RANKING · 2025 ESTIMATES · 500 SHOWN OF 3,135

Fastest shrinking, US counties

US counties with the steepest population decline from the 2020 census to 2025. King County, Texas leads at -27.5%. 3,135 counties qualify in total. Mississippi carries 7 of the top 25 entries. The median across all 3,135 is +1.0%. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Skagway, AK, up 3,056 places to #31.

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YEAR2000 2010 2020 2025

RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOPULATION GROWTHVS 2000

01▲489King County, TXTX192-27.5%−28.1 pts

02▲278Garza County, TXTX4,510-22.5%−17.2 pts

03▲14Loving County, TXTX52-18.8%+18.6 pts

04▲12Sharkey County, MSMS3,097-18.5%−11.6 pts

05▲2,494Reeves County, TXTX12,138-17.7%−0.6 pts

06▲36Cameron Parish, LALA4,718-16.0%−23.9 pts

07▲41Tallahatchie County, MSMS10,877-14.5%−12.4 pts

08▲89Jeff Davis County, TXTX1,711-14.3%−27.7 pts

09▲856Yazoo County, MSMS22,947-14.2%−24.6 pts

10▲632Lassen County, CACA28,117-14.1%−36.7 pts

11▲1Phillips County, ARAR14,255-14.0%−5.7 pts

12▲2,000Alpine County, CACA1,043-13.4%−21.9 pts

13▼5Quitman County, MSMS5,364-13.1%−9.6 pts

14▲159Stewart County, GAGA4,631-12.9%−5.7 pts

15▼14Alexander County, ILIL4,570-12.8%−3.0 pts

16▲10Perry County, ALAL7,425-12.8%−5.7 pts

17▲1,559Howard County, TXTX30,504-12.5%−16.5 pts

18▲151Desha County, ARAR9,984-12.4%−3.7 pts

19▲1,456Jackson County, COCO1,211-12.2%−10.4 pts

20▲166Sunflower County, MSMS22,893-11.9%−16.4 pts

21▲813Claiborne County, MSMS8,058-11.8%−15.8 pts

22▲137Hertford County, NCNC19,015-11.8%−12.1 pts

23▲28Madison Parish, LALA8,844-11.7%−21.9 pts

24▲120Wilkinson County, MSMS7,582-11.7%−18.3 pts

25▲106McDowell County, WVWV16,878-11.7%+10.7 pts

26▲66Chattahoochee County, GAGA8,465-11.5%+0.6 pts

27▼9Presidio County, TXTX5,433-11.4%−21.4 pts

28▲382Cottle County, TXTX1,224-11.3%+4.0 pts

29▲72DeKalb County, MOMO9,795-11.2%−27.5 pts

30▲1,129Slope County, NDND628-11.0%+4.4 pts

31▲3,056Skagway, AKAK1,104-11.0%–

32▲210Lake County, TNTN6,249-10.8%−22.4 pts

33▲101Chicot County, ARAR9,107-10.8%−0.6 pts

34▼15Tensas Parish, LALA3,700-10.8%−4.0 pts

35▲26Crockett County, TXTX2,769-10.6%−11.1 pts

36▲518Kent County, TXTX674-10.5%+4.5 pts

37▲462Cimarron County, OKOK2,059-10.3%−5.7 pts

38▼28Telfair County, GAGA11,195-10.3%−17.5 pts

39▲1,342Borden County, TXTX567-10.1%−1.4 pts

40▲14Humphreys County, MSMS7,001-10.1%−2.4 pts

41▲137Washington County, MSMS40,446-10.0%−2.7 pts

42▲289Tunica County, MSMS8,819-9.8%−22.9 pts

43▲289Lawrence County, ILIL13,790-9.8%−6.5 pts

44▲27Floyd County, TXTX4,881-9.6%−1.1 pts

