Ranking of US States By Natural Population Increase in 2016

Updated on January 26, 2024.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2016, the Natural Population Increase for the United States was 1.27M. Among all US states and DC, California had the highest natural population increase (229.03K), followed by Texas (213.78K), and New York (84.19K).

On the other hand, West Virginia had the lowest natural population increase (-3.12K) followed by Maine (-1.47K), and Vermont (31).

The chart below shows the top 10 states with high natural population increase, and the table below shows the ranking of all the 50 US states and the District of Columbia.

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Rank State Natural Pop. Increase
1 California 229031
2 Texas 213780
3 New York 84188
4 Georgia 51328
5 Illinois 50593
6 Virginia 38689
7 Washington 35744
8 Utah 33057
9 Florida 32352
10 New Jersey 31844
11 North Carolina 31831
12 Colorado 29879
13 Arizona 28713
14 Minnesota 27455
15 Maryland 26242
16 Indiana 21407
17 Ohio 21262
18 Louisiana 20796
19 Michigan 18765
20 Missouri 15626
21 Wisconsin 15502
22 Massachusetts 15360
23 Tennessee 14812
24 Oklahoma 13864
25 Nevada 13076
26 Kansas 12531
27 South Carolina 10595
28 Pennsylvania 10417
29 Nebraska 10408
30 Oregon 10319
31 Iowa 10265
32 Idaho 9323
33 Kentucky 9204
34 Alabama 7984
35 Hawaii 7551
36 Arkansas 7471
37 New Mexico 7080
38 Alaska 6858
39 Mississippi 6816
40 Connecticut 5806
41 North Dakota 5263
42 District of Columbia 4843
43 South Dakota 4473
44 Wyoming 2916
45 Delaware 2710
46 Montana 2577
47 Rhode Island 1147
48 New Hampshire 545
49 Vermont 31
50 Maine -1469
51 West Virginia -3116