United States Population of the 50 States (1630 - 2021)

The population of the united states with individual states from 1630 to 2021. The population of the 50 states in the united states stands at 334 Million in 2021.

Currently, the most populous state in the united states is California with a population of 39 Million.

The second most populous state in the United state is Texas with a population of 29.7 million people.

The third and fourth are Florida and New York with a population of 21.9 million and 19.3 Million respectively.

Source: World Population Review

[danigaming]

Most populated states overtime:

Virginia: 1630-1713
Massachusetts: 1713-1730
Virginia: 1730-1813
New York: 1813-1962
California: 1962-present

[aidankotsch]

One small issue, Maine did not become a state until 1820, up until then their territory was considered to be a part of Massachusetts. It was made an independent state from them in order to maintain the balance between North and South in the Senate. At the time, Missouri had applied to be a state and would have given the South a majority in the Senate, so as part of the 1820 Missouri Compromise they made Maine a state in cohesion with them.

[tudorjason]

It's practically mind-boggling to think that populations used to be so low.

[DataPlanet]

Correction: The population of Maryland didn't shrink between 1680 -1700 and Connecticut in 1700-1720. Sorry for the data entry mishap. Kindly ignore the two between the respective years.

[EllieVelli]

0:12 thanks for pointing that out. I would have never known.

[genxtechguy]

Arizona just pops up in the top 20 in 1999 .. and ends up the 14th most populated state. Crazy fast growth .. in a short period of time.

[pepperVenge]

The Treaty of Paris may have established American independence in 1783 to anyone not residing in the USA, but here, that is merely regarded as the year the United Kingdom formally recognized the United States as an independent nation. Americans consider July 4th 1776 to be the day the US became independent as this was the day we signed our Declaration of Independence.

[CliffCardi]

About 100 years ago, the first industrial sized air conditioner was put in a movie theater. At the same time, Florida’s population was less than 1 million.
Just imagine how different state populations would be without air conditioning, especially in the southern states.

[phoboba]

I honestly didn’t expect Kentucky to stay up there until the 1950’s. I’m kind of surprised we had a large enough population to stay on the screen that long. I find it interesting how every state that borders Kentucky minus West Virginia is on screen. I also find the dips in population very interesting.

[J_]

California sprinted to #1 at breakneck speeds. Remarkable

[ronaldking]

I think history was my worst subject in school. I was more of a space science geek. Looking at this was very interesting and seeing the changes in state populations based on events really peaked my interest! Great job to the folks who put this together! Good to see educational things on YouTube!

[itsatrap]

1700s… Virginia: “I — am — inevitable.”
1800s… New York: “Our time has come.”
1900s… California: “OUR TIME HAS COME!!!”

[gaylejideofor]

my grandfather born in 1896 in Iowa. He was born right before the Spanish American war. He said the immigrated to Minnesota. At that time people took the immigration train. He lived to see the invention of the lightbulb, the radio, the automobile, and then he said " I saw a man WALK on the moon!" His life spanned the horse to computers and died at 100 years old in 1996. What growth in his lifetime he knew every highway from MN to the Texas/Mexico border. He lived to see the highway system built and so much more. So glad my mumm recorded him on a cassett in the 70's his voice telling all he lived and saw. This video is amazing, Thank you. GJ from Minnesota.[ side note. VFW= veterans of foreign wars and started when Spanish American veterans served also in WWI. My grandfather was a charter member and served both WWI & WWII]

[bunnyben]

Interesting. I have a direct ancestor who went to Massachusetts in 1670, whose family can be traced to Indiana, then Kentucky briefly, then finally settling where I live now in about 1850. Crazy to think I've so many ancestors who've inhabited the continent for so long.

[mattmctour]

Was anyone else rooting for Rhode Island against all odds? It had some good early years.

[YD-uqfi]

Ohio was #3 for most of the 19th Century. Amazing.

[Sawhorse]

It would be very interesting to to see a time lapse map of deforestation from the 1600’s to the present in North America!

[Murica]

Indiana was doing pretty good, reaching in the top 5 must’ve been a good time.

[sethprice]

Interesting visual. I'm certainly curious about your data. The timeline begins in 1630 so the criteria for inclusion can't be statehood. Wondering where Florida is in the beginning. There were european settlers there since the early 1500's. Also, the numbers apparently don't include indigenous populations.

::Side note: it is estimated that there were nearly 350, 000 natives in Florida prior to European settlers. Most of that population was wiped out due to diseases introduced from the explorers.::

[toadboy]

My home state of Minnesota fought in the bottom few for so long, until the 80s, then it came back in the 90s and Arizona eventually took it over