Fastest-growing U.S. states, 2020–2025
Rank all 50 states by population growth from July 2020 to July 2025. Compare percentage growth with residents added using one Census estimate vintage.
Which states grew fastest between 2020 and 2025?
Idaho has the highest point estimate, 9.8%, for July 1, 2020–July 1, 2025. Next are Florida (8.7%) and South Carolina (8.5%) .
Growth percentages put states on a common starting-population basis. They produce a different ordering from the number of residents added; a smaller state can lead the percentage table while a larger state leads the count table.
Both endpoints are July 1 estimates in PEP Vintage 2025. The starting observation is July 2020, not the April 2020 census count. Growth is 100 × (2025 population ÷ 2020 population − 1). It is not an annualized rate.
- Reference period
- July 1, 2020–July 1, 2025
- Original source
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U.S. Census Bureau · Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025
Source published 2026-01-27 - Ordering
- 50 states, highest exact point estimate first; no composite score
- Data and methods reviewed
- September 30, 2026 · data snapshot apd-2026-10-01-r3
Complete 50-state ranking table
Filter the list or change its display order. Positions always refer to the full 50-state ordering. These estimates do not have sampling margins of error; future vintages can revise them.
Showing all 50 states.
| Position | State | Percentage | Residents added | July 2020 population |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Idaho | 9.8% | 180,405 | 1,849,328 |
| 2 | Florida | 8.7% | 1,871,193 | 21,591,325 |
| 3 | South Carolina | 8.5% | 438,282 | 5,131,992 |
| 4 | Texas | 8.5% | 2,471,926 | 29,237,895 |
| 5 | Utah | 7.8% | 254,934 | 3,283,970 |
| 6 | North Carolina | 7.2% | 747,753 | 10,450,215 |
| 7 | Delaware | 6.9% | 68,062 | 991,890 |
| 8 | Arizona | 6.1% | 437,171 | 7,186,647 |
| 9 | Tennessee | 5.6% | 387,340 | 6,927,736 |
| 10 | South Dakota | 5.3% | 47,286 | 887,808 |
| 11 | Georgia | 5.3% | 570,153 | 10,732,595 |
| 12 | Nevada | 5.3% | 165,337 | 3,116,851 |
| 13 | Montana | 5.3% | 57,538 | 1,087,156 |
| 14 | Oklahoma | 4.0% | 158,045 | 3,965,243 |
| 15 | Colorado | 3.9% | 225,688 | 5,786,873 |
| 16 | Maine | 3.7% | 50,328 | 1,364,546 |
| 17 | Washington | 3.5% | 274,208 | 7,726,812 |
| 18 | Arkansas | 3.3% | 100,392 | 3,014,399 |
| 19 | Alabama | 3.2% | 160,126 | 5,032,962 |
| 20 | Connecticut | 3.0% | 108,853 | 3,579,643 |
| 21 | New Jersey | 3.0% | 277,739 | 9,270,476 |
| 22 | Virginia | 2.8% | 242,804 | 8,637,303 |
| 23 | Nebraska | 2.8% | 54,688 | 1,963,318 |
| 24 | Indiana | 2.7% | 183,043 | 6,790,290 |
| 25 | New Hampshire | 2.7% | 36,590 | 1,378,752 |
| 26 | North Dakota | 2.5% | 19,746 | 779,612 |
| 27 | Massachusetts | 2.4% | 168,764 | 6,985,320 |
| 28 | Kentucky | 2.2% | 98,593 | 4,508,271 |
| 29 | Minnesota | 2.1% | 119,843 | 5,710,562 |
| 30 | Wyoming | 1.9% | 11,084 | 577,669 |
| 31 | Missouri | 1.9% | 115,467 | 6,155,074 |
| 32 | Rhode Island | 1.6% | 18,034 | 1,096,487 |
| 33 | Iowa | 1.5% | 47,306 | 3,191,081 |
| 34 | Maryland | 1.4% | 86,960 | 6,178,387 |
| 35 | Kansas | 1.3% | 38,946 | 2,938,274 |
| 36 | Wisconsin | 1.3% | 75,416 | 5,897,371 |
| 37 | Ohio | 0.9% | 101,976 | 11,798,534 |
| 38 | Oregon | 0.7% | 30,042 | 4,243,544 |
| 39 | Alaska | 0.6% | 4,364 | 732,906 |
| 40 | Michigan | 0.6% | 55,590 | 10,072,294 |
| 41 | Pennsylvania | 0.5% | 63,856 | 12,995,576 |
| 42 | New Mexico | 0.3% | 7,052 | 2,118,446 |
| 43 | Vermont | 0.3% | 1,698 | 642,965 |
| 44 | Mississippi | -0.1% | -4,225 | 2,958,385 |
| 45 | California | -0.4% | -172,499 | 39,527,808 |
| 46 | New York | -0.6% | -119,835 | 20,122,262 |
| 47 | Illinois | -0.6% | -76,207 | 12,795,348 |
| 48 | Louisiana | -0.7% | -33,956 | 4,652,145 |
| 49 | Hawaii | -1.3% | -18,310 | 1,451,130 |
| 50 | West Virginia | -1.4% | -25,523 | 1,791,670 |
The downloads preserve exact values, IDs, source counts, uncertainty status, source release and original ordering. The CSV is the full 50-state table, including when the on-page filter hides rows.
National benchmark and District of Columbia
The United States value is 3.1%. The District of Columbia value is 3.4%. Both use the same source product as the state table. They do not receive a numbered state position. The national estimate is a source value or an approved calculation from national source counts; it is not an average of the state medians or percentages.
What the lower end of this table means
West Virginia has the lowest point estimate, -1.4%. The last three entries are Louisiana (-0.7%), Hawaii (-1.3%), West Virginia (-1.4%) . This ordering is specific to population growth and July 1, 2020–July 1, 2025; it is not a verdict on the state’s overall living conditions.
Percentage growth versus people added
Use the percentage column to compare relative expansion. Use the residents-added column to understand the absolute change in service and housing demand. Neither is a measure of net migration alone: population change includes births, deaths and migration, as well as the estimation process.
A five-year result can hide a different recent year
This ordering summarizes two endpoints. It does not establish that growth was steady throughout the interval, and the fastest state over five years need not lead the last year. The annual history tool exposes every July 1 estimate in the same vintage. Comparing different vintages would mix revisions with change.
Definition, calculation and uncertainty
Percentage change in the resident population between July 1, 2020 and July 1, 2025, using PEP Vintage 2025 for both estimates. Annual Population Estimates Program estimates; a revised vintage can change earlier years. This is not a census count.
The exact formula is 100 × (July 2025 population / July 2020 population − 1); residents added equals the end estimate minus the start estimate.
Population estimates are demographic estimates. The absence of a sampling margin of error does not mean that the numbers are exact censuses or cannot be revised. Sorting uses full stored precision. Exact equal values share a position; the next position skips the tied places. A missing, suppressed or unavailable estimate would be excluded and identified rather than converted to zero.
Sources and reproducibility
Original source table and documentation · Census guidance on comparing ACS estimates · Population Estimates Program methods .
Editorial ordering release apd-editorial-2026-10-01-r4 uses the unchanged data snapshot apd-2026-10-01-r3. Cite the Census source product, table, July 1, 2020–July 1, 2025, the indicator definition and this page’s snapshot. The retained JSON query makes the inclusion rule, calculation and sort direction explicit. An upstream revision will require a new approved release rather than rewriting this result.