State Government Atlas

State Government Atlas — United States (50 states). Population basis: All 50 states by approximate U.S. Census population rank (verify current estimates)

Easier discovery: use NCSL (legislatures), NGA/Ballotpedia (governors), Secretary of State (election dates), and official legislature sites for live seat counts. See the atlas documentation (also available as README.md).

2026 general election — seats up vs. total (governor + legislature) for all 50 states.

Electoral College — population by state and by congressional district (Census 2020); state electoral votes and district-level EV (ME & NE).

Browse by population

  1. California (CA) — ~39.4M
  2. Texas (TX) — ~31.3M
  3. Florida (FL) — ~23.4M
  4. New York (NY) — ~19.9M
  5. Pennsylvania (PA) — ~13.1M
  6. Illinois (IL) — ~12.7M
  7. Ohio (OH) — ~11.9M
  8. Georgia (GA) — ~11.2M
  9. North Carolina (NC) — ~11.1M
  10. Michigan (MI) — ~10.1M
  1. California (CA) — ~39.4M
  2. Texas (TX) — ~31.3M
  3. Florida (FL) — ~23.4M
  4. New York (NY) — ~19.9M
  5. Pennsylvania (PA) — ~13.1M
  6. Illinois (IL) — ~12.7M
  7. Ohio (OH) — ~11.9M
  8. Georgia (GA) — ~11.2M
  9. North Carolina (NC) — ~11.1M
  10. Michigan (MI) — ~10.1M
  11. New Jersey (NJ) — ~9.5M
  12. Virginia (VA) — ~8.8M
  13. Washington (WA) — ~8.0M
  14. Arizona (AZ) — ~7.5M
  15. Tennessee (TN) — ~7.1M
  16. Indiana (IN) — ~6.9M
  17. Massachusetts (MA) — ~7.0M
  18. Missouri (MO) — ~6.2M
  19. Maryland (MD) — ~6.3M
  20. Wisconsin (WI) — ~5.9M
  21. Colorado (CO) — ~5.9M
  22. Minnesota (MN) — ~5.7M
  23. South Carolina (SC) — ~5.4M
  24. Alabama (AL) — ~5.1M
  25. Louisiana (LA) — ~4.6M
  26. Kentucky (KY) — ~4.5M
  27. Oregon (OR) — ~4.2M
  28. Oklahoma (OK) — ~4.0M
  29. Connecticut (CT) — ~3.6M
  30. Utah (UT) — ~3.4M
  31. Iowa (IA) — ~3.2M
  32. Nevada (NV) — ~3.2M
  33. Arkansas (AR) — ~3.0M
  34. Mississippi (MS) — ~2.9M
  35. Kansas (KS) — ~2.9M
  36. New Mexico (NM) — ~2.1M
  37. Nebraska (NE) — ~2.0M
  38. Idaho (ID) — ~2.0M
  39. West Virginia (WV) — ~1.8M
  40. Hawaii (HI) — ~1.4M
  41. New Hampshire (NH) — ~1.4M
  42. Maine (ME) — ~1.4M
  43. Rhode Island (RI) — ~1.1M
  44. Montana (MT) — ~1.2M
  45. Delaware (DE) — ~1.0M
  46. South Dakota (SD) — ~0.92M
  47. North Dakota (ND) — ~0.78M
  48. Alaska (AK) — ~0.73M
  49. Vermont (VT) — ~0.65M
  50. Wyoming (WY) — ~0.58M

Data notes