Last decade they under-estimated our population by 30,000...After the annual (every year this decade) downward revision of previous estimates the state
  2009    2008      2007     2006     2005     2004     2003      2002      2001 2000 Estimates Base Census
1,796,619 1,781,949 1,769,912 1,760,435 1,751,721 1,742,184 1,733,680 1,725,083 1,717,948 1,713,345 1,711,265 1,711,263
My guess is the next 3/4 year should reflect another 9,000 people to 1,805,000 and then tack on a 'minimum' of 20,000 for the usual undercounting and my guess is the state should be at 1,825,000.. Â with a max of 1,840,000.. Â I'm going to go with some-where between 1.825 - 1.832 million for the 2010 census..