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by Beverly Cleary


Your Project for California is to use the table below to answer questions about California and the rest of the states. Answer each question using a complete sentence and hand in the paper to your teacher when you are done. You may not use a calculator to determine the answers but you can use a calculator to check your work. Show all work!

Rank by
Population
State
 1999 Population   Rank by Size State Size-Sq. Miles of
Land
1
California
 31,145,121   1 Alaska 570,374
2
Texas
 20,044,141   2 Texas 261,914
3
New York
 18,196,601   3 California 155,973
4
Florida
 15,111,244   4 Montana 145,556
5
Illinois
 12,128,370   5 New Mexico 121,365
6
Pennsylvania
 11,994,016   6 Arizona 113,642
7
Ohio
 11,256,654   7 Nevada 109,806
8
Michigan
 9,863,775   8 Colorado 103,729
9
New Jersey
 8,143,412   9 Wyoming 97,105
10
Georgia
 7,788,240   10 Oregon 96,003
11
North Carolina
 7,650,789   11 Idaho 82,751
12
Virginia
 6,872,912   12 Utah 82,168
13
Massachusetts
 6,175,169   13 Kansas 81,823
14
Indiana
 5,942,901   14 Minnesota 79,617
15
Washington
 5,756,361   15 Nebraska 78,898
16
Tennessee
 5,483,535   16 South Dakota 77,122
17
Missouri
 5,468,338   17 North Dakota 68,994
18
Wisconsin
 5,250,446   18 Missouri 68,898
19
Maryland
 5,171,634   19 Oklahoma 68,679
20
Arizona
 4,778,332   20 Washington 66,582
21
Minnesota
 4,775,508   21 Georgia 57,918
22
Louisiana
 4,372,035   22 Michigan 56,809
23
Alabama
 4,369,862   23 Iowa 55,875
24
Colorado
 4,056,133   24 Illinois 55,593
25
Kentucky
 3,960,825   25 Wisconsin 54,314
26
South Carolina
 3,885,736   26 Florida 53,997
27
Oklahoma
 3,358,044   27 Arkansas 52,075
28
Oregon
 3,316,154   28 Alabama 50,750
29
Connecticut
 3,282,031   29 North Carolina 48,718
30
Iowa
 2,869,413   30 New York 47,223
31
Mississippi
 2,768,619   31 Mississippi 46,914
32
Kansas
 2,654,052   32 Pennsylvania 44,820
33
Arkansas
 2,551,373   33 Louisiana 43,566
34
Utah
 2,129,836   34 Tennessee 41,220
35
Nevada
 1,809,253   35 Ohio 40,953
36
West Virginia
 1,806,928   36 Kentucky 39,732
37
New Mexico
 1,739,844   37 Virginia 39,598
38
Nebraska
 1,666,028   38 Indiana 35,870
39
Maine
 1,253,040   39 Maine 30,865
40
Idaho
 1,251,700   40 South Carolina 30,111
41
New Hampshire
 1,201,134   41 West Virginia 24,087
42
Hawaii
 1,185,497   42 Maryland 9,775
43
Rhode Island
 990,819   43 Vermont 9,249
44
Montana
 882,779   44 New Hampshire 8,969
45
Delaware
 753,538   45 Massachusetts 7,838
46
South Dakota
 753,538   46 New Jersey 7,418
47
North Dakota
 633,665   47 Hawaii 6,423
48
Alaska
 619,500   48 Connecticut 4,845
49
Vermont
 593,740   49 Delaware 1,955
50
Wyoming
 479,602   50 Rhode Island 1,045

Information found at Stately Knowledge


1) What is the difference between the largest state and the smallest state in population and size?
2) What two states rank the same in size as they do in population?
3) What is the combined area of the states of New England?
4) How much larger is Mississippi's population than Montana's?
5) Massachusetts and Maine were once part of the same colony. What was the size of the colony? What would the population be today if they were still together?
6) What is the combined population of all of the states that touch the Pacific Ocean?
7) What is the total population of the 5 biggest states?
8) Not to be left out, Washington, D.C. has a population of 519,000 people and it is 61.4 square miles in area. Where would these numbers fit into the tables?
9)  Find the current population of five states of your choice. 

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Last Updated 7/07