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The United States Census Bureau released the results of the 2010 Census on 2010-12-21. The table shows the resident population of each state as of 2010-04-01. Under Population history, I have added data from all censuses back to the first one in 1790.

Country overview: 

Short name	UNITED STATES
ISO code	US
FIPS code	US
Language	English (en)
Time zone	(see table)
Capital	Washington

 

The United States has been an independent country throughout the 20th century. There are established procedures whereby its possessions become first territories, then states, or are granted independence. The territories and dependencies at present are all treated as separate countries by the standards, so they are listed individually in this book.

Other names of country: 

Almost everywhere, USA is recognized as meaning the United States.

1. Danish: Forenede Stater, Amerikas Forenede Stater
2. Dutch: Verenigde Staten, Verenigde Staten van Amerika (formal)
3. English: United States of America (formal), USA (informal)
4. Finnish: Yhdysvallat, Amerikan Yhdysvallat
5. French: États-Unis, États-Unis mp d'Amérique f (formal)
6. German: Vereinigte Staaten, USA f, Vereinigte Staaten mp von Amerika n (formal)
7. Icelandic: Bandaríki Norður-Ameríku, Bandaríkin (informal)
8. Italian: Stati Uniti, Stati mp Uniti d'America (formal)
9. Norwegian: Amerikas forente stater (formal), Sambandsstatene (Bokmål), Sambandsstatane (Nynorsk), De forente stater
10. Portuguese: Estados Unidos, Estados mp Unidos da América f (formal)
11. Russian: САСШ (abbr-obsolete), США (abbr), Северо-Американские Соединённые Штаты (obsolete), Соединённые Штаты Америки
12. Spanish: Estados Unidos, Estados mp Unidos de América f (formal), EE.UU. (abbreviation)
13. Swedish: Förenta staterna
14. Turkish: Amerika Birleşik Devletleri

Origin of name: 

descriptive: formed by union of separate states in North America. America (originally referring only to South America) was named by Martin Waldseemüller (pseud. Hylacomylus), a cartographer, after Florentine navigator Amerigo Vespucci.

Primary subdivisions: 

The United States is divided into fifty states and one federal district.

State	HASC	FIPS	Conv	Tz	Population	Area(km.²)	Area(mi.²)	D	Capital	Adjective	ZIP
Alabama	US.AL	US01	Ala.	-6~	4,779,736	133,916	51,705	2	Montgomery	Alabamian	350-369
Alaska	US.AK	US02		-9~	710,231	1,530,700	591,007	6	Juneau	Alaskan	995-999
Arizona	US.AZ	US04	Ariz.	-7	6,392,017	295,260	114,001	4	Phoenix	Arizonan	850-865
Arkansas	US.AR	US05	Ark.	-6~	2,915,918	137,754	53,187	9	Little Rock	Arkansan	716-729
California	US.CA	US06	Calif.	-8~	37,253,956	411,049	158,707	6	Sacramento	Californian	900-966
Colorado	US.CO	US08	Colo.	-7~	5,029,196	269,596	104,092	4	Denver	Coloradan	800-816
Connecticut	US.CT	US09	Conn.	-5~	3,574,097	12,997	5,018	5	Hartford	Nutmegger	060-069
Delaware	US.DE	US10	Del.	-5~	897,934	5,294	2,044	7	Dover	Delawarean	197-199
District of Columbia	US.DC	US11	D.C.	-5~	601,723	179	69	7	Washington	Washingtonian	200-205
Florida	US.FL	US12	Fla.	-5~	18,801,310	151,940	58,664	7	Tallahassee	Floridian	320-349
Georgia	US.GA	US13	Ga.	-5~	9,687,653	152,577	58,910	7	Atlanta	Georgian	300-319
Hawaii	US.HI	US15		-10	1,360,301	16,760	6,471	6	Honolulu	Hawaiian	967-968
Idaho	US.ID	US16		-7~	1,567,582	216,431	83,564	4	Boise	Idahoan	832-838
Illinois	US.IL	US17	Ill.	-6~	12,830,632	145,934	56,345	1	Springfield	Illinoisan	600-629
Indiana	US.IN	US18	Ind.	-5~	6,483,802	93,719	36,185	1	Indianapolis	Hoosier	460-479
Iowa	US.IA	US19		-6~	3,046,355	145,752	56,275	8	Des Moines	Iowan	500-528
Kansas	US.KS	US20	Kans.	-6~	2,853,118	213,097	82,277	8	Topeka	Kansan	660-679
Kentucky	US.KY	US21	Ky.	-5~	4,339,367	104,659	40,409	2	Frankfort	Kentuckian	400-427
Louisiana	US.LA	US22	La.	-6~	4,533,372	123,678	47,752	9	Baton Rouge	Louisianian	700-714
Maine	US.ME	US23	Me.	-5~	1,328,361	86,156	33,265	5	Augusta	Downeaster	040-049
Maryland	US.MD	US24	Md.	-5~	5,773,552	27,091	10,460	7	Annapolis	Marylander	206-219
Massachusetts	US.MA	US25	Mass.	-5~	6,547,629	21,456	8,284	5	Boston	Bay Stater	010-027
Michigan	US.MI	US26	Mich.	-5~	9,883,640	151,585	58,527	1	Lansing	Michigander	480-499
Minnesota	US.MN	US27	Minn.	-6~	5,303,925	218,601	84,402	8	Saint Paul	Minnesotan	550-567
Mississippi	US.MS	US28	Miss.	-6~	2,967,297	123,515	47,689	2	Jackson	Mississippian	386-397
Missouri	US.MO	US29	Mo.	-6~	5,988,927	180,515	69,697	8	Jefferson City	Missourian	630-658
Montana	US.MT	US30	Mont.	-7~	989,415	380,849	147,047	4	Helena	Montanan	590-599
Nebraska	US.NE	US31	Nebr.	-6~	1,826,341	200,349	77,355	8	Lincoln	Nebraskan	680-693
Nevada	US.NV	US32	Nev.	-8~	2,700,551	286,353	110,562	4	Carson City	Nevadan	890-898
New Hampshire	US.NH	US33	N.H.	-5~	1,316,470	24,033	9,279	5	Concord	New Hampshirite	030-039
New Jersey	US.NJ	US34	N.J.	-5~	8,791,894	20,168	7,787	3	Trenton	New Jerseyite	070-089
New Mexico	US.NM	US35	N.Mex.	-7~	2,059,179	314,926	121,594	4	Santa Fe	New Mexican	870-884
New York	US.NY	US36	N.Y.	-5~	19,378,102	127,190	49,108	3	Albany	New Yorker	100-149
North Carolina	US.NC	US37	N.C.	-5~	9,535,483	136,413	52,669	7	Raleigh	North Carolinian	270-289
North Dakota	US.ND	US38	N.Dak.	-6~	672,591	183,118	70,702	8	Bismarck	North Dakotan	580-588
Ohio	US.OH	US39		-5~	11,536,504	107,044	41,330	1	Columbus	Ohioan	430-459
Oklahoma	US.OK	US40	Okla.	-6~	3,751,351	181,186	69,956	9	Oklahoma City	Oklahoman	730-749
Oregon	US.OR	US41	Oreg.	-8~	3,831,074	251,419	97,073	6	Salem	Oregonian	970-979
Pennsylvania	US.PA	US42	Pa.	-5~	12,702,379	117,348	45,308	3	Harrisburg	Pennsylvanian	150-196
Rhode Island	US.RI	US44	R.I.	-5~	1,052,567	3,139	1,212	5	Providence	Rhode Islander	028-029
South Carolina	US.SC	US45	S.C.	-5~	4,625,364	80,583	31,113	7	Columbia	South Carolinian	290-299
South Dakota	US.SD	US46	S.Dak.	-6~	814,180	199,730	77,116	8	Pierre	South Dakotan	570-577
Tennessee	US.TN	US47	Tenn.	-6~	6,346,105	109,153	42,144	2	Nashville	Tennessean	370-385
Texas	US.TX	US48	Tex.	-6~	25,145,561	691,030	266,808	9	Austin	Texan	750-799
Utah	US.UT	US49		-7~	2,763,885	219,888	84,899	4	Salt Lake City	Utahn	840-847
Vermont	US.VT	US50	Vt.	-5~	625,741	24,900	9,614	5	Montpelier	Vermonter	050-059
Virginia	US.VA	US51	Va.	-5~	8,001,024	105,586	40,767	7	Richmond	Virginian	220-246
Washington	US.WA	US53	Wash.	-8~	6,724,540	176,480	68,139	6	Olympia	Washingtonian	980-994
West Virginia	US.WV	US54	W.Va.	-5~	1,852,994	62,758	24,231	7	Charleston	West Virginian	247-268
Wisconsin	US.WI	US55	Wis.	-6~	5,686,986	145,436	56,153	1	Madison	Wisconsinite	530-549
Wyoming	US.WY	US56	Wyo.	-7~	563,626	253,325	97,809	4	Cheyenne	Wyomingite	820-831
51 divisions					308,745,538	9,372,615	3,618,781
HASC: Hierarchical administrative subdivision codes. If periods are replaced by hyphens, these are the same as the state codes from ISO standard 3166-2. See note below. FIPS: Codes from FIPS PUB 10-4. The two-digit codes after the "US" are also designated as two-digit FIPS State Numeric Codes in FIPS PUB 5-2. Conv: Conventional abbreviations, standard before 1963 and still frequently used. States with short names were spelled in full. Tz: Offset from GMT in hours for standard time. The tilde (~) identifies states where daylight saving time is observed. Many states have more than one time zone; in those cases, the majority time zone is shown. Population: 2010-04-01 census. D: Division, as defined by the census bureau. Numbers are an arbitrary code keyed to the table below. Adjective: Adjectival form of the state name. ZIP: Range of three-digit ZIP codes used in each state (although border areas may be served from a different state).

