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. STATE STATS
   

New Jersey Ranks 11th in the Nation in State Resident Population, 2006
Source: 2006 Population Estimates, US Census Bureau

Rank State Population   Rank State Population
             

1

California

36,457,549


26

Kentucky

4,206,074

2

Texas

23,507,783

 

27

Oregon

3,700,758

3

New York

19,306,183

 

28

Oklahoma

3,579,212

4

Florida

18,089,888

 

29

Connecticut

3,504,809

5

Illinois

12,831,970

 

30

Iowa

2,982,085

6

Pennsylvania

12,440,621

 

31

Mississippi

2,910,540

7

Ohio

11,478,006

 

32

Arkansas

2,810,872

8

Michigan

10,095,643

 

33

Kansas

2,764,075

9

Georgia

9,363,941

 

34

Utah

2,550,063

10

North Carolina

8,856,505

 

35

Nevada

2,495,529

11

NEW JERSEY

8,724,560

 

36

New Mexico

1,954,599

12

Virginia

7,642,884

 

37

West Virginia

1,818,470

13

Massachusetts

6,437,193

 

38

Nebraska

1,768,331

14

Washington

6,395,798

 

39

Idaho

1,466,465

15

Indiana

6,313,520

 

40

Maine

1,321,574

16

Arizona

6,166,318

 

41

New Hampshire

1,314,895

17

Tennessee

6,038,803

 

42

Hawaii

1,285,498

18

Missouri

5,842,713

 

43

Rhode Island

1,067,610

19

Maryland

5,615,727

 

44

Montana

944,632

20

Wisconsin

5,556,506

 

45

Delaware

853,476

21

Minnesota

5,167,101

 

46

South Dakota

781,919

22

Colorado

4,753,377

 

47

Alaska

670,053

23

Alabama

4,599,030

 

48

North Dakota

635,867

24

South Carolina

4,321,249

 

49

Vermont

623,908

25

Louisiana

4,287,768

 

50

Wyoming

515,004

             
          50 State Average
5,996,039
          N.J. % Above Average 46.24%

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