Population growth by state.
Middle population change from April 2020 to July 2025 across each state's cities. US Census Bureau estimates.
Growth since 2020under +0.2%+0.2%–+1.7%+1.7%–+2.2%+2.2%–+3.9%+3.9%+
Every state, ranked
Growth since 2020, highest first. Each value is the middle across the cities we list in that state, so states with few cities rest on few numbers.
- 1Idaho+9.4%25 cities
- 2Delaware+8.4%11 cities
- 3Montana+7.9%8 cities
- 4North Carolina+7.6%92 cities
- 5Nevada+7.3%18 cities
- 6South Carolina+6.3%58 cities
- 7Tennessee+5.9%63 cities
- 8Utah+5.5%65 cities
- 9Texas+4.2%253 cities
- 10Georgia+4.1%113 cities
- 11Arkansas+3.9%39 cities
- 12Arizona+3.9%63 cities
- 13Maine+3.8%13 cities
- 14Florida+3.5%296 cities
- 15Kentucky+2.9%44 cities
- 16Washington+2.8%124 cities
- 17Oklahoma+2.6%45 cities
- 18South Dakota+2.5%13 cities
- 19Colorado+2.5%67 cities
- 20Rhode Island+2.3%11 cities
- 21New Hampshire+2.2%15 cities
- 22Maryland+2.1%121 cities
- 23Indiana+2.0%85 cities
- 24Missouri+2.0%87 cities
- 25North Dakota+2.0%9 cities
- 26Alabama+1.9%68 cities
- 27Connecticut+1.9%31 cities
- 28New Jersey+1.8%140 cities
- 29Minnesota+1.7%101 cities
- 30Virginia+1.7%115 cities
- 31Wyoming+1.7%11 cities
- 32Iowa+1.4%42 cities
- 33Massachusetts+1.3%88 cities
- 34Hawaii+1.0%29 cities
- 35Wisconsin+1.0%96 cities
- 36Oregon+0.7%66 cities
- 37Vermont+0.7%4 cities
- 38District of Columbia+0.6%1 city
- 39Nebraska+0.5%17 cities
- 40Kansas+0.2%35 cities
- 41Pennsylvania+0.2%82 cities
- 42Mississippi+0.1%41 cities
- 43New York-0.1%184 cities
- 44Ohio-0.5%184 cities
- 45New Mexico-0.9%22 cities
- 46Illinois-1.4%224 cities
- 47California-1.4%482 cities
- 48Michigan-1.5%99 cities
- 49Louisiana-1.7%55 cities
- 50Alaska-1.7%6 cities
- 51West Virginia-4.1%16 cities