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Population growth by state

South Carolina has the highest estimate (1.46%); Vermont has the lowest (-0.29%). Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025, 2025.

Data year: July 2024–July 2025Source released Jan. 27, 2026Last updated Oct. 23, 2026NST-EST2025-ALLDATA

50 ranked states; DC and Puerto Rico appear as reference rows where the source supplies them. Highest does not mean best.

Lowest state estimate -0.29% Vermont
Highest state estimate 1.46% South Carolina
South Carolina: 1.46% Idaho: 1.44% North Carolina: 1.32% Texas: 1.25% Utah: 1.03% Delaware: 0.94% Washington: 0.92% Arizona: 0.89% Nevada: 0.88% Tennessee: 0.88% Georgia: 0.88% South Dakota: 0.86% Florida: 0.85% North Dakota: 0.75% Virginia: 0.69% Montana: 0.63% Oklahoma: 0.62% Nebraska: 0.62% Arkansas: 0.6% Alabama: 0.58% Minnesota: 0.57% Indiana: 0.56% Kentucky: 0.5% New Hampshire: 0.48% Maine: 0.46% New Jersey: 0.44% Missouri: 0.43% Kansas: 0.4% Colorado: 0.4% Connecticut: 0.38% Rhode Island: 0.37% Wyoming: 0.35% Ohio: 0.34% Maryland: 0.32% Michigan: 0.28% Wisconsin: 0.26% Iowa: 0.25% Massachusetts: 0.22% Oregon: 0.19% Mississippi: 0.14% Illinois: 0.13% Pennsylvania: 0.1% Alaska: 0.1% Louisiana: 0.07% New York: 0.01% California: -0.02% New Mexico: -0.06% West Virginia: -0.07% Hawaii: -0.15% Vermont: -0.29%
Each dot is a state. The scale runs from the lowest to highest estimate; intervals are not shown here. Read about uncertainty.

State distribution and comparisons

The middle of the 50-state distribution is 0.45%: the average of the 25th and 26th ordered state estimates. This treats each state equally, so it answers a different question from a population-weighted national estimate.

Is growth accompanied by domestic migration?

These states’ ranks change the most between population growth and net domestic migration rate. These comparisons identify different questions worth investigating; a rank gap does not measure a causal effect or a statistical difference between unlike units.

StatePopulation growthNet domestic migration rate
West Virginia-0.07% · #483.6 per 1,000 · #13
Utah1.03% · #50.9 per 1,000 · #27
New Jersey0.44% · #26-3.9 per 1,000 · #45

Inspect these states, definitions and pairwise differences.

Values over time

All population history comes from Vintage 2025, including its revisions to earlier years. Ranks are recalculated among the same 50 states for each year.

The state-by-state view

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Ranked among 50 states; District of Columbia and Puerto Rico shown for reference. Rank 1 = highest value.

Population growth · July 2024–July 2025 · Percent
RankState / jurisdictionValue90% margin of errorDifference from previous rank
1South Carolina1.46%Not publishedNot a survey test
2Idaho1.44%Not publishedNot a survey test
3North Carolina1.32%Not publishedNot a survey test
4Texas1.25%Not publishedNot a survey test
5Utah1.03%Not publishedNot a survey test
6Delaware0.94%Not publishedNot a survey test
7Washington0.92%Not publishedNot a survey test
8Arizona0.89%Not publishedNot a survey test
9Nevada0.88%Not publishedNot a survey test
10Tennessee0.88%Not publishedNot a survey test
11Georgia0.88%Not publishedNot a survey test
12South Dakota0.86%Not publishedNot a survey test
13Florida0.85%Not publishedNot a survey test
14North Dakota0.75%Not publishedNot a survey test
15Virginia0.69%Not publishedNot a survey test
16Montana0.63%Not publishedNot a survey test
17Oklahoma0.62%Not publishedNot a survey test
18Nebraska0.62%Not publishedNot a survey test
19Arkansas0.6%Not publishedNot a survey test
20Alabama0.58%Not publishedNot a survey test
21Minnesota0.57%Not publishedNot a survey test
22Indiana0.56%Not publishedNot a survey test
23Kentucky0.5%Not publishedNot a survey test
24New Hampshire0.48%Not publishedNot a survey test
25Maine0.46%Not publishedNot a survey test
26New Jersey0.44%Not publishedNot a survey test
27Missouri0.43%Not publishedNot a survey test
28Kansas0.4%Not publishedNot a survey test
29Colorado0.4%Not publishedNot a survey test
30Connecticut0.38%Not publishedNot a survey test
31Rhode Island0.37%Not publishedNot a survey test
32Wyoming0.35%Not publishedNot a survey test
33Ohio0.34%Not publishedNot a survey test
34Maryland0.32%Not publishedNot a survey test
35Michigan0.28%Not publishedNot a survey test
36Wisconsin0.26%Not publishedNot a survey test
37Iowa0.25%Not publishedNot a survey test
38Massachusetts0.22%Not publishedNot a survey test
39Oregon0.19%Not publishedNot a survey test
40Mississippi0.14%Not publishedNot a survey test
41Illinois0.13%Not publishedNot a survey test
42Pennsylvania0.1%Not publishedNot a survey test
43Alaska0.1%Not publishedNot a survey test
44Louisiana0.07%Not publishedNot a survey test
45New York0.01%Not publishedNot a survey test
46California-0.02%Not publishedNot a survey test
47New Mexico-0.06%Not publishedNot a survey test
48West Virginia-0.07%Not publishedNot a survey test
49Hawaii-0.15%Not publishedNot a survey test
50Vermont-0.29%Not publishedNot a survey test
Ref.District of ColumbiaNot ranked among states0.34%Not publishedReference jurisdiction
Ref.Puerto RicoNot ranked among states-0.55%Not publishedReference jurisdiction

50 states plus 2 reference rows.

What this ranking measures

Percentage change in resident population from July 1, 2024 to July 1, 2025, calculated from Vintage 2025 totals.

A percentage measures pace, not the number of people added. Both population estimates come from the same vintage.

The size of the gap

The difference between the highest and lowest state estimates is 1.74 percentage points. The U.S. benchmark is 0.52%. It is not a simple average of the states.

22 states have point estimates above the U.S. benchmark and 28 below it. These counts do not establish statistical significance.

How much should you read into a rank?

The Census Bureau does not publish margins of error for population estimates. “Not published” means uncertainty is not quantified here, not that the estimates are exact.

Ranks use the full precision of the source file, so only truly equal values share a rank (1, 2, 2, 4).

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Read the ranking methodology.

Explore the same states in a side-by-side comparison, or combine this measure with others in the custom ranking tool.

Source and method

Producer
U.S. Census Bureau
Product / file
Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 · NST-EST2025-ALLDATA
Period
July 2024–July 2025
Unit
Percent
Calculation
100 × (July 2025 population − July 2024 population) / July 2024 population, within Vintage 2025. Rank = 1 + number of eligible jurisdictions with a higher value.
Coverage
The 50 states are ranked. Washington, D.C., can be added with the toggle above the table; Puerto Rico is shown for reference only, where the source covers it.
Cadence
Annual. Next annual vintage; date subject to Census release schedule.
Independence
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Updates and corrections

Last updated Oct. 23, 2026. Earlier editions stay available on the data page, and every change is listed in the update log. If a number or definition looks wrong, report an error with the state, value, and source you checked.

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