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Which state has the most people? 👥

1Guess
Which states have the most people? Tap them most-to-least.

Tapping assigns 1→4 in order

I bet… Texas! Everything's bigger there!
2Answer
The real order is…
    California has about 1.26× as many people as #2 Texas!
    📚 Background More than 1 in 9 Americans is a Californian. Texas is #2 and gaining — it added the most people of any state last year. (U.S. Census Bureau, Vintage 2024 estimates)
    🔍 Explore more: 📈『Half a million new Texans: where America is moving』→
    I bet… Texas! Everything's bigger there!
    3Compare
    Population (Census estimates, July 1, 2024)
    🇺🇸 United States (national)340,110,988 people
    California #1 39,431,263 people
    Most: California (39,431,263 people); least shown here: Wyoming (587,618 people).

    Note: measured in people (official Census estimates).

    Geography is destiny!
    4Recap
    🏅 Today's discovery
    🏅 California is the USA's #1!
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    : July 1, 2024 (Census estimates)
    U.S. Census Bureau: Annual Estimates of the Resident Population (NST-EST2024), July 1, 2024 (2026-07-12) — Official published estimates (the committed raw file is the Bureau's NST-EST2024-ALLDATA.csv, unchanged).
    ↳ On census.gov, search “NST-EST2024” and open the state population totals table.