As an abstract politics geek, I was excited to find that the official growth data is out from the 2010 census. Â As expected, the South and the West are doing well, but it’s bad news for the Northeast. Â The exact growth percentages are as follows:
| State | Population as of
2000 Census | Population as of
2010 Census[38] | Percent change |
|---|---|---|---|
 California |
33,871,648 | 37,253,956 | 10.0% |
 Texas |
20,851,820 | 25,145,561 | 20.6% |
 New York |
18,976,457 | 19,378,102 | 2.1% |
 Florida |
15,982,378 | 18,801,310 | 16.6% |
 Illinois |
12,419,293 | 12,830,632 | 3.3% |
 Pennsylvania |
12,281,054 | 12,702,379 | 3.4% |
 Ohio |
11,353,140 | 11,536,504 | 1.6% |
 Michigan |
9,938,444 | 9,883,640 | –0.6% |
 Georgia |
8,186,453 | 9,687,653 | 18.3% |
 North Carolina |
8,049,313 | 9,535,483 | 18.5% |
 New Jersey |
8,414,350 | 8,791,894 | 4.5% |
 Virginia |
7,078,515 | 8,001,024 | 13.0% |
 Washington |
5,894,121 | 6,724,540 | 14.1% |
 Massachusetts |
6,349,097 | 6,547,629 | 3.1% |
 Indiana |
6,080,485 | 6,483,802 | 6.6% |
 Arizona |
5,130,632 | 6,392,017 | 24.6% |
 Tennessee |
5,689,283 | 6,346,105 | 11.5% |
 Missouri |
5,595,211 | 5,988,927 | 7.0% |
 Maryland |
5,296,486 | 5,773,552 | 9.0% |
 Wisconsin |
5,363,675 | 5,686,986 | 6.0% |
 Minnesota |
4,919,479 | 5,303,925 | 7.8% |
 Colorado |
4,301,261 | 5,029,196 | 16.9% |
 Alabama |
4,447,100 | 4,779,736 | 7.5% |
 South Carolina |
4,012,012 | 4,625,364 | 15.3% |
 Louisiana |
4,468,976 | 4,533,372 | 1.4% |
 Kentucky |
4,041,769 | 4,339,367 | 7.4% |
 Oregon |
3,421,399 | 3,831,074 | 12.0% |
 Oklahoma |
3,450,654 | 3,751,351 | 8.7% |
 Connecticut |
3,405,565 | 3,702,379 | 3.4% |
 Iowa |
2,926,324 | 3,046,355 | 4.1% |
 Mississippi |
2,844,658 | 2,967,297 | 4.3% |
 Arkansas |
2,673,400 | 2,915,918 | 9.1% |
 Kansas |
2,688,418 | 2,853,118 | 6.1% |
 Utah |
2,233,169 | 2,763,885 | 23.8% |
 Nevada |
1,998,257 | 2,700,551 | 35.1% |
 New Mexico |
1,819,046 | 2,059,179 | 13.2% |
 West Virginia |
1,808,344 | 1,852,994 | 2.5% |
 Nebraska |
1,711,263 | 1,826,341 | 6.7% |
 Idaho |
1,293,953 | 1,567,582 | 21.1% |
 Hawaii |
1,211,537 | 1,360,301 | 12.3% |
 Maine |
1,274,923 | 1,328,361 | 4.2% |
 New Hampshire |
1,235,786 | 1,316,470 | 6.5% |
 Rhode Island |
1,048,319 | 1,052,567 | 0.4% |
 Montana |
902,195 | 989,415 | 9.7% |
 Delaware |
783,600 | 897,934 | 14.6% |
 South Dakota |
754,844 | 814,180 | 7.9% |
 Alaska |
626,932 | 710,231 | 13.3% |
 North Dakota |
642,200 | 672,591 | 4.7% |
 Vermont |
608,827 | 625,741 | 2.8% |
 District of Columbia |
572,059 | 601,723 | 5.2% |
 Wyoming |
493,782 | 563,626 | 14.1% |
 United States |
281,421,906 | 308,745,538 | 9.7% |
Thanks to the U.S. Census Bureau for the data, Wikimedia Commons for the blank United States map and skyblue2u for the color palette.  The calculations are on my United States Data spreadsheet.
