United States Population Growth by Decade

Population Growth by State

Average Annual Percent Change, 1959-2020

U.S.:

1959-2020 = 1.03%

Population Growth of United States' 51 States:

Average Growth Distributions by Decade over 1959-2020

	1959-2020	1960-1969	1970-1979	1980-1989	1990-1999	2000-2009	2010-2019	2020
More than 2.5%	3	4	8	4	5	1	0	0
2.5% to 2.0%	2	4	5	1	4	2	0	1
2.0% to 1.5%	6	10	7	6	5	6	3	2
1.5% to 1.0%	11	10	11	6	10	10	11	6
1.0% to 0.5%	16	12	7	10	16	16	12	9
0.5% to 0.0%	11	10	11	18	9	16	22	17
0.0% to -0.5%	2	0	1	4	1	0	3	12
-0.5% or Below	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	4
Total	51	51	51	51	51	51	51	51

United States Population Growth by State:
Average Annual Percent Change, 1959-2020

	1959-2020		1960-1969		1970-1979		1980-1989		1990-1999		2000-2009		2010-2019		2020
State	%	Rank	%	Rank	%	Rank	%	Rank	%	Rank	%	Rank	%	Rank	%	Rank

Nevada	4.07	1	5.65	1	4.78	1	4.05	1	5.46	1	3.33	1	1.42	6	1.54	3
Arizona	3.00	2	3.27	3	4.28	2	3.22	2	3.33	2	2.36	2	1.40	8	1.78	2
Florida	2.53	3	3.29	2	3.62	3	2.93	4	2.23	7	1.70	8	1.43	5	1.12	7
Utah	2.20	4	1.87	10	3.07	6	1.88	8	2.59	3	2.14	3	1.64	2	1.45	4
Colorado	2.04	5	2.40	6	2.78	8	1.41	13	2.58	4	1.64	9	1.48	4	0.85	12
Alaska	1.95	6	2.83	4	3.17	5	3.13	3	1.34	18	1.13	17	0.49	27	-0.33	46
Texas	1.88	7	1.62	17	2.32	12	1.93	7	2.04	9	1.89	5	1.57	3	1.29	5
Idaho	1.70	8	0.74	37	2.81	7	0.65	24	2.52	5	2.00	4	1.42	7	2.12	1
Georgia	1.68	9	1.64	16	1.71	17	1.75	9	2.30	6	1.80	6	1.00	14	0.77	14
Washington	1.66	10	1.72	13	1.85	15	1.70	10	2.10	8	1.33	12	1.34	10	1.05	8
California	1.59	11	2.46	5	1.67	18	2.31	5	1.38	16	0.99	20	0.65	21	-0.18	42
Oregon	1.47	12	1.68	14	2.26	13	0.80	21	1.98	10	1.16	16	1.02	13	0.60	17
North Carolina	1.44	13	1.22	21	1.44	23	1.24	15	1.93	11	1.74	7	1.06	12	0.95	11
New Mexico	1.41	14	0.97	30	2.39	10	1.62	11	1.86	12	1.20	15	0.31	36	0.32	24
New Hampshire	1.39	15	1.97	9	2.33	11	1.94	6	1.02	23	0.75	26	0.33	34	0.40	19
Hawaii	1.38	16	1.80	11	2.49	9	1.43	12	1.01	24	1.07	19	0.50	26	-0.61	49
Delaware	1.34	17	2.05	8	1.04	31	0.95	19	1.65	13	1.41	11	0.91	16	1.04	9
South Carolina	1.33	18	0.91	31	1.85	14	1.14	16	1.41	15	1.45	10	1.17	11	1.17	6
Virginia	1.28	19	1.57	18	1.44	22	1.40	14	1.35	17	1.25	14	0.77	19	0.40	20
Maryland	1.15	20	2.35	7	0.88	32	1.14	17	1.06	22	0.87	23	0.55	25	0.01	35
