Territories of the US, sized by population

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144 largest U.S. counties have population: 159,524,138 (50.03% of total population).
2,998 smallest U.S. counteis have same population – 159,332,918 (49,97%)

U.S. states sized by population

Rank	State	Population	Capital	Largest City
1	California	39,145,000	Sacramento	Los Angeles
2	Texas	27,469,000	Austin	Houston
3	Florida	20,271,000	Tallahassee	Jacksonville
4	New York	19,796,000	Albany	New York City
5	Illinois	12,860,000	Springfield	Chicago
6	Pennsylvania	12,802,000	Harrisburg	Philadelphia
7	Ohio	11,613,000	Columbus	Columbus
8	Georgia	10,215,000	Atlanta	Atlanta
9	North Carolina	10,043,000	Raleigh	Charlotte
10	Michigan	9,922,000	Lansing	Detroit
11	New Jersey	8,958,000	Trenton	Newark
12	Virginia	8,383,000	Richmond	Virginia Beach
13	Washington	7,170,000	Olympia	Seattle
14	Arizona	6,828,000	Phoenix	Phoenix
15	Massachusetts	6,794,000	Boston	Boston
16	Indiana	6,619,000	Indianapolis	Indianapolis
17	Tennessee	6,600,000	Nashville	Memphis
18	Missouri	6,084,000	Jefferson City	Kansas City
19	Maryland	6,006,000	Annapolis	Baltimore
20	Wisconsin	5,771,000	Madison	Milwaukee
21	Minnesota	5,489,000	St. Paul	Minneapolis
22	Colorado	5,456,500	Denver	Denver
23	South Carolina	4,896,000	Columbia	Columbia
24	Alabama	4,859,000	Montgomery	Birmingham
25	Louisiana	4,671,000	Baton Rouge	New Orleans
26	Kentucky	4,425,000	Frankfort	Louisville
27	Oregon	4,029,000	Salem	Portland
28	Oklahoma	3,911,000	Oklahoma City	Oklahoma City
29	Connecticut	3,590,000	Hartford	Bridgeport
30	Iowa	3,124,000	Des Moines	Des Moines
31	Utah	2,996,000	Salt Lake City	Salt Lake City
32	Mississippi	2,992,000	Jackson	Jackson
33	Arkansas	2,978,000	Little Rock	Little Rock
34	Kansas	2,911,000	Topeka	Wichita
35	Nevada	2,891,000	Carson City	Las Vegas
36	New Mexico	2,085,000	Santa Fe	Albuquerque
37	Nebraska	1,896,000	Lincoln	Omaha
38	West Virginia	1,844,000	Charleston	Charleston
39	Idaho	1,655,000	Boise City	Boise City
40	Hawaii	1,431,000	Honolulu	Honolulu
41	New Hampshire	1,330,000	Concord	Manchester
42	Maine	1,329,000	Augusta	Portland
43	Rhode Island	1,056,000	Providence	Providence
44	Montana	1,031,000	Helena	Billings
45	Delaware	946,000	Dover	Wilmington
46	South Dakota	858,500	Pierre	Sioux Falls
47	North Dakota	757,000	Bismarck	Fargo
48	Alaska	738,400	Juneau	Anchorage
49	Vermont	624,600	Montpelier	Burlington
50	Wyoming	585,500	Cheyenne	Cheyenne