45▲953East Carroll Parish, LALA6,760-9.4%−6.4 pts

46▲126Leflore County, MSMS25,686-9.4%−11.0 pts

47▲44McMullen County, TXTX544-9.3%−13.5 pts

48▲322Lowndes County, ALAL9,359-9.2%−15.7 pts

49▲886Edwards County, KSKS2,640-9.2%−0.3 pts

50▲34Buchanan County, VAVA18,492-9.2%+4.7 pts

51▲148Holmes County, MSMS15,465-9.0%−9.1 pts

52▲125Mingo County, WVWV21,455-9.0%+7.3 pts

53▲2,107Northwest Arctic, AKAK7,095-9.0%−26.9 pts

54▲75Woodruff County, ARAR5,710-8.9%−0.7 pts

55▲155Hartley County, TXTX4,904-8.9%−61.2 pts

56▲22Kenedy County, TXTX319-8.9%+1.1 pts

57▲157Hemphill County, TXTX3,083-8.8%+1.1 pts

58▲277Wilcox County, ALAL9,666-8.8%−6.0 pts

59▲270Bolivar County, MSMS28,262-8.8%−5.8 pts

60▲659Arthur County, NENE396-8.8%−4.9 pts

61▲115Dallas County, ALAL35,140-8.6%−5.0 pts

62▲37Greene County, ALAL7,067-8.6%−6.8 pts

63▲5Morton County, KSKS2,470-8.6%−9.0 pts

64▼50Allendale County, SCSC7,355-8.5%−4.1 pts

65▲1,392Breathitt County, KYKY12,558-8.5%−11.0 pts

66▲454Leslie County, KYKY9,627-8.4%+0.7 pts

67▼65Schleicher County, TXTX2,245-8.4%−6.6 pts

68▲69New Madrid County, MOMO15,086-8.2%−2.6 pts

69▲1,499Grant County, NENE561-8.2%−5.3 pts

70▼6Monroe County, ARAR6,244-8.2%+1.4 pts

71▲244Lake and Peninsula, AKAK1,357-8.1%−17.4 pts

72▲2,004Greeley County, KSKS1,182-7.9%+5.6 pts

73▲329Harlan County, KYKY24,725-7.8%+1.4 pts

74▲656St. Louis, MOMO278,144-7.8%+4.5 pts

75Chugach Census Area, AKAK6,553-7.7%–

76▲642Carroll County, MSMS9,226-7.7%−24.3 pts

77▲732Bowman County, NDND2,762-7.7%+2.1 pts

78▲1,602Dillingham Census Area, AKAK4,483-7.7%−30.4 pts

79▲23Catahoula Parish, LALA8,223-7.7%−6.4 pts

80▲214Arkansas County, ARAR15,836-7.7%−3.5 pts

81▲22Pemiscot County, MOMO14,465-7.6%+0.9 pts

82▼67Terrell County, TXTX702-7.6%+15.7 pts

83▼76McPherson County, NENE369-7.5%−5.1 pts

84▲43Boyd County, NENE1,674-7.5%+6.5 pts

85▲313Morehouse Parish, LALA23,705-7.5%−4.6 pts

86▲463Vernon Parish, LALA45,091-7.5%+7.7 pts

87▲1,844Buffalo County, SDSD1,802-7.5%−23.0 pts

88▲92Letcher County, KYKY19,952-7.4%−1.0 pts

89▲178Wyoming County, WVWV19,801-7.4%+3.9 pts

90▲150Cameron County, PAPA4,211-7.4%−8.4 pts

91▲302Webster County, WVWV7,760-7.4%+2.0 pts

92▲1,192Ochiltree County, TXTX9,284-7.3%−6.0 pts

93▼69Dallas County, ARAR6,011-7.3%−3.1 pts

94▲14Hardeman County, TXTX3,292-7.2%+3.3 pts

95▼58Coahoma County, MSMS19,849-7.2%−3.9 pts

96▼13Pulaski County, ILIL4,820-7.2%−4.9 pts

97▲261Macon County, ALAL18,132-7.2%−3.9 pts

98▲100Boone County, WVWV20,251-7.1%−5.8 pts

99▲1,184Brooks County, TXTX6,579-7.0%−4.2 pts

100▲64Mississippi County, ARAR37,828-7.0%+2.6 pts

