Which county has the highest population growth?

Kaufman County, Texas ranks #1 with +44.0% (2025 Census Population Estimates).

What are the top 5 counties by population growth?

Kaufman County, Texas, Jasper County, South Carolina, Long County, Georgia, Liberty County, Texas, Dawson County, Georgia.

How many counties are in this ranking?

3,135 counties qualify after filtering for population minimums and data availability. The ranking covers 2025 Census population estimates.

How is population growth measured?

Percent change in population from the prior decennial census. Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program (2025).

RANKING · 2025 ESTIMATES · 135 SHOWN OF 3,135

Fastest growing, US counties

US counties ranked by population growth from the 2020 census to 2025.

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YEAR2000 2010 2020 2025

RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOPULATION GROWTHVS 2000

3001▼195Osborne County, KSKS3,285-6.1%+2.4 pts

3002▼427Dewey County, OKOK4,207-6.2%+8.4 pts

3003▼507Sheridan County, NENE4,809-6.2%+2.0 pts

3004▼252St. James Parish, LALA18,938-6.2%−7.8 pts

3005▼13Collingsworth County, TXTX2,487-6.2%+4.0 pts

3006▼140Assumption Parish, LALA19,720-6.3%−9.1 pts

3007▼505Brooke County, WVWV21,142-6.3%−0.6 pts

3008▼579Lincoln County, WVWV19,177-6.3%−9.7 pts

3009▼89Dickenson County, VAVA13,236-6.3%+0.7 pts

3010▼28Henderson County, ILIL5,984-6.3%−7.8 pts

3011▼21Jefferson County, ARAR62,987-6.4%−4.9 pts

3012▼649Wells County, NDND3,729-6.4%+6.6 pts

3013▲9Clay County, WVWV7,538-6.4%−9.8 pts

3014▼578Hansford County, TXTX4,944-6.5%+1.7 pts

3015▼39Ashley County, ARAR17,831-6.5%−6.0 pts

3016▼1,612Reagan County, TXTX3,166-6.5%+19.8 pts

3017▲22Harmon County, OKOK2,327-6.5%+7.0 pts

3018▼2,131Scott County, KSKS4,815-6.5%−3.3 pts

3019▼40Knott County, KYKY13,321-6.5%−5.1 pts

3020▼1,693Sedgwick County, COCO2,247-6.5%−8.6 pts

3021▲61Zavala County, TXTX9,037-6.5%−1.9 pts

3022▼1,837McKinley County, NMNM68,119-6.6%−29.8 pts

3023▼538Logan County, NENE669-6.6%+5.3 pts

3024▼301Warren County, MSMS41,759-6.6%−10.3 pts

3025▲61Lee County, ARAR8,029-6.6%−3.0 pts

3026▲59Lafayette County, ARAR5,888-6.7%+4.6 pts

3027▼90Gallatin County, ILIL4,616-6.7%0.0 pts

3028▼1,755Irwin County, GAGA9,020-6.7%−21.5 pts

3029▼193Pike County, KYKY54,721-6.7%−1.4 pts

3030▼100Logan County, WVWV30,375-6.7%+5.6 pts

3031▼1,417Perry County, KYKY26,555-6.7%−3.8 pts

3032▼301Bradley County, ARAR9,828-6.8%−13.6 pts

3033▼629Traverse County, MNMN3,130-6.8%+0.5 pts

3034▼27Dimmit County, TXTX8,024-6.9%−5.1 pts

3035▼407Hinds County, MSMS211,888-7.0%−5.5 pts

3036▼68Mississippi County, ARAR37,828-7.0%+2.6 pts

3037▼1,188Brooks County, TXTX6,579-7.0%−4.2 pts

3038▼104Boone County, WVWV20,251-7.1%−5.8 pts

3039▼265Macon County, ALAL18,132-7.2%−3.9 pts

3040▲9Pulaski County, ILIL4,820-7.2%−4.9 pts

3041▲54Coahoma County, MSMS19,849-7.2%−3.9 pts

3042▼18Hardeman County, TXTX3,292-7.2%+3.3 pts

3043▲65Dallas County, ARAR6,011-7.3%−3.1 pts

3044▼1,196Ochiltree County, TXTX9,284-7.3%−6.0 pts

3045▼306Webster County, WVWV7,760-7.4%+2.0 pts

3046▼154Cameron County, PAPA4,211-7.4%−8.4 pts

3047▼182Wyoming County, WVWV19,801-7.4%+3.9 pts

3048▼96Letcher County, KYKY19,952-7.4%−1.0 pts

3049▼1,848Buffalo County, SDSD1,802-7.5%−23.0 pts

3050▼467Vernon Parish, LALA45,091-7.5%+7.7 pts

3051▼317Morehouse Parish, LALA23,705-7.5%−4.6 pts

3052▼47Boyd County, NENE1,674-7.5%+6.5 pts

3053▲72McPherson County, NENE369-7.5%−5.1 pts

3054▲63Terrell County, TXTX702-7.6%+15.7 pts

3055▼26Pemiscot County, MOMO14,465-7.6%+0.9 pts

3056▼218Arkansas County, ARAR15,836-7.7%−3.5 pts

3057▼27Catahoula Parish, LALA8,223-7.7%−6.4 pts

3058▼1,606Dillingham Census Area, AKAK4,483-7.7%−30.4 pts

3059▼736Bowman County, NDND2,762-7.7%+2.1 pts

