U.S. Population by Major City and State

Source: Range Magazine, Fall 2005

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• The Purpose of the Economic Meltdown
• Global Education, Land Use, and Population Control
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• The Feds Have an Official Plan for Rounding Up Americans During a 'National Emergency'
• Regimented and Dense Urban Communities — That's What Life Will Be Like in the New World Order
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Top 50 Cities in the U.S. by Population and Rank

The table below lists the largest 50 cities in the United States based on population and rank for the years 1990, 2000, 2005, and 2007.

	7/1/2007 population estimate	7/1/2005 population estimate	4/1/2000 census population	4/1/1990 census population	Numeric population change 1990–2000	Percent population change 1990–2000	Size rank 1990	Size rank 2000	Size rank 2005	Size rank 2007
New York, N.Y.	8,274,527	8,143,197	8,008,278	7,322,564	685,714	9.4	1	1	1	1
Los Angeles, Calif.	3,834,340	3,844,829	3,694,820	3,485,398	209,422	6.0	2	2	2	2
Chicago, Ill.	2,836,658	2,842,518	2,896,016	2,783,726	112,290	4.0	3	3	3	3
Houston, Tex.	2,208,180	2,016,582	1,953,631	1,630,553	323,078	19.8	4	4	4	4
Philadelphia, Pa.	1,449,634	1,463,281	1,517,550	1,585,577	–68,027	–4.3	5	5	5	6
Phoenix, Ariz.	1,552,259	1,461,575	1,321,045	983,403	337,642	34.3	10	6	6	5
San Antonio, Tex.	1,328,984	1,256,509	1,144,646	935,933	208,713	22.3	9	9	7	7
San Diego, Calif.	1,266,731	1,255,540	1,223,400	1,110,549	112,851	10.2	6	7	8	8
Dallas, Tex.	1,240,499	1,213,825	1,188,580	1,006,877	181,703	18.0	8	8	9	9
San Jose, Calif.	939,899	912,332	894,943	782,248	112,695	14.4	11	11	10	10
Detroit, Mich.	916,952	886,671	951,270	1,027,974	–76,704	–7.5	7	10	11	11
Indianapolis, Ind.	795,458	784,118	781,870	741,952	49,974	6.7	13	12	12	13
Jacksonville, Fla.	805,605	782,623	735,617	635,230	100,387	15.8	15	14	13	12
San Francisco, Calif.	764,976	739,426	776,733	723,959	52,774	7.3	14	13	14	14
Columbus, Ohio	747,755	730,657	711,470	632,910	78,560	12.4	16	15	15	15
Austin, Tex.	743,074	690,252	656,562	465,622	190,940	41.0	25	16	16	16
Memphis, Tenn.	674,028	672,277	650,100	610,337	39,763	6.5	18	18	17	18
Baltimore, Md.	637,455	635,815	651,154	736,014	–84,860	–11.5	12	17	18	20
Fort Worth, Tex.	681,818	624,067	534,694	447,619	87,075	19.5	29	27	19	17
Charlotte, N.C.	671,588	610,949	540,828	395,934	144,894	36.6	33	26	20	19
El Paso, Tex.	606,913	598,590	563,662	515,342	48,320	9.4	22	23	21	21
Milwaukee, Wis.	602,191	578,887	596,974	628,088	–31,114	–5.0	17	19	22	22
Seattle, Wash.	594,210	573,911	563,374	516,259	47,115	9.1	21	24	23	24
Boston, Mass.	599,351	559,034	589,141	574,283	14,858	2.6	20	20	24	23
Denver, Colo.	588,349	557,917	554,636	467,610	87,026	18.6	28	25	25	26
Louisville, Ky.1	557,789	556,429	256,231	269,063	12,832	–4.8	58	67	26	29
Washington, DC	588,292	550,521	572,059	606,900	–34,841	–5.7	19	21	27	27
Nashville, Tenn.2	590,807	549,110	545,524	510,784	59,107	11.6	26	22	28	25
Las Vegas, Nev.	558,880	545,147	478,434	258,295	220,139	85.2	63	32	29	28
Portland, Ore.	550,396	533,427	529,121	437,319	91,802	21.0	27	28	30	30
Oklahoma City	547,274	531,324	506,132	444,719	61,413	13.8	30	29	31	31
Tucson, Ariz.	525,529	515,526	486,699	405,390	81,309	20.1	34	30	32	32
Albuquerque, N.M.	518,271	494,236	448,607	384,736	63,871	16.6	40	35	33	34
Long Beach, Calif.	466,520	474,014	461,522	429,433	32,089	7.5	32	34	34	36
Atlanta, Ga.	519,145	470,688	416,474	394,017	22,457	5.7	38	39	35	33
Fresno, Calif.	470,508	461,116	427,652	354,202	73,450	20.7	48	37	36	35
Sacramento, Calif.	460,242	456,441	407,018	369,365	37,653	10.2	37	40	37	37
New Orleans, La.	–	454,863	484,674	496,938	–12,264	–2.5	24	31	38	–
Cleveland, Ohio	438,042	452,208	478,403	505,616	–27,213	–5.4	23	33	39	40
Kansas City, Mo.	450,375	444,965	441,545	435,146	6,399	1.5	31	36	40	39
Mesa, Ariz.	452,933	442,780	396,375	288,091	108,284	37.6	53	42	41	38
Virginia Beach, Va.	434,743	438,415	425,257	393,069	32,188	8.2	39	38	42	41
Omaha, Nebr.	424,482	414,521	390,007	335,795	54,212	16.1	47	44	43	42
Oakland, Calif.	401,489	395,274	399,484	372,242	27,242	7.3	35	41	44	44
Miami, Fla.	409,719	386,417	362,470	358,548	3,922	1.1	46	47	45	43
Tulsa, Okla.	384,037	382,457	393,049	367,302	25,747	7.0	44	43	46	45
Honolulu, Hawaii3	375,571	377,379	371,657	365,272	6,385	1.7	41	46	47	49
Minneapolis, Minn.	377,392	372,811	382,618	368,383	14,235	3.9	43	45	48	46
Colorado Springs, Colo.	376,427	369,815	360,890	281,140	79,750	28.4	54	48	49	47
Arlington, Tex.	371,038	362,805	332,969	261,721	71,248	27.2	62	54	50	50
Raleigh, N.C.	375,806	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	48

