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U.S. States By Population

Name the states of the United States in order of population. To make it easier, we give you the first letter as a hint.
Population estimate: July 2022
Quiz by LBA
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Last updated: December 29, 2022
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First submittedJuly 23, 2012
Times taken114,484
Average score60.0%
Rating4.81
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Population
 
State
39,029,342
C
California
30,029,572
T
Texas
22,244,823
F
Florida
19,677,151
N
New York
12,972,008
P
Pennsylvania
12,582,032
I
Illinois
11,756,058
O
Ohio
10,912,876
G
Georgia
10,698,973
N
North Carolina
10,034,113
M
Michigan
9,261,699
N
New Jersey
8,683,619
V
Virginia
7,785,786
W
Washington
7,359,197
A
Arizona
7,051,339
T
Tennessee
6,981,974
M
Massachusetts
6,833,037
I
Indiana
Population
 
State
6,177,957
M
Missouri
6,164,660
M
Maryland
5,892,539
W
Wisconsin
5,839,926
C
Colorado
5,717,184
M
Minnesota
5,282,634
S
South Carolina
5,074,296
A
Alabama
4,590,241
L
Louisiana
4,512,310
K
Kentucky
4,240,137
O
Oregon
4,019,800
O
Oklahoma
3,626,205
C
Connecticut
3,380,800
U
Utah
3,200,517
I
Iowa
3,177,772
N
Nevada
3,045,637
A
Arkansas
2,940,057
M
Mississippi
Population
 
