Population growth by state
South Carolina was the fastest-growing state in the year to July 1, 2025, up 1.46%, just ahead of Idaho (1.44%) and North Carolina (1.32%). 5 states lost population; Vermont fell fastest (−0.29%) and California lost the most people. The United States grew 0.52%1.
Data as of January 27, 2026 (newest release used on this page).
Source: Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025; Census Bureau, 2024 Cartographic Boundary Files. Darker states are higher; DC is the dot. Period: July 1, 2024 to July 1, 2025.
| 1 | South Carolina | 1.46% | Higher | 79,958 | 8.83% | 10.7% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Idaho | 1.44% | Higher | 28,861 | 10.36% | 17.3% |
| 3 | North Carolina | 1.32% | Higher | 145,907 | 7.25% | 9.5% |
| 4 | Texas | 1.25% | Higher | 391,243 | 8.78% | 15.9% |
| 5 | Utah | 1.03% | Higher | 35,921 | 8.17% | 18.4% |
| 6 | Delaware | 0.94% | Higher | 9,829 | 7.07% | 10.2% |
| 7 | Washington | 0.92% | Higher | 73,062 | 3.81% | 14.6% |
| 8 | Arizona | 0.89% | Higher | 67,394 | 6.51% | 11.9% |
| =9 | Georgia | 0.88% | Higher | 98,540 | 5.50% | 10.6% |
| =9 | Nevada | 0.88% | Higher | 28,645 | 5.69% | 15.0% |
| =9 | Tennessee | 0.88% | Higher | 63,785 | 5.83% | 8.9% |
| 12 | South Dakota | 0.86% | Higher | 7,984 | 5.46% | 8.9% |
| 13 | Florida | 0.85% | Higher | 196,680 | 8.93% | 14.6% |
| 14 | North Dakota | 0.75% | Higher | 5,971 | 2.60% | 15.8% |
| 15 | Virginia | 0.69% | Higher | 60,465 | 2.88% | 7.9% |
| 16 | Montana | 0.63% | Higher | 7,137 | 5.58% | 9.6% |
| =17 | Nebraska | 0.62% | Higher | 12,415 | 2.86% | 7.4% |
| =17 | Oklahoma | 0.62% | Higher | 25,530 | 4.14% | 5.5% |
| 19 | Arkansas | 0.60% | Higher | 18,711 | 3.43% | 3.3% |
| 20 | Alabama | 0.58% | Higher | 30,033 | 3.34% | 5.1% |
| 21 | Minnesota | 0.57% | Higher | 33,000 | 2.17% | 7.6% |
| 22 | Indiana | 0.56% | Higher | 38,579 | 2.75% | 4.7% |
| 23 | Kentucky | 0.50% | Lower | 22,818 | 2.23% | 3.8% |
| 24 | New Hampshire | 0.48% | Lower | 6,824 | 2.74% | 4.6% |
| 25 | Maine | 0.46% | Lower | 6,436 | 3.79% | 2.6% |
| 26 | New Jersey | 0.44% | Lower | 41,861 | 2.79% | 5.7% |
| 27 | Missouri | 0.43% | Lower | 26,997 | 1.88% | 2.8% |
| =28 | Colorado | 0.40% | Lower | 24,059 | 4.11% | 14.8% |
| =28 | Kansas | 0.40% | Lower | 11,968 | 1.34% | 3.0% |
| 30 | Connecticut | 0.38% | Lower | 14,047 | 2.24% | 0.9% |
| 31 | Rhode Island | 0.37% | Lower | 4,106 | 1.56% | 4.3% |
| 32 | Wyoming | 0.35% | Lower | 2,031 | 2.06% | 2.3% |
| =33 | District of Columbia | 0.34% | Lower | 2,335 | 0.59% | 14.6% |
| =33 | Ohio | 0.34% | Lower | 39,889 | 0.86% | 2.3% |
| 35 | Maryland | 0.32% | Lower | 20,033 | 1.35% | 7.0% |
| 36 | Michigan | 0.28% | Lower | 27,922 | 0.48% | 2.0% |
| 37 | Wisconsin | 0.26% | Lower | 15,619 | 1.33% | 3.6% |
| 38 | Iowa | 0.25% | Lower | 7,933 | 1.50% | 4.7% |
| 39 | Massachusetts | 0.22% | Lower | 15,524 | 1.72% | 7.4% |
| 40 | Oregon | 0.19% | Lower | 8,262 | 0.86% | 10.6% |
| 41 | Mississippi | 0.14% | Lower | 3,988 | −0.24% | −0.2% |
