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States Ranked by Number of People Living in Hard-to-Count Areas*
Rank	State	State Population in HTC Areas*	Total Population in State	% of Population in HTC Areas*
51	California	10,393,982	33,870,923	30.7%
50	Texas	5,661,540	20,851,377	27.2%
49	New York	5,559,642	18,974,875	29.3%
48	Florida	2,981,402	15,982,265	18.7%
47	Illinois	2,400,355	12,418,799	19.3%
46	New Jersey	1,583,306	8,414,036	18.8%
45	Arizona	1,395,113	5,130,309	27.2%
44	Georgia	1,257,940	8,186,435	15.4%
43	Michigan	1,236,057	9,938,119	12.4%
42	Ohio	1,225,207	11,352,636	10.8%
41	Pennsylvania	1,194,589	12,280,771	9.7%
40	Massachusetts	988,281	6,348,960	15.6%
39	Louisiana	874,388	4,468,809	19.6%
38	Washington	833,276	5,894,002	14.1%
37	North Carolina	816,393	8,049,313	10.1%
36	Tennessee	630,157	5,689,277	11.1%
35	New Mexico	622,260	1,818,918	34.2%
34	Indiana	607,778	6,080,485	10.0%
33	Missouri	603,329	5,595,116	10.8%
32	Maryland	557,910	5,296,388	10.5%
31	Virginia	530,209	7,078,486	7.5%
30	Mississippi	528,289	2,844,623	18.6%
29	Oklahoma	522,964	3,450,505	15.2%
28	Nevada	517,378	1,998,155	25.9%
27	Connecticut	513,369	3,405,516	15.1%
26	Alabama	505,834	4,447,081	11.4%
25	Colorado	476,062	4,301,257	11.1%
24	Wisconsin	446,763	5,363,670	8.3%
23	Oregon	424,442	3,421,399	12.4%
22	South Carolina	380,810	4,012,012	9.5%
21	Kentucky	371,814	4,041,744	9.2%
20	Arkansas	364,721	2,673,400	13.6%
19	Minnesota	338,862	4,919,479	6.9%
18	DC	313,884	571,898	54.9%
17	Hawaii	287,574	1,211,491	23.7%
16	Kansas	256,600	2,688,395	9.5%
15	Rhode Island	250,646	1,048,319	23.9%
14	Utah	244,346	2,233,111	10.9%
13	Alaska	150,762	626,924	24.0%
12	Nebraska	147,850	1,711,202	8.6%
11	Iowa	122,656	2,926,273	4.2%
10	West Virginia	96,991	1,808,344	5.4%
9	Idaho	92,949	1,293,896	7.2%
8	South Dakota	73,624	754,755	9.8%
7	Montana	72,160	901,934	8.0%
6	Delaware	57,784	783,600	7.4%
5	Maine	56,311	1,274,848	4.4%
4	New Hampshire	55,956	1,235,786	4.5%
3	North Dakota	26,268	641,993	4.1%
2	Vermont	20,950	608,827	3.4%
1	Wyoming	12,456	493,688	2.5%
	United States Total	49,684,189	281,414,424	17.7%