Is Your State Hard-to-Count?
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% |
More detailed information can be found in "Hard-to-Count" Populations by State (Percent of Population in HTC Areas, by Race and Hispanic Origin) (pdf) - The Census Project - April 2009.
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