US Population Percentage By State, 2018

Created on February 22, 2020.
Updated on June 16, 2025.

The US Census Bureau estimated that there were 326,838,199 people living in the United States in 2018. The chart below shows each state's percentage share of the US population. California had the highest percentage of the US population (12.07%), followed by Texas (8.76%), and then Florida (6.50%). Vermont was the least populated state with a population of 624,802 (0.19% of the US population).

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Source: US Census Bureau (2018 Estimate).
US Population Percentage By State, 2018
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State % of US Population Population
California 12.07 39437463
Texas 8.76 28624564
Florida 6.50 21254926
New York 5.98 19544098
Pennsylvania 3.92 12809107
Illinois 3.89 12724685
Ohio 3.57 11680892
Georgia 3.22 10519389
North Carolina 3.18 10391358
Michigan 3.06 9987286
New Jersey 2.72 8891730
Virginia 2.60 8510920
Washington 2.30 7526793
Arizona 2.19 7164228
Massachusetts 2.11 6885720
Tennessee 2.07 6778180
Indiana 2.05 6698481
Missouri 1.87 6125986
Maryland 1.85 6042153
Wisconsin 1.78 5809319
Colorado 1.74 5697155
Minnesota 1.72 5608762
South Carolina 1.56 5091702
Alabama 1.50 4891628
Louisiana 1.43 4664450
Kentucky 1.37 4464273
Oregon 1.28 4183538
Oklahoma 1.21 3943488
Connecticut 1.09 3574561
Utah 0.97 3155153
Iowa 0.96 3149900
Nevada 0.93 3030725
Arkansas 0.92 3012161
Mississippi 0.91 2982879
Kansas 0.89 2912748
New Mexico 0.64 2093754
Nebraska 0.59 1925512
West Virginia 0.55 1805953
Idaho 0.54 1752074
Hawaii 0.44 1423102
New Hampshire 0.42 1355064
Maine 0.41 1340123
Montana 0.33 1061818
Rhode Island 0.32 1059338
Delaware 0.30 966985
South Dakota 0.27 879386
Alaska 0.23 736624
North Dakota 0.23 760062
District of Columbia 0.22 704147
Vermont 0.19 624802
Wyoming 0.18 579054