 

The last two letters of the HASC code are a widely used set of standardized state codes. These codes were developed by the Post Office Department along with the ZIP code system in 1963, although it was some time before they came into common use. They are also designated as two-letter FIPS State Alpha Codes in FIPS PUB 5-2.

The census classes the states of the United States into nine divisions, and at a still higher level, into four regions, which are groups of divisions. There are many other ways of dividing the United States into regions. This one merely has the sanction of the census bureau in its favor.

d	Division name	Region
1	East North Central	North Central
2	East South Central	South
3	Middle Atlantic	Northeast
4	Mountain	West
5	New England	Northeast
6	Pacific	West
7	South Atlantic	South
8	West North Central	North Central
9	West South Central	South

Postal codes: 

The Post Office Department introduced a system of postal codes for the U.S., effective as of 1963-07-01. They were designated ZIP codes, for Zoning Improvement Program. The codes are hierarchical. The first digit represents a group of states, usually contiguous. The first three digits represent part of a state. The full five digits represent a post office or urban delivery area. (Subsequently, an optional four-digit extension called ZIP+4 was added to identify a small block of addresses.)

Further subdivisions:

See the Counties of the United States page.

Underneath the states there are counties, parishes (in Louisiana), boroughs (in Alaska), and independent cities (mixed in with counties in Maryland, Missouri, Nevada, and Virginia). The District of Columbia is its own only division. Territory in Alaska which lies outside the limits of any of the boroughs is referred to as the unorganized borough. For statistical purposes, the unorganized borough is divided into census areas. Counties, parishes, boroughs, independent cities, census areas, and the District of Columbia are generically known as "county equivalents". Counties in Connecticut and Rhode Island no longer serve any administrative purpose. Underneath the county equivalents, 29 states have further subdivisions, which may be called towns, townships, cities, boroughs, villages, districts, plantations, etc.; the generic term is minor civil divisions.

FIPS PUB 55-2 defines a three-digit code for every county equivalent in the United States. They are only unique within their state, but if either the two-letter or two-digit FIPS State Code is prefixed to them, a five-digit number is obtained which uniquely identifies the county equivalent. There is also a file of seven-digit codes for populated places, in which the first two digits of each codes identify the state. This file includes codes for minor civil divisions.

Territorial extent: 