Tennessee	1.11	21	1.02	27	1.52	20	0.69	23	1.51	14	1.13	18	0.80	18	0.83	13
Wyoming	1.01	22	0.29	46	3.23	4	0.18	38	0.71	38	1.31	13	0.36	32	0.38	21
Oklahoma	0.92	23	1.03	26	1.60	19	0.61	25	0.88	31	0.79	25	0.64	23	0.51	18
Arkansas	0.91	24	0.86	34	1.72	16	0.34	34	1.23	19	0.89	22	0.42	28	0.32	25
Minnesota	0.87	25	1.11	24	0.72	33	0.72	22	1.17	20	0.81	24	0.66	20	0.31	26
Vermont	0.80	26	1.22	20	1.47	21	0.98	18	0.81	32	0.33	42	-0.01	49	-0.11	40
Montana	0.79	27	0.37	43	1.29	26	0.14	39	1.16	21	0.92	21	0.84	17	0.98	10
Alabama	0.72	28	0.72	38	1.18	29	0.41	32	0.95	25	0.72	29	0.31	35	0.28	27
Wisconsin	0.68	29	1.19	23	0.64	34	0.40	33	0.94	27	0.61	33	0.27	39	0.14	31
Kentucky	0.67	30	0.65	39	1.31	25	0.09	41	0.89	29	0.72	28	0.35	33	0.11	33
New Jersey	0.67	31	1.67	15	0.39	42	0.47	28	0.79	36	0.46	37	0.15	40	-0.10	39
Louisiana	0.63	32	1.21	22	1.35	24	0.28	35	0.48	43	0.09	50	0.37	31	-0.28	45
Indiana	0.63	33	1.09	25	0.63	35	0.09	42	0.91	28	0.67	31	0.41	29	0.36	22
Missouri	0.62	34	0.86	33	0.53	37	0.41	31	0.88	30	0.70	30	0.30	37	0.18	30
Connecticut	0.61	35	1.75	12	0.33	44	0.58	26	0.31	48	0.51	35	0.01	48	-0.25	44
Maine	0.58	36	0.36	44	1.27	27	0.82	20	0.38	46	0.49	36	0.12	42	0.32	23
Mississippi	0.57	37	0.38	42	1.23	28	0.26	36	0.95	26	0.45	38	0.07	46	-0.38	47
Nebraska	0.55	38	0.54	40	0.60	36	0.07	43	0.80	35	0.62	32	0.64	22	0.26	28
Massachusetts	0.52	39	1.00	29	0.17	48	0.46	29	0.49	41	0.31	45	0.56	24	-0.02	36
South Dakota	0.50	40	0.02	49	0.31	45	0.11	40	0.75	37	0.73	27	0.95	15	0.63	16
Kansas	0.50	41	0.35	45	0.49	40	0.52	27	0.80	34	0.56	34	0.28	38	0.04	34
Michigan	0.43	42	1.24	19	0.52	38	0.01	45	0.68	39	0.01	51	0.08	44	-0.18	43
Illinois	0.39	43	1.01	28	0.34	43	-0.01	47	0.80	33	0.35	41	-0.10	50	-0.63	50
North Dakota	0.38	44	0.06	48	0.49	39	-0.08	48	-0.03	50	0.32	44	1.40	9	0.21	29
Rhode Island	0.34	45	0.84	35	0.27	46	0.45	30	0.39	45	0.13	49	0.04	47	-0.10	38
Ohio	0.32	46	0.89	32	0.22	47	0.03	44	0.46	44	0.17	48	0.14	41	-0.03	37
Iowa	0.25	47	0.28	47	0.39	41	-0.51	50	0.52	40	0.39	39	0.41	30	0.13	32
New York	0.25	48	0.82	36	-0.26	50	0.20	37	0.49	42	0.22	46	0.08	45	-0.65	51
Pennsylvania	0.23	49	0.44	41	0.11	49	-0.01	46	0.33	47	0.32	43	0.10	43	-0.12	41
West Virginia	-0.05	50	-0.60	51	1.06	30	-0.70	51	0.03	49	0.20	47	-0.29	51	-0.58	48
District of Columbia	-0.09	51	0.02	50	-1.49	51	-0.49	49	-0.90	51	0.38	40	1.81	1	0.64	15

