As of 9:00 (EDT) 9 April 2010 %

Population Population
Rank in Rank in
(2009 % of US Petition signing the
Petition Population
State Estimate) Population Signatures petition Penetration Share
West Virginia 1,819,777 0.59% 2470 0.136% 1 37
Oregon 3,825,657 1.23% 5173 0.135% 2 27
New Hampshire 1,324,575 0.43% 1720 0.130% 3 40
Washington 6,664,195 2.11% 8318 0.125% 4 13
Colorado 5,024,748 1.59% 5227 0.104% 5 22
Vermont 621,760 0.20% 637 0.102% 6 49
District of Columbia 599,657 0.19% 603 0.101% 7 50
Maine 1,318,301 0.43% 1323 0.100% 8 41
Massachusetts 6,593,587 2.11% 6569 0.100% 9 15
Minnesota 5,266,214 1.70% 4916 0.093% 10 21
North Dakota 646,844 0.21% 584 0.090% 11 48
Connecticut 3,518,288 1.15% 2891 0.082% 12 29
Hawaii 1,295,178 0.42% 1050 0.081% 13 42
California 36,961,664 11.95% 29665 0.080% 14 1
Alaska 698,473 0.22% 531 0.076% 15 47
Wisconsin 5,654,774 1.83% 4162 0.074% 16 20
North Carolina 9,380,884 3.08% 6816 0.073% 17 10
Michigan 9,969,727 3.29% 7212 0.072% 18 8
Ohio 11,542,645 3.75% 8292 0.072% 19 7
Iowa 3,007,856 0.98% 2107 0.070% 20 30
Virginia 7,882,590 2.52% 5506 0.070% 21 12
Rhode Island 1,053,209 0.35% 735 0.070% 22 43
Nebraska 1,796,619 0.58% 1242 0.069% 23 38
Montana 974,989 0.31% 672 0.069% 24 44
Idaho 1,545,801 0.49% 1060 0.069% 25 39
Illinois 12,910,409 4.20% 8832 0.068% 26 5
Kansas 2,818,747 0.91% 1922 0.068% 27 33
Utah 2,784,572 0.87% 1883 0.068% 28 34
Missouri 5,987,580 1.92% 3996 0.067% 29 18
Wyoming 544,270 0.17% 363 0.067% 30 51
New Mexico 2,009,671 0.64% 1334 0.066% 31 36
New York 19,541,453 6.31% 12906 0.066% 32 3
Tennessee 6,296,254 2.01% 4101 0.065% 33 17
Indiana 6,423,113 2.07% 4130 0.064% 34 16
Pennsylvania 12,604,767 4.06% 8028 0.064% 35 6
Kentucky 4,314,113 1.39% 2728 0.063% 36 26
Delaware 885,122 0.28% 556 0.063% 37 45
Oklahoma 3,687,050 1.18% 2261 0.061% 38 28
New Jersey 8,707,739 2.84% 5332 0.061% 39 11
Maryland 5,699,478 1.84% 3471 0.061% 40 19
Nevada 2,643,085 0.84% 1608 0.061% 41 35
Georgia 9,829,211 3.12% 5938 0.060% 42 9
Texas 24,782,302 7.81% 14178 0.057% 43 2
Arizona 6,595,778 2.07% 3658 0.055% 44 14
South Dakota 812,383 0.26% 449 0.055% 45 46
Florida 18,537,969 5.97% 10094 0.054% 46 4
South Carolina 4,561,242 1.44% 2235 0.049% 47 24
Arkansas 2,889,450 0.93% 1245 0.043% 48 32
Alabama 4,708,708 1.51% 1793 0.038% 49 23
Louisiana 4,492,076 1.40% 1602 0.036% 50 25
Mississippi 2,951,996 0.95% 836 0.028% 51 31
TOTAL USA 307,006,550 214960 0.070%