1. There is one point where four states meet: Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah.
2. Colorado, Wyoming, and Utah appear on a small- or medium-scale map to be bounded only by parallels of latitude and meridians of longitude. In fact, most of their borders deviate by a mile or so, because of early surveying errors that were perpetuated by law.
3. Alabama: includes Dauphin Island and the eastern tip of Petit Bois Island.
4. Alaska: includes Forrester, Dall, Long, and Prince of Wales islands at the southeastern end; in the southwest, the Aleutian Islands, extending to the Near Islands (Attu, Agattu, and some smaller ones); in the Bering Sea, Saint Lawrence, Nunivak, Saint Matthew, King, Little Diomede, and the Pribilof Islands (Saint Paul and Saint George); in the Gulf of Alaska, Kodiak, Chirikof, and Middleton islands; and many other coastal islands.
5. California: includes the Channel Islands (Santa Cruz, Santa Rosa, San Miguel, and Anacapa), Santa Catalina, San Clemente, and San Nicolas islands off Los Angeles, and the Farallon Islands off San Francisco.
6. Connecticut: despite appearances, its territory is not adjacent to the open sea. New York and Rhode Island have a water boundary which encloses Connecticut.
7. Delaware: part of its boundary with Pennsylvania is an arc of a circle. Its radius is twelve miles. Includes Pea Patch and Reedy islands in the Delaware River estuary.
8. Florida: includes the Florida Keys, stretching past Key West to the Marquesas Keys and Dry Tortugas.
9. Georgia: includes coastal islands from Cumberland in the south to Tybee in the north.
10. Hawaii: consists of the islands of Hawaii, Oahu, Maui, Kauai, Molokai, Lanai, Niihau, Kahoolawe, and a chain of islets extending as far west as Kure Island, but excluding Midway and Sand islands.
11. Kentucky: has an exclave surrounded by Tennessee and Missouri. It is formed by the southern border of Kentucky, approximately a straight east-west line in that vicinity, which is crossed three times by the Mississippi River which forms Kentucky's western border. There are no towns in the exclave, which lies across the Mississippi from New Madrid, Missouri.
12. Louisiana: includes islands in the Mississippi delta as far north as Grand Island, Isle au Pitre, and the Chandeleur Islands.
13. Maine: includes many coastal and offshore islands, as far south as the Isles of Shoals, of which Duck, Appledore, Smuttynose, and Cedar belong to Maine.
14. Maryland: includes the northern part of Assateague Island, and many islands in Chesapeake Bay, ranging south to Smith Island, which it shares with Virginia.
15. Massachusetts: includes Nantucket, Martha's Vineyard, Nomans Land, the Elizabeth Islands, and other islands off Cape Cod, as well as many small islands in Massachusetts Bay.
16. Michigan: consists of two peninsulas and many islands in the Great Lakes. The islands closest to Canada are Isle Royale in Lake Superior, Drummond, Sugar, and Neebish islands on the Saint Marys River, Harsens Island in Lake Saint Clair, and Grosse Isle and Belle Isle in the Detroit River. Closest to Wisconsin is Saint Martin Island in the mouth of Green Bay.
17. Minnesota: includes islands in Lake of the Woods, which belongs partly to Canada. The northernmost point in the 48 contiguous states is near Angle Inlet. It's part of the mainland, but the only way to reach it from the rest of Minnesota by land is to go through Canada.
18. Mississippi: includes islands in the Gulf of Mexico from Cat Island to most of Petit Bois Island.
19. New Hampshire: includes White, Lunging, and Star islands in the Isles of Shoals group, and New Castle Island in Portsmouth Harbor.
20. New Jersey: includes many barrier islands on the Atlantic coast, but none in the New York City area.
21. New York: has two exclaves in New Jersey. The border between the two states followed the middle of the Hudson River. Liberty and Ellis Islands, lying west of that line, constituted small patches of New York land surrounded by New Jersey water. Recently a court awarded partial control of Ellis Island to New Jersey, so the situation may be changing. Four of New York City's five boroughs are on islands: Staten Island, Manhattan, and Brooklyn and Queens on Long Island. New York also includes Fishers Island at the end of the Long Island Sound; Grand Island in the Niagara River; some of the Thousand Islands (Wellesley, Grindstone, Carleton, Croil, etc.) in the Saint Lawrence River; and Valcour and Schuyler islands in Lake Champlain.
22. North Carolina: includes the barrier islands of the Outer Banks.
23. Ohio: includes Kelleys Island and the Bass Islands (North, Middle, and South) in Lake Erie.
24. Rhode Island: includes Block Island and numerous islands in Narragansett Bay.
25. Texas: includes some barrier islands, such as Padre, Matagorda, and Galveston.
26. Vermont: includes Grand Isle, Isle La Motte, and other islands in Lake Champlain.
27. Virginia: includes barrier islands and Chesapeake Bay islands south of Maryland's territory.
28. Washington: includes islands in Puget Sound and Haro Strait. The islands lying closest to Canada are San Juan, Stuart, and Waldron. Point Roberts, Washington, is the tip of a peninsula from Canada, cut off from the rest of Washington by water.
29. Wisconsin: includes the Apostle Islands in Lake Superior, and up to Chambers, Washington, and Rock islands in the mouth of Green Bay.
30. American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, U.S. Minor Outlying Islands, and Virgin Islands of the U.S. are United States possessions covered under their individual entries.

The UN LOCODE page  for United States of America lists locations in the country, some of them with their latitudes and longitudes, some with their ISO 3166-2 codes for their subdivisions. This information can be put together to approximate the territorial extent of subdivisions.

Origins of names: 

1. Alabama: from Alabama River, from an ethnic name
2. Alaska: from an Aleutian word for mainland
3. Arizona: Papago ali shonak: place of a small spring
4. Arkansas: from Arkansas River, from an ethnic name
5. California: Named by Hernan Cortez in 1535 after a fictional island in the poem "Las Sergas de Esplandián", by Garcí Ordóñez de Montalvo
6. Colorado: from Colorado River, Spanish colorado: red
7. Connecticut: Algonquian kuenihtekot: long river
8. Delaware: after Thomas West, Lord de la Warr, first governor of Virginia
9. District of Columbia: named for Christopher Columbus
10. Florida: Spanish Pascua Florida: Palm Sunday, because discovered on 1513-03-20, Palm Sunday
11. Georgia: Named for King George II of England
12. Hawaii: Polynesian Owhyhii: place of the gods
13. Idaho: from a native word which means either "eaters of fish" or "stone of the mountains"
14. Illinois: from Illinois River, from Algonquin illini: warriors
15. Indiana: land of Indians
16. Iowa: from Iowa River, from native word ay-ah-wah: the sleeper
17. Kansas: from Kansas River, from an ethnic name, Sioux for south wind people
18. Kentucky: probably from Iroquois kentake: meadow land
19. Louisiana: named for King Louis XIV of France on 1681-08-22
20. Maine: the mainland, to distinguish it from the islands along the coast
21. Maryland: named for Queen Henrietta Maria of England, consort of Charles I
22. Massachusetts: from Massachusetts Bay, from an ethnic name, from Algonquian for big hills
23. Michigan: from Lake Michigan; Algonquian for big lake
24. Minnesota: from Minnesota River, from a Dakotan word for cloudy water
25. Mississippi: from Mississippi River, from Algonquian for big river
26. Missouri: from Missouri River, from an ethnic name
27. Montana: from Spanish montaña: mountain
28. Nebraska: from an old name for the Platte River, from Dakotan for flat water
29. Nevada: from the Sierra Nevada, from Spanish nevada: snowy
30. New Hampshire: named in 1629 after Hampshire county in England
31. New Jersey: named in 1664 after Jersey, a Channel Island
32. New Mexico: from Spanish Nuevo Mexico, applied to new lands north of the Mexican provinces
33. New York: after the city and county of York in England, but explicitly in honor of the Duke of York
34. North Carolina: Northern part of Carolina, named for King Charles I (Latin: Carolus) of England
35. North Dakota: Northern part of Dakota, from an ethnic name
36. Ohio: from Ohio River, from Iroquoian for beautiful river
37. Oklahoma: Choctaw for red people (originally applied to a smaller region)
38. Oregon: possibly from a mistaken identification of the Columbia River with a conjectural Ouaricon River on old maps
39. Pennsylvania: Penn (William Penn, grantee of land) + Latin silva: forest + -nia (suffix for country)
40. Rhode Island: from the island now known as Aquidneck, likened by Giovanni da Verrazano to Rhodes in the Mediterranean
41. South Carolina: Southern part of Carolina (see North Carolina)
42. South Dakota: Southern part of Dakota, from an ethnic name
43. Tennessee: from Tennessee River, which was named for a Cherokee town near its headwaters
44. Texas: from a group of natives known as teyas or tejas, meaning friends
45. Utah: from Utah River, from an ethnic name (Utes)
46. Vermont: a coined name, intended to represent French monts verts: green mountains
47. Virginia: named by Queen Elizabeth I of England using an epithet which alluded to her unmarried state
48. Washington: named in honor of George Washington
49. West Virginia: descriptive; separated from Virginia in 1862 to adhere to the Union
50. Wisconsin: from Wisconsin River, possibly from Alonquian for big long river
51. Wyoming: after the Wyoming Valley in Pennsylvania, which was named from Algonquian for big flats

