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

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

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SAME RANKING BYCities States Metros

YEAR2000 2010 2020 2025

RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOPULATION GROWTHVS 2000

3001Osborne County, KSKS3,285-6.1%−28%

3002Dewey County, OKOK4,207-6.2%−58%

3003Sheridan County, NENE4,809-6.2%−24%

3004St. James Parish, LALA18,938-6.2%−485%

3005Collingsworth County, TXTX2,487-6.2%−39%

3006Assumption Parish, LALA19,720-6.3%−325%

3007Brooke County, WVWV21,142-6.3%+10%

3008Lincoln County, WVWV19,177-6.3%−285%

3009Dickenson County, VAVA13,236-6.3%−10%

3010Henderson County, ILIL5,984-6.3%−537%

3011Jefferson County, ARAR62,987-6.4%+349%

3012Wells County, NDND3,729-6.4%−51%

3013Clay County, WVWV7,538-6.4%−283%

3014Hansford County, TXTX4,944-6.5%−21%

3015Ashley County, ARAR17,831-6.5%+1328%

3016Reagan County, TXTX3,166-6.5%−75%

3017Harmon County, OKOK2,327-6.5%−52%

3018Scott County, KSKS4,815-6.5%+104%

3019Knott County, KYKY13,321-6.5%+355%

3020Sedgwick County, COCO2,247-6.5%−408%

3021Zavala County, TXTX9,037-6.5%+42%

3022McKinley County, NMNM68,119-6.6%−128%

3023Logan County, NENE669-6.6%−45%

3024Warren County, MSMS41,759-6.6%−280%

3025Lee County, ARAR8,029-6.6%+83%

3026Lafayette County, ARAR5,888-6.7%−41%

3027Gallatin County, ILIL4,616-6.7%−1%

3028Irwin County, GAGA9,020-6.7%−145%

3029Pike County, KYKY54,721-6.7%+27%

3030Logan County, WVWV30,375-6.7%−46%

3031Perry County, KYKY26,555-6.7%+128%

3032Bradley County, ARAR9,828-6.8%−199%

3033Traverse County, MNMN3,130-6.8%−7%

3034Dimmit County, TXTX8,024-6.9%+287%

3035Hinds County, MSMS211,888-7.0%+386%

3036Mississippi County, ARAR37,828-7.0%−27%

3037Brooks County, TXTX6,579-7.0%+153%

3038Boone County, WVWV20,251-7.1%+452%

3039Macon County, ALAL18,132-7.2%+117%

3040Pulaski County, ILIL4,820-7.2%+209%

3041Coahoma County, MSMS19,849-7.2%+119%

3042Hardeman County, TXTX3,292-7.2%−32%

3043Dallas County, ARAR6,011-7.3%+73%

3044Ochiltree County, TXTX9,284-7.3%+446%

3045Webster County, WVWV7,760-7.4%−22%

3046Cameron County, PAPA4,211-7.4%−816%

3047Wyoming County, WVWV19,801-7.4%−35%

3048Letcher County, KYKY19,952-7.4%+16%

3049Buffalo County, SDSD1,802-7.5%−148%

3050Vernon Parish, LALA45,091-7.5%−51%

3051Morehouse Parish, LALA23,705-7.5%+161%

3052Boyd County, NENE1,674-7.5%−46%

3053McPherson County, NENE369-7.5%+216%

3054Terrell County, TXTX702-7.6%−67%

3055Pemiscot County, MOMO14,465-7.6%−11%

3056Arkansas County, ARAR15,836-7.7%+83%

3057Catahoula Parish, LALA8,223-7.7%+485%

3058Dillingham Census Area, AKAK4,483-7.7%−134%

3059Bowman County, NDND2,762-7.7%−22%

3060Carroll County, MSMS9,226-7.7%−147%

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

3062St. Louis, MOMO278,144-7.8%−36%

3063Harlan County, KYKY24,725-7.8%−15%

3064Greeley County, KSKS1,182-7.9%−41%

3065Lake and Peninsula, AKAK1,357-8.1%−187%

3066Monroe County, ARAR6,244-8.2%−14%