101▲403Hinds County, MSMS211,888-7.0%−5.5 pts

102▲23Dimmit County, TXTX8,024-6.9%−5.1 pts

103▲625Traverse County, MNMN3,130-6.8%+0.5 pts

104▲297Bradley County, ARAR9,828-6.8%−13.6 pts

105▲1,413Perry County, KYKY26,555-6.7%−3.8 pts

106▲96Logan County, WVWV30,375-6.7%+5.6 pts

107▲189Pike County, KYKY54,721-6.7%−1.4 pts

108▲1,751Irwin County, GAGA9,020-6.7%−21.5 pts

109▲86Gallatin County, ILIL4,616-6.7%0.0 pts

110▼63Lafayette County, ARAR5,888-6.7%+4.6 pts

111▼65Lee County, ARAR8,029-6.6%−3.0 pts

112▲297Warren County, MSMS41,759-6.6%−10.3 pts

113▲534Logan County, NENE669-6.6%+5.3 pts

114▲1,833McKinley County, NMNM68,119-6.6%−29.8 pts

115▼65Zavala County, TXTX9,037-6.5%−1.9 pts

116▲1,689Sedgwick County, COCO2,247-6.5%−8.6 pts

117▲36Knott County, KYKY13,321-6.5%−5.1 pts

118▲2,127Scott County, KSKS4,815-6.5%−3.3 pts

119▼26Harmon County, OKOK2,327-6.5%+7.0 pts

120▲1,608Reagan County, TXTX3,166-6.5%+19.8 pts

121▲35Ashley County, ARAR17,831-6.5%−6.0 pts

122▲574Hansford County, TXTX4,944-6.5%+1.7 pts

123▼13Clay County, WVWV7,538-6.4%−9.8 pts

124▲645Wells County, NDND3,729-6.4%+6.6 pts

125▲17Jefferson County, ARAR62,987-6.4%−4.9 pts

126▲24Henderson County, ILIL5,984-6.3%−7.8 pts

127▲85Dickenson County, VAVA13,236-6.3%+0.7 pts

128▲575Lincoln County, WVWV19,177-6.3%−9.7 pts

129▲501Brooke County, WVWV21,142-6.3%−0.6 pts

130▲136Assumption Parish, LALA19,720-6.3%−9.1 pts

131▲9Collingsworth County, TXTX2,487-6.2%+4.0 pts

132▲248St. James Parish, LALA18,938-6.2%−7.8 pts

133▲503Sheridan County, NENE4,809-6.2%+2.0 pts

134▲423Dewey County, OKOK4,207-6.2%+8.4 pts

135▲191Osborne County, KSKS3,285-6.1%+2.4 pts

136▲121Sumter County, ALAL11,588-6.1%+2.4 pts

137▲334St. John the Baptist Parish, LALA39,875-6.1%−13.7 pts

138▼62West Carroll Parish, LALA9,156-6.1%−7.9 pts

139▲1,334Plumas County, CACA18,583-6.1%−11.6 pts

140▲847Loup County, NENE570-6.1%−10.3 pts

141▲602Harding County, NMNM617-6.1%+11.8 pts

142▲219Union County, KYKY12,839-6.1%−0.5 pts

143▲193Wirt County, WVWV4,879-6.1%−19.2 pts

144▲130Hodgeman County, KSKS1,619-6.0%−1.8 pts

145▲26Conecuh County, ALAL10,899-6.0%−6.3 pts

146▲235Choctaw County, ALAL11,904-6.0%−5.4 pts

147▲527Jefferson County, MSMS6,825-6.0%−18.6 pts

148▼76Red River Parish, LALA7,165-6.0%−8.5 pts

149▲206Pointe Coupee Parish, LALA19,520-6.0%−7.0 pts

150▼52Hidalgo County, NMNM3,929-6.0%−5.5 pts

151▲500Sioux County, NDND3,667-5.9%−13.5 pts

152▲327Mitchell County, GAGA20,467-5.9%−24.0 pts

153▲669Kingman County, KSKS7,029-5.9%−10.5 pts

154▲766Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AKAK5,028-5.9%+16.8 pts

