Population change since the 2020 Census, from the Census Bureau's own estimates; fastest growth first.
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Hawaii Is the Slowest-Growing of Any State (2026)
Hawaii is the slowest-growing of the 50 states we rank, with population down 1.5% since 2020 (Census, 2020-2025). West Virginia is next, with population down 1.5% since 2020.
By The Honest Local · 50 states · every value links to its public source
-1.5%Hawaii leads on the list, the lowest reading of all 50 states
The top five states
No. 1Hawaii-1.5%population growth since 2020
No. 2West Virginia-1.5%population growth since 2020
No. 3New York-1.0%population growth since 2020
No. 4Louisiana-0.9%population growth since 2020
No. 5Illinois-0.8%population growth since 2020
Slowest-Growing States Since 2020 on the map
Fastest-growing cities and states since 2020, states
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Slowest-Growing States Since 2020, all 50
The full ranking
| Place | population growth since 2020 | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hawaii | -1.5% |
| 2 | West Virginia | -1.5% |
| 3 | New York | -1.0% |
| 4 | Louisiana | -0.9% |
| 5 | Illinois | -0.8% |
| 6 | California | -0.5% |
| 7 | Mississippi | -0.2% |
| 8 | Vermont | 0.2% |
| 9 | New Mexico | 0.4% |
| 10 | Pennsylvania | 0.4% |
| 11 | Michigan | 0.5% |
| 12 | Alaska | 0.5% |
| 13 | Ohio | 0.9% |
| 14 | Oregon | 0.9% |
| 15 | Wisconsin | 1.3% |
| 16 | Kansas | 1.3% |
| 17 | Maryland | 1.4% |
| 18 | Iowa | 1.5% |
| 19 | Rhode Island | 1.6% |
| 20 | Massachusetts | 1.7% |
| 21 | Missouri | 1.9% |
| 22 | Wyoming | 2.1% |
| 23 | Minnesota | 2.2% |
| 24 | Kentucky | 2.2% |
| 25 | Connecticut | 2.2% |
| 26 | North Dakota | 2.6% |
| 27 | New Hampshire | 2.7% |
| 28 | Indiana | 2.8% |
| 29 | New Jersey | 2.8% |
| 30 | Nebraska | 2.9% |
| 31 | Virginia | 2.9% |
| 32 | Alabama | 3.3% |
| 33 | Arkansas | 3.4% |
| 34 | Maine | 3.8% |
| 35 | Washington | 3.8% |
| 36 | Colorado | 4.1% |
| 37 | Oklahoma | 4.1% |
| 38 | South Dakota | 5.5% |
| 39 | Georgia | 5.5% |
| 40 | Montana | 5.6% |
| 41 | Nevada | 5.7% |
| 42 | Tennessee | 5.8% |
| 43 | Arizona | 6.5% |
| 44 | Delaware | 7.1% |
| 45 | North Carolina | 7.2% |
| 46 | Utah | 8.2% |
| 47 | Texas | 8.8% |
| 48 | South Carolina | 8.8% |
| 49 | Florida | 8.9% |
| 50 | Idaho | 10.4% |
Sources and method
How we got this. Population growth comes from tape_readings, which src/tape/population.ts reads from the Census Bureau's Vintage 2024 Population Estimates: the July 2024 estimate against the April 2020 Census base, in percent. Cities and states each rank on their own list, fastest growth first. It refreshes annual.
Rankings by The Honest Local from public data, one page per list, refreshed on each source’s own cycle. Places with no reading are left out rather than estimated. Every value on this page carries its source in the page’s structured data.
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