U.S. States ranked by population: which is largest? (2024)

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What is the United States rank by population? ›

the United States population is equivalent to 4.23% of the total world population. the U.S.A. ranks number 3 in the list of countries (and dependencies) by population. The population density in the United States is 37 per Km² (96 people per mi²). The median age in the United States is 38.1 years.

The least populous state in the United States is Wyoming.

Although its 50 states vary widely in size, one is by far the biggest: Alaska. At 665,384 square miles (1,723,337 square km), it is more than double the size of the second largest state, Texas, and more than 400 times the size of the smallest, Rhode Island.

Rhode Island is the smallest state in size in the United States. It covers an area of 1,214 square miles. Its distances North to South are 48 miles and East to West 37 miles. Rhode Island was the last of the original thirteen colonies to become a state.

New Jersey is the most densely populated state. New York is home to the most populous city in the country, and ranks 8th among the states in density. Despite a small population, Vermont has fairly average population density because of its small area.

Maine is the northernmost state in New England and the largest, accounting for almost half of the region's entire land area. Maine is the only state to border exactly one other American state (New Hampshire).

Texas is the second largest state with an area of 268,596 square miles (695,662 square kilometers). California ranks as the third largest state by area (163,696 square miles or 423,970 square kilometers) and largest by population.

California, the most populous state, contains more people than the 21 least populous states combined, and Wyoming, the least populous state, has a population less than any of the 31 most populous U.S. cities.

What state has the least black people? ›

On the contrary, the states with the lowest percentage of Blacks include (in order from largest to smallest): South Dakota, Hawaii. Oregon, New Hampshire, Maine, Utah, Vermont, Wyoming, Idaho, and Montana.

Monowi (/ˈmɒnoʊwaɪ/ MON-oh-wye) is an incorporated village in Boyd County, Nebraska, United States. It garnered national and international recognition after the 2010 United States census counted only one resident of the village, Elsie Eiler.

Fun fact: Texas is about 4.8 times bigger than Florida.

Rhode Island is the smallest U.S. state by area and the seventh-least populous, with slightly fewer than 1.1 million residents as of 2020; but it has grown at every decennial count since 1790 and is the second-most densely populated state, after New Jersey.

Over the 15 years from 2008 to 2023, the median population growth rate across the 50 states was 0.47% per year. Utah was the fastest-growing state, at 1.68% a year, while West Virginia's growth rate was the slowest, at −0.26% a year.