State
2,937,150
K
Kansas
2,113,344
N
New Mexico
1,967,923
N
Nebraska
1,939,033
I
Idaho
1,775,156
W
West Virginia
1,440,196
H
Hawaii
1,395,231
N
New Hampshire
1,385,340
M
Maine
1,122,867
M
Montana
1,093,734
R
Rhode Island
1,018,396
D
Delaware
909,824
S
South Dakota
779,261
N
North Dakota
733,583
A
Alaska
647,064
V
Vermont
581,381
W
Wyoming
+72
Level 77
Sep 27, 2014
Can there be more time added to the quiz? It can take a while to think which states have more people than others.
+26
Level 55
Jul 15, 2016
Yes, more time.
+5
Level 45
Jan 17, 2018
same, but only because some states have long names just add 30 seconds or a minute
+9
Level 50
Dec 4, 2018
definitely more time
+2
Level 35
Jan 22, 2022
You can always take untimed.
+12
Level 68
Jul 15, 2016
I back this
+7
Level 35
Jun 16, 2017
Me too
+7
Level 78
Jul 15, 2016
^^^
+13
Level 35
Jul 15, 2016
I wouldn't add more time... otherwise it just comes down to trying them all until you get it.
+20
Level 87
May 20, 2018
No, because of the yellow box, the "more time" request is sensible.
+13
Level 44
May 2, 2019
We are just requesting a little more time...not infinite time
+6
Level 58
Jul 16, 2016
more time
+2
Level 77
Aug 26, 2016
Got 44 on my first try. I think the time is sufficient.
+2
Level 73
Jun 15, 2018
I really liked the quiz, took me two tries to get them all and had to hurry. Time element makes it more exciting.
+9
Level 72
Jan 26, 2017
I wish that we could choose to have a timed quiz or one without being timed
+3
Level 61
Dec 4, 2018
I think he was being sarcastic.
+2
Level 57
Oct 15, 2020
No need, I got them all with 2:00 left. I think it could have less time.
+6
Level 42
May 6, 2021
Not all users are from USA
+10
Level 80
Oct 22, 2014
definitely need more time
+2
Level 65
Apr 30, 2016
+1, +2
+2
Level 43
Jul 19, 2016
+ 3 !
+2
Level 42
Dec 8, 2016
+4!!!
+2
Level 50
Jan 25, 2017
+++++
+2
Level 71
Jan 26, 2017
VI
+2
Level 75
Sep 10, 2019
VII
+1
Level 42
May 6, 2021
+660 million
+2
Level 59
Aug 27, 2020
You can just press untimed.
+5
Level 79
Oct 7, 2020
But then you wouldn't get any points
+13
Level 77
Apr 25, 2016
Whew...2 seconds to go. Keeping track of the M's and the N's is a real challenge.
+4
Level 44
Feb 26, 2018
thats what screwed me up,Ms and Ns lol
+2
Level 77
May 21, 2018
Did it again with 13 seconds to spare, so I guess I'm getting better?
+4
Level 54
Jun 30, 2016
More time!!
+4
Level 70
Jul 15, 2016
Hard when you're not American and have no idea how large the states in the middle are.
+12
Level 64
Jul 15, 2016
I live here and no one cares about the states in the middle.
+7
Level 54
Jul 15, 2016
Wow that's cold
+3
Level 66
Jul 15, 2016
sad but true
+3
Level 76
Jul 15, 2016
everything between the coasts is known as 'flyover territory'....
+11
Level 77
Aug 26, 2016
And that's why we end up with Republicans running the country, because the coastal elites are dismissive of those in the middle of the country.
+1
Level 75
Sep 4, 2016
Let's go, Royals!
+2
Level 44
Feb 26, 2018
they are called in general FLY over states lol
+5
Level 71
Jul 15, 2016
Needs more time.
+2
Level 63
Jul 15, 2016
5 minutes would be fair
+4
Level 63
Jul 15, 2016
+1 vote for more time
+4
Level 72
Jul 15, 2016
Great quiz but you need a LOT more time. An extra two minutes or even a tad more.
+3
Level 72
May 20, 2018
STILL needs more time.
+4
Level 82
Jul 15, 2016
There are way too many states that start with M and N, and to a lesser extent I and O.
+2
Level 65
Jul 15, 2016
2/25 with I 3/50 with O
+2
Level 82
Jul 15, 2016
But there's not a single state that starts with B, or Z, or X, or Y... they could have mixed things up a bit more.
+3
Level 66
Dec 27, 2016
Nor are there any E, J, or Q states
+6
Level 82
May 24, 2020
Right. Why is there no Binnesota? Zorth Carolina? Yassachusetts? Jontana?
+2
Level 69
May 24, 2020
Four states start with I, not two.
+2
Level 82
May 15, 2021
which is 2/25, or 4/50, or 1 in 12 and 1/2
+5
Level 65
Jul 15, 2016
Can you please add more time to the quiz?
+2
Level 68
Jul 15, 2016
plz
+12
Level 69
Jul 15, 2016
Please remove some states from this country, there's simply not enough time.
+5
Level 60
Jul 15, 2016
Ok, we'll add every populated territory to have 55
+3
Level 66
Jul 15, 2016
Done with 1 second remaining haha
+2
Level 48
Jul 15, 2016
Stubbornly trying to do them in order -- not as easy as I thought.
+3
Level 52
Jul 16, 2016
Far too little time.
+3
Level 76
Jul 17, 2016
totally agree more time to complete would be great
+7
Level 65
Aug 4, 2016
too U.S.-centric
+2
Level 72
Jul 24, 2018
That took a while...
+2
Level 64
Feb 20, 2017
yeah fun quiz but at least a minute longer and it'd be more fun. I got 40 out of 50, it'd be satisfying to get them all!
+3
Level 48
Apr 1, 2017
Doesn't need any more time. Finished with 2 seconds remaining, any more time and it's just another gimme quiz. It's supposed to be a challenge!
+2
Level 73
Jul 6, 2017
Surprisingly hard -- the short time and the plethora of states starting with certain letters like M or N made it trickier than I thought. Good quiz.
+2
Level 47
Sep 21, 2017
How is Utah so low? It's the only state that starts with U.
+3
Level 44
Feb 26, 2018
its location lol
+3
Level 63
Sep 21, 2017
great quiz but needs WAY more time. at least two more minutes.
+2
Level 62
May 19, 2018
Yeah, I can't complete it in time on my phone. I'll have to try it with a regular keyboard. That's the only way I was ever able to get the capitals of the world quiz done in time.
+2
Level 77
May 21, 2018
If a quiz has enough time to do it on a phone keyboard, then it'll likely be way too generous for a regular keyboard.
+2
Level 27
Sep 21, 2017
17/50. I am Australian though :(
+4
Level 74
Dec 4, 2018
Hard to understand why there are so many legit requests for more time without any acknowledgement, notification or answer. One more minute would NOT turn this quiz into a "try them all" frenzy. With the actual given time, this quiz is more like "I will try it once more, then once again, and again and remember Missouri comes before Mississippi and Oregon before Oklahoma".
+4
Level 40
Dec 5, 2018
This needs more than 4 minutes to complete.
+2
Level 59
Dec 5, 2018
I got stuck in the middle, so I jumped ahead to the end and worked backwards, pretty good way because you get a lot of easy answers at the end of the list.
+2
Level 54
Dec 7, 2018
Haven't checked out this list in a while. When did Florida surpass New York? And when did Pennsylvania surpass Illinois? Good info.
+3
Level 72
May 25, 2020
1. When every New Yorker over 60 moved to Florida