United States	1.03		1.29		1.10		0.95		1.23		0.95		0.68		0.35

Source: Calculations by the United States Regional Economic Analysis Project (US-REAP)
with data provided by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis

April 2021

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Population Growth by
United States

Average Annual Percent Change, 1959-2020

U.S.:

1959-2020 = 1.03%

Population Growth
by United States

Average Growth Distributions by Decade over 1959-2020

	1959-2020	1960-1969	1970-1979	1980-1989	1990-1999	2000-2009	2010-2019	2020
More than 1.75%	2	1	4	2	2	1	0	0
1.75% to 1.50%	1	2	0	0	2	1	0	0
1.50% to 1.25%	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	1
1.25% to 1.00%	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	1
1.00% to 0.75%	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	0
0.75% to 0.50%	2	1	2	1	2	1	1	1
0.50% to 0.25%	2	0	1	2	1	3	1	0
0.25% or Below	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	5
Total	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8

United States Population Growth by Region:
Average Annual Percent Change, 1959-2020

	1959-2020	1960-1969	1970-1979	1980-1989	1990-1999	2000-2009	2010-2019	2020
BEA Regions	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
New England	0.61	1.18	0.51	0.66	0.49	0.40	0.31	-0.01
Mideast	0.42	0.98	0.06	0.29	0.56	0.39	0.20	-0.28
Great Lakes	0.45	1.06	0.42	0.06	0.72	0.30	0.12	-0.15
Plains	0.58	0.64	0.54	0.29	0.84	0.64	0.50	0.21
Southeast	1.34	1.32	1.81	1.23	1.56	1.27	0.89	0.67
Southwest	1.87	1.64	2.44	1.91	2.08	1.81	1.38	1.25
Rocky Mountain	1.81	1.58	2.68	1.18	2.32	1.73	1.40	1.18
Far West	1.66	2.33	1.84	2.15	1.64	1.16	0.80	0.13

Census Divisions
Mountain	2.22	2.03	3.13	1.96	2.84	2.04	1.30	1.33
Pacific	1.58	2.28	1.78	2.10	1.50	1.05	0.77	0.05
East North Central	0.45	1.06	0.42	0.06	0.72	0.30	0.12	-0.15
West North Central	0.58	0.64	0.54	0.29	0.84	0.64	0.50	0.21
South Atlantic	1.59	1.73	1.87	1.66	1.75	1.49	1.06	0.79
East South Central	0.81	0.73	1.33	0.39	1.12	0.81	0.45	0.33
West South Central	1.49	1.38	1.99	1.34	1.59	1.45	1.24	0.96
New England	0.61	1.18	0.51	0.66	0.49	0.40	0.31	-0.01
Middle Atlantic	0.32	0.85	-0.02	0.19	0.50	0.31	0.10	-0.37

Census Regions
West	1.76	2.22	2.12	2.06	1.87	1.34	0.94	0.45
Midwest	0.49	0.93	0.45	0.13	0.75	0.41	0.24	-0.03
South	1.41	1.41	1.80	1.32	1.59	1.36	1.02	0.78
Northeast	0.39	0.93	0.11	0.31	0.50	0.33	0.16	-0.27

United States	1.03	1.29	1.10	0.95	1.23	0.95	0.68	0.35

Source: Calculations by the United States Regional Economic Analysis Project (US-REAP)
with data provided by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis

April 2021

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A Note on Population

Attracting and retaining people to live, work, raise a family, and retire underlies the economic vitality of any region. Population growth is both a cause--and a consequence--of economic growth. Patterns of population growth and change reflect differences among regions to attract and retain people both as producers and consumers in their economy.

The data used are those compiled by the Regional Income and Product Divisions of the Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. Department of Commerce.

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