| New
Jersey Ranks 10th in the Nation in State Resident Population,
2003
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Statistical Abstract of the United States,
2004-2005
| Rank |
State |
Amount |
|
Rank |
State |
Amount |
| |
|
|
|
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| 1 |
California |
35,484,000 |
|
26 |
Kentucky |
4,118,000 |
| 2 |
Texas |
22,119,000 |
|
27 |
Oregon |
3,560,000 |
| 3 |
New York |
19,190,000 |
|
28 |
Oklahoma |
3,512,000 |
| 4 |
Florida |
17,019,000 |
|
29 |
Connecticut |
3,483,000 |
| 5 |
Illinois |
12,654,000 |
|
30 |
Iowa |
2,944,000 |
| 6 |
Pennsylvania |
12,365,000 |
|
31 |
Mississippi |
2,881,000 |
| 7 |
Ohio |
11,436,000 |
|
32 |
Arkansas |
2,726,000 |
| 8 |
Michigan |
10,080,000 |
|
33 |
Kansas |
2,724,000 |
| 9 |
Georgia |
8,685,000 |
|
34 |
Utah |
2,351,000 |
| 10 |
NEW
JERSEY |
8,638,000 |
|
35 |
Nevada |
2,241,000 |
| 11 |
North
Carolina |
8,407,000 |
|
36 |
New
Mexico |
1,875,000 |
| 12 |
Virginia |
7,386,000 |
|
37 |
West
Virginia |
1,810,000 |
| 13 |
Massachusetts |
6,433,000 |
|
38 |
Nebraska |
1,739,000 |
| 14 |
Indiana |
6,196,000 |
|
39 |
Idaho |
1,366,000 |
| 15 |
Washington |
6,131,000 |
|
40 |
Maine |
1,306,000 |
| 16 |
Tennessee |
5,842,000 |
|
41 |
New
Hampshire |
1,288,000 |
| 17 |
Missouri |
5,704,000 |
|
42 |
Hawaii |
1,258,000 |
| 18 |
Arizona |
5,581,000 |
|
43 |
Rhode
Island |
1,076,000 |
| 19 |
Maryland |
5,509,000 |
|
44 |
Montana |
918,000 |
| 20 |
Wisconsin |
5,472,000 |
|
45 |
Delaware |
817,000 |
| 21 |
Minnesota |
5,059,000 |
|
46 |
South
Dakota |
764,000 |
| 22 |
Colorado |
4,551,000 |
|
47 |
Alaska |
649,000 |
| 23 |
Alabama |
4,501,000 |
|
48 |
North
Dakota |
634,000 |
24
|
Louisiana |
4,496,000 |
|
49 |
Vermont |
619,000 |
| 25 |
South
Carolina |
4,147,000 |
|
50 |
Wyoming |
501,000 |
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|
50
State Average
|
4,897,945 |
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|
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|
|
N.J.
% Above Average |
76% |
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