As of 17:53 (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
Oregon 3,825,657 1.23% 6367 0.166% 2 27
West Virginia 1,819,777 0.59% 3018 0.166% 1 37
New Hampshire 1,324,575 0.43% 2185 0.165% 3 40
Washington 6,664,195 2.11% 10052 0.151% 4 13
Vermont 621,760 0.20% 810 0.130% 6 49
Colorado 5,024,748 1.59% 6358 0.127% 5 22
Massachusetts 6,593,587 2.11% 8081 0.123% 9 15
District of Columbia 599,657 0.19% 734 0.122% 7 50
Maine 1,318,301 0.43% 1592 0.121% 8 41
Minnesota 5,266,214 1.70% 5978 0.114% 10 21
North Dakota 646,844 0.21% 677 0.105% 11 48
Connecticut 3,518,288 1.15% 3522 0.100% 12 29
California 36,961,664 11.95% 36168 0.098% 14 1
Hawaii 1,295,178 0.42% 1225 0.095% 13 42
Wisconsin 5,654,774 1.83% 5301 0.094% 16 20
Michigan 9,969,727 3.29% 9155 0.092% 18 8
Alaska 698,473 0.22% 636 0.091% 15 47
North Carolina 9,380,884 3.08% 8376 0.089% 17 10
Ohio 11,542,645 3.75% 10251 0.089% 19 7
Wyoming 544,270 0.17% 481 0.088% 30 51
Idaho 1,545,801 0.49% 1349 0.087% 25 39
Virginia 7,882,590 2.52% 6871 0.087% 21 12
Rhode Island 1,053,209 0.35% 912 0.087% 22 43
TOTAL USA 307,006,550 264901 0.086%
New Mexico 2,009,671 0.64% 1728 0.086% 31 36
Nebraska 1,796,619 0.58% 1544 0.086% 23 38
Montana 974,989 0.31% 831 0.085% 24 44
Iowa 3,007,856 0.98% 2548 0.085% 20 30
Illinois 12,910,409 4.20% 10852 0.084% 26 5
Kansas 2,818,747 0.91% 2352 0.083% 27 33
New York 19,541,453 6.31% 15894 0.081% 32 3
Pennsylvania 12,604,767 4.06% 10252 0.081% 35 6
Missouri 5,987,580 1.92% 4762 0.080% 29 18
Indiana 6,423,113 2.07% 5070 0.079% 34 16
Tennessee 6,296,254 2.01% 4952 0.079% 33 17
Kentucky 4,314,113 1.39% 3382 0.078% 36 26
Delaware 885,122 0.28% 687 0.078% 37 45
New Jersey 8,707,739 2.84% 6713 0.077% 39 11
Nevada 2,643,085 0.84% 2001 0.076% 41 35
Georgia 9,829,211 3.12% 7429 0.076% 42 9
Oklahoma 3,687,050 1.18% 2771 0.075% 38 28
Maryland 5,699,478 1.84% 4281 0.075% 40 19
South Dakota 812,383 0.26% 592 0.073% 45 46
Utah 2,784,572 0.87% 2001 0.072% 28 34
Texas 24,782,302 7.81% 17665 0.071% 43 2
Arizona 6,595,778 2.07% 4511 0.068% 44 14
Florida 18,537,969 5.97% 12661 0.068% 46 4
South Carolina 4,561,242 1.44% 2701 0.059% 47 24
Arkansas 2,889,450 0.93% 1547 0.054% 48 32
Alabama 4,708,708 1.51% 2099 0.045% 49 23
Louisiana 4,492,076 1.40% 1960 0.044% 50 25
Mississippi 2,951,996 0.95% 1016 0.034% 51 31