1. Louisville and Jefferson County merged in Jan. 2003. Figures prior to 2003 are for Louisville city only.

2. Nashville-Davidson city is consolidated with Davidson County.

3. Honolulu Census Designated Place; by agreement with the State of Hawaii, the Census Bureau does not show data separately for the city of Honolulu, which is coextensive with Honolulu County.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau. Web: www.census.gov.
For 1900–2005 population estimates, see Population of the 20 Largest U.S. Cities, 1900–2005.

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Pie Chart of U.S. Population by State

Bar Chart of Population by State

U.S. Population by State, 1790 to 2009 (Click Here to Enlarge the Chart Below)

The following table lists the population of each state in the United States, from the year 1790 to 2009. For 2000, the data includes population per square mile of each state, as well as population rank. In 2008, Utah was the fastest growing state in terms of population. Michigan, Rhode Island, Alabama, Colorado, Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire, and New Jersey were the only states to have decreased in population in 2008; the rest of the country saw population growth.

State	July 2009 pop.1	July 2008 pop.1	July 2007 pop.1	July 2006 pop.1	July 2004 pop.	Pop. rank, 2004	Percent change, 1990–2000	Pop. per sq mi, 2000	2000 pop.	Pop. rank, 2000	1990 pop.	1950 pop.	1900 pop.	1790 pop.
Alabama	4,708,708	4,627,851	4,661,900	4,599,000	4,530,182	23	10.1%	87.6	4,447,100	23	4,040,587	3,061,743	1,828,697	—
Alaska	698,473	686,293	683,478	670,000	655,435	47	14.0	1.1	626,932	48	550,043	128,643	63,592	—
Arizona	6,595,778	6,500,180	6,338,755	6,166,000	5,743,834	18	40.0	45.2	5,130,632	20	3,665,228	749,587	122,931	—
Arkansas	2,889,450	2,855,390	2,834,797	2,811,000	2,752,629	32	13.7	51.3	2,673,400	33	2,350,725	1,909,511	1,311,564	—
California	36,961,664	36,756,666	36,553,215	36,458,000	35,893,799	1	13.8	217.2	33,871,648	1	29,760,021	10,586,223	1,485,053	—
Colorado	5,024,748	4,861,515	4,939,456	4,753,000	4,601,403	22	30.6	41.5	4,301,261	24	3,294,394	1,325,089	539,700	—
Connecticut	3,518,288	3,501,252	3,502,309	3,505,000	3,503,604	29	3.6	702.9	3,405,565	29	3,287,116	2,007,280	908,420	237,946
Delaware	885,122	873,092	864,764	853,000	830,364	45	17.6	401.0	783,600	45	666,168	318,085	184,735	59,096
DC	599,657	591,833	588,292	582,000	553,523	—	–5.7	9,378.0	572,059	—	606,900	802,178	278,718	—
Florida	18,537,969	18,328,340	18,251,243	18,090,000	17,397,161	4	23.5	296.4	15,982,378	4	12,937,926	2,771,305	528,542	—
Georgia	9,829,211	9,685,744	9,544,750	9,364,000	8,829,383	9	26.4	141.4	8,186,453	10	6,478,216	3,444,578	2,216,331	82,548
Hawaii	1,295,178	1,288,198	1,283,388	1,285,000	1,262,840	42	9.3	188.6	1,211,537	42	1,108,229	499,794	154,001	—
Idaho	1,545,801	1,523,816	1,499,402	1,466,000	1,393,262	39	28.5	15.6	1,293,953	39	1,006,749	588,637	161,772	—
Illinois	12,910,409	12,901,563	12,852,548	12,832,000	12,713,634	5	8.6	223.4	12,419,293	5	11,430,602	8,712,176	4,821,550	—
Indiana	6,423,113	6,376,792	6,345,289	6,314,000	6,237,569	14	9.7	169.5	6,080,485	14	5,544,159	3,934,224	2,516,462	—
Iowa	3,007,856	3,002,555	2,988,046	2,982,000	2,954,451	30	5.4	52.4	2,926,324	30	2,776,755	2,621,073	2,231,853	—
Kansas	2,818,747	2,802,134	2,775,997	2,764,000	2,735,502	33	8.5	32.9	2,688,418	32	2,477,574	1,905,299	1,470,495	—
Kentucky	4,314,113	4,269,245	4,241,474	4,206,000	4,145,922	26	9.7	101.7	4,041,769	25	3,685,296	2,944,806	2,147,174	73,677
Louisiana	4,492,076	4,410,796	4,293,204	4,288,000	4,515,770	24	5.9	102.6	4,468,976	22	4,219,973	2,683,516	1,381,625	—
Maine	1,318,301	1,316,456	1,317,207	1,322,000	1,317,253	40	3.8	41.3	1,274,923	40	1,227,928	913,774	694,466	96,540
