	CO	3,970,971	24
Kentucky	KY	3,936,499	25
South Carolina	SC	3,835,962	26
Oklahoma	OK	3,346,713	27
Oregon	OR	3,281,974	28
Connecticut	CT	3,274,069	29
Iowa	IA	2,862,447	30
Mississippi	MS	2,752,092	31
Kansas	KS	2,629,067	32
Arkansas	AR	2,538,303	33
Utah	UT	2,099,758	34
West Virginia	WV	1,811,156	35
Nevada	NV	1,746,898	36
New Mexico	NM	1,736,931	37
Nebraska	NE	1,662,719	38
Maine	ME	1,244,250	39
Idaho	ID	1,228,684	40
Hawaii	HI	1,193,001	41
New Hampshire	NH	1,185,048	42
Rhode Island	RI	988,480	43
Montana	MT	880,453	44
Delaware	DE	743,603	45
South Dakota	SD	738,171	46
North Dakota	ND	638,244	47
Alaska	AK	614,010	48
Vermont	VT	590,883	49
Wyoming	WY	480,907	50
figures as of 2000