155▲217Jim Hogg County, TXTX4,555-5.8%−9.2 pts

156▲155St. Mary Parish, LALA46,552-5.8%+2.1 pts

157▲97Union County, NMNM3,844-5.8%−7.0 pts

158▲1,252Terrell County, GAGA8,656-5.8%−8.7 pts

159▼115Claiborne Parish, LALA13,354-5.8%−2.6 pts

160▲356Greene County, PAPA33,885-5.8%−8.6 pts

161▲20Fayette County, WVWV38,165-5.7%−5.0 pts

162▲401Caddo Parish, LALA224,226-5.7%−7.3 pts

163▲114Hitchcock County, NENE2,467-5.7%+11.3 pts

164▲387Norton, VAVA3,477-5.7%+2.4 pts

165▲2,627Orleans Parish, LALA362,154-5.7%−3.2 pts

166▲28Garfield County, NENE1,710-5.7%+5.5 pts

167▲856Towner County, NDND2,040-5.6%+15.1 pts

168▲95Wrangell, AKAK2,007-5.6%–

169▲46Hyde County, SDSD1,191-5.6%−4.2 pts

170▲864Wichita County, KSKS2,031-5.6%+2.6 pts

171▼150Northampton County, NCNC16,491-5.6%−11.8 pts

172▼44Greene County, ILIL11,313-5.6%−2.0 pts

173▲670Issaquena County, MSMS1,263-5.6%−24.7 pts

174▲324Cavalier County, NDND3,497-5.6%+14.7 pts

175▼139St. Francis County, ARAR21,800-5.6%−8.5 pts

176▲622Bullock County, ALAL9,780-5.6%−11.7 pts

177▲337Edwards County, ILIL5,898-5.6%+0.7 pts

178▲624Rooks County, KSKS4,646-5.5%+0.3 pts

179▲259Wibaux County, MTMT885-5.5%+4.8 pts

180▲1,005Emporia, VAVA5,447-5.5%−12.3 pts

181▲1,719Henry County, IAIA19,349-5.5%−11.3 pts

182▲130Bienville Parish, LALA12,269-5.5%−4.1 pts

183▲2,434San Francisco County, CACA826,079-5.5%−12.8 pts

184▼94Crosby County, TXTX4,852-5.5%−2.3 pts

185▲74Webster Parish, LALA34,948-5.5%−5.1 pts

186▲95Dawson County, TXTX11,776-5.5%−9.9 pts

187▲860Kodiak Island, AKAK12,387-5.4%−10.0 pts

188▲453Union County, ARAR36,926-5.4%−3.1 pts

189▲1,705Foster County, NDND3,212-5.4%+0.2 pts

190▲1,035Schuyler County, NYNY16,924-5.4%−8.5 pts

191▲1,341Otero County, COCO17,683-5.4%−6.0 pts

192▲1,768Plaquemines Parish, LALA22,256-5.4%−10.0 pts

193▲1,215Upton County, TXTX3,131-5.4%+18.1 pts

194▲530Roger Mills County, OKOK3,259-5.3%+11.8 pts

195▲24Twiggs County, GAGA7,597-5.3%−13.3 pts

196▼121Bell County, KYKY22,829-5.3%−0.7 pts

197▼135Baker County, GAGA2,725-5.3%−17.9 pts

198▲225Marengo County, ALAL18,311-5.2%−2.9 pts

199▲313Mono County, CACA12,505-5.2%−34.3 pts

200▼42Martin County, KYKY10,697-5.2%−5.6 pts

201Kusilvak Census Area, AKAK7,932-5.2%–

202▼159Dundy County, NENE1,568-5.2%+6.0 pts

203▲98Tyler County, WVWV7,881-5.2%−3.1 pts

204▼181Pendleton County, WVWV5,826-5.2%−6.9 pts

205▲25Mason County, ILIL12,411-5.2%−3.7 pts

206▲102Forest County, PAPA6,614-5.1%−8.1 pts

207▲1,946Roosevelt County, MTMT10,242-5.1%−1.7 pts

208▲1,336Niobrara County, WYWY2,341-5.1%−1.4 pts

209▼19Phillips County, KSKS4,728-5.1%+3.9 pts

210▲1,689Rawlins County, KSKS2,431-5.1%+7.8 pts

211▲464Roane County, WVWV13,317-5.1%−7.2 pts

212▲199Stevens County, KSKS4,984-5.1%−13.3 pts

213▼17Dunklin County, MOMO26,855-5.0%−5.2 pts

214▲128Nodaway County, MOMO20,174-5.0%−6.0 pts

215▼180Sutton County, TXTX3,203-5.0%−3.6 pts

216▼15Meade County, KSKS3,852-5.0%−14.0 pts

