Population
|
|
State
|
39,029,342
|
C
|
California
|
30,029,572
|
T
|
Texas
|
22,244,823
|
F
|
Florida
|
19,677,151
|
N
|
New York
|
12,972,008
|
P
|
Pennsylvania
|
12,582,032
|
I
|
Illinois
|
11,756,058
|
O
|
Ohio
|
10,912,876
|
G
|
Georgia
|
10,698,973
|
N
|
North Carolina
|
10,034,113
|
M
|
Michigan
|
9,261,699
|
N
|
New Jersey
|
8,683,619
|
V
|
Virginia
|
7,785,786
|
W
|
Washington
|
7,359,197
|
A
|
Arizona
|
7,051,339
|
T
|
Tennessee
|
6,981,974
|
M
|
Massachusetts
|
6,833,037
|
I
|
Indiana
|
|
Population
|
|
State
|
6,177,957
|
M
|
Missouri
|
6,164,660
|
M
|
Maryland
|
5,892,539
|
W
|
Wisconsin
|
5,839,926
|
C
|
Colorado
|
5,717,184
|
M
|
Minnesota
|
5,282,634
|
S
|
South Carolina
|
5,074,296
|
A
|
Alabama
|
4,590,241
|
L
|
Louisiana
|
4,512,310
|
K
|
Kentucky
|
4,240,137
|
O
|
Oregon
|
4,019,800
|
O
|
Oklahoma
|
3,626,205
|
C
|
Connecticut
|
3,380,800
|
U
|
Utah
|
3,200,517
|
I
|
Iowa
|
3,177,772
|
N
|
Nevada
|
3,045,637
|
A
|
Arkansas
|
2,940,057
|
M
|
Mississippi
|
|
Population
|
|
State
|
2,937,150
|
K
|
Kansas
|
2,113,344
|
N
|
New Mexico
|
1,967,923
|
N
|
Nebraska
|
1,939,033
|
I
|
Idaho
|
1,775,156
|
W
|
West Virginia
|
1,440,196
|
H
|
Hawaii
|
1,395,231
|
N
|
New Hampshire
|
1,385,340
|
M
|
Maine
|
1,122,867
|
M
|
Montana
|
1,093,734
|
R
|
Rhode Island
|
1,018,396
|
D
|
Delaware
|
909,824
|
S
|
South Dakota
|
779,261
|
N
|
North Dakota
|
733,583
|
A
|
Alaska
|
647,064
|
V
|
Vermont
|
581,381
|
W
|
Wyoming
|
|
2. When Illinois' financial situation and tax laws got so burdensome that people fled to Indiana or even Wisconsin
This.....but in the Future!
I got a lot from the most populous 1/3, then went down to the least populous 1/3, then failed miserably with the M's and N's in the middle :S