This article includes a list of U.S. states sorted by the percentage change in population for the 66-year period from 1950 to 2016, data available from the United States Census Bureau.
U.S. population in 1950, in 2016 and growth rate:
| Population in 1950 |
Population in 2016 |
Change % |
|
| Alabama | 3,061,743 | 4,863,300 | 59 |
| Alaska | 128,643 | 741,894 | 477 |
| Arizona | 749,587 | 6,931,071 | 824 |
| Arkansas | 1,909,511 | 2,988,248 | 56 |
| California | 10,586,223 | 39,250,017 | 271 |
| Colorado | 1,325,089 | 5,540,545 | 318 |
| Connecticut | 2,007,280 | 3,576,452 | 78 |
| Delaware | 318,085 | 952,065 | 199 |
| Florida | 2,771,305 | 20,612,439 | 643 |
| Georgia | 3,444,578 | 10,310,371 | 199 |
| Hawaii | 499,794 | 1,428,557 | 186 |
| Idaho | 588,637 | 1,683,140 | 186 |
| Illinois | 8,712,176 | 12,801,539 | 47 |
| Indiana | 3,934,224 | 6,633,053 | 68 |
| Iowa | 2,621,073 | 3,134,693 | 20 |
| Kansas | 1,905,299 | 2,907,289 | 52 |
| Kentucky | 2,944,806 | 4,436,974 | 51 |
| Louisiana | 2,683,516 | 4,681,666 | 74 |
| Maine | 913,774 | 1,331,479 | 46 |
| Maryland | 2,343,001 | 6,016,447 | 157 |
| Massachusetts | 4,690,514 | 6,811,779 | 45 |
| Michigan | 6,371,766 | 9,928,300 | 56 |
| Minnesota | 2,982,483 | 5,519,952 | 85 |
| Mississippi | 2,178,914 | 2,988,726 | 37 |
| Missouri | 3,954,653 | 6,093,000 | 54 |
| Montana | 591,024 | 1,042,520 | 76 |
| Nebraska | 1,325,510 | 1,907,116 | 44 |
| Nevada | 160,083 | 2,940,058 | 1,736 |
| New Hampshire | 533,242 | 1,334,795 | 150 |
| New Jersey | 4,835,329 | 8,944,469 | 85 |
| New Mexico | 681,187 | 2,081,015 | 205 |
| New York | 14,830,192 | 19,745,289 | 33 |
| North Carolina | 4,061,929 | 10,146,788 | 150 |
| North Dakota | 619,636 | 757,952 | 22 |
| Ohio | 7,946,627 | 11,614,373 | 46 |
| Oklahoma | 2,233,351 | 3,923,561 | 76 |
| Oregon | 1,521,341 | 4,093,465 | 169 |
| Pennsylvania | 10,498,012 | 12,784,227 | 22 |
| Rhode Island | 791,896 | 1,056,426 | 33 |
| South Carolina | 2,117,027 | 4,961,119 | 134 |
| South Dakota | 652,740 | 865,454 | 32 |
| Tennessee | 3,291,718 | 6,651,194 | 102 |
| Texas | 7,711,194 | 27,862,596 | 261 |
| Utah | 688,862 | 3,051,217 | 343 |
| Vermont | 377,747 | 624,594 | 65 |
| Virginia | 3,318,680 | 8,411,808 | 153 |
| Washington | 2,378,963 | 7,288,000 | 206 |
| West Virginia | 2,005,552 | 1,831,102 | -8 |
| Wisconsin | 3,434,575 | 5,778,708 | 68 |
| Wyoming | 290,529 | 585,501 | 102 |
| United States | 150,697,361 | 323,100,000 | 114 |