I took the 2020 Census population figures from:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_territ...
...and came up with the 38 smallest states (75% of 50) had a total population of 134 million or 40.5% of the U.S. population; the largest 12 states had a combined population of 197 million (59.5% of the U.S. population).