(ST-98-45) States ranked by Hispanic population in 1998 Source: Population Estimates Program, Population Division, U.S. Census Bureau, Washington, DC 20233 Internet Release date: September 15, 1999. First released as (ST-98-26). Tables re-numbered effective: October 6, 1999. Contact: Statistical Information Staff, Population Division, U.S. Census Bureau, 301-457-2422 Estimated revised rank of Hispanic pop. 4/1/90 change percent percent percent Rank STATE in 1998 Census since 90 change Hispanic Hispanic 1 CALIFORNIA 10,112,986 7,697,476 2,415,510 31.4 31.0 2 2 TEXAS 5,862,835 4,339,874 1,522,961 35.1 29.7 3 3 NEW YORK 2,624,930 2,213,943 410,987 18.6 14.4 8 4 FLORIDA 2,243,441 1,574,148 669,293 42.5 15.0 6 5 ILLINOIS 1,224,309 904,449 319,860 35.4 10.2 10 6 ARIZONA 1,033,822 688,353 345,469 50.2 22.1 4 7 NEW JERSEY 1,004,010 747,737 256,273 34.3 12.4 9 8 NEW MEXICO 700,289 579,227 121,062 20.9 40.3 1 9 COLORADO 577,516 424,309 153,207 36.1 14.5 7 10 MASSACHUSETTS 377,016 287,561 89,455 31.1 6.1 18 11 WASHINGTON 355,039 214,568 140,471 65.5 6.2 17 12 PENNSYLVANIA 314,519 232,286 82,233 35.4 2.6 31 13 NEVADA 278,499 124,408 154,091 123.9 15.9 5 14 CONNECTICUT 268,339 213,116 55,223 25.9 8.2 11 15 MICHIGAN 263,761 201,597 62,164 30.8 2.7 29 16 VIRGINIA 250,799 160,403 90,396 56.4 3.7 25 17 GEORGIA 220,312 108,933 111,379 102.2 2.9 28 18 OREGON 199,432 112,708 86,724 76.9 6.1 19 19 MARYLAND 188,278 125,093 63,185 50.5 3.7 26 20 OHIO 179,054 139,695 39,359 28.2 1.6 40 21 NORTH CAROLINA 161,220 76,745 84,475 110.1 2.1 34 22 INDIANA 145,181 98,789 46,392 47.0 2.5 33 23 UTAH 142,479 84,597 57,882 68.4 6.8 15 24 KANSAS 139,724 93,671 46,053 49.2 5.3 21 25 WISCONSIN 133,970 93,197 40,773 43.7 2.6 32 26 OKLAHOMA 130,168 86,162 44,006 51.1 3.9 23 27 LOUISIANA 116,522 93,067 23,455 25.2 2.7 30 28 HAWAII 96,156 81,396 14,760 18.1 8.1 12 29 IDAHO 88,284 52,927 35,357 66.8 7.2 13 30 MINNESOTA 86,937 53,888 33,049 61.3 1.8 37 31 MISSOURI 86,893 61,698 25,195 40.8 1.6 39 32 NEBRASKA 72,519 36,969 35,550 96.2 4.4 22 33 RHODE ISLAND 65,347 45,755 19,592 42.8 6.6 16 34 TENNESSEE 62,223 32,742 29,481 90.0 1.1 44 35 IOWA 56,937 32,643 24,294 74.4 2.0 35 36 SOUTH CAROLINA 49,817 30,500 19,317 63.3 1.3 42 37 ARKANSAS 49,473 19,876 29,597 148.9 1.9 36 38 ALABAMA 42,562 24,629 17,933 72.8 1.0 46 39 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 37,500 32,713 4,787 14.6 7.2 14 40 KENTUCKY 32,508 22,005 10,503 47.7 0.8 49 41 WYOMING 28,870 25,752 3,118 12.1 6.0 20 42 DELAWARE 25,736 15,824 9,912 62.6 3.5 27 43 ALASKA 23,719 17,803 5,916 33.2 3.9 24 44 MISSISSIPPI 22,755 15,998 6,757 42.2 0.8 48 45 NEW HAMPSHIRE 17,924 11,333 6,591 58.2 1.5 41 46 MONTANA 15,695 12,175 3,520 28.9 1.8 38 47 WEST VIRGINIA 10,296 8,487 1,809 21.3 0.6 51 48 MAINE 8,929 6,829 2,100 30.8 0.7 50 49 SOUTH DAKOTA 8,665 5,252 3,413 65.0 1.2 43 50 NORTH DAKOTA 6,999 4,665 2,334 50.0 1.1 45 51 VERMONT 5,070 3,661 1,409 38.5 0.9 47