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| state | abb | region | population | total | |
| 1 | Alabama | AL | South | 4779736 | 135 |
| 2 | Alaska | AK | West | 710231 | 19 |
| 3 | Arizona | AZ | West | 6392017 | 232 |
| 4 | Arkansas | AR | South | 2915918 | 93 |
| 5 | California | CA | West | 37253956 | 1257 |
| 6 | Colorado | CO | West | 5029196 | 65 |
| 7 | Connecticut | CT | Northeast | 3574097 | 97 |
| 8 | Delaware | DE | South | 897934 | 38 |
| 9 | District of Columbia | DC | South | 601723 | 99 |
| 10 | Florida | FL | South | 19687653 | 669 |
| 11 | Georgia | GA | South | 9920000 | 376 |
| 12 | Hawaii | HI | West | 1360301 | 7 |
| 13 | Idaho | ID | West | 1567582 | 12 |
| 14 | Illinois | IL | North Central | 12830632 | 364 |
| 15 | Indiana | IN | North Central | 6483802 | 142 |
| 16 | Iowa | IA | North Central | 3046355 | 21 |
| 17 | Kansas | KS | North Central | 2853118 | 63 |
| 18 | Kentucky | KY | South | 4339367 | 116 |
| 19 | Louisiana | LA | South | 4533372 | 351 |
| 20 | Maine | ME | Northeast | 1328361 | 11 |
| 21 | Maryland | MD | South | 5773552 | 293 |
| 22 | Massachusetts | MA | Northeast | 6547629 | 118 |
| 23 | Michigan | MI | North Central | 9883640 | 413 |
| 24 | Minnesota | MN | North Central | 5303925 | 53 |
| 25 | Mississippi | MS | South | 2967297 | 120 |
| 26 | Missouri | MO | North Central | 5988927 | 321 |
| 27 | Montana | MT | West | 989415 | 12 |
| 28 | Nebraska | NE | North Central | 1826341 | 32 |
| 29 | Nevada | NV | West | 2700551 | 84 |
| 30 | New Hampshire | NH | Northeast | 1316470 | 5 |
| 31 | New Jersey | NJ | Northeast | 8791894 | 246 |
| 32 | New Mexico | NM | West | 2059179 | 67 |
| 33 | New York | NY | Northeast | 19378102 | 517 |
| 34 | North Carolina | NC | South | 9535483 | 286 |
| 35 | North Dakota | ND | North Central | 672591 | 4 |
| 36 | Ohio | OH | North Central | 11536504 | 310 |
| 37 | Oklahoma | OK | South | 3751351 | 111 |
| 38 | Oregon | OR | West | 3831074 | 36 |
| 39 | Pennsylvania | PA | Northeast | 12702379 | 457 |
| 40 | Rhode Island | RI | Northeast | 1052567 | 16 |
| 41 | South Carolina | SC | South | 4625364 | 207 |
| 42 | South Dakota | SD | North Central | 814180 | 8 |
| 43 | Tennessee | TN | South | 6346105 | 219 |
| 44 | Texas | TX | South | 25145561 | 805 |
| 45 | Utah | UT | West | 2763885 | 22 |
| 46 | Vermont | VT | Northeast | 625741 | 2 |
| 47 | Virginia | VA | South | 8001024 | 250 |
| 48 | Washington | WA | West | 6724540 | 93 |
| 49 | West Virginia | WV | South | 1852994 | 27 |
| 50 | Wisconsin | WI | North Central | 5686986 | 97 |
| 51 | Wyoming | WY | West | 563626 | 5 |