Ranking of US States By Natural Population Increase in 2017

Updated on January 26, 2024.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2017, the Natural Population Increase for the United States was 1.10M. Among all US states and DC, California had the highest natural population increase (217.48K), followed by Texas (195.23K), and New York (76.09K).

On the other hand, West Virginia had the lowest natural population increase (-4.19K) followed by Maine (-2.16K), and Vermont (-271).

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 217478
2 Texas 195226
3 New York 76090
4 Georgia 46942
5 Illinois 42586
6 Washington 32883
7 Virginia 32207
8 Utah 31631
9 Colorado 27623
10 North Carolina 27604
11 Arizona 26836
12 New Jersey 26713
13 Minnesota 25264
14 Florida 23220
15 Maryland 21941
16 Indiana 16920
17 Louisiana 16855
18 Michigan 14754
19 Ohio 14521
20 Wisconsin 13462
21 Massachusetts 12623
22 Missouri 12376
23 Nevada 11561
24 Tennessee 11179
25 Oklahoma 10806
26 Kansas 10207
27 Nebraska 9383
28 Idaho 8780
29 Iowa 8211
30 South Carolina 7995
31 Oregon 7790
32 Hawaii 6482
33 Alaska 6328
34 Kentucky 6069
35 New Mexico 5652
36 Alabama 5448
37 Mississippi 5419
38 Arkansas 5366
39 North Dakota 4701
40 District of Columbia 4569
41 Connecticut 4389
42 South Dakota 4185
43 Wyoming 2293
44 Pennsylvania 2000
45 Montana 1858
46 Delaware 1779
47 Rhode Island 534
48 New Hampshire -144
49 Vermont -271
50 Maine -2156
51 West Virginia -4187