According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the population of Pennsylvania as of July 1, 2022, was 12,972,008. This is a slight decrease from the population estimate of 13,011,844 reported by the 2020 U.S. census. However, the population of Pennsylvania has been growing over the past decade, with a 0.0262% increase reported between 2019 and 2020. The state is the fifth-most populous in the United States, after California, Texas, Florida, and New York.