STATE_ABBR;Name;2017 Population CA;California;39,849,872 TX;Texas;28,449,186 FL;Florida;21,002,678 NY;New York;19,889,657 PA;Pennsylvania;12,819,975 IL;Illinois;12,815,607 OH;Ohio;11,646,273 GA;Georgia;10,450,316 NC;North Carolina;10,247,632 MI;Michigan;9,935,116 NJ;New Jersey;8,996,351 VA;Virginia;8,492,783 WA;Washington;7,384,721 AZ;Arizona;7,026,629 MA;Massachusetts;6,873,018 TN;Tennessee;6,705,339 IN;Indiana;6,663,280 MO;Missouri;6,123,362 MD;Maryland;6,068,511 WI;Wisconsin;5,795,147 CO;Colorado;5,658,546 MN;Minnesota;5,554,532 SC;South Carolina;5,030,118 AL;Alabama;4,884,115 LA;Louisiana;4,714,192 KY;Kentucky;4,450,042 OR;Oregon;4,144,527 OK;Oklahoma;3,974,794 CT;Connecticut;3,583,134 IA;Iowa;3,152,735 UT;Utah;3,098,761 AR;Arkansas;3,000,942 NV;Nevada;2,995,973 MS;Mississippi;2,990,113 KS;Kansas;2,929,909 NM;New Mexico;2,084,193 NE;Nebraska;1,922,610 WV;West Virginia;1,834,882 ID;Idaho;1,695,178 HI;Hawaii;1,454,295 NH;New Hampshire;1,335,832 ME;Maine;1,327,472 RI;Rhode Island;1,059,080 MT;Montana;1,052,343 DE;Delaware;965,866 SD;South Dakota;868,799 ND;North Dakota;790,701 AK;Alaska;741,204 VT;Vermont;624,592 WY;Wyoming;589,713