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Biggest US States Throughout History

Guess the seven largest US states by population in each year given.
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2019 populations from World Population Review
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2019
39,776,830
California
28,704,330
Texas
21,312,211
Florida
19,862,512
New York
12,823,989
Pennsylvania
12,768,320
Illinois
11,694,664
Ohio
 
 
2010
37,253,956
California
25,145,561
Texas
19,378,102
New York
18,801,310
Florida
12,830,632
Illinois
12,702,379
Pennsylvania
11,536,504
Ohio
 
 
2000
33,871,648
California
20,851,820
Texas
18,976,457
New York
15,982,378
Florida
12,419,293
Illinois
12,281,054
Pennsylvania
11,353,140
Ohio
 
 
1990
29,760,021
California
17,990,455
New York
16,986,510
Texas
12,937,926
Florida
11,881,643
Pennsylvania
11,430,602
Illinois
10,847,115
Ohio
 
 
1980
23,667,902
California
17,558,072
New York
14,229,191
Texas
11,863,895
Pennsylvania
11,426,518
Illinois
10,797,630
Ohio
9,746,324
Florida
 
 
1970
19,953,134
California
18,236,967
New York
11,793,909
Pennsylvania
11,196,730
Texas
11,113,976
Illinois
10,652,017
Ohio
8,875,083
Michigan
 
 
1960
16,782,304
New York
15,717,204
California
11,319,366
Pennsylvania
10,081,158
Illinois
9,706,397
Ohio
9,579,677
Texas
7,823,194
Michigan
 
 
1950
14,830,192
New York
10,586,223
California
10,498,012
Pennsylvania
8,712,176
Illinois
7,946,627
Ohio
7,711,194
Texas
6,371,766
Michigan
1940
13,479,142
New York
9,900,180
Pennsylvania
7,897,241
Illinois
6,907,612
Ohio
6,907,387
California
6,414,824
Texas
5,256,106
Michigan
 
 
1930
12,588,066
New York
9,631,350
Pennsylvania
7,630,654
Illinois
6,646,697
Ohio
5,824,715
Texas
5,677,251
California
4,842,325
Michigan
 
 
1920
10,385,227
New York
8,720,017
Pennsylvania
6,485,280
Illinois
5,759,394
Ohio
4,663,228
Texas
3,852,356
Massachusetts
3,668,412
Michigan
 
 
1910
9,113,614
New York
7,665,111
Pennsylvania
5,635,591
Illinois
4,767,121
Ohio
3,896,542
Texas
3,366,416
Massachusetts
3,293,335
Missouri
 
 
1900
7,268,894
New York
6,302,115
Pennsylvania
4,821,550
Illinois
4,157,545
Ohio
3,106,665
Missouri
3,048,710
Texas
2,805,710
Massachusetts
 
 
1890
6,003,174
New York
5,258,014
Pennsylvania
3,826,351
Illinois
3,672,316
Ohio
2,679,184
Missouri
2,238,943
Massachusetts
2,235,523
Texas
 
 
1880
5,082,871
New York
4,282,891
Pennsylvania
3,198,062
Ohio
3,077,871
Illinois
2,168,380
Missouri
1,978,301
Indiana
1,783,085
Massachusetts
 
 
1870
4,382,759
New York
3,521,951
Pennsylvania
2,665,260
Ohio
2,539,891
Illinois
1,721,295
Missouri
1,680,637
Indiana
1,457,351
Massachusetts
1860
3,880,735
New York
2,906,215
Pennsylvania
2,339,511
Ohio
1,711,951
Illinois
1,350,428
Indiana
1,350,428
Massachusetts
1,231,066
Virginia
 
 
1850
3,097,394
New York
2,311,786
Pennsylvania
1,980,329
Ohio
1,119,348
Virginia
1,002,717
Tennessee
994,514
Massachusetts
988,416
Indiana
 
 
1840
2,428,921
New York
1,724,033
Pennsylvania
1,519,467
Ohio
1,025,227
Virginia
829,210
Tennessee
779,828
Kentucky
753,419
North Carolina
 
 
1830
1,918,608
New York
1,348,233
Pennsylvania
1,044,054
Virginia
937,903
Ohio
737,987
North Carolina
687,917
Kentucky
681,904
Tennessee
 
 
1820
1,372,812
New York
1,049,458
Pennsylvania
938,261
Virginia
638,829
North Carolina
581,434
Ohio
564,317
Kentucky
523,287
Massachusetts
 
 
1810
959,049
New York
877,683
Virginia
810,091
Pennsylvania
556,526
North Carolina
472,040
Massachusetts
415,115
South Carolina
406,511
Kentucky
 
 
1800
807,683
Virginia
602,545
Pennsylvania
586,050
New York
478,103
North Carolina
422,845
Massachusetts
345,591
South Carolina
341,548
Maryland
 
 
1790
691,937
Virginia
434,373
Pennsylvania
393,751
North Carolina
378,787
Massachusetts
340,120
New York
319,728
Maryland
249,073
South Carolina
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