( ranked by increase in 2000)

State

1999

2000

+ / - In year 2000

1

New Hampshire

1,354

2,148

58.6%

2

Hawaii

4,660

6,114

31.2%

3

Connecticut

11,297

13,099

16.0%

4

Colorado

14,663

16,961

15.7%

5

Rhode Island

4,032

4,665

15.7%

6

Arizona

38,247

43,204

13.0%

7

Maryland

25,447

28,573

12.3%

8

Idaho

1,898

2,086

9.9%

9

Tennessee

25,255

27,530

9.0%

10

California

168,480

182,035

8.0%

11

Missouri

22,984

24,695

7.4%

12

Kansas

6,048

6,496

7.4%

13

Wisconsin

13,819

14,636

5.9%

14

South Carolina

14,445

15,207

5.3%

15

Iowa

5,135

5,374

4.7%

16

Kentucky

8,869

9,274

4.6%

17

Montana

1,874

1,956

4.4%

18

Arkansas

6,664

6,932

4.0%

19

Indiana

20,290

21,090

3.9%

20

Washington

33,807

35,018

3.6%

21

Delaware

3,043

3,151

3.5%

22

Oregon

13,633

13,932

2.2%

23

Oklahoma

12,132

12,348

1.8%

24

Texas

92,037

93,161

1.2%

25

Minnesota

13,275

13,432

1.2%

26

Massachusetts

25,628

25,876

1.0%

27

Nevada

13,094

13,172

0.6%

28

Ohio

39,192

39,026

-0.4%

29

Virginia

17,953

17,813

-0.8%

30

Dist. of Columbia

6,652

6,600

-0.8%

31

Illinois

56,668

56,143

-0.9%

32

North Carolina

25,577

25,266

-1.2%

33

Michigan

56,800

55,724

-1.9%

34

Louisiana

21,695

21,270

-2.0%

35

Alabama

13,134

12,809

-2.5%

36

New Jersey

35,357

34,151

-3.4%

37

Georgia

40,120

38,702

-3.5%

38

Nebraska

5,440

5,230

-3.9%

39

Wyoming

596

573

-3.9%

40

Florida

93,191

89,181

-4.3%

41

North Dakota

1,036

986

-4.8%

42

New York

58,261

54,231

-6.9%

43

South Dakota

861

798

-7.3%

44

Pennsylvania

39,234

36,325

-7.4%

45

New Mexico

8,126

7,341

-9.7%

46

Vermont

912

809

-11.3%

47

Alaska

2,658

2,350

-11.6%

48

West Virginia

3,762

3,315

-11.9%

49

Utah

7,382

6,461

-12.5%

50

Maine

1,694

1,322

-22.0%

51

Mississippi

13,532

6,968

-48.5%

USA total

1,152,075

1,165,559

1.2%