Maryland	5,699,478	5,633,597	5,618,344	5,616,000	5,558,058	19	10.8	541.9	5,296,486	19	4,781,468	2,343,001	1,188,044	319,728
Massachusetts	6,593,587	6,497,967	6,449,755	6,437,000	6,416,505	13	5.5	809.8	6,349,097	13	6,016,425	4,690,514	2,805,346	378,787
Michigan	9,969,727	10,003,422	10,071,822	10,096,000	10,112,620	8	6.9	175.0	9,938,444	8	9,295,297	6,371,766	2,420,982	—
Minnesota	5,266,214	5,220,393	5,197,621	5,167,000	5,100,958	21	12.4	61.8	4,919,479	21	4,375,099	2,982,483	1,751,394	—
Mississippi	2,951,996	2,938,618	2,918,785	2,911,000	2,902,966	31	10.5	60.6	2,844,658	31	2,573,216	2,178,914	1,551,270	—
Missouri	5,987,580	5,911,605	5,878,415	5,843,000	5,754,618	17	9.3	81.2	5,595,211	17	5,117,073	3,954,653	3,106,665	—
Montana	974,989	967,440	957,861	945,000	926,865	44	12.9	6.2	902,195	44	799,065	591,024	243,329	—
Nebraska	1,796,619	1,783,432	1,774,571	1,768,000	1,747,214	38	8.4	22.3	1,711,263	38	1,578,385	1,325,510	1,066,300	—
Nevada	2,643,085	2,600,167	2,565,382	2,496,000	2,334,771	35	66.3	18.2	1,998,257	35	1,201,833	160,083	42,335	—
N.H.	1,324,575	1,315,809	1,315,828	1,315,000	1,299,500	41	11.4	137.8	1,235,786	41	1,109,252	533,242	411,588	141,885
New Jersey	8,707,739	8,682,661	8,685,920	8,725,000	8,698,879	10	8.9	1,134.5	8,414,350	9	7,730,188	4,835,329	1,883,669	184,139
New Mexico	2,009,671	1,984,356	1,969,915	1,955,000	1,903,289	36	20.1	15.0	1,819,046	36	1,515,069	681,187	195,310	—
New York	19,541,453	19,490,297	19,297,729	19,306,000	19,227,088	3	5.5	401.9	18,976,457	3	17,990,455	14,830,192	7,268,894	340,120
N.C.	4,561,242	9,222,414	9,061,032	8,857,000	8,541,221	11	21.4	165.2	8,049,313	11	6,628,637	4,061,929	1,893,810	393,751
North Dakota	646,844	641,481	639,715	636,000	634,366	48	0.5	9.3	642,200	47	638,800	619,636	319,146	—
Ohio	11,542,645	11,485,910	11,466,917	11,478,000	11,459,011	7	4.7	277.3	11,353,140	7	10,847,115	7,946,627	4,157,545	—
Oklahoma	3,687,050	3,642,361	3,617,316	3,579,000	3,523,553	28	9.7	50.3	3,450,654	27	3,145,585	2,233,351	790,3912	—
Oregon	3,825,657	3,790,060	3,747,455	3,701,000	3,594,586	27	20.4	35.6	3,421,399	28	2,842,321	1,521,341	413,536	—
Pennsylvania	12,604,767	12,448,279	12,432,792	12,441,000	12,406,292	6	3.4	274.0	12,281,054	6	11,881,643	10,498,012	6,302,115	434,373
Rhode Island	1,053,209	1,050,788	1,057,832	1,068,000	1,080,632	43	4.5	1,003.2	1,048,319	43	1,003,464	791,896	428,556	68,825
S.C.	4,561,242	4,479,800	4,407,709	4,321,000	4,198,068	25	15.1	133.2	4,012,012	26	3,486,703	2,117,027	1,340,316	249,073
South Dakota	812,383	804,194	796,214	782,000	770,883	46	8.5	9.9	754,844	46	696,004	652,740	401,570	—
Tennessee	6,296,254	6,214,888	6,156,719	6,039,000	5,900,962	16	16.7	138.0	5,689,283	16	4,877,185	3,291,718	2,020,616	35,691
Texas	24,782,302	24,326,974	23,904,380	23,508,000	22,490,022	2	22.8	79.6	20,851,820	2	16,986,510	7,711,194	3,048,710	—
Utah	2,784,572	2,736,424	2,645,330	2,550,000	2,389,039	34	29.6	27.2	2,233,169	34	1,722,850	688,862	276,749	—
Vermont	621,760	621,270	621,254	624,000	621,394	49	8.2	65.8	608,827	49	562,758	377,747	343,641	85,425
Virginia	7,882,590	7,769,089	7,712,091	7,643,000	7,459,827	12	14.4	178.8	7,078,515	12	6,187,358	3,318,680	1,854,184	747,6103
Washington	6,664,195	6,549,224	6,468,424	6,396,000	6,203,788	15	21.1	88.6	5,894,121	15	4,866,692	2,378,963	518,103	—
West Virginia	1,819,777	1,814,468	1,812,035	1,818,000	1,815,354	37	0.8	75.1	1,808,344	37	1,793,477	2,005,552	958,800	—
Wisconsin	5,654,774	5,627,967	5,601,640	5,557,000	5,509,026	20	9.6	98.8	5,363,675	18	4,891,769	3,434,575	2,069,042	—
Wyoming	544,270	532,668	522,830	515,000	506,529	50	8.9	5.1	493,782	50	453,588	290,529	92,531	—
Total U.S.	307,006,550	301,621,157	299,398,000	293,655,404	—	13.2	—	281,421,906	—	248,709,873	151,325,798	76,212,168	3,929,214	—

