WASHINGTON — Arizona has ended Nevada's 19-year reign as the nation's fastest-growing state, fueled by immigrants and Americans moving from other states.
At the other end of the scale, Louisiana lost nearly 220,000 people — more than any other state — in the year following Hurricane Katrina, according to population estimates released Friday by the Census Bureau.
Arizona led the nation with a population growth rate of 3.6 percent in the past year, followed by Nevada, Idaho, Georgia and Texas.
"There are housing developments sprouting everywhere, whether they are on former farmland or in the desert," said Tom Rex, associate director of the Center for Competitiveness and Prosperity Research at Arizona State University.
The pace of development has strained Arizona's resources and preoccupied local officials, Rex said.
Among the findings for 2006: —Texas gained the most people, about 580,000, followed by Florida, California, Georgia and Arizona. —North Carolina broke into the top 10 in total population, nudging New Jersey to 11th. —Four states and the District of Columbia lost population: Louisiana, New York, Rhode Island and Michigan. Many other states lost people who relocated elsewhere in the country, increasing their populations only through births and immigration. The South had a net gain of a half million people relocating there from other parts of the U.S., while the Northeast had a net loss of 375,000 people and the Midwest lost 184,000, according to the census estimates. The West added 53,000 people from other parts of the U.S., even though California lost nearly 300,000 people to other states. Texas passed Florida as the top destination, in part from people fleeing the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina..." Indeed. Compare the above post-Katrina census to last years below, and remember that what the yellowstream media are referring to as "people", in fact means criminals looking to start fresh where the pickings are more bountiful. Idaho and Georgia remain relatively safe with regards to illegal immigrants or displaced crooks overwhelming the area's resources, but our once proud Western states are in deep trouble. The problem with Florida is that affluent senior citizens continue to arrive in droves, and while the health care industry will continue to boom beyond belief, the cost of living is inching ever upwards.
| Population: State by state rankings The U.S Census Bureau's annual ranking. Click on state name for cities in the Best Places to Live database and get more statistics. | |||
| State | Population | Change | % Change |
| Alabama | 4,557,808 | 32,433 | 0.7% |
| Alaska | 663,661 | 5,906 | 0.9% |
| Arizona | 5,939,292 | 199,413 | 3.5% |
| Arkansas | 2,779,154 | 29,154 | 1.1% |
| California | 36,132,147 | 290,109 | 0.8% |
| Colorado | 4,665,177 | 63,356 | 1.4% |
| Connecticut | 3,510,297 | 11,331 | 0.3% |
| Delaware | 843,524 | 13,455 | 1.6% |
| District of Columbia | 550,521 | -3,718 | -0.7% |
| Florida | 17,789,864 | 404,434 | 2.3% |
| Georgia | 9,072,576 | 154,447 | 1.7% |
| Hawaii | 1,275,194 | 13,070 | 1.0% |
| Idaho | 1,429,096 | 33,956 | 2.4% |
| Illinois | 12,763,371 | 51,355 | 0.4% |
| Indiana | 6,271,973 | 45,436 | 0.7% |
| Iowa | 2,966,334 | 13,430 | 0.5% |
| Kansas | 2,744,687 | 10,990 | 0.4% |
| Kentucky | 4,173,405 | 31,570 | 0.8% |
| Louisiana | 4,523,628 | 16,943 | 0.4% |
| Maine | 1,321,505 | 6,520 | 0.5% |
| Maryland | 5,600,388 | 39,056 | 0.7% |
| Massachusetts | 6,398,743 | -8,639 | -0.1% |
| Michigan | 10,120,860 | 16,654 | 0.2% |
| Minnesota | 5,132,799 | 36,253 | 0.7% |
| Mississippi | 2,921,088 | 20,320 | 0.7% |
| Missouri | 5,800,310 | 40,778 | 0.7% |
| Montana | 935,670 | 8,750 | 0.9% |
| Nebraska | 1,758,787 | 11,083 | 0.6% |
| Nevada | 2,414,807 | 81,909 | 3.5% |
| New Hampshire | 1,309,940 | 10,771 | 0.8% |
| New Jersey | 8,717,925 | 32,759 | 0.4% |
| New Mexico | 1,928,384 | 25,378 | 1.3% |
| New York | 19,254,630 | -26,097 | -0.1% |
| North Carolina | 8,683,242 | 142,774 | 1.7% |
| North Dakota | 636,677 | 369 | 0.1% |
| Ohio | 11,464,042 | 13,899 | 0.1% |
| Oklahoma | 3,547,884 | 24,338 | 0.7% |
| Oregon | 3,641,056 | 49,693 | 1.4% |
| Pennsylvania | 12,429,616 | 35,145 | 0.3% |
| Rhode Island | 1,076,189 | -3,727 | -0.3% |
| South Carolina | 4,255,083 | 57,191 | 1.4% |
| South Dakota | 775,933 | 5,312 | 0.7% |
| Tennessee | 5,962,959 | 69,661 | 1.2% |
| Texas | 22,859,968 | 388,419 | 1.7% |
| Utah | 2,469,585 | 48,877 | 2.0% |
| Vermont | 623,050 | 1,817 | 0.3% |
| Virginia | 7,567,465 | 86,133 | 1.2% |
| Washington | 6,287,759 | 80,713 | 1.3% |
| West Virginia | 1,816,856 | 4,308 | 0.2% |
| Wisconsin | 5,536,201 | 32,668 | 0.6% |
| Wyoming | 509,294 | 3,407 | 0.7% |
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