Most Populous US States Over Time

Name the 10 most populous US States over the last 200 years.
Source: US Census data
For years before the Civil War, the data includes the population of slaves living in each state
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2020
1
39,538,223
California
2
29,145,505
Texas
3
21,538,187
Florida
4
20,201,249
New York
5
13,002,700
Pennsylvania
6
12,812,508
Illinois
7
11,799,448
Ohio
8
10,711,908
Georgia
9
10,439,388
North Carolina
10
10,077,331
Michigan
2000
1
33,871,648
California
2
20,851,820
Texas
3
18,976,457
New York
4
15,982,378
Florida
5
12,419,293
Illinois
6
12,281,054
Pennsylvania
7
11,353,140
Ohio
8
9,938,444
Michigan
9
8,414,350
New Jersey
10
8,186,453
Georgia
1980
1
23,667,902
California
2
17,558,072
New York
3
14,229,191
Texas
4
11,863,895
Pennsylvania
5
11,426,518
Illinois
6
10,797,630
Ohio
7
9,746,324
Florida
8
9,262,078
Michigan
9
7,364,823
New Jersey
10
5,881,766
North Carolina
1960
1
16,782,304
New York
2
15,717,204
California
3
11,319,366
Pennsylvania
4
10,081,158
Illinois
5
9,706,397
Ohio
6
9,579,677
Texas
7
7,823,194
Michigan
8
6,066,782
New Jersey
9
5,148,578
Massachusetts
10
4,951,560
Florida
1940
1
13,479,142
New York
2
9,900,180
Pennsylvania
3
7,897,241
Illinois
4
6,907,612
Ohio
5
6,907,387
California
6
6,414,824
Texas
7
5,256,106
Michigan
8
4,316,721
Massachusetts
9
4,160,165
New Jersey
10
3,784,664
Missouri
1920
1
10,385,227
New York
2
8,720,017
Pennsylvania
3
6,485,280
Illinois
4
5,759,394
Ohio
5
4,663,228
Texas
6
3,852,356
Massachusetts
7
3,668,412
Michigan
8
3,426,861
California
9
3,404,055
Missouri
10
3,155,900
New Jersey
1900
1
7,268,894
New York
2
6,302,115
Pennsylvania
3
4,821,550
Illinois
4
4,157,545
Ohio
5
3,106,665
Missouri
6
3,048,710
Texas
7
2,805,346
Massachusetts
8
2,516,462
Indiana
9
2,420,982
Michigan
10
2,231,853
Iowa
1880
1
5,082,871
New York
2
4,282,891
Pennsylvania
3
3,198,062
Ohio
4
3,077,871
Illinois
5
2,168,380
Missouri
6
1,978,301
Indiana
7
1,783,085
Massachusetts
8
1,648,690
Kentucky
9
1,636,937
Michigan
10
1,624,615
Iowa
1860
1
3,880,735
New York
2
2,906,215
Pennsylvania
3
2,339511
Ohio
4
1,711,951
Illinois
5
1,596,318
Virginia
6
1,350,428
Indiana
7
1,231,066
Massachusetts
8
1,182,012
Missouri
9
1,155,684
Kentucky
10
1,109,801
Tennessee
1840
1
2,428,921
New York
2
1,724,033
Pennsylvania
3
1,59,467
Ohio
4
1,464,334
Virginia
5
829,210
Tennessee
6
779,828
Kentucky
7
753,419
North Carolina
8
737,699
Massachusetts
9
691,392
Georgia
10
685,866
Indiana
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