What is your states population growth rate?

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North Carolina is the 6th fastest growing state in the country.

This article includes a list of U.S states sorted by the percentage change in estimated population from July 1, 2006 to July 1, 2007 (the most current numbers available).<1> The national and state estimates<2> come from the United States Census Bureau.<3>




State Rank Percent growth (%)
1 Nevada 2.93
2 Arizona 2.81
3 Utah 2.55
4 Idaho 2.43
5 Georgia 2.17
6 North Carolina 2.16
7 Texas 2.12
8 Colorado 2.00
9 Wyoming 1.96
10 South Carolina 1.79
11 Oregon 1.53
12 Washington 1.47
13 New Mexico 1.42
14 Delaware 1.41
15 Tennessee 1.35
16 Louisiana 1.18
17 Montana 1.17
18 Oklahoma 1.11
19 Florida 1.07
20 South Dakota 0.98
- US as a whole 0.96
21 Virginia 0.94
22 Arkansas 0.91
23 Alaska 0.89
24 Kentucky 0.88
25 California 0.84
26 Minnesota 0.83
27 Alabama 0.82
28 Kansas 0.73
29 Missouri 0.70
30 Mississippi 0.68
31 Indiana 0.68
32 Nebraska 0.61
33 Illinois 0.59
34 Iowa 0.52
35 Wisconsin 0.52
- District of Columbia 0.48
- Puerto Rico 0.39
36 Hawai'i 0.37
37 North Dakota 0.35
38 New Hampshire 0.31
39 Maryland 0.29
40 Pennsylvania 0.24
41 Massachusetts 0.24
42 New Jersey 0.23
43 Connecticut 0.19
44 West Virginia 0.18
45 Maine 0.17
46 New York 0.08
47 Vermont 0.08
48 Ohio 0.03
49 Michigan -0.30
50 Rhode Island -0.36


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_population_growth_rate