2018 State Population Rankings (legal, estimate, retiree)

[revitalizer]

The Census Bureau has released the July 2018 estimates:

https://www.census.gov/newsroom/pres...nal-state.html
https://www.census.gov/data/tables/t...nal-total.html

[jjbradleynyc]

This is exciting--love this time of year when estimates released.

However, does anyone know offhand where the full list of the state by state can be found? The census bureau site does not make it easy to find from that link...

[revitalizer]

Originally Posted by jjbradleynyc

This is exciting--love this time of year when estimates released.

However, does anyone know offhand where the full list of the state by state can be found? The census bureau site does not make it easy to find from that link...

The spreadsheets with that information are on this page:
https://www.census.gov/data/tables/t...nal-total.html

Tables: Population Estimates, Population Change, and Components of Change

[marino760]

It's very interesting. The only real surprise for me is that TN was not in the top ten for population growth and Conn being a New England state with a population loss.

[NC2ATL60]

North Carolina & Georgia still playing population tag I see.

2017:

GA: 10,413,055
NC 10,270,800

2018:

GA:10,519,475 (+106,420)
NC: 10,383,620 (+112, 820)

I believe these 2 states will remain right behind each other for the foreseeable future. They are growing at almost the same rate and are only separated by a couple hundred thousand.

[jas75]

It looks like there were a few ranking changes between 2017 and 2018:

Utah moved ahead of Iowa, switching 31st for 30th place.

Nevada surpassed both Mississippi and Arkansas, rising from 34th to 32nd place. Arkansas dropped from 32nd to 33rd, and Mississippi from 33rd to 34th.

Montana overtook Rhode Island, switching 44th for 43rd place.

Needless to say, the Mountain states were definitely a focal point for growth, as they have been for many years.

[TheTimidBlueBars]

I think Kansas is finally gonna shrink this time; it's been hovering on the edge for the last couple years. Illinois, West Virginia, Wyoming, and Mississippi, which have lost people the past two years, are likely to do so again.

We can also expect Michigan, Rhode Island, and Maine to continue their gradual upward trajectories of growth.

[Duderino]

Originally Posted by marino760

It's very interesting. The only real surprise for me is that TN was not in the top ten for population growth and Conn being a New England state with a population loss.

A lot of people may not be aware that much, if not most, of New England outside of the Boston metro is pretty stagnant to slightly declining.

Economically, it's a pretty darn stable region so certainly there isn't wholesale abandonment, but the combination of super low birth rates, aging population, and out-migration (mostly weather related) are major headwinds for growth in the region.

[jbcmh81]

Population on July 1, 2018 and Rank based on Total Change from 2017

1. Texas: 28,701,845: +379,128
2. Florida: 21,299,325: +322,513
3. California: 39,557,045: +157,696
4. Arizona: 7,171,646: +122,770
5. North Carolina: 10,383,620: +112,820
6. Washington: 7,535,591: +110,159
7. Georgia: 10,519,475: +106,420
8. Colorado: 5,695,564: +79,662
9. South Carolina: 5,084,127: +62,908
10. Nevada: 3,034,392: +61,987
11. Tennessee: 6,770,010: +61,216
12. Utah: 3,161,105: +57,987
13. Virginia: 8,517,685: +52,478
14. Oregon: 4,190,713: +44,121
15. Minnesota: 5,611,179: +43,024
16. Massachusetts: 6,902,149: 38,903
17. Idaho: 1,754,208: +35,304
18. Indiana: 6,691,878: +31,796
19. Ohio: 11,689,442: +25,313
20. Wisconsin: 5,813,568: +21,517
21. New Jersey: 8,908,520: +19,977
22. Michigan: 9,995,915: +19,468
23. Missouri: 6,126,452: +17,840
24. Maryland: 6,042,718: +17,827
25. Pennsylvania: 12,807,060: +16,613
26. Kentucky: 4,468,402: +14,528
27. Alabama: 4,887,871: +12,751
28. Iowa: 3,156,145: +12,508
29. Nebraska: 1,929,268: +11,693
30. Arkansas: 3,013,825: +10,828
31. Oklahoma: 3,943,079: +10,439
32. Delaware: 967,171: +10,093
33. Montana: 1,062,305: +9,215
34. South Dakota: 882,235: +8,949
35. Washington, DC: 702,455: +6,764
36. New Hampshire: 1,356,458: +6,691
37. North Dakota: 760,077: +4,901
38. Maine: 1,338,404: +3,341
39. New Mexico: 2,095,428: +2,033
40. Vermont: 626,299: +1,774
41. Rhode Island: 1,057,315: +829
42. Kansas: 2,911,505: +816
43. Connecticut: 3,572,665: -1,215
44. Alaska: 737,438: -2,348
45. Wyoming: 577,737: -1,197
46. Mississippi: 2,986,530: -3,133
47. Hawaii: 1,420,491: -3,712
48. Louisiana: 4,659,978: -10,840
49. West Virginia: 5,813,568: -11,216
50. Illinois: 12,741,080: -45,116
51. New York: 19,542,209: -48,510

