| 2000 Population | State |
| 33,871,648 | |
| 20,851,820 | |
| 18,976,457 | |
| 15,982,378 | |
| 12,419,293 | |
| 12,281,054 | |
| 11,353,140 | |
| 9,938,444 | |
| 8,414,350 | |
| 8,186,453 | |
| 8,049,313 | |
| 7,078,515 | |
| 6,349,097 | |
| 6,080,485 | |
| 5,894,121 | |
| 5,689,283 | |
| 5,595,211 | |
| 5,363,675 | |
| 5,296,486 | |
| 5,130,632 | |
| 4,919,479 | |
| 4,468,976 | |
| 4,447,100 | |
| 4,301,261 | |
| 4,041,769 | |
| | 2000 Population | State |
| 4,012,012 | |
| 3,450,654 | |
| 3,421,399 | |
| 3,405,565 | |
| 2,926,324 | |
| 2,844,658 | |
| 2,688,418 | |
| 2,673,400 | |
| 2,233,169 | |
| 1,998,257 | |
| 1,819,046 | |
| 1,808,344 | |
| 1,711,263 | |
| 1,293,953 | |
| 1,274,923 | |
| 1,235,786 | |
| 1,211,537 | |
| 1,048,319 | |
| 902,195 | |
| 783,600 | |
| 754,844 | |
| 642,200 | |
| 626,932 | |
| 608,827 | |
| 493,782 | |
|