(ST-99-44) States Ranked by White Population, July 1, 1999 Source: Population Estimates Program, Population Division, U.S. Census Bureau, Washington, DC 20233 Internet Release Date: August 30, 2000 Contact: Statistical Information Staff, Population Division, U.S. Census Bureau (301-457-2422) pop@census.gov (please include a phone number with email correspondence) Estimated 4/1/90 |-----7/1/99-----| White Population |--4/1/90 to 7/1/99--| Rank of Population, Estimates Numeric Percent Percent Percent Rank STATE 7/1/99 Base Change Change White White 1 CALIFORNIA 26,306,164 24,263,159 2,043,005 8.4 79.4 37 2 TEXAS 16,899,229 14,534,465 2,364,764 16.3 84.3 30 3 NEW YORK 13,872,760 14,150,156 -277,396 -2.0 76.2 40 4 FLORIDA 12,436,096 10,972,071 1,464,025 13.3 82.3 34 5 PENNSYLVANIA 10,602,898 10,622,482 -19,584 -0.2 88.4 24 6 ILLINOIS 9,830,204 9,406,601 423,603 4.5 81.1 36 7 OHIO 9,796,553 9,574,526 222,027 2.3 87.0 27 8 MICHIGAN 8,222,390 7,833,058 389,332 5.0 83.4 31 9 NEW JERSEY 6,453,922 6,377,702 76,220 1.2 79.3 38 10 NORTH CAROLINA 5,759,680 5,036,958 722,722 14.3 75.3 42 11 MASSACHUSETTS 5,521,542 5,529,996 -8,454 -0.2 89.4 21 12 GEORGIA 5,373,060 4,636,435 736,625 15.9 69.0 46 13 INDIANA 5,371,185 5,058,714 312,471 6.2 90.4 20 14 VIRGINIA 5,210,494 4,844,011 366,483 7.6 75.8 41 15 WASHINGTON 5,103,999 4,411,387 692,612 15.7 88.7 23 16 WISCONSIN 4,826,984 4,550,352 276,632 6.1 91.9 16 17 MISSOURI 4,769,006 4,505,213 263,793 5.9 87.2 26 18 TENNESSEE 4,504,674 4,055,755 448,919 11.1 82.1 35 19 MINNESOTA 4,437,800 4,149,994 287,806 6.9 92.9 12 20 ARIZONA 4,239,119 3,277,590 961,529 29.3 88.7 22 21 COLORADO 3,742,369 3,065,724 676,645 22.1 92.3 14 22 KENTUCKY 3,638,891 3,398,835 240,056 7.1 91.9 17 23 MARYLAND 3,492,062 3,430,055 62,007 1.8 67.5 47 24 ALABAMA 3,188,102 2,980,474 207,628 7.0 73.0 44 25 OREGON 3,098,494 2,684,559 413,935 15.4 93.4 11 26 LOUISIANA 2,882,781 2,858,290 24,491 0.9 65.9 48 27 CONNECTICUT 2,880,829 2,946,216 -65,387 -2.2 87.8 25 28 OKLAHOMA 2,788,026 2,617,484 170,542 6.5 83.0 32 29 IOWA 2,765,593 2,694,983 70,610 2.6 96.4 5 30 SOUTH CAROLINA 2,683,585 2,413,788 269,797 11.2 69.1 45 31 KANSAS 2,425,555 2,277,045 148,510 6.5 91.4 18 32 ARKANSAS 2,107,797 1,950,576 157,221 8.1 82.6 33 33 UTAH 2,025,663 1,651,359 374,304 22.7 95.1 8 34 WEST VIRGINIA 1,739,602 1,727,113 12,489 0.7 96.3 6 35 MISSISSIPPI 1,728,520 1,636,362 92,158 5.6 62.4 49 36 NEBRASKA 1,560,171 1,495,071 65,100 4.4 93.6 10 37 NEVADA 1,548,143 1,061,303 486,840 45.9 85.6 29 38 NEW MEXICO 1,501,681 1,330,645 171,036 12.9 86.3 28 39 MAINE 1,231,546 1,210,001 21,545 1.8 98.3 2 40 IDAHO 1,213,053 978,667 234,386 23.9 96.9 4 41 NEW HAMPSHIRE 1,174,519 1,090,365 84,154 7.7 97.8 3 42 RHODE ISLAND 912,101 937,018 -24,917 -2.7 92.1 15 43 MONTANA 816,995 744,218 72,777 9.8 92.5 13 44 SOUTH DAKOTA 662,823 638,678 24,145 3.8 90.4 19 45 NORTH DAKOTA 593,754 605,675 -11,921 -2.0 93.7 9 46 DELAWARE 585,805 541,497 44,308 8.2 77.7 39 47 VERMONT 584,176 555,851 28,325 5.1 98.4 1 48 ALASKA 466,041 420,745 45,296 10.8 75.2 43 49 WYOMING 460,434 437,153 23,281 5.3 96.0 7 50 HAWAII 391,489 379,248 12,241 3.2 33.0 51 51 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 182,438 191,321 -8,883 -4.6 35.2 50