U.S. state population rankings (1980-2017) (life, people, Chicago, cons)

[Craziaskowboi]

U.S. state population rankings (1980)

1. California
2. New York
3. Texas
4. Pennsylvania
5. Illinois
6. Ohio
7. Florida
8. Michigan
9. New Jersey
10. North Carolina

11. Massachusetts
12. Indiana
13. Georgia
14. Virginia
15. Missouri
16. Wisconsin
17. Tennessee
18. Maryland
19. Louisiana
20. Washington

21. Minnesota
22. Alabama
23. Kentucky
24. South Carolina
25. Connecticut
26. Oklahoma
27. Iowa
28. Colorado
29. Arizona
30. Oregon

31. Mississippi
32. Kansas
33. Arkansas
34. West Virginia
35. Nebraska
36. Utah
37. New Mexico
38. Maine
39. Hawaii
40. Rhode Island

41. Idaho
42. New Hampshire
43. Nevada
44. Montana
45. South Dakota
46. North Dakota
47. Delaware
48. Vermont
49. Wyoming
50. Alaska


U.S. state population rankings (2017)

1. California
2. Texas
3. Florida
4. New York
5. Pennsylvania
6. Illinois
7. Ohio
8. Georgia
9. North Carolina
10. Michigan

11. New Jersey
12. Virginia
13. Washington
14. Arizona
15. Massachusetts
16. Tennessee
17. Indiana
18. Missouri
19. Maryland
20. Wisconsin

21. Colorado
22. Minnesota
23. South Carolina
24. Alabama
25. Louisiana
26. Kentucky
27. Oregon
28. Oklahoma
29. Connecticut
30. Utah

31. Iowa
32. Nevada
33. Arkansas
34. Mississippi
35. Kansas
36. New Mexico
37. Nebraska
38. West Virginia
39. Idaho
40. Hawaii

41. New Hampshire
42. Maine
43. Montana
44. Rhode Island
45. Delaware
46. South Dakota
47. North Dakota
48. Alaska
49. Vermont
50. Wyoming


U.S. state population ranking change (1980-2017)

+15 - Arizona
+11 - Nevada
+7 - Colorado
+7 - Washington
+6 - Utah
+5 - Georgia
+4 - Florida
+3 - Oregon
+2 - Alaska
+2 - Delaware

+2 - Idaho
+2 - Virginia
+1 - Montana
+1 - New Hampshire
+1 - New Mexico
+1 - North Carolina
+1 - South Carolina
+1 - Tennessee
+1 - Texas
0 - Arkansas

0 - California
-1 - Hawaii
-1 - Illinois
-1 - Maryland
-1 - Minnesota
-1 - North Dakota
-1 - Ohio
-1 - Pennsylvania
-1 - South Dakota
-1 - Vermont

-1 - Wyoming
-2 - Alabama
-2 - Michigan
-2 - Nebraska
-2 - New Jersey
-2 - New York
-2 - Oklahoma
-3 - Kansas
-3 - Kentucky
-3 - Mississippi

-3 - Missouri
-4 - Connecticut
-4 - Iowa
-4 - Maine
-4 - Massachusetts
-4 - Rhode Island
-4 - West Virginia
-4 - Wisconsin
-5 - Indiana
-6 - Louisiana


Discuss.

[stanley-88888888]

is this by population density or total population ?

[Heel82]

Looks like total population. Georgia’s push into the top 10 might be the most remarkable. Though the desert boom and the Rocky Mountain boom are impossible to ignore.

[mjlo]

Originally Posted by stanley-88888888

is this by population density or total population ?

Total population

[cpomp]

I wonder if Pennsylvania will widen the gap between Illinois, the trends appear that way.

[ckhthankgod]

Originally Posted by Heel82

Looks like total population. Georgia’s push into the top 10 might be the most remarkable. Though the desert boom and the Rocky Mountain boom are impossible to ignore.

On the filp side, it is also remarkable how much the rankings haven't really changed that much within those 37 years. Even with population growth changes.

[turkeydance]

would reapportionment for the House and Electoral College be next year?

[stanley-88888888]

Originally Posted by mjlo

Total population

isnt there a way to get metrix based on pop-density. no real surprise that big states have a lot of persons.

[SteelCityRising]

I think considering how populous and historically-significant Pennsylvania has always been our state has consistently also "flown under the radar". I feel like people talk about CA, TX, NY, and FL very heavily on here and in real life. Same for talking about Chicago more than Philadelphia or Pittsburgh. PA is considered "flyover country" for some reason. Maybe because it's overrun with Trump supporters?

[stanley-88888888]

i wonder where puerto rico, guam, washington, d.c., samoa, u.s.v.i., micronesia fit into this ?