<prompt> Sort American states by population.  <response>: Here is a list of 50 American states sorted by population size in descending order data from United States Census Bureau, 2020 July estimate:1. California: 39,538,2232. Texas: 29,145,5053. Florida: 21,538,1874. New York: 19,336,7765. Pennsylvania: 12,821,8426. Illinois: 12,812,5087. Ohio: 11,799,4488. Georgia: 10,711,9089. North Carolina: 10,439,38810. Michigan: 9,987,84211. New Jersey: 9,288,99412. Virginia: 8,631,39313. Washington: 7,705,28114. Arizona: 7,151,50215. Massachusetts: 6,893,57416. Tennessee: 6,910,84017. Indiana: 6,785,52818. Missouri: 6,154,91319. Maryland: 6,177,22420. Wisconsin: 5,893,71821. Colorado: 5,773,71422. Minnesota: 5,706,49423. South Carolina: 5,118,42524. Alabama: 5,024,27925. Louisiana: 4,657,75726. Kentucky: 4,505,83627. Oregon: 4,241,50728. Oklahoma: 3,959,35329. Connecticut: 3,605,94430. Utah: 3,271,61631. Iowa: 3,190,36932. Nevada: 3,104,61433. Arkansas: 3,011,52434. Mississippi: 2,961,27935. Kansas: 2,913,80536. New Mexico: 2,117,52237. Nebraska: 1,961,50438. West Virginia: 1,793,71639. Idaho: 1,839,10640. Hawaii: 1,455,27141. New Hampshire: 1,377,52942. Maine: 1,362,35943 