1990 Census population and the estimated population from 1991 to 1996




           1990 Census Population and Estimated Population 1991-1996
                (Estimates Produced for July 1st of Each Year)
                                       
                                       
                               Census     Estimate     Estimate     Estimate    Estimate     Estimate     Estimate  Change
 State                           1990         1991         1992         1993        1994         1995         1996   90-96
                                       
 United States            248,718,301  252,106,453  255,011,287  257,795,138 260,372,174  262,889,634  265,283,783     6.7
                                       
 Alabama                    4,040,389    4,086,613    4,130,905    4,181,730   4,215,203    4,246,205    4,273,084     5.8
 Alaska                       550,043      569,330      587,172      597,705     601,411      602,545      607,007    10.4
 Arizona                    3,665,339    3,749,569    3,841,125    3,952,954   4,091,615    4,305,016    4,428,068    20.8
 Arkansas                   2,350,624    2,371,352    2,395,956    2,426,709   2,454,811    2,484,761    2,509,793     6.8
 California                29,758,213   30,395,718   30,882,985   31,172,212  31,361,934   31,565,480   31,878,234     7.1
 Colorado                   3,294,473    3,369,199    3,464,116    3,567,727   3,662,684    3,747,560    3,822,676    16.0
 Connecticut                3,287,116    3,289,115    3,276,347    3,275,568   3,273,040    3,270,740    3,274,238    -0.4
 Delaware                     666,168      680,193      689,563      699,219     707,816      717,041      724,842     8.8
 District of Columbia         606,900      594,845      586,361      578,996     568,022      554,528      543,213   -10.5
 Florida                   12,938,071   13,290,697   13,513,217   13,713,523  13,964,771   14,184,155   14,399,985    11.3
 Georgia                    6,478,149    6,624,838    6,767,388    6,906,336   7,063,056    7,208,676    7,353,225    13.5
 Hawaii                     1,108,229    1,129,648    1,147,803    1,159,964   1,172,645    1,179,198    1,183,723     6.8
 Idaho                      1,006,734    1,039,079    1,066,893    1,101,831   1,136,433    1,166,112    1,189,251    18.1
 Illinois                  11,430,602   11,516,124   11,596,257   11,669,597  11,734,164   11,790,379   11,846,544     3.6
 Indiana                    5,544,156    5,602,878    5,651,855    5,706,597   5,750,033    5,796,948    5,840,528     5.3
 Iowa                       2,776,831    2,791,547    2,808,185    2,822,486   2,832,360    2,843,074    2,851,792     2.7
 Kansas                     2,477,588    2,491,618    2,513,609    2,531,637   2,549,972    2,563,618    2,572,150     3.8
 Kentucky                   3,686,891    3,715,011    3,752,558    3,793,968   3,825,816    3,856,877    3,883,723     5.3
 Louisiana                  4,220,164    4,241,224    4,273,734    4,290,100   4,314,630    4,338,072    4,350,579     3.1
 Maine                      1,227,928    1,234,479    1,236,027    1,238,537  11,237,993    1,238,572    1,243,316     1.3
 Maryland                   4,780,753    4,859,337    4,909,389    4,952,890   4,999,632    5,038,912    5,071,604     6.1
 Massachusetts              6,016,425    5,999,263    5,997,894    6,017,414   6,042,073    6,071,078    6,092,352     1.3
 Michigan                   9,295,287    9,366,110    9,418,156    9,453,250   9,486,335    9,537,948    9,594,350     3.2
 Minnesota                  4,375,665    4,429,003    4,474,568    4,525,647   4,572,360    4,614,613    4,657,758     6.4
 Mississippi                2,575,475    2,591,972    2,612,209    2,638,880   2,668,159    2,696,183    2,716,115     5.5
 Missouri                   5,116,901    5,156,936    5,188,734    5,233,149   5,275,172    5,319,335    5,358,692     4.7
 Montana                      799,065      808,230      823,287      841,188     856,519      870,351      879,372    10.1
 Nebraska                   1,578,417    1,591,528    1,604,015    1,614,829   1,625,529    1,639,213    1,652,093     4.7
 Nevada                     1,201,675    1,285,597    1,333,901    1,386,258   1,464,064    1,533,478    1,603,163    33.4
 New Hampshire              1,109,252    1,107,711    1,114,386    1,122,771   1,135,340    1,148,244    1,162,481     4.8
 New Jersey                 7,730,188    7,767,081    7,811,316    7,859,761   7,905,880    7,949,506    7,987,933     3.3
 New Mexico                 1,515,069    1,548,421    1,583,360    1,619,130   1,659,202    1,689,849    1,713,407    13.1
 New York                  17,990,778   18,036,973   18,099,081   18,170,321  18,196,829   18,190,562   18,184,774     1.1
 North Carolina             6,632,448    6,753,752    6,840,504    6,959,876   7,078,643    7,202,335    7,322,870    10.4
 North Dakota                 638,800      634,101      635,326      637,066     639,695      641,506      643,539     0.7
 Ohio                      10,847,115   10,929,391   11,000,309   11,059,480  11,096,753   11,134,032   11,172,782     3.0
 Oklahoma                   3,145,576    3,167,748    3,207,154    3,233,549   3,253,629    3,274,870    3,300,902     4.9
 Oregon                     2,842,337    2,920,895    2,977,590    3,039,879   3,094,349    3,148,855    3,203,735    12.7
 Pennsylvania              11,882,842   11,945,759   11,989,837   12,032,922  12,058,380   12,060,312   12,056,112     1.5
 Rhode Island               1,003,464    1,004,545    1,001,881      999,861     996,112      991,701      990,225    -1.3
 South Carolina             3,486,310    3,555,544    3,594,586    3,628,502   3,642,968    3,667,000    3,698,746     6.1
 South Dakota                 696,004      702,133      709,601      717,224     724,172      729,500      732,405     5.2
 Tennessee                  4,877,203    4,949,365    5,019,931    5,094,011   5,174,958    5,246,723    5,319,654     9.1
 Texas                     16,986,335   17,366,958   17,697,419   18,065,397  18,433,735   18,801,380   19,128,261    12.6
 Utah                       1,722,850    1,767,139    1,811,673    1,860,807   1,909,521    1,958,313    2,000,494    16.1
 Vermont                      562,758      568,000      571,162      575,397     580,651      584,776      588,654     4.6
 Virginia                   6,189,197    6,285,884    6,388,379    6,474,591   6,549,703    6,615,234    6,675,451     7.9
 Washington                 4,866,669    5,017,825    5,147,414    5,259,858   5,350,985    5,447,720    5,532,939    13.7
 West Virginia              1,793,477    1,798,920    1,807,165    1,818,822   1,822,167    1,825,256    1,825,754     1.8
 Wisconsin                  4,891,769    4,948,184    4,995,952    5,045,362   5,084,476    5,122,100    5,159,795     5.5
 Wyoming                      453,589      457,971      463,952      469,650     475,774      479,192      481,400     6.1


Source:        U.S. Census Bureau
Prepared by:   The Pennsylvania State Data Center, Penn State Harrisburg