US population by state, 2010 to 2023
About this statistic
US population by state stood at 39.0M in 2023, down 0.2% on the previous period.
Total population for twenty of the largest US states, from the Census Bureau's American Community Survey one-year estimates, drawn as a map where each state is colored by its population. The map view makes the geography of scale immediate: the coasts and Texas carry the weight, and the year sweep shows how the balance shifts.
Survey estimates carry small margins of error at the state level, and the pandemic disrupted the 2020 collection, which some series skip.
Frequently asked questions
Why only twenty states?
This page compares the largest states side by side. Every state has its own population page in the library with its full series.
Are these counts or estimates?
Estimates from the American Community Survey, benchmarked to census counts. They carry sampling error, which is small at the state level.
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