3060▼646Carroll County, MSMS9,226-7.7%−24.3 pts

3061Chugach Census Area, AKAK6,553-7.7%–

3062▼660St. Louis, MOMO278,144-7.8%+4.5 pts

3063▼333Harlan County, KYKY24,725-7.8%+1.4 pts

3064▼2,008Greeley County, KSKS1,182-7.9%+5.6 pts

3065▼248Lake and Peninsula, AKAK1,357-8.1%−17.4 pts

3066▲2Monroe County, ARAR6,244-8.2%+1.4 pts

3067▼1,503Grant County, NENE561-8.2%−5.3 pts

3068▼73New Madrid County, MOMO15,086-8.2%−2.6 pts

3069▲61Schleicher County, TXTX2,245-8.4%−6.6 pts

3070▼458Leslie County, KYKY9,627-8.4%+0.7 pts

3071▼1,396Breathitt County, KYKY12,558-8.5%−11.0 pts

3072▲46Allendale County, SCSC7,355-8.5%−4.1 pts

3073▼9Morton County, KSKS2,470-8.6%−9.0 pts

3074▼41Greene County, ALAL7,067-8.6%−6.8 pts

3075▼119Dallas County, ALAL35,140-8.6%−5.0 pts

3076▼663Arthur County, NENE396-8.8%−4.9 pts

3077▼274Bolivar County, MSMS28,262-8.8%−5.8 pts

3078▼281Wilcox County, ALAL9,666-8.8%−6.0 pts

3079▼161Hemphill County, TXTX3,083-8.8%+1.1 pts

3080▼26Kenedy County, TXTX319-8.9%+1.1 pts

3081▼159Hartley County, TXTX4,904-8.9%−61.2 pts

3082▼79Woodruff County, ARAR5,710-8.9%−0.7 pts

3083▼2,111Northwest Arctic, AKAK7,095-9.0%−26.9 pts

3084▼129Mingo County, WVWV21,455-9.0%+7.3 pts

3085▼152Holmes County, MSMS15,465-9.0%−9.1 pts

3086▼38Buchanan County, VAVA18,492-9.2%+4.7 pts

3087▼890Edwards County, KSKS2,640-9.2%−0.3 pts

3088▼326Lowndes County, ALAL9,359-9.2%−15.7 pts

3089▼48McMullen County, TXTX544-9.3%−13.5 pts

3090▼130Leflore County, MSMS25,686-9.4%−11.0 pts

3091▼957East Carroll Parish, LALA6,760-9.4%−6.4 pts

3092▼31Floyd County, TXTX4,881-9.6%−1.1 pts

3093▼293Lawrence County, ILIL13,790-9.8%−6.5 pts

3094▼293Tunica County, MSMS8,819-9.8%−22.9 pts

3095▼141Washington County, MSMS40,446-10.0%−2.7 pts

3096▼18Humphreys County, MSMS7,001-10.1%−2.4 pts

3097▼1,346Borden County, TXTX567-10.1%−1.4 pts

3098▲24Telfair County, GAGA11,195-10.3%−17.5 pts

3099▼466Cimarron County, OKOK2,059-10.3%−5.7 pts

3100▼522Kent County, TXTX674-10.5%+4.5 pts

3101▼30Crockett County, TXTX2,769-10.6%−11.1 pts

3102▲11Tensas Parish, LALA3,700-10.8%−4.0 pts

3103▼105Chicot County, ARAR9,107-10.8%−0.6 pts

3104▼214Lake County, TNTN6,249-10.8%−22.4 pts

3105▼3,060Skagway, AKAK1,104-11.0%–

3106▼1,133Slope County, NDND628-11.0%+4.4 pts

3107▼76DeKalb County, MOMO9,795-11.2%−27.5 pts

3108▼386Cottle County, TXTX1,224-11.3%+4.0 pts

3109▲5Presidio County, TXTX5,433-11.4%−21.4 pts

3110▼70Chattahoochee County, GAGA8,465-11.5%+0.6 pts

3111▼110McDowell County, WVWV16,878-11.7%+10.7 pts

3112▼124Wilkinson County, MSMS7,582-11.7%−18.3 pts

3113▼32Madison Parish, LALA8,844-11.7%−21.9 pts

3114▼141Hertford County, NCNC19,015-11.8%−12.1 pts

3115▼817Claiborne County, MSMS8,058-11.8%−15.8 pts

3116▼170Sunflower County, MSMS22,893-11.9%−16.4 pts

3117▼1,460Jackson County, COCO1,211-12.2%−10.4 pts

3118▼155Desha County, ARAR9,984-12.4%−3.7 pts

3119▼1,563Howard County, TXTX30,504-12.5%−16.5 pts

3120▼14Perry County, ALAL7,425-12.8%−5.7 pts

3121▲10Alexander County, ILIL4,570-12.8%−3.0 pts

3122▼163Stewart County, GAGA4,631-12.9%−5.7 pts

3123▲1Quitman County, MSMS5,364-13.1%−9.6 pts

3124▼2,004Alpine County, CACA1,043-13.4%−21.9 pts

3125▼5Phillips County, ARAR14,255-14.0%−5.7 pts

3126▼636Lassen County, CACA28,117-14.1%−36.7 pts

3127▼860Yazoo County, MSMS22,947-14.2%−24.6 pts

3128▼93Jeff Davis County, TXTX1,711-14.3%−27.7 pts

3129▼45Tallahatchie County, MSMS10,877-14.5%−12.4 pts

3130▼40Cameron Parish, LALA4,718-16.0%−23.9 pts

3131▼2,498Reeves County, TXTX12,138-17.7%−0.6 pts

3132▼16Sharkey County, MSMS3,097-18.5%−11.6 pts

3133▼18Loving County, TXTX52-18.8%+18.6 pts

3134▼282Garza County, TXTX4,510-22.5%−17.2 pts

3135▼493King County, TXTX192-27.5%−28.1 pts

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU POPULATION ESTIMATES