Change history: 

1. 1776-07-04: Declaration of Independence approved by the Continental Congress. The "United States of America" at that time referred to a loose confederation of thirteen states, plus unorganized territory to the west of the Applachian Mountains claimed by those states, often in competition. The states and their capitals were Connecticut (Hartford and New Haven, joint capitals), Delaware (New Castle), Georgia (Savannah), Maryland (Annapolis), Massachusetts (Boston), New Hampshire (Exeter), New Jersey (Burlington and Perth Amboy, joint capitals), New York (Kingston), North Carolina (New Bern), Pennsylvania (Philadelphia), Rhode Island (Bristol, East Greenwich, Newport, Providence, and South Kingstown, joint capitals), South Carolina (Charles Town), and Virginia (Williamsburg).
2. 1777: Capital of Delaware moved to Dover.
3. 1780: Capital of Virginia moved to Richmond.
4. 1783: Name of capital of South Carolina changed from Charles Town to Charleston.
5. 1783-09-03: Treaty of Paris recognized independence of the United States.
6. 1784: Capital of New York moved to New York City.
7. 1785-02-22: Augusta and Savannah had been co-capitals of Georgia since 1778. On this date, Augusta became the sole capital.
8. 1787-07-13: Northwest territory formed under authority of the Northwest Ordinances of 1785 and 1787, comprising the present-day states of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin, and part of Minnesota. In 1788, Marietta (now in Ohio) became its first capital. The Northwest Ordinances set the pattern for extending the United States. Acquisitions would first be simply possessions of the United States; then territorial governments would be formed; finally, the lands would be admitted as states. Generally speaking, these lands had no capital before they were organized as territories, but were administered directly from the national capital. Only with statehood did they obtain all the privileges of participation in the Federal government.
9. 1788-06-21: The Constitution took effect, having been ratified by nine states. New York City was the first national capital.
10. 1790: Capital of New Jersey moved to Trenton. Capital of South Carolina moved to Columbia. Southwest territory (officially called "The Territory of the United States South of the River Ohio") created.
11. 1790-06-16: National capital moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Congress first met there on this date.
12. 1791-03-04: Vermont state split from New York (also claimed by New Hampshire). Rutland and Windsor were joint capitals.
13. 1792: Capital of Southwest territory established at Knoxville.
14. 1792-06-01: Kentucky state split from Virginia. Its capital was Lexington.
15. 1792-12-05: Frankfort selected as permanent capital of Kentucky.
16. 1794-12-30: Capital of North Carolina moved to Raleigh.
17. 1796-03: Capital of Georgia moved to Louisville.
18. 1796-06-01: Southwest territory became Tennessee state, with some minor boundary changes.
19. 1797: Capital of New York moved to Albany.
20. 1798-05-07: Mississippi territory formed. Its first capital was Natchez.
21. 1799: Capital of Pennsylvania moved to Lancaster.
22. 1800-07-04: Indiana territory formed from part of Northwest territory. Its first capital was Vincennes.
23. 1800-12-01: National capital moved to Washington. District of Columbia formed from parts of Maryland and Virginia.
24. 1801-12-12: Capital of Mississippi moved to Washington, Mississippi.
25. 1803-03-01: Ohio state formed from part of Northwest territory. Its first capital was Chillicothe.
26. 1803-04-30: Louisiana transferred from France to the United States, by purchase.
27. 1804: Georgia's western lands annexed to Mississippi territory.
28. 1804-10-01: Louisiana purchase split into Orleans territory (approximately the present-day state of Louisiana) and Louisiana district. New Orleans was the capital of Orleans territory.
29. 1804-12-12: Capital of Georgia moved to Milledgeville, although the legislature didn't meet there until 1807.
30. 1805: Capital of Vermont moved to Montpelier.
31. 1805-01-11: Michigan territory formed from part of Indiana territory. Its first capital was Detroit.
32. 1805-07-04: Status of Louisiana changed from district to territory.
33. 1808: Capital of New Hampshire moved to Concord. Several different towns had been capital between 1781 and 1808.
34. 1809-03-01: Illinois territory formed from what was left of Northwest territory. Its first capital was Kaskaskia.
35. 1810: Capital of Ohio moved to Zanesville.
36. 1810-10-27: West Florida (parts of modern Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama) claimed by the United States. The territory was occupied between then and 1813-04.
37. 1812: Capital of Ohio moved to Chillicothe; capital of Pennsylvania moved to Harrisburg; capital of Tennessee moved to Nashville.
38. 1812-04-30: Orleans territory, along with some adjacent lands, became Louisiana state.
39. 1812-12-07: Louisiana territory split into Missouri territory and unorganized land. The first capital of Missouri was Saint Louis.
40. 1813-05-01: Capital of Indiana moved to Corydon.
41. 1815: Capital of Tennessee moved to Knoxville.
42. 1816: Capital of Ohio moved to Columbus.
43. 1816-12-11: Indiana state formed from part of Indiana territory.
44. 1817: Capital of Tennessee moved to Murfreesboro.
45. 1817-08-15: Alabama territory split from Mississippi territory. Its first capital was Saint Stephens.
46. 1817-12-10: Status of Mississippi changed from territory to state.
47. 1818: Treaty of 1818 fixed the boundary between the United States and Canada at 49° North latitude, westward from Lake of the Woods.
48. 1818-12-03: Illinois state formed from part of Illinois territory; the remainder merged with Michigan territory.
49. 1819-02-22: Adams-Onís Treaty set the boundary between Spanish possessions and United States. East and West Florida transferred from Spain to the United States. (East Florida corresponds to present-day Florida.)
50. 1819-03-02: Unorganized territory between Louisiana and Missouri became Arkansaw territory. Its first capital was Arkansas Post. The spelling of its name varied, but by 1822, Arkansas had become the preferred form.
51. 1819-12-14: Status of Alabama changed from territory to state, with capital at Huntsville.
52. 1820: Capital of Alabama moved to Cahawba.
53. 1820-03-16: Maine state split from Massachusetts state, in which it had been a district. Its first capital was Portland.
54. 1820-11-25: Capital of Missouri moved to Saint Charles.
55. 1820-12-04: Capital of Illinois moved to Vandalia.
56. 1821: Capital of Arkansas moved to Little Rock.
57. 1821-08-10: Missouri state formed from part of Missouri territory. The remainder became unorganized territory.
58. 1822: Capital of Mississippi moved to Jackson, formerly LeFleur's Bluff.
59. 1822-03-30: Florida organized as territory.
60. 1824: Tallahassee became capital of Florida territory.
61. 1825-01-10: Capital of Indiana moved to Indianapolis.
62. 1825-11-21: Capital of Missouri moved to Jefferson City.
63. 1826: Capital of Alabama moved to Tuscaloosa.
64. 1830: Capital of Louisiana moved to Donaldsonville.
65. 1831: Capital of Louisiana moved back to New Orleans.
66. 1832-01-04: Capital of Maine moved to Augusta.
67. 1834: Unorganized territory north of Missouri merged with Michigan territory.
68. 1834-06-30: Indian territory (present-day Oklahoma) formed from unorganized territory.
69. 1836-06-15: Arkansas state formed from part of Arkansas territory. The remainder was left unorganized.
70. 1836-07-04: Wisconsin territory formed from part of Michigan territory. Its first capital was Madison.
71. 1837-01-26: Status of Michigan changed from territory to state.
72. 1838-07-04: Iowa territory split from Wisconsin territory. Its first capital was Burlington.
73. 1839: Capital of Iowa moved to Iowa City.
74. 1839-07-04: Capital of Illinois moved to Springfield. (Location selected 1837-02-28.)
75. 1842-11-10: Webster-Ashburton Treaty settled the boundary between U.S. and Canada (Maine/New Brunswick, Minnesota/Hudson's Bay Company).