| 42 | Illinois | 0.13% | Lower | 16,108 | −0.80% | −0.1% |
| =43 | Alaska | 0.10% | Lower | 733 | 0.53% | 3.3% |
| =43 | Pennsylvania | 0.10% | Lower | 13,584 | 0.44% | 2.4% |
| 45 | Louisiana | 0.07% | Lower | 3,311 | −0.85% | 2.7% |
| 46 | New York | 0.01% | Lower | 1,008 | −1.00% | 4.2% |
| 47 | California | −0.02% | Lower | −9,465 | −0.51% | 6.1% |
| 48 | New Mexico | −0.06% | Lower | −1,276 | 0.38% | 2.8% |
| 49 | West Virginia | −0.07% | Lower | −1,255 | −1.54% | −3.2% |
| 50 | Hawaii | −0.15% | Lower | −2,132 | −1.54% | 7.0% |
| 51 | Vermont | −0.29% | Lower | −1,858 | 0.25% | 2.8% |
| United States | 0.52% | 1,781,060 | 3.10% | 7.4% |
Source: Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025; Census Bureau, 2020 Census apportionment results and historical resident population 1910-2020. Period: July 1, 2024 to July 1, 2025. "=" marks a tie at the displayed precision.
The ten fastest-growing states in 2025
The growth rate here is the change in each state's resident population between July 1, 2024 and July 1, 2025, as a percentage of the 2024 figure. South Carolina (1.46%) and Idaho (1.44%) were almost level at the top, followed by North Carolina (1.32%), Texas (1.25%) and Utah (1.03%). The rest of the top ten were Delaware (0.94%), Washington (0.92%), Arizona (0.89%), and Georgia, Nevada and Tennessee, tied at 0.88%1.
22 states grew faster than the nation and 29, counting DC, grew more slowly. The middle state of the 51 grew 0.44%1, below the US rate, because Texas, Florida and North Carolina, three of the most populous states, grew faster than most and weigh heavily in the national total. All eleven states in the top ten, counting the three-way tie for ninth place, are in the South or the West.
A fast rate and a large gain are different things. Texas grew 1.25%, 4th highest by rate, but added 391,243 people, about twice as many as Florida (196,680) and more than any other state. Idaho, second by rate, added 28,861 people, 16th highest in number. Florida added the second most people but was 13th highest by rate (0.85%1).
Source: Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025. Period: July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025.
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| State | Change 2024-25 |
|---|---|
| Texas | 391,243 |
| Florida | 196,680 |
| North Carolina | 145,907 |
| Georgia | 98,540 |
| South Carolina | 79,958 |
| Washington | 73,062 |
| Arizona | 67,394 |
| Tennessee | 63,785 |
| Virginia | 60,465 |
| New Jersey | 41,861 |
| Ohio | 39,889 |
| Indiana | 38,579 |
The states that got smaller
Only 5 states had fewer residents on July 1, 2025 than a year earlier: California, Hawaii, New Mexico, Vermont and West Virginia. Vermont fell the most in percentage terms (−0.29%), followed by Hawaii (−0.15%). California lost the most people (−9,465), but relative to its size the decline was small (−0.02%). New York (1,008) and Alaska (7331) only just stayed above zero.
