New York's still #3
New York is still the country's third most populous state, according to new estimates out from the Census Bureau (it's the last estimate before next year's census).
The Empire State was estimated to have 19,541,453 people in July 2009. That's .4 percent more than July 2008.
The bureau reports that population growth in many Sun Belt states slowed considerably during the past year (a demographer says the recession probably played role in the slowdown). That helped keep Florida behind New York at #4. The top two continued to be California and Texas.
The breakdown on New York's population growth last year (births, deaths, migration) is after the jump.
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