76. 1843: Capital of Tennessee moved to Nashville.
77. 1845-03-03: Status of Florida changed from territory to state.
78. 1845-12-29: Republic of Texas annexed to the United States as Texas state. Its first capital as a state was Austin, although the republic had had capitals at Houston and Washington on the Brazos.
79. 1846-07-09: Part of District of Columbia, on the south shore of the Potomac, returned to Virginia.
80. 1846-12-28: Iowa territory split into Iowa state and unorganized territory.
81. 1847-03-16: Capital of Michigan moved to Michigan, Michigan.
82. 1847-12-06: Capital of Alabama moved to Montgomery.
83. 1848: Name of capital of Michigan changed to Lansing.
84. 1848-02-02: By the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, Mexico ceded land approximately equivalent to its territories of Alta California and Santa Fe de Nuevo México (New Mexico) to the United States.
85. 1848-05-29: Status of Wisconsin changed from territory to state.
86. 1848-08-14: Oregon territory formed from unorganized lands west of the Louisiana purchase. Its first capital was Oregon City.
87. 1849: Capital of Louisiana moved to Baton Rouge.
88. 1849-03-03: Minnesota territory formed from the unorganized territory left over when Iowa became a state. Its first capital was Saint Paul.
89. 1850-09-09: Compromise of 1850 took effect. California became a state. Its first capital was San Jose. The remainder of the Mexican Cession was divided into New Mexico and Utah territories. Their capitals were Santa Fe and Salt Lake City, respectively. Texas was paid $10,000,000 to relinquish its claim to land to the north and west of its present-day boundaries (accepted 1850-11-25). The relinquished claim was divided up, part going to the New Mexico and Utah territories, and the rest to the unorganized territory.
90. 1851-10-04: Capital of Utah moved to Fillmore.
91. 1852-05-04: Capital of Oregon moved to Salem.
92. 1852-01: Capital of California moved to Vallejo. (The legislature also met in Sacramento from January to April.)
93. 1853-02-04: Capital of California moved to Benicia.
94. 1853-03-02: Washington territory split from Oregon territory. Its first capital was Olympia.
95. 1853-12-30: Gadsden Purchase (known as La Mesilla to Mexicans) transferred from Mexico to the United States, becoming part of New Mexico territory.
96. 1854-01: Newport and Providence became the only joint capitals of Rhode Island.
97. 1854-02-25: Capital of California moved to Sacramento.
98. 1854-05-30: Kansas and Nebraska territories formed from unorganized territory, leaving present-day Oklahoma as unorganized territory. The first capital of Kansas was Fort Leavenworth; of Nebraska, Omaha.
99. 1855-01-13: Capital of Oregon moved to Corvallis, then back to Salem on 1855-12-18.
100. 1855-08: Capital of Kansas moved to Lecompton. The sequence of Kansas territorial capitals is intricate, especially because of rival factions (pro- and anti-slavery) with competing capitals. Pawnee, Shawnee Mission, Minneola, and Lawrence were all capitals at some point.
101. 1856: Capital of Utah moved to Salt Lake City.
102. 1857-10-19: Capital of Iowa moved to Des Moines, formerly Fort Des Moines.
103. 1858: Capital of Utah moved to Parowan.
104. 1858-05-11: Minnesota state formed from part of Minnesota territory. The remainder became unorganized territory.
105. 1859: Capital of Utah moved to Salt Lake City; capital of Kansas moved to Topeka.
106. 1859-02-14: Status of Oregon changed from territory to state.
107. 1860-12-24: South Carolina seceded from United States, followed on later dates by Mississippi, Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana, Florida, Texas, Virginia, Arkansas, North Carolina, and Tennessee. They formed a federation called the Confederated States of America.
108. 1861-01-29: Status of Kansas changed from territory to state.
109. 1861-02-28: Colorado territory formed from parts of the former Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, and Utah territories. Its first capital was Colorado City.
110. 1861-03-02: Dakota territory (capital Yankton, in present-day South Dakota) formed from part of Nebraska territory and unorganized territory left over from Minnesota; Nevada territory (capital Carson City) formed from parts of New Mexico and Utah territories.
111. 1862: Capital of Colorado moved to Golden.
112. 1862-07-14: Border between Nevada and Utah territories moved from 116°03' W. to 115°03' W. (approximately - longitudes were measured using a baseline in Washington, D.C. at the time).
113. 1863-02-24: Arizona territory split from New Mexico territory. Its first capital was Fort Whipple.
114. 1863-03-03: Idaho territory formed from parts of Washington and Dakota territories. Its first capital was Lewiston.
115. 1863-06-19: West Virginia split from Virginia by retro-secession, and joined the United States as a state. Its first capital was Wheeling.
116. 1864: Capital of Arizona moved to Prescott. Capital of Idaho moved to Boise.
117. 1864-05-26: Montana territory formed from part of Nebraska and Idaho territories. Its first capital was Bannack.
118. 1864-10-31: Status of Nevada changed from territory to state.
119. 1865-02-07: Capital of Montana moved to Virginia City.
120. 1865-04-09: Lee surrendered at Appomatox. The states which had seceded were re-admitted to the United States one by one, starting with Tennessee (1866-07-24) and ending with Georgia (1870-07-15).
121. 1866-05-05: Border between Nevada and Utah territories moved from 115°03' W. to 114°03' W.
122. 1867: Capital of Colorado moved to Denver.
123. 1867-01-18: Part of Arizona territory (modern Nevada south of 37° N.) annexed to Nevada.
124. 1867-03-01: Status of Nebraska changed from territory to state.
125. 1867-08-14: Capital of Nebraska moved to Lancaster, and its name changed to Lincoln.
126. 1867-09-04: Capital of Arizona moved to Tucson.
127. 1867-10-11: Alaska transferred from Russia to the United States by purchase. Capital was Sitka.
128. 1868-07-04: Capital of Georgia moved to Atlanta.
129. 1868-07-29: Wyoming territory formed from parts of former Nebraska, Utah, and Idaho territories. Its first capital was Cheyenne.
130. 1870: Capital of West Virginia moved to Charleston.
131. 1875: Hartford became the sole capital of Connecticut. Capital of West Virginia moved to Wheeling.
132. 1875-01: Capital of Montana moved to Helena.
133. 1876-08-01: Status of Colorado changed from territory to state.
134. 1877: Capital of Arizona moved to Prescott.
135. 1882: Capital of Louisiana moved to Baton Rouge, apparently from New Orleans, which was used as capital by Union forces during the Civil War.
136. 1883: Capital of Dakota moved to Bismarck.
137. 1884-05-17: Status of Alaska changed to district.
138. 1885: Capital of West Virginia moved to Charleston.
139. 1889: Capital of Arizona moved to Phoenix.
140. 1889-11-02: Dakota territory split into North Dakota and South Dakota states (capitals Bismarck and Pierre, respectively).
141. 1889-11-08: Status of Montana changed from territory to state.
142. 1889-11-11: Status of Washington changed from territory to state.
143. 1890-05-02: Oklahoma territory split from Indian territory.
144. 1890-07-03: Status of Idaho changed from territory to state.
145. 1890-07-10: Status of Wyoming changed from territory to state.
146. 1896-01-04: Status of Utah changed from territory to state.
147. 1898-08-12: Republic of Hawaii annexed to the United States.
148. 1900: Capital of Alaska moved to Juneau.
149. 1900-01: Providence became the sole capital of Rhode Island.
150. 1900-06-14: Hawaii organized as territory. Its capital was Honolulu.
151. 1907-11-16: Oklahoma territory merged with Indian Territory to form Oklahoma state. Its first capital was Guthrie.
152. 1910-06-11: Capital of Oklahoma moved to Oklahoma City.
153. 1912-01-06: Status of New Mexico changed from territory to state.
154. 1912-02-14: Status of Arizona changed from territory to state.
155. 1912-08-24: Status of Alaska changed to territory.
156. 1959-01-03: Status of Alaska changed from territory to state.
157. 1959-08-21: Status of Hawaii changed from territory to state.