1. Estimated.

2. Includes population of Indian Territory, 1900: 392,960.

3. Until 1863, Virginia included what is now West Virginia.

Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census. Web: www.census.gov.

What If the Largest Countries Had the Biggest Populations?

Strange Maps' Frank Jacobs sets the stage:

What if the world were rearranged so that the inhabitants of the country with the largest population would move to the country with the largest area? And the second-largest population would migrate to the second-largest country, and so on?

Here's the result:



Oddly enough, the people of four countries wouldn't have to pull up stakes and move if the world was reorganized this way: Brazil, Ireland, the United States and Yemen.

Queen Elizabeth II, the Largest Individual Landowner on Earth

Who Owns the World
Originally Published on February 27, 2007

Queen Elizabeth II, head of state of the United Kingdom and of 31 other states and territories, is the legal owner of about 6,600 million acres of land, one sixth of the earth’s non ocean surface. She is the only person on earth who owns whole countries, and who owns countries that are not her own domestic territory.

This land ownership is separate from her role as head of state and is different from other monarchies where no such claim is made – Norway, Belgium, Denmark etc...

Her main holdings are 2,467 million acres in Canada (the 2nd largest country on earth), 1,900 million acres in Australia (the 7th largest country on earth), 114 million acres in the Papua New Guinea, 66 million acres in New Zealand, and 60 million acres in the UK. She is the world’s largest landowner by a significant margin.

Largest Five Personal Landowners on Earth:
Queen Elizabeth II (6,600 million acres)
King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia (553 million acres)
King Bhumibol of Thailand (126 million acres)
King Mohammed IV of Morocco (113 million acres)
Sultan Quaboos of Oman (76 million acres)

The next largest landowner is the Russian state, with an overall ownership of 4,219 million acres, and a direct ownership comparable with the Queen’s land holding of 2,447 million acres. The 3rd largest landowner is the Chinese state, which claims all of Chinese land, about 2,365 million acres. The 4th largest landowner on earth is the Federal Government of the United States, which owns about one third of the land of the USA, 760 million acres. The fifth largest landowner on earth is the King of Saudi Arabia with 553 million acres.

Largest Government Landowners on Earth:
Russian State (4,219 million acres)
Chinese State (2,365 million acres)
U.S. Federal Government (760 million acres)