31.  It has supplanted New York as the second most populous state.

32.  Liberal is a label that seems no more popular in Washington, the second most populous state in the West, than elsewhere in the nation.

33.  Most of the withdrawals from Medicaid care have come in the most populous states with large pockets of urban poverty.

34.  Of the nine most populous states, only Florida does not have a Republican governor.

35.  Of the three more populous states, California and New York appear to be leaning toward Gore, with Texas leaning toward Bush.

36.  Not only is it the most populous state, it has a highly vocal homosexual population and is a gateway to Hawaii.

37.  Other GOP contenders hope to offset poor showings in Georgia with wins in other, less populous states.

38.  Snyder found that the populous states of Texas, California and Ohio suffered the largest number of deaths and injuries among teenagers during school transportation hours.

39.  Some populous states, such as Georgia, responded by joining the Powerball group.

40.  Texas last week officially elbowed past New York to become the second most populous state in the nation.