The following table is factual; the author intends no comment. The numbers presented are as follows:
Column 1: State name (includes D.C.)
Column 2: estimated 2016 population by state, from Census.gov
Column 3: number of Electoral College votes the state controls
Column 4: column 2 divided by column 3, rounded to the nearest whole number
The table is sorted by Column 4, in descending order of "population per Electoral College vote"
|
State
|
Population
|
Electoral College Votes
|
Pop. / Electoral College Vote
|
|
Texas
|
27,469,114
|
38
|
722,871
|
|
California
|
39,144,818
|
55
|
711,724
|
|
Florida
|
20,271,272
|
29
|
699,009
|
|
New York
|
19,795,791
|
29
|
682,613
|
|
North Carolina
|
10,042,802
|
15
|
669,520
|
|
Ohio
|
11,613,423
|
18
|
645,190
|
|
Virginia
|
8,382,993
|
13
|
644,846
|
|
Illinois
|
12,859,995
|
20
|
643,000
|
|
Pennsylvania
|
12,802,503
|
20
|
640,125
|
|
New Jersey
|
8,958,013
|
14
|
639,858
|
|
Georgia
|
10,214,860
|
16
|
638,429
|
|
Arizona
|
6,828,065
|
11
|
620,733
|
|
Michigan
|
9,922,576
|
16
|
620,161
|
|
Massachusetts
|
6,794,422
|
11
|
617,675
|
|
Missouri
|
6,083,672
|
10
|
608,367
|
|
Colorado
|
5,456,574
|
9
|
606,286
|
|
Indiana
|
6,619,680
|
11
|
601,789
|
|
Maryland
|
6,006,401
|
10
|
600,640
|
|
Tennessee
|
6,600,299
|
11
|
600,027
|
|
Washington
|
7,170,351
|
12
|
597,529
|
|
Louisiana
|
4,670,724
|
8
|
583,841
|
|
Wisconsin
|
5,771,337
|
10
|
577,134
|
|
Oregon
|
4,028,977
|
7
|
575,568
|
|
Oklahoma
|
3,911,338
|
7
|
558,763
|
|
Kentucky
|
4,425,092
|
8
|
553,137
|
|
Minnesota
|
5,489,594
|
10
|
548,959
|
|
South Carolina
|
4,896,146
|
9
|
544,016
|
|
Alabama
|
4,858,979
|
9
|
539,887
|
|
Iowa
|
3,123,899
|
6
|
520,650
|
|
Connecticut
|
3,590,886
|
7
|
512,984
|
|
Utah
|
2,995,919
|
6
|
499,320
|
|
Mississippi
|
2,992,333
|
6
|
498,722
|
|
Arkansas
|
2,978,204
|
6
|
496,367
|
|
Kansas
|
2,911,641
|
6
|
485,274
|
|
Nevada
|
2,890,845
|
6
|
481,808
|
|
New Mexico
|
2,085,109
|
5
|
417,022
|
|
Idaho
|
1,654,930
|
4
|
413,733
|
|
Nebraska
|
1,896,190
|
5
|
379,238
|
|
West Virginia
|
1,844,128
|
5
|
368,826
|
|
Hawaii
|
1,431,603
|
4
|
357,901
|
|
Montana
|
1,032,949
|
3
|
344,316
|
|
New Hampshire
|
1,330,608
|
4
|
332,652
|
|
Maine
|
1,329,328
|
4
|
332,332
|
|
Delaware
|
945,934
|
3
|
315,311
|
|
South Dakota
|
858,469
|
3
|
286,156
|
|
Rhode Island
|
1,056,298
|
4
|
264,075
|
|
North Dakota
|
756,927
|
3
|
252,309
|
|
Alaska
|
738,432
|
3
|
246,144
|
|
DC
|
672,228
|
3
|
224,076
|
|
Vermont
|
626,042
|
3
|
208,681
|
|
Wyoming
|
586,107
|
3
|
195,369
|
|
|
Nationwide
|
321,418,820
|
538
|
597,433
|
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