Other names of subdivisions: 

Formal name is "State of [state name]" unless otherwise noted. In texts in other languages using the Roman alphabet, state names can almost always be left untranslated.

1. Alaska: Alasca (Portuguese); Аляска (Russian)
2. Arkansas: Арканзас (Russian)
3. California: Califórnia (Portuguese); Californie (French); Kalifornien (German); Kaliforniya (Turkish); Калифорния (Russian)
4. Delaware: Делавэр (Russian)
5. District of Columbia: Distrito de Columbia (Portuguese, Spanish)
6. Florida: Floride (French)
7. Georgia: Géorgie (French); Джорджия (Russian)
8. Hawaii: Havaí (Portuguese); Hawaï (Dutch); Hawaiʻi (variant; see note below); Гавайи (Russian)
9. Illinois: Иллинойс (Russian)
10. Kentucky: Commonwealth of Kentucky (formal); Кентукки (Russian)
11. Louisiana: Luisiana (Spanish); Louisiane (French); Луизиана (Russian)
12. Massachusetts: Commonwealth of Massachusetts (formal); Массачусетс (Russian)
13. Mississippi: Misisipi (Spanish-variant)
14. Missouri: Misuri (Spanish-variant)
15. New Hampshire: Nova Hampshire (Portuguese); Nueva Hampshire (Spanish)
16. New Jersey: Nova Jersey (Portuguese); Nueva Jersey (Spanish)
17. New Mexico: Neu-Mexiko (German); Nouveau-Mexique (French); Novo México (Portuguese); Nuevo Mexico (Spanish)
18. New York: Nevyork (Turkish); Nova York, Nova Iorque (Portuguese); Nueva York (Spanish); Нью Йорк (Russian)
19. North Carolina: Carolina del Norte (Spanish); Carolina do Norte (Portuguese); Caroline du Nord (French); Kuzey Carolina (Turkish); Nord-Karolina (German)
20. North Dakota: Dakota del Norte (Spanish); Dakota do Norte (Portuguese); Dakota du Nord (French); Kuzey Dakota (Turkish); Nord-Dakota (German)
21. Oklahoma: Оклахома (Russian)
22. Oregon: Oregón (Spanish)
23. Pennsylvania: Pennsylvanie (French); Pennsylvanien (German); Pensilvania (Spanish); Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (formal); Пенсильвания (Russian)
24. Rhode Island: State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations (formal); Род-Айленд (Russian)
25. South Carolina: Carolina del Sur (Spanish); Caroline du Sud (French); Carolina do Sul (Portuguese); Güney Carolina (Turkish); Süd-Karolina (German)
26. South Dakota: Dakota del Sur (Spanish); Dakota do Sul (Portuguese); Dakota du Sud (French); Güney Dakota (Turkish); Süd-Dakota (German)
27. Texas: Техас (Russian)
28. Utah: Юта (Russian)
29. Virginia: Virginie (French); Virgínia (Portuguese); Commonwealth of Virginia (formal)
30. Washington: Вашингтон (Russian)
31. West Virginia: Batı Virginia (Turkish); Virginia del Oeste, Virginia Occidental (Spanish); Virgínia Ocidental (Portuguese); Virginie occidentale (French); West-Virginia (German)

Note: Some Hawaiians advocate the spelling Hawaiʻi, which is the Hawaiian-language form of the name. The extra character is called an ʻokina, and represents a glottal stop. The recommended Unicode character is U+02BB, "modifier letter turned comma". This form has been appearing with increasing frequency in Hawaii itself. In the mainland, it seems to be used for its impressive effect. In tourist brochures, it makes Hawaii seem more exotic. In articles, it makes the author appear more of an insider. (People used to try to impress their friends by pronouncing the name "Havaii", which is not correct.) I hope that the ʻokina never becomes official, because it is hard to type on a computer with language preferences set to English - just as I thought it was stupid for Azerbaijan to include the schwa when the Azerbaijani language returned to the Roman alphabet in 1991.

