The fastest growing U.S. state populations in 2025

Slideshow October 21, 2025 at 09:31 AM
Share & Print

The population of the 50 states increased by an average of 1.55% over one year, SmartAsset reports, citing newly released Census data. Some states’ number of residents boomed, while others had only small increases or, in the case of West Virginia, had a net loss of population.