Annual Estimates of the Population for the United States, Regions, States, and Puerto Rico:  April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011
	April 1, 2010		Population Estimates (as of July 1)		2010 to 2011 growth
Geographic Area	Census	Estimates Base	2010	2011	%	rank
United States	308,745,538	308,745,538	309,330,219	311,591,917	0.73	x
Northeast	55,317,240	55,317,244	55,366,108	55,521,598	0.28	3	regional ranking
Midwest	66,927,001	66,926,987	66,976,458	67,158,835	0.27	4
South	114,555,744	114,555,757	114,857,529	116,046,736	1.04	1
West	71,945,553	71,945,550	72,130,124	72,864,748	1.02	2
Alabama	4,779,736	4,779,735	4,785,401	4,802,740	0.36	36	state rankings include D.C. and exclude Puerto Rico
Alaska	710,231	710,231	714,146	722,718	1.20	7
Arizona	6,392,017	6,392,013	6,413,158	6,482,505	1.08	9
Arkansas	2,915,918	2,915,921	2,921,588	2,937,979	0.56	30
California	37,253,956	37,253,956	37,338,198	37,691,912	0.95	12
Colorado	5,029,196	5,029,196	5,047,692	5,116,796	1.37	5
Connecticut	3,574,097	3,574,097	3,575,498	3,580,709	0.15	44
Delaware	897,934	897,934	899,792	907,135	0.82	20
District of Columbia	601,723	601,723	604,912	617,996	2.16	1
Florida	18,801,310	18,801,311	18,838,613	19,057,542	1.16	8
Georgia	9,687,653	9,687,660	9,712,157	9,815,210	1.06	10
Hawaii	1,360,301	1,360,301	1,363,359	1,374,810	0.84	18
Idaho	1,567,582	1,567,582	1,571,102	1,584,985	0.88	16
Illinois	12,830,632	12,830,632	12,841,980	12,869,257	0.21	42
Indiana	6,483,802	6,483,800	6,490,622	6,516,922	0.41	34
Iowa	3,046,355	3,046,350	3,050,202	3,062,309	0.40	35
Kansas	2,853,118	2,853,118	2,859,143	2,871,238	0.42	33
Kentucky	4,339,367	4,339,362	4,347,223	4,369,356	0.51	31
Louisiana	4,533,372	4,533,372	4,545,343	4,574,836	0.65	27
Maine	1,328,361	1,328,361	1,327,379	1,328,188	0.06	47
Maryland	5,773,552	5,773,552	5,785,681	5,828,289	0.74	22
Massachusetts	6,547,629	6,547,629	6,555,466	6,587,536	0.49	32
Michigan	9,883,640	9,883,635	9,877,143	9,876,187	-0.01	50
Minnesota	5,303,925	5,303,925	5,310,658	5,344,861	0.64	28
Mississippi	2,967,297	2,967,297	2,970,072	2,978,512	0.28	39
Missouri	5,988,927	5,988,927	5,995,715	6,010,688	0.25	40
Montana	989,415	989,415	990,958	998,199	0.73	23
Nebraska	1,826,341	1,826,341	1,830,141	1,842,641	0.68	26
Nevada	2,700,551	2,700,551	2,704,283	2,723,322	0.70	25
New Hampshire	1,316,470	1,316,472	1,316,807	1,318,194	0.11	45
New Jersey	8,791,894	8,791,894	8,799,593	8,821,155	0.25	41
New Mexico	2,059,179	2,059,180	2,065,913	2,082,224	0.79	21
New York	19,378,102	19,378,104	19,395,206	19,465,197	0.36	37
North Carolina	9,535,483	9,535,475	9,560,234	9,656,401	1.01	11
North Dakota	672,591	672,591	674,629	683,932	1.38	4
Ohio	11,536,504	11,536,502	11,537,968	11,544,951	0.06	48
Oklahoma	3,751,351	3,751,354	3,760,184	3,791,508	0.83	19
Oregon	3,831,074	3,831,074	3,838,332	3,871,859	0.87	17
Pennsylvania	12,702,379	12,702,379	12,717,722	12,742,886	0.20	43
Rhode Island	1,052,567	1,052,567	1,052,528	1,051,302	-0.12	51
South Carolina	4,625,364	4,625,364	4,637,106	4,679,230	0.91	14
South Dakota	814,180	814,180	816,598	824,082	0.92	13
Tennessee	6,346,105	6,346,110	6,357,436	6,403,353	0.72	24
Texas	25,145,561	25,145,561	25,253,466	25,674,681	1.67	2
Utah	2,763,885	2,763,885	2,775,479	2,817,222	1.50	3
Vermont	625,741	625,741	625,909	626,431	0.08	46
Virginia	8,001,024	8,001,030	8,023,953	8,096,604	0.91	15
Washington	6,724,540	6,724,540	6,742,950	6,830,038	1.29	6
West Virginia	1,852,994	1,852,996	1,854,368	1,855,364	0.05	49
Wisconsin	5,686,986	5,686,986	5,691,659	5,711,767	0.35	38
Wyoming	563,626	563,626	564,554	568,158	0.64	29
Puerto Rico	3,725,789	3,725,789	3,721,978	3,706,690	-0.41	x
Note:   The April 1, 2010 Population Estimates base reflects changes to the Census 2010 population from geographic program revisions.  It does not reflect changes from the Count Question Resolution program.  See Geographic Terms and Definitions at http://www.census.gov/popest/about/geo/terms.html for a list of the states that are included in each region. Growth rates and rankings calculated by the Center for Business & Economic Research, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
Source:   U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division, Table 1. Annual Estimates of the Population for the United States, Regions, States, and Puerto Rico: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011 (NST-EST2011-01).  December 2011.