New State Population Estimates

[CVG]

http://www.census.gov/popest/data/st...011/index.html
http://www.census.gov/newsroom/relea.../cb11-215.html

Estimated 15 month growth rate from 4/1/10 to 7/1/11, county and metro estimates have not been released yet. Texas leading the way as the only state in the country to have an estimated growth rate of over 2% for the 15 months, LA and OK picking up steam, but not sure what is happening in AL. Also the South has 4 of the top 5 states in overall numeric growth with TX, FL, GA, and NC joining CA in the top 5.


2 Texas: 25,674,681 ( 529,120 ) [ 2.1 ]
4 Florida: 19,057,542 ( 256,231 ) [ 1.4 ]
9 Georgia: 9,815,210 ( 127,550 ) [ 1.3 ]
10 North Carolina: 9,656,401 ( 120,926 ) [ 1.3 ]
12 Virginia: 8,096,604 ( 95,574 ) [ 1.2 ]
17 Tennessee: 6,403,353 ( 57,243 ) [ 0.9 ]
23 Alabama: 4,802,740 ( 23,005 ) [ 0.5 ]
24 South Carolina: 4,679,230 ( 53,866 ) [ 1.2 ]
25 Louisiana: 4,574,836 ( 41,464 ) [ 0.9 ]
26 Kentucky: 4,369,356 ( 29,994 ) [ 0.7 ]
28 Oklahoma: 3,791,508 ( 40,154 ) [ 1.1 ]
31 Mississippi: 2,978,512 ( 11,215 ) [ 0.4 ]
32 Arkansas: 2,937,979 ( 22,058 ) [ 0.8 ]
37 West Virginia: 1,855,364 ( 2,368 ) [ 0.1 ]