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Last month, Trends brought you projected population growth for Wyoming's counties. This month, we present 1996 population estimates for each of the 50 states, the District of Columbia and the United States as a whole. You can find this information (and much more!) at the Census Bureau's web site.
| STATE | 07/01/96 POPULATION ESTIMATE | RANK BY 1996 POPULATION | 1995-96 CHANGE IN POPULATION (PERCENT) |
| Nevada | 1,603,163 | 38 | 4.5% |
| Arizona | 4,428,068 | 21 | 2.9% |
| Utah | 2,000,494 | 34 | 2.2% |
| Georgia | 7,353,225 | 10 | 2.0% |
| Colorado | 3,822,676 | 25 | 2.0% |
| Idaho | 1,189,251 | 40 | 2.0% |
| Oregon | 3,203,735 | 29 | 1.7% |
| Texas | 19,128,261 | 2 | 1.7% |
| North Carolina | 7,322,870 | 11 | 1.7% |
| Washington | 5,532,939 | 15 | 1.6% |
| Florida | 14,399,985 | 4 | 1.5% |
| New Mexico | 1,713,407 | 36 | 1.4% |
| Tennessee | 5,319,654 | 17 | 1.4% |
| New Hampshire | 1,162,481 | 42 | 1.2% |
| Delaware | 724,842 | 46 | 1.1% |
| Montana | 879,372 | 44 | 1.0% |
| Arkansas | 2,509,793 | 33 | 1.0% |
| California | 31,878,234 | 1 | 1.0% |
| Minnesota | 4,657,758 | 20 | 0.9% |
| Virginia | 6,675,451 | 12 | 0.9% |
| South Carolina | 3,698,746 | 26 | 0.9% |
| Oklahoma | 3,300,902 | 27 | 0.8% |
| Nebraska | 1,652,093 | 37 | 0.8% |
| Indiana | 5,840,528 | 14 | 0.8% |
| Alaska | 607,007 | 48 | 0.7% |
| Missouri | 5,358,692 | 16 | 0.7% |
| Mississippi | 2,716,115 | 31 | 0.7% |
| Wisconsin | 5,159,795 | 18 | 0.7% |
| Kentucky | 3,883,723 | 24 | 0.7% |
| Vermont | 588,654 | 49 | 0.7% |
| Maryland | 5,071,604 | 19 | 0.6% |
| Alabama | 4,273,084 | 23 | 0.6% |
| Michigan | 9,594,350 | 8 | 0.6% |
| New Jersey | 7,987,933 | 9 | 0.5% |
| Illinois | 11,846,544 | 6 | 0.5% |
| Wyoming | 481,400 | 51 | 0.5% |
| South Dakota | 732,405 | 45 | 0.4% |
| Hawaii | 1,183,723 | 41 | 0.4% |
| Maine | 1,243,316 | 39 | 0.4% |
| Massachusetts | 6,092,352 | 13 | 0.4% |
| Ohio | 11,172,782 | 7 | 0.3% |
| Kansas | 2,572,150 | 32 | 0.3% |
| North Dakota | 643,539 | 47 | 0.3% |
| Iowa | 2,851,792 | 30 | 0.3% |
| Louisiana | 4,350,579 | 22 | 0.3% |
| Connecticut | 3,274,238 | 28 | 0.1% |
| West Virginia | 1,825,754 | 35 | 0.0% |
| New York | 18,184,774 | 3 | -0.0% |
| Pennsylvania | 12,056,112 | 5 | -0.0% |
| Rhode Island | 990,225 | 43 | -0.1% |
| District of Columbia | 543,213 | 50 | -2.0% |
| United States | 265,283,783 | NA | 0.9% |
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