The five declines did not have the same cause. Splitting each state's change into natural change (births minus deaths) and migration shows three patterns.
| State | Change 2024-25 | Natural change 2024-25 | Net domestic migration 2024-25 | Net international migration 2024-25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 1,008 | 42,815 | −137,586 | 95,634 |
| Alaska | 733 | 3,308 | −4,525 | 1,959 |
| West Virginia | −1,255 | −7,887 | 6,408 | 244 |
| New Mexico | −1,276 | −1,885 | −2,267 | 2,879 |
| Vermont | −1,858 | −1,769 | −726 | 623 |
| Hawaii | −2,132 | 2,024 | −8,876 | 4,768 |
| California | −9,465 | 109,715 | −229,077 | 109,278 |
Source: Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025.
- Moves to other states outweighed everything else. California had more births than deaths (109,715) and a large net gain from abroad (109,278), but a net loss of −229,077 to the rest of the country. Hawaii's pattern was the same on a smaller scale, with domestic migration of −8,876.
- More deaths than births. West Virginia gained residents from other states (6,408), but deaths exceeded births by more (−7,887). Its rate of natural change, −4.5 per 1,000 residents, was the lowest in the nation.
- Both at once. Vermont had a natural decrease (−1,769) and a small net migration loss (−103). In New Mexico deaths exceeded births (−1,885) and more people left for other states than arrived (−2,267); arrivals from abroad (2,8791) did not make up the difference.
Births or moves: what drives the fastest growers
Each state's growth can be expressed as rates per 1,000 residents for natural change, domestic migration and international migration. The leaders reach the top in different ways.
| South Carolina | 1.46% | 0.1 | 12.1 | 2.3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Idaho | 1.44% | 3.4 | 9.9 | 1.1 |
| North Carolina | 1.32% | 1.4 | 7.6 | 4.2 |
| Texas | 1.25% | 5.0 | 2.1 | 5.3 |
| Utah | 1.03% | 7.1 | 1.0 | 2.1 |
| Delaware | 0.94% | −0.5 | 6.5 | 3.3 |
| Florida | 0.85% | −0.1 | 1.0 | 7.7 |
| West Virginia | −0.07% | −4.5 | 3.6 | 0.1 |
| Vermont | −0.29% | −2.7 | −1.1 | 1.0 |
| United States | 0.52% | 1.5 | – | 3.7 |
Source: Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025.
South Carolina grew almost entirely through moves from other states. Its net domestic migration rate, 12.1 per 1,000 residents, was the highest in the country, while births only just exceeded deaths (0.1 per 1,000 residents). Idaho (9.9 per 1,000 residents) and North Carolina (7.6 per 1,000 residents1) followed the same route.
Utah is the opposite case. Its rate of natural increase, 7.1 per 1,000 residents, was the highest of any state, and it gained relatively few people from other states (0.9 per 1,000 residents). Texas combined all three sources: the 2nd highest rate of natural increase (5.0 per 1,000 residents), a high rate of international migration (5.3 per 1,000 residents) and a net gain from other states (2.1 per 1,000 residents1).
Florida depended on arrivals from abroad. Its rate of international migration, 7.7 per 1,000 residents, was the highest in the nation, while it had slightly more deaths than births (−1,333). Florida was one of 17 states with a natural decrease in the year to June 2025; Delaware, 6th highest by growth rate, was another (−5541). For these states, growth comes only from migration.
A smaller national gain in 2025
The US population rose from 336,755,052 on July 1, 2023 to 340,003,797 a year later, then to 341,784,857 on July 1, 2025: a gain of 1,781,060 in the latest year, much smaller than the one before. Natural increase changed little (514,000 in the year to June 2024, 519,000 in the year to June 2025). Net international migration fell from 2.7 million to 1.3 million1, according to the Census Bureau's estimates.
Source: Census Bureau, Intercensal Estimates of the Resident Population for States, 2000-2010; Census Bureau, Intercensal Estimates of the Resident Population for States, 2010-2020; Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025. July 1 estimates: intercensal series for 2000–2019, Vintage 2025 for 2020–2025.
