States Where the Population Has Grown the Most Since 1880

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35. Rhode Island
> Population growth, 1880 to 2020: 820,848 (+4.0 fold increase)
> Total population,1880: 276,531 — 18th smallest
> Total population, 2020: 1,097,379 — 8th smallest

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34. New Hampshire
> Population growth, 1880 to 2020: 1.0 million (+4.0 fold increase)
> Total population,1880: 346,991 — 20th smallest
> Total population, 2020: 1,377,529 — 10th smallest

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33. New York
> Population growth, 1880 to 2020: 15.1 million (+4.0 fold increase)
> Total population,1880: 5,082,871 — the largest
> Total population, 2020: 20,201,249 — 4th largest

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32. Alabama
> Population growth, 1880 to 2020: 3.8 million (+4.0 fold increase)
> Total population,1880: 1,262,505 — 17th largest
> Total population, 2020: 5,024,279 — 24th largest

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31. Illinois
> Population growth, 1880 to 2020: 9.7 million (+4.2 fold increase)
> Total population,1880: 3,077,871 — 4th largest
> Total population, 2020: 12,812,508 — 6th largest