(ST-98-41) States ranked by White population in 1998 Source: Population Estimates Program, Population Division, U.S. Bureau of the Census, Washington, DC 20233 Internet Release date: September 15, 1999. First released as (ST-98-27). Tables re-numbered effective: October 6, 1999. Contact: Statistical Information Staff, Population Division, U.S. Bureau of the Census 301-457-2422 Estimated revised rank of White pop. 4/1/90 change percent percent percent Rank STATE in 1998 Census since 90 change White White 1 CALIFORNIA 25,964,687 24,249,214 1,715,473 7.1 79.5 38 2 TEXAS 16,677,516 14,534,465 2,143,051 14.7 84.4 30 3 NEW YORK 13,885,138 14,150,156 -265,018 -1.9 76.4 40 4 FLORIDA 12,318,852 10,972,071 1,346,781 12.3 82.6 34 5 PENNSYLVANIA 10,619,209 10,622,482 -3,273 -0.0 88.5 24 6 ILLINOIS 9,775,042 9,406,601 368,441 3.9 81.2 36 7 OHIO 9,768,155 9,574,526 193,629 2.0 87.1 27 8 MICHIGAN 8,194,847 7,833,058 361,789 4.6 83.5 31 9 NEW JERSEY 6,452,085 6,377,702 74,383 1.2 79.5 37 10 NORTH CAROLINA 5,684,204 5,036,958 647,246 12.8 75.3 43 11 MASSACHUSETTS 5,514,476 5,529,996 -15,520 -0.3 89.7 21 12 INDIANA 5,337,983 5,058,714 279,269 5.5 90.5 20 13 GEORGIA 5,293,151 4,636,435 656,716 14.2 69.3 45 14 VIRGINIA 5,162,888 4,844,011 318,877 6.6 76.0 41 15 WASHINGTON 5,057,947 4,411,387 646,560 14.7 88.9 22 16 WISCONSIN 4,806,833 4,550,360 256,473 5.6 92.0 16 17 MISSOURI 4,744,808 4,505,213 239,595 5.3 87.2 26 18 TENNESSEE 4,466,360 4,055,755 410,605 10.1 82.2 35 19 MINNESOTA 4,403,082 4,149,994 253,088 6.1 93.2 12 20 ARIZONA 4,145,043 3,277,597 867,446 26.5 88.8 23 21 COLORADO 3,666,477 3,065,724 600,753 19.6 92.3 14 22 KENTUCKY 3,618,693 3,398,835 219,858 6.5 91.9 17 23 MARYLAND 3,487,139 3,430,055 57,084 1.7 67.9 47 24 ALABAMA 3,176,917 2,980,474 196,443 6.6 73.0 44 25 OREGON 3,070,184 2,684,559 385,625 14.4 93.5 11 26 LOUISIANA 2,887,280 2,858,289 28,991 1.0 66.1 48 27 CONNECTICUT 2,881,916 2,946,216 -64,300 -2.2 88.0 25 28 OKLAHOMA 2,776,829 2,617,484 159,345 6.1 83.0 32 29 IOWA 2,760,869 2,694,983 65,886 2.4 96.5 5 30 SOUTH CAROLINA 2,645,077 2,413,788 231,289 9.6 69.0 46 31 KANSAS 2,404,617 2,277,045 127,572 5.6 91.5 18 32 ARKANSAS 2,098,444 1,950,576 147,868 7.6 82.7 33 33 UTAH 1,998,058 1,651,359 346,699 21.0 95.2 8 34 WEST VIRGINIA 1,741,456 1,727,113 14,343 0.8 96.2 6 35 MISSISSIPPI 1,719,480 1,636,362 83,118 5.1 62.5 49 36 NEBRASKA 1,558,869 1,495,071 63,798 4.3 93.8 10 37 NEW MEXICO 1,503,470 1,330,645 172,825 13.0 86.6 28 38 NEVADA 1,501,080 1,061,303 439,777 41.4 85.9 29 39 MAINE 1,223,349 1,210,001 13,348 1.1 98.3 2 40 IDAHO 1,190,808 978,667 212,141 21.7 96.9 4 41 NEW HAMPSHIRE 1,160,083 1,090,365 69,718 6.4 97.9 3 42 RHODE ISLAND 910,880 937,018 -26,138 -2.8 92.1 15 43 MONTANA 816,293 744,218 72,075 9.7 92.7 13 44 SOUTH DAKOTA 669,007 638,678 30,329 4.7 90.6 19 45 NORTH DAKOTA 598,790 605,675 -6,885 -1.1 93.8 9 46 DELAWARE 581,585 541,497 40,088 7.4 78.2 39 47 VERMONT 581,342 555,851 25,491 4.6 98.4 1 48 ALASKA 463,011 420,745 42,266 10.0 75.4 42 49 WYOMING 462,194 437,153 25,041 5.7 96.1 7 50 HAWAII 394,649 379,248 15,401 4.1 33.1 51 51 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 179,577 191,321 -11,744 -6.1 34.3 50