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| Year | United States |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 282,162,411 |
| 2001 | 284,968,955 |
| 2002 | 287,625,193 |
| 2003 | 290,107,933 |
| 2004 | 292,805,298 |
| 2005 | 295,516,599 |
| 2006 | 298,379,912 |
| 2007 | 301,231,207 |
| 2008 | 304,093,966 |
| 2009 | 306,771,529 |
| 2010 | 309,378,227 |
| 2011 | 311,839,461 |
| 2012 | 314,339,099 |
| 2013 | 316,726,282 |
| 2014 | 319,257,560 |
| 2015 | 321,815,121 |
| 2016 | 324,353,340 |
| 2017 | 326,608,609 |
| 2018 | 328,529,577 |
| 2019 | 330,226,227 |
| 2020 | 331,578,104 |
| 2021 | 332,100,166 |
| 2022 | 333,996,304 |
| 2023 | 336,755,052 |
| 2024 | 340,003,797 |
| 2025 | 341,784,857 |
For the country as a whole, moves between states cancel out, so national growth is natural increase plus international migration. Net international migration was lower in the year to June 2025 than a year earlier in every state and DC. Some of the largest falls were in states where arrivals from abroad had made up much of the growth: New York's net gain from abroad went from 290,637 to 95,634, Florida's from 283,664 to 178,674 and New Jersey's from 121,069 to 53,064. States that grow mainly through births or moves from other states, such as Utah and South Carolina, depend on it far less: international migration added 2.1 per 1,000 residents in Utah and 2.3 per 1,000 residents1 in South Carolina.
Growth since the 2020 Census
Over the five and a quarter years from April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2025, Idaho grew fastest (10.36%), ahead of Florida (8.93%), South Carolina (8.83%), Texas (8.78%) and Utah (8.17%). The national figure was 3.10%; 191 states grew faster.
Source: Census Bureau, Intercensal Estimates of the Resident Population for States, 2000-2010; Census Bureau, Intercensal Estimates of the Resident Population for States, 2010-2020; Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025. July 1 estimates: intercensal series for 2000–2019, Vintage 2025 for 2020–2025.
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| Year | Idaho | Florida | Texas | California | West Virginia | United States |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| 2021 | 103.0 | 101.1 | 101.1 | 99.1 | 99.7 | 100.2 |
| 2022 | 105.1 | 103.8 | 103.0 | 99.0 | 99.0 | 100.7 |
| 2023 | 106.6 | 106.2 | 105.1 | 99.1 | 98.8 | 101.6 |
| 2024 | 108.2 | 107.8 | 107.1 | 99.6 | 98.6 | 102.5 |
| 2025 | 109.8 | 108.7 | 108.5 | 99.6 | 98.6 | 103.1 |
Florida's place shows why the period matters. It was 13th highest in the latest year but 2nd highest since 2020, with 1,924,311 more residents. Texas added the most people over the period (2,560,323), and North Carolina came third (756,5761).
7 states had fewer residents in July 2025 than in April 2020: California, Hawaii, Illinois, Louisiana, Mississippi, New York and West Virginia. New York (−201,269) and California (−200,394) lost the most people, and West Virginia and Hawaii had the largest percentage declines, both −1.54%1. New York, Illinois, Louisiana and Mississippi grew in the latest year but remain below their 2020 level.
The decade before: 2010 to 2020
For a ten-year view, the two censuses are the most exact measure. Between April 2010 and April 2020 the US population grew 7.4%. Utah grew fastest (18.4%), followed by Idaho (17.3%) and Texas (15.9%). Three states shrank: West Virginia (−3.2%), Mississippi (−0.2%) and Illinois (−0.1%2).
Source: Census Bureau, 2020 Census apportionment results and historical resident population 1910-2020. Period: April 1, 2010 to April 1, 2020.