2. When Illinois' financial situation and tax laws got so burdensome that people fled to Indiana or even Wisconsin

+2
Level 43
Sep 1, 2019
omg I love Nebraska but unfortunately we don't have one in my village :( I LOVE THEIR FRENCH FRIES
+6
Level 74
Sep 6, 2019
Two thousand and fourteen just called, this quiz definitely needs more time.
+5
Level ∞
Apr 18, 2020
Added another minute!
+2
Level 82
May 28, 2020
hey I finally got 50/50 now. :P
+3
Level 85
May 15, 2020
Finished with 26 seconds. Not that hard guys. Start with the top ten or fifteen, then move to the last ten, save the middle for last.
+2
Level 78
May 25, 2020
Got 42, I’m not from the US although I don’t think that’s an excuse not to know them! I had no idea New Jersey had so many people, I always assumed it was a similar size to New Hampshire and Vermont given their proximity and its small area
+2
Level 72
May 25, 2020
It is a similar size, but it has the highest population density of any US state. The population of the New York City spills well into New Jersey in the north, and it has the Philadelphia urban area in the south.
+3
Level 80
May 26, 2020
It was actually easier for me going from small to large. Incidentally, it would be nice if you could reverse the yellow box so that it moved UP after each correct answer instead of DOWN on a quiz like this.
+3
Level 41
May 28, 2020
Those M states are really messing me up
+2
Level 46
Sep 5, 2020
me too
+1
Level 37
Oct 7, 2020
Lol, every person in the chat is bragging for time. done with 17 seconds remaining
+5
Level 59
Dec 26, 2020
i do not remember asking
+1
Level 40
Jul 3, 2022
NO-ONE CARES
+1
Level 39
Mar 3, 2021
I Finished It With 16 Seconds Remaining
+3
Level 79
Apr 6, 2021
Yeah.. I am gonna echo the previous comments and say this definitely needs more time. I know all the states alphabetically and I was getting them pretty damn fast. I was typing my last state and missed it by like 1 second. WAY too unforgiving for this type of quiz, and it would be especially impossible for someone who is not American and can't recite the states alphabetically in like 30 seconds flat.
+1
Level 73
Aug 18, 2021
I'm not American, I can't recite the states alphabetically, I'm a slow typist, and I finished with 37 seconds left on the clock. The time is fine, 30 seconds off might be a bit better, idk. It should be a challenge to beat the quiz.
+1
Level 35
Jan 22, 2022
Well, I'm an Indian and I got 100% with 46 seconds left
+1
Level 25
May 6, 2021
on my first try i got it with 54 seconds left
+1
Level 35
Jan 22, 2022
First try 50/50 100% with 46 seconds left!
+1
Level 30
Apr 11, 2022
I never thought of Missouri until I only had eight seconds left, and...I live there
+1
Level 50
Jan 19, 2023
Used 2:24, 2:36 left!!! (I do a LOT of research on topics like this)
+1
Level 59
Feb 19, 2023
https://www.jetpunk.com/user-quizzes/1744710/us-states-by-population-in-2070-all

This.....but in the Future!

+1
Level 75
Feb 19, 2023
Nice quiz! I got 31, which was one more than the average apparently :)

I got a lot from the most populous 1/3, then went down to the least populous 1/3, then failed miserably with the M's and N's in the middle :S

+2
Level 69
Feb 20, 2023
please add more time, especially for mobile users it’s hard to get it in the time allowed
+1
Level 67
Feb 21, 2023
4:33, was stressing about running out of time but I was able to get the last few
+2
Level 60
Feb 26, 2023
Awful time limit.