Population history:

Name	2010	2000	1990	1980	1970	1960	1950	1940	1930	1920	1910
Alabama	4,779,736	4,447,100	4,040,587	3,894,025	3,444,354	3,266,740	3,061,743	2,832,961	2,646,248	2,348,174	2,138,093
Alaska	710,231	626,932	550,043	401,851	302,583	226,167	128,643	72,524	59,278	55,036	64,356
Arizona	6,392,017	5,130,632	3,665,228	2,716,546	1,775,399	1,302,161	749,587	499,261	435,573	334,162	204,354
Arkansas	2,915,918	2,673,400	2,350,725	2,286,357	1,923,322	1,786,272	1,909,511	1,949,387	1,854,482	1,752,204	1,574,449
California	37,253,956	33,871,648	29,760,021	23,667,764	19,971,069	15,717,204	10,586,223	6,907,387	5,677,251	3,426,861	2,377,549
Colorado	5,029,196	4,301,261	3,294,394	2,889,735	2,209,596	1,753,947	1,325,089	1,123,296	1,035,791	939,629	799,024
Connecticut	3,574,097	3,405,565	3,287,116	3,107,564	3,032,217	2,535,234	2,007,280	1,709,242	1,606,903	1,380,631	1,114,756
Delaware	897,934	783,600	666,168	594,338	548,104	446,292	318,085	266,505	238,380	223,003	202,322
D. C.	601,723	572,059	606,900	638,432	756,668	763,956	802,178	663,091	486,869	437,571	331,069
Florida	18,801,310	15,982,378	12,937,926	9,746,961	6,791,418	4,951,560	2,771,305	1,897,414	1,468,211	968,470	752,619
Georgia	9,687,653	8,186,453	6,478,216	5,462,982	4,587,930	3,943,116	3,444,578	3,123,723	2,908,506	2,895,832	2,609,121
Hawaii	1,360,301	1,211,537	1,108,229	964,691	769,913	632,772	499,794	422,770	368,336	255,912	191,909
Idaho	1,567,582	1,293,953	1,006,749	944,127	713,015	667,191	588,637	524,873	445,032	431,866	325,594
Illinois	12,830,632	12,419,293	11,430,602	11,427,409	11,110,285	10,081,158	8,712,176	7,897,241	7,630,654	6,485,280	5,638,591
Indiana	6,483,802	6,080,485	5,544,159	5,490,214	5,195,392	4,662,498	3,934,224	3,427,796	3,238,503	2,930,390	2,700,876
Iowa	3,046,355	2,926,324	2,776,755	2,913,808	2,825,368	2,757,537	2,621,073	2,538,268	2,470,939	2,404,021	2,224,771
Kansas	2,853,118	2,688,418	2,477,574	2,364,236	2,249,071	2,178,611	1,905,299	1,801,028	1,880,999	1,769,257	1,690,949
Kentucky	4,339,367	4,041,769	3,685,296	3,660,324	3,220,711	3,038,156	2,944,806	2,845,627	2,614,589	2,416,630	2,289,905
Louisiana	4,533,372	4,468,976	4,219,973	4,206,116	3,644,637	3,257,022	2,683,516	2,363,880	2,101,593	1,798,509	1,656,388
Maine	1,328,361	1,274,923	1,227,928	1,125,043	993,722	969,265	913,774	847,226	797,423	768,014	742,371
Maryland	5,773,552	5,296,486	4,781,468	4,216,933	3,923,897	3,100,689	2,343,001	1,821,244	1,631,526	1,449,661	1,295,346
Massachusetts	6,547,629	6,349,097	6,016,425	5,737,093	5,689,170	5,148,578	4,690,514	4,316,721	4,249,614	3,852,356	3,366,416
Michigan	9,883,640	9,938,444	9,295,297	9,262,044	8,881,826	7,823,194	6,371,766	5,256,106	4,842,325	3,668,412	2,810,173
Minnesota	5,303,925	4,919,479	4,375,099	4,075,970	3,806,103	3,413,864	2,982,483	2,792,300	2,563,953	2,387,125	2,075,708
Mississippi	2,967,297	2,844,658	2,573,216	2,520,770	2,216,994	2,178,141	2,178,914	2,183,796	2,009,821	1,790,618	1,797,114
Missouri	5,988,927	5,595,211	5,117,073	4,916,766	4,677,623	4,319,813	3,954,653	3,784,664	3,629,367	3,404,055	3,293,335
Montana	989,415	902,195	799,065	786,690	694,409	674,767	591,024	559,456	537,606	548,889	376,053
Nebraska	1,826,341	1,711,263	1,578,385	1,569,825	1,485,333	1,411,330	1,325,510	1,315,834	1,377,963	1,296,372	1,192,214
Nevada	2,700,551	1,998,257	1,201,833	800,508	488,738	285,278	160,083	110,247	91,058	77,407	81,875
New Hampshire	1,316,470	1,235,786	1,109,252	920,610	737,681	606,921	533,242	491,524	465,293	443,083	430,572
New Jersey	8,791,894	8,414,350	7,730,188	7,365,011	7,171,112	6,066,782	4,835,329	4,160,165	4,041,334	3,155,900	2,537,167
New Mexico	2,059,179	1,819,046	1,515,069	1,303,302	1,017,055	951,023	681,187	531,818	423,317	360,350	327,301
New York	19,378,102	18,976,457	17,990,455	17,558,165	18,241,391	16,782,304	14,830,192	13,479,142	12,588,066	10,385,227	9,113,614
North Carolina	9,535,483	8,049,313	6,628,637	5,880,095	5,084,411	4,556,155	4,061,929	3,571,623	3,170,276	2,559,123	2,206,287
North Dakota	672,591	642,200	638,800	652,717	617,792	632,446	619,636	641,935	680,845	646,872	577,056
Ohio	11,536,504	11,353,140	10,847,115	10,797,603	10,657,423	9,706,397	7,946,627	6,907,612	6,646,697	5,759,394	4,767,121
Oklahoma	3,751,351	3,450,654	3,145,585	3,025,487	2,559,463	2,328,284	2,233,351	2,336,434	2,396,040	2,028,283	1,657,155
Oregon	3,831,074	3,421,399	2,842,321	2,633,156	2,091,533	1,768,687	1,521,341	1,089,684	953,786	783,389	672,765
Pennsylvania	12,702,379	12,281,054	11,881,643	11,864,720	11,800,766	11,319,366	10,498,012	9,900,180	9,631,350	8,720,017	7,665,111
Rhode Island	1,052,567	1,048,319	1,003,464	947,154	949,723	859,488	791,896	713,346	687,497	604,397	542,610
South Carolina	4,625,364	4,012,012	3,486,703	3,120,729	2,590,713	2,382,594	2,117,027	1,899,804	1,738,765	1,683,724	1,515,400
South Dakota	814,180	754,844	696,004	690,768	666,257	680,514	652,740	642,961	692,849	636,547	583,888
Tennessee	6,346,105	5,689,283	4,877,185	4,591,023	3,926,018	3,567,089	3,291,718	2,915,841	2,616,556	2,337,885	2,184,789
Texas	25,145,561	20,851,820	16,986,510	14,225,513	11,198,655	9,579,677	7,711,194	6,414,824	5,824,715	4,663,228	3,896,542
Utah	2,763,885	2,233,169	1,722,850	1,461,037	1,059,273	890,627	688,862	550,310	507,847	449,396	373,351
Vermont	625,741	608,827	562,758	511,456	444,732	389,881	377,747	359,231	359,611	352,428	355,956
Virginia	8,001,024	7,078,515	6,187,358	5,346,797	4,651,448	3,966,949	3,318,680	2,677,773	2,421,851	2,309,187	2,061,612
Washington	6,724,540	5,894,121	4,866,692	4,132,353	3,413,244	2,853,214	2,378,963	1,736,191	1,563,396	1,356,621	1,141,990
West Virginia	1,852,994	1,808,344	1,793,477	1,950,186	1,744,237	1,860,421	2,005,552	1,901,974	1,729,205	1,463,701	1,221,119
Wisconsin	5,686,986	5,363,675	4,891,769	4,705,642	4,417,821	3,951,777	3,434,575	3,137,587	2,939,006	2,632,067	2,333,860
Wyoming	563,626	493,782	453,588	469,557	332,416	330,066	290,529	250,742	225,565	194,402	145,965
Totals	308,745,538	281,421,906	248,709,873	226,542,203	203,302,031	179,323,175	151,325,798	132,164,569	123,202,660	106,021,568	92,228,531