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| State | Growth 2010-20 |
|---|---|
| Utah | 18.4% |
| Idaho | 17.3% |
| Texas | 15.9% |
| North Dakota | 15.8% |
| Nevada | 15.0% |
| Colorado | 14.8% |
| District of Columbia | 14.6% |
| Florida | 14.6% |
| Washington | 14.6% |
| Arizona | 11.9% |
Most of the leaders of the 2010s still lead. Idaho, Utah and Texas are in the top five both for 2010–2020 and since 2020, and the three states that shrank in the 2010s are all smaller again than in 2020. North Dakota is the clearest change: it grew 15.8% in the 2010s, 4th highest2, but only 2.60% since 2020, 25th highest1.
Leaders and laggards in each region
- South: South Carolina grew fastest (1.46%) and West Virginia was the only Southern state to shrink (−0.07%).
- West: Idaho led (1.44%); Hawaii (−0.15%), California and New Mexico declined.
- Midwest: South Dakota grew fastest (0.86%) and Illinois slowest (0.13%). Every Midwestern state grew. Ohio added the most people in the region (39,889).
- Northeast: the fastest-growing state, New Hampshire, grew 0.48%, below the national rate; New Jersey added the most people (41,861) and Vermont1 declined.
How to read these growth figures
- Two slightly different periods. Growth rates run from July 1 to July 1. The components (births, deaths and migration) cover July 1 to June 30 of the same period. The totals since 2020 start from the Census Bureau's April 1, 2020 estimates base, which is close to but not the same as the census count.
- Rate or count. A small state can top the growth-rate ranking while adding fewer people than a slow-growing large state. The table shows both.
- Estimates, not counts. The annual figures are built from births, deaths, tax and Medicare records and immigration data (Census Bureau note on the data sources). They have no margin of error, but each new vintage revises the earlier years.
- States only. The site ranks the 50 states and DC; it does not cover cities, counties or metro areas.
- Moves within the US. The domestic migration ranking shows which states people are moving to and leaving.
Questions about population growth by state
What is the fastest-growing state?
South Carolina, which grew 1.46% between July 1, 2024 and July 1, 2025 according to the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025 estimates. Over the longer period since April 2020, Idaho has grown fastest (10.36%). In number of people, Texas added the most in the latest year (391,2431).
Which states are losing population?
In the year to July 1, 2025, California, Hawaii, New Mexico, Vermont and West Virginia had fewer residents than a year earlier. Since April 2020, 7 states have become smaller: California, Hawaii, Illinois, Louisiana, Mississippi, New York and West Virginia1.
Where are the 2026 growth figures?
The Census Bureau has not published them yet. Its estimates for July 1, 2026 (Vintage 2026) are scheduled for December 2026 and will also revise every year back to 2020. Until then, the year to July 1, 2025 is the latest official measure; "2026" growth rates published elsewhere are projections.
How fast is the US population growing?
The US population rose by 1,781,060 (0.52%) in the year to July 1, 2025, to 341,784,857. Since April 2020 it has grown 3.10%, or 10.3 million1 people.
Related rankings
Sources
- Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025; released January 27, 2026. www2.census.gov
- Census Bureau, 2020 Census apportionment results and historical resident population 1910-2020; Decennial censuses 1910-2020; released April 26, 2021. www2.census.gov
- Census Bureau, 2024 Cartographic Boundary Files; table cb_2024_us_state_20m; 2024; released April 10, 2025. www2.census.gov
- Census Bureau, Intercensal Estimates of the Resident Population for States, 2000-2010; table ST-EST00INT-ALLDATA; 2000-2010 intercensal; released September 1, 2011. www2.census.gov
- Census Bureau, Intercensal Estimates of the Resident Population for States, 2010-2020; table NST-EST2020INT-POP; 2010-2020 intercensal; released November 1, 2024. www2.census.gov
Margins of error (±) are at the 90% confidence level. A difference is called significant only when it passes the Census Bureau's test at that level. How every figure is built: methodology. Found an error? Write to [email protected]; corrections are listed on the updates page.