State Populations and Electoral Votes as of 2003

Populations from the USA Census as of 1 July 2003; Electoral Votes from the Federal Elections Commission.

State Populations vs. Electoral Votes

A state's number of electoral votes is its number of senators (which always is 2) plus its number of congressmen. For example, a state with 7 EVs has 5 congressmen.
STATE

POPULATION

ELECTORAL VOTES

Alabama 4,500,752 9
Alaska       648,818 3
Arizona      5,580,811 10
Arkansas       2,725,714 6
California       35,484,453 55
Colorado      4,550,688 9
Connecticut       3,483,372 7
Delaware      817,491 3
District of Columbia    563,384 3
Florida       17,019,068 27
Georgia      8,684,715 15
Hawaii      1,257,608 4
Idaho       1,366,332 4
Illinois      12,653,544 21
Indiana       6,195,643 11
Iowa    2,944,062 7
Kansas      2,723,507 6
Kentucky       4,117,827 8
Louisiana   4,496,334 9
Maine       1,305,728 4
Maryland      5,508,909 10
Massachusetts      6,433,422 12
Michigan        10,079,985 17
Minnesota     5,059,375 10
Mississippi       2,881,281 6
Missouri       5,704,484 11
Montana     917,621 3
Nebraska       1,739,291 5
Nevada     2,241,154 5
New Hampshire      1,287,687 4
New Jersey     8,638,396 15
New Mexico       1,874,614 5
New York      19,190,115 31
North Carolina      8,407,248 15
North Dakota       633,837 3
Ohio      11,435,798 20
Oklahoma     3,511,532 7
Oregon      3,559,596 7
Pennsylvania      12,365,455 21
Rhode Island     1,076,164 4
South Carolina     4,147,152 8
South Dakota      764,309 3
Tennessee        5,841,748 11
Texas       22,118,509 34
Utah       2,351,467 5
Vermont       619,107 3
Virginia      7,386,330 13
Washington       6,131,445 11
West Virginia       1,810,354 5
Wisconsin     5,472,299 10
Wyoming      501,242 3

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