Not a lot of surprises. Maybe that there were so many states that lost population, and they were not focused in a single region, but spread out (2 in the Northeast, 4 in the South, 2 in the West and 1 in the Midwest). Also that 4 Midwest states made the top 20 for total growth. When's the last time that happened? As my birth state, I'm especially happy about Ohio in the top 20. At the beginning of the decade, it was ranking in the 40s for growth, so that's a nice improvement.

[btownboss4]

Originally Posted by jbcmh81

Population on July 1, 2018 and Rank based on Total Change from 2017


1. Texas: 28,701,845: +379,128
2. Florida: 21,299,325: +322,513
3. California: 39,557,045: +157,696
4. Arizona: 7,171,646: +122,770
5. North Carolina: 10,383,620: +112,820
6. Washington: 7,535,591: +110,159
7. Georgia: 10,519,475: +106,420
8. Colorado: 5,695,564: +79,662
9. South Carolina: 5,084,127: +62,908
10. Nevada: 3,034,392: +61,987
11. Tennessee: 6,770,010: +61,216
12. Utah: 3,161,105: +57,987
13. Virginia: 8,517,685: +52,478
14. Oregon: 4,190,713: +44,121
15. Minnesota: 5,611,179: +43,024
16. Massachusetts: 6,902,149: 38,903
17. Idaho: 1,754,208: +35,304
18. Indiana: 6,691,878: +31,796
19. Ohio: 11,689,442: +25,313
20. Wisconsin: 5,813,568: +21,517
21. New Jersey: 8,908,520: +19,977
22. Michigan: 9,995,915: +19,468
23. Missouri: 6,126,452: +17,840
24. Maryland: 6,042,718: +17,827
25. Pennsylvania: 12,807,060: +16,613
26. Kentucky: 4,468,402: +14,528
27. Alabama: 4,887,871: +12,751
28. Iowa: 3,156,145: +12,508
29. Nebraska: 1,929,268: +11,693
30. Arkansas: 3,013,825: +10,828
31. Oklahoma: 3,943,079: +10,439
32. Delaware: 967,171: +10,093
33. Montana: 1,062,305: +9,215
34. South Dakota: 882,235: +8,949
35. Washington, DC: 702,455: +6,764
36. New Hampshire: 1,356,458: +6,691
37. North Dakota: 760,077: +4,901
38. Maine: 1,338,404: +3,341
39. New Mexico: 2,095,428: +2,033
40. Vermont: 626,299: +1,774
41. Rhode Island: 1,057,315: +829
42. Kansas: 2,911,505: +816
43. Connecticut: 3,572,665: -1,215
44. Alaska: 737,438: -2,348
45. Wyoming: 577,737: -1,197
46. Mississippi: 2,986,530: -3,133
47. Hawaii: 1,420,491: -3,712
48. Louisiana: 4,659,978: -10,840
49. West Virginia: 5,813,568: -11,216
50. Illinois: 12,741,080: -45,116
51. New York: 19,542,209: -48,510

NYS got crushed, surprising because Buffalo’s trend has turned around a bit so I wonder if NYC ground to a halt