 

Name	1900	1890	1880	1870	1860	1850	1840	1830	1820	1810	1800	1790
Alabama	1,828,697	1,513,401	1,262,505	996,992	964,201	771,623	590,756	309,527	127,901
Alaska	63,592	32,052	33,426
Arizona	122,931	88,243	40,440	9,658
Arkansas	1,311,564	1,128,211	802,525	484,471	435,450	209,897	97,574	30,388	14,273	1,062
California	1,485,053	1,213,398	864,694	560,247	379,994	92,597
Colorado	539,700	413,249	194,327	39,864	34,277
Connecticut	908,420	746,258	622,700	537,454	460,147	370,792	309,978	297,675	275,248	261,942	251,002	237,946
Delaware	184,735	168,493	146,608	125,015	112,216	91,532	78,085	76,748	72,749	72,674	64,273	59,096
D. C.	278,718	230,392	177,624	131,700	75,080	51,687	43,712	39,834	33,039	24,023	14,093
Florida	528,542	391,422	269,493	187,748	140,424	87,445	54,477	34,730
Georgia	2,216,331	1,837,353	1,542,180	1,184,109	1,057,286	906,185	691,392	516,823	340,989	252,433	162,686	82,548
Hawaii	154,001	89,990
Idaho	161,772	88,548	32,610	14,999
Illinois	4,821,550	3,826,352	3,077,871	2,539,891	1,711,951	851,470	476,183	157,445	55,211	12,282
Indiana	2,516,462	2,192,404	1,978,301	1,680,637	1,350,428	988,416	685,866	343,031	147,178	24,520	5,641
Iowa	2,231,853	1,912,297	1,624,615	1,194,020	674,913	192,214	43,112
Kansas	1,470,495	1,428,108	996,096	364,399	107,206
Kentucky	2,147,174	1,858,635	1,648,690	1,321,011	1,155,684	982,405	779,828	687,917	564,317	406,511	220,955	73,677
Louisiana	1,381,625	1,118,588	939,946	726,915	708,002	517,762	352,411	215,739	153,407	76,556
Maine	694,466	661,086	648,936	626,915	628,279	583,169	501,793	399,455	298,335	228,705	151,719	96,540
Maryland	1,188,044	1,042,390	934,943	780,894	687,049	583,034	470,019	447,040	407,350	380,546	341,548	319,728
Massachusetts	2,805,346	2,238,947	1,783,085	1,457,351	1,231,066	994,514	737,699	610,408	523,287	472,040	422,845	378,787
Michigan	2,420,982	2,093,890	1,636,937	1,184,059	749,113	397,654	212,267	31,639	8,896	4,762
Minnesota	1,751,394	1,310,283	780,773	439,706	172,023	6,077
Mississippi	1,551,270	1,289,600	1,131,597	827,922	791,305	606,526	375,651	136,621	75,448	40,352	8,850
Missouri	3,106,665	2,679,185	2,168,380	1,721,295	1,182,012	682,044	383,702	140,455	66,586	19,783
Montana	243,329	142,924	39,159	20,595
Nebraska	1,066,300	1,062,656	452,402	122,993	28,841
Nevada	42,335	47,355	62,266	42,491	6,857
New Hampshire	411,588	376,530	346,991	318,300	326,073	317,976	284,574	269,328	244,161	214,460	183,858	141,885
New Jersey	1,883,669	1,444,933	1,131,116	906,096	672,035	489,555	373,306	320,823	277,575	245,562	211,149	184,139
New Mexico	195,310	160,282	119,565	91,874	93,516	61,547
New York	7,268,894	6,003,174	5,082,871	4,382,759	3,880,735	3,097,394	2,428,921	1,918,608	1,372,812	959,049	589,051	340,120
North Carolina	1,893,810	1,617,949	1,399,750	1,071,361	992,622	869,039	753,419	737,987	638,829	555,500	478,103	393,751
North Dakota	319,146	190,983
Ohio	4,157,545	3,672,329	3,198,062	2,665,260	2,339,511	1,980,329	1,519,467	937,903	581,434	230,760	45,365
Oklahoma	790,391	258,657
Oregon	413,536	317,704	174,768	90,923	52,465	13,294
Pennsylvania	6,302,115	5,258,113	4,282,891	3,521,951	2,906,215	2,311,786	1,724,033	1,348,233	1,049,458	810,091	602,365	434,373
Rhode Island	428,556	345,506	276,531	217,353	174,620	147,545	108,830	97,199	83,059	76,931	69,122	68,825
South Carolina	1,340,316	1,151,149	995,577	705,606	703,708	668,507	594,398	581,185	502,741	415,115	345,591	249,073
South Dakota	401,570	348,600
Tennessee	2,020,616	1,767,518	1,542,359	1,258,520	1,109,801	1,002,717	829,210	681,904	422,823	261,727	105,602	35,691
Texas	3,048,710	2,235,527	1,591,749	818,579	604,215	212,592
Utah	276,749	210,779	143,963	86,786	40,273	11,380
Vermont	343,641	332,422	332,286	330,551	315,098	314,120	291,948	280,652	235,981	217,895	154,465	85,425
Virginia	1,854,184	1,655,980	1,512,565	1,225,163	1,596,318	1,421,661	1,239,797	1,211,405	1,065,366	974,600	880,200	747,610
Washington	518,103	357,232	75,116	23,955	11,594
West Virginia	958,800	762,794	618,457	442,014
Wisconsin	2,069,042	1,693,330	1,315,497	1,054,670	775,881	305,391	30,945
Wyoming	92,531	62,555	20,789	9,118
Totals	75,994,575	62,947,714	50,155,783	38,558,371	31,443,321	23,191,876	17,069,453	12,866,020	9,638,453	7,239,881	5,308,483	3,929,214

 

Census dates were 1900-04-15, 1910-04-15, 1920-01-01, and 04-01 (April 1) in subsequent years. Individual states don't add up to the exact total in some years, for various reasons. For example, in the 1830 and 1840 censuses, a few thousand people on U.S. ships were counted in the total, but not in any state.