What is the alphabetical order of the 50 state names?

In a list of the 50 US states arranged in alphabetical order, Alabama comes first and Wyoming comes last. The letters M and N are the most popular first letters in state names. Each has eight states starting with the respective letter.

Here is the list of the 50 states in alphabetical order with population data from 2012.

• Alabama: 4.82 million
• Alaska: 0.73 million
• Arizona: 6.55 million
• Arkansas: 2.95 million
• California: 38.04 million
• Colorado: 5.19 million
• Connecticut: 3.59 million
• Delaware: 0.92 million
• Florida: 19.32 million
• Georgia: 9.92 million
• Hawaii: 1.39 million
• Idaho: 1.6 million
• Illinois: 12.88 million
• Indiana: 6.58 million
• Iowa: 3.07 million
• Kansas: 2.89 million
• Kentucky: 4.38 million
• Louisiana: 4.6 million
• Maine: 1.33 million
• Maryland: 5.88 million
• Massachusetts: 6.65 million
• Michigan: 9.88 million
• Minnesota: 5.38 million
• Mississippi: 2.98 million
• Missouri: 6.02 million
• Montana: 1 million
• Nebraska: 1.86 million
• Nevada: 2.76 million
• New Hampshire: 1.32 million
• New Jersey: 8.86 million
• New Mexico: 2.09 million
• New York: 19.57 million
• North Carolina: 9.75 million
• North Dakota: 0.7 million
• Ohio: 11.54 million
• Oklahoma: 3.81 million
• Oregon: 3.9 million
• Pennsylvania: 12.76 million
• Rhode Island: 1.05 million
• South Carolina: 4.72 million
• South Dakota: 0.83 million
• Tennessee: 6.46 million
• Texas: 26.06 million
• Utah: 2.86 million
• Vermont: 0.63 million
• Virginia: 8.19 million
• Washington: 6.9 million
• West Virginia: 1.86 million
• Wisconsin: 5.73 million
• Wyoming: 0.58 million