3067Grant County, NENE561-8.2%+186%

3068New Madrid County, MOMO15,086-8.2%+47%

3069Schleicher County, TXTX2,245-8.4%+357%

3070Leslie County, KYKY9,627-8.4%−7%

3071Breathitt County, KYKY12,558-8.5%−434%

3072Allendale County, SCSC7,355-8.5%+95%

3073Morton County, KSKS2,470-8.6%−1960%

3074Greene County, ALAL7,067-8.6%+386%

3075Dallas County, ALAL35,140-8.6%+136%

3076Arthur County, NENE396-8.8%+125%

3077Bolivar County, MSMS28,262-8.8%+196%

3078Wilcox County, ALAL9,666-8.8%+211%

3079Hemphill County, TXTX3,083-8.8%−11%

3080Kenedy County, TXTX319-8.9%−11%

3081Hartley County, TXTX4,904-8.9%−117%

3082Woodruff County, ARAR5,710-8.9%+9%

3083Northwest Arctic, AKAK7,095-9.0%−150%

3084Mingo County, WVWV21,455-9.0%−45%

3085Holmes County, MSMS15,465-9.0%−39114%

3086Buchanan County, VAVA18,492-9.2%−34%

3087Edwards County, KSKS2,640-9.2%+3%

3088Lowndes County, ALAL9,359-9.2%−243%

3089McMullen County, TXTX544-9.3%−324%

3090Leflore County, MSMS25,686-9.4%−677%

3091East Carroll Parish, LALA6,760-9.4%+216%

3092Floyd County, TXTX4,881-9.6%+13%

3093Lawrence County, ILIL13,790-9.8%+200%

3094Tunica County, MSMS8,819-9.8%−176%

3095Washington County, MSMS40,446-10.0%+37%

3096Humphreys County, MSMS7,001-10.1%+32%

3097Borden County, TXTX567-10.1%+16%

3098Telfair County, GAGA11,195-10.3%−242%

3099Cimarron County, OKOK2,059-10.3%+123%

3100Kent County, TXTX674-10.5%−30%

3101Crockett County, TXTX2,769-10.6%−2162%

3102Tensas Parish, LALA3,700-10.8%+58%

3103Chicot County, ARAR9,107-10.8%+6%

3104Lake County, TNTN6,249-10.8%−193%

3105Skagway, AKAK1,104-11.0%–

3106Slope County, NDND628-11.0%−28%

3107DeKalb County, MOMO9,795-11.2%−168%

3108Cottle County, TXTX1,224-11.3%−26%

3109Presidio County, TXTX5,433-11.4%−213%

3110Chattahoochee County, GAGA8,465-11.5%−5%

3111McDowell County, WVWV16,878-11.7%−48%

3112Wilkinson County, MSMS7,582-11.7%−279%

3113Madison Parish, LALA8,844-11.7%−215%

3114Hertford County, NCNC19,015-11.8%−3499%

3115Claiborne County, MSMS8,058-11.8%−391%

3116Sunflower County, MSMS22,893-11.9%−359%

3117Jackson County, COCO1,211-12.2%+598%

3118Desha County, ARAR9,984-12.4%+43%

3119Howard County, TXTX30,504-12.5%−415%

3120Perry County, ALAL7,425-12.8%+81%

3121Alexander County, ILIL4,570-12.8%+31%

3122Stewart County, GAGA4,631-12.9%+81%

3123Quitman County, MSMS5,364-13.1%+270%

3124Alpine County, CACA1,043-13.4%−257%

3125Phillips County, ARAR14,255-14.0%+68%

3126Lassen County, CACA28,117-14.1%−162%

3127Yazoo County, MSMS22,947-14.2%−237%

3128Jeff Davis County, TXTX1,711-14.3%−206%

3129Tallahatchie County, MSMS10,877-14.5%+616%

3130Cameron Parish, LALA4,718-16.0%−303%

3131Reeves County, TXTX12,138-17.7%+3%

3132Sharkey County, MSMS3,097-18.5%+169%

3133Loving County, TXTX52-18.8%−50%

3134Garza County, TXTX4,510-22.5%+326%

3135King County, TXTX192-27.5%−4976%

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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU POPULATION ESTIMATES