Mid-Atlantic States Show Average Population Growth in 2013

According to the 2013 state population estimates released on Monday by the U.S. Census Bureau, the states of the Mid-Atlantic Region and Washington D.C. individually showed growth rates ranging from strong to weak, with the region's overall growth rate being decidedly below average. The estimates were taken on July 1, 2013. Here are some quick observations:

- All five Mid-Atlantic state with the exception of Delaware were in the top 20 most populous states, including New York and Pennsylvania, which were in the top 10

- The District of Columbia had a far higher growth rate than any of the states in the region, which is not surprising since urban areas have recently started to outpace many suburbs and rural areas in terms of growth.

- Pennsylvania easily had the most disappointing growth in the region and was the third slowest growing state in the entire nation between 2012 and 2013 (after Maine and West Virginia which both saw population declines)

- Florida, which added ~270,000 residents as the 8th fastest growing state in the nation is only ~100,000 residents away from displacing New York as the 3rd most populous state, which will likely happen some point next year

- Delaware was the fastest growing state in the region in 2013, ranking 16th with a nearly .1% rate of growth

- After Delaware, Maryland was the next fastest growing state in the region, ranking 23rd with a relatively average .7% growth rate

- New York and New Jersey both had below average growth, ranking 31st and 32nd respectively in terms of growth

National Rank	State	2013 Population	Growth Rate ('12-'13)	Growth Rate Rank
	United States	316,128,839	0.72%
	Mid-Atlantic	48,825,279	0.37%
3.	New York	19,651,127	0.38%	31.
6.	Pennsylvania	12,773,801	0.07%	48.
11.	New Jersey	8,899,339	0.36%	32.
24.	Maryland	5,928,814	0.75%	23.
45.	Delaware	925,749	0.95%	16.
	District of Columbia*	646,449	2.06%

*If Washington D.C. were classified as a state it would rank as the 48th most populous and the 2nd fastest growing.