Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_territories_by_population state popjul12 popapr10 popapr00 house_seats electors pop_per_seat10 pop_per_seat00 percent_US_total_10 California 38,041,430 37,253,956 33,871,648 53 55 702,905 639,088 615,848 11.91% Texas 26,059,203 25,145,561 20,851,820 36 38 785,799 651,619 613,289 8.04% New York 19,570,261 19,378,102 18,976,457 27 29 668,210 654,361 612,144 6.19% Florida 19,317,568 18,801,310 15,982,378 27 29 752,052 639,295 591,940 6.01% Illinois 12,875,255 12,830,632 12,419,293 18 20 675,296 653,647 591,395 4.10% Pennsylvania 12,763,536 12,702,379 12,281,054 18 20 668,546 646,371 584,812 4.06% Ohio 11,544,225 11,536,504 11,353,140 16 18 640,917 630,730 567,657 3.69% Georgia 9,919,945 9,687,653 8,186,453 14 16 745,204 629,727 545,764 3.10% Michigan 9,883,360 9,883,640 9,938,444 14 16 658,909 662,563 584,614 3.16% North Carolina 9,752,073 9,535,483 8,049,313 13 15 733,499 619,178 536,621 3.05% New Jersey 8,864,590 8,791,894 8,414,350 12 14 676,300 647,258 560,957 2.81% Virginia 8,185,867 8,001,024 7,078,515 11 13 727,366 643,501 544,501 2.56% Washington 6,897,012 6,724,540 5,894,121 10 12 747,171 654,902 535,829 2.15% Massachusetts 6,646,144 6,547,629 6,349,097 9 11 654,763 634,910 529,091 2.09% Arizona 6,553,255 6,392,017 5,130,632 9 11 799,002 641,329 513,063 2.04% Indiana 6,537,334 6,483,802 6,080,485 9 11 720,422 675,609 552,771 2.07% Tennessee 6,456,243 6,346,105 5,689,283 9 11 705,123 632,143 517,208 2.03% Missouri 6,021,988 5,988,927 5,595,211 8 10 665,436 621,690 508,656 1.91% Maryland 5,884,563 5,773,552 5,296,486 8 10 721,694 662,061 529,649 1.85% Wisconsin 5,726,398 5,686,986 5,363,675 8 10 710,873 670,459 536,368 1.82% Minnesota 5,379,139 5,303,925 4,919,479 8 10 662,991 614,935 491,948 1.70% Colorado 5,187,582 5,029,196 4,301,261 7 9 720,704 614,466 477,918 1.61% Alabama 4,822,023 4,779,736 4,447,100 7 9 682,819 635,300 494,122 1.53% South Carolina 4,723,723 4,625,364 4,012,012 7 9 770,894 668,669 501,502 1.48% Louisiana 4,601,893 4,533,372 4,468,976 6 8 647,625 638,425 496,553 1.45% Kentucky 4,380,415 4,339,367 4,041,769 6 8 723,228 673,628 505,221 1.39% Oregon 3,899,353 3,831,074 3,421,399 5 7 766,215 684,280 488,771 1.22% Oklahoma 3,814,820 3,751,351 3,450,654 5 7 750,270 690,131 492,951 1.20% Connecticut 3,590,347 3,574,097 3,405,565 5 7 714,819 681,113 486,509 1.14% Iowa 3,074,186 3,046,355 2,926,324 4 6 609,271 585,265 418,046 0.97% Mississippi 2,984,926 2,967,297 2,844,658 4 6 741,824 711,165 474,110 0.95% Arkansas 2,949,131 2,915,918 2,673,400 4 6 728,980 668,350 445,567 0.93% Kansas 2,885,905 2,853,118 2,688,418 4 6 713,280 672,105 448,070 0.91% Utah 2,855,287 2,763,885 2,233,169 4 6 921,295 744,390 446,634 0.88% Nevada 2,758,931 2,700,551 1,998,257 4 6 900,184 666,086 399,651 0.86% New Mexico 2,085,538 2,059,179 1,819,046 3 5 686,393 606,349 363,809 0.66% Nebraska 1,855,525 1,826,341 1,711,263 3 5 608,780 570,421 342,253 0.58% West Virginia 1,855,413 1,852,994 1,808,344 3 5 617,665 602,781 361,669 0.59% Idaho 1,595,728 1,567,582 1,293,953 2 4 783,791 646,977 323,488 0.51% Hawaii 1,392,313 1,360,301 1,211,537 2 4 680,151 605,769 302,884 0.43% Maine 1,329,192 1,328,361 1,274,923 2 4 664,181 637,462 318,731 0.42% New Hampshire 1,320,718 1,316,470 1,235,786 2 4 658,235 617,893 308,947 0.42% Rhode Island 1,050,292 1,052,567 1,048,319 2 4 526,284 524,160 262,080 0.34% Montana 1,005,141 989,415 902,195 1 3 999,243 902,195 300,732 0.32% Delaware 917,092 897,934 783,600 1 3 900,877 783,600 261,200 0.29% South Dakota 833,354 814,180 754,844 1 3 814,180 754,844 251,615 0.26% Alaska 731,449 710,231 626,932 1 3 710,231 626,932 208,977 0.23% North Dakota 699,628 672,591 642,200 1 3 672,591 642,200 214,067 0.21% Vermont 626,011 625,741 608,827 1 3 625,741 608,827 202,942 0.20% Wyoming 576,412 563,626 493,782 1 3 563,626 493,782 164,594 0.18%