| Population (1900) | State | Population 2010 (Rank 2010) |
| 7,268,894 | |
| 6,302,115 | |
| 4,821,550 | |
| 4,157,545 | |
| 3,106,665 | |
| 3,048,710 | |
| 2,805,346 | |
| 2,516,462 | |
| 2,420,982 | |
| 2,231,853 | |
| 2,216,331 | |
| 2,147,174 | |
| 2,069,042 | |
| 2,020,616 | |
| 1,893,810 | |
| 1,883,669 | |
| 1,854,184 | |
| 1,828,697 | |
| 1,751,394 | |
| 1,551,270 | |
| 1,485,053 | |
| 1,470,495 | |
| 1,381,625 | |
| 1,340,316 | |
| 1,311,564 | |
| | Population (1900) | State | Population 2010 (Rank 2010) |
| 1,188,044 | |
| 1,066,300 | |
| 958,800 | |
| 908,420 | |
| 790,391 | |
| 694,466 | |
| 539,700 | |
| 528,542 | |
| 518,103 | |
| 428,556 | |
| 413,536 | |
| 411,588 | |
| 401,570 | |
| 343,641 | |
| 319,146 | |
| 276,749 | |
| 243,329 | |
| 195,310 | |
| 184,735 | |
| 161,772 | |
| 154,001 | |
| 122,931 | |
| 92,531 | |
| 63,592 | |
| 42,335 | |
|