217▲131Butler County, ALAL18,100-5.0%−2.7 pts

218▲260Jackson County, SDSD2,666-5.0%−9.2 pts

219▲1,942Texas County, OKOK20,322-5.0%−27.4 pts

220▲1,060Terrebonne Parish, LALA104,163-4.9%−12.7 pts

221▼15Hempstead County, ARAR19,080-4.9%−14.0 pts

222▼73Wetzel County, WVWV13,734-4.9%+3.2 pts

223▲914Todd County, SDSD8,863-4.9%−13.3 pts

224▼194Ritchie County, WVWV8,034-4.9%−5.9 pts

225▼158McDonough County, ILIL25,916-4.9%+1.8 pts

226▼105Lee County, SCSC15,730-4.8%−14.0 pts

227▲913Del Norte County, CACA26,410-4.8%−22.1 pts

228▲64Knox County, TXTX3,192-4.8%+7.3 pts

229▼16Haskell County, KSKS3,599-4.8%−15.6 pts

230▲309Hutchinson County, TXTX19,633-4.8%+2.4 pts

231▲1,409Mahnomen County, MNMN5,153-4.8%−7.7 pts

232▲39Montgomery County, MSMS9,354-4.8%−3.2 pts

233▲250Gosper County, NENE1,803-4.8%−15.9 pts

234▼165Stonewall County, TXTX1,186-4.7%+11.2 pts

235▼8Noxubee County, MSMS9,798-4.7%−4.3 pts

236▼154Bertie County, NCNC17,086-4.7%−1.7 pts

237▲884Pickens County, ALAL18,221-4.7%−5.9 pts

238▲181Massac County, ILIL13,502-4.7%−7.5 pts

239▲320Stanton County, KSKS1,986-4.7%−7.8 pts

240▼35Calhoun County, MSMS12,643-4.7%−5.8 pts

241▲1,679Wallace County, KSKS1,441-4.7%−0.7 pts

242▲549Hancock County, WVWV27,729-4.7%+2.6 pts

243▲218Marshall County, WVWV29,159-4.7%+0.2 pts

244▲1,084Siskiyou County, CACA42,013-4.7%−6.4 pts

245▼206Foard County, TXTX1,044-4.7%+4.9 pts

246▲828Bristol, VAVA16,418-4.7%+1.1 pts

247▲2,259Charlottesville, VAVA44,388-4.7%−16.3 pts

248▼12Clarke County, ALAL22,014-4.6%−6.9 pts

249▲702Floyd County, IAIA14,901-4.6%−3.7 pts

250▲195Hancock County, ILIL16,803-4.6%+1.2 pts

251▲365Kanawha County, WVWV172,381-4.6%−1.0 pts

252▲64White Pine County, NVNV8,661-4.6%−3.7 pts

253▲574Haywood County, TNTN17,042-4.6%−6.5 pts

254▲15Clark County, KSKS1,900-4.6%−3.4 pts

255▼87Mississippi County, MOMO12,003-4.6%+2.5 pts

256▲252Socorro County, NMNM15,838-4.6%−27.0 pts

257▲664Fulton County, KYKY6,218-4.6%+1.7 pts

258▲3Concordia Parish, LALA17,836-4.6%−1.8 pts

259▲1,400Scurry County, TXTX16,162-4.5%+7.7 pts

260▲632Ohio County, WVWV40,496-4.5%+2.2 pts

261▲214Baca County, COCO3,347-4.5%−3.7 pts

262▼105Magoffin County, KYKY11,110-4.5%−6.5 pts

263▲499White County, ILIL13,250-4.5%+2.4 pts

264▲395Macon County, ILIL99,300-4.5%−2.4 pts

265▼159Braxton County, WVWV11,885-4.5%−17.6 pts

266▲1,756Inyo County, CACA18,158-4.5%−2.7 pts

267▲2,186Bronx County, NYNY1,406,332-4.5%−15.2 pts

268▲1,059Chase County, NENE3,718-4.5%+2.6 pts

269▲441Fayette County, PAPA123,021-4.5%−6.8 pts

270▲1,861Thomas County, NENE639-4.5%+9.9 pts

271▲2,166Treasure County, MTMT728-4.5%−3.0 pts

272▲2,395Ward County, TXTX11,125-4.5%+12.4 pts

273▲350Alleghany County, VAVA14,546-4.4%−2.5 pts

274▲227Jefferson County, GAGA15,011-4.4%−3.6 pts

275▲320Hinsdale County, COCO753-4.4%−73.6 pts

276▲640Cass County, ILIL12,463-4.4%−6.4 pts

277▲1,434Jefferson County, NYNY111,540-4.4%−5.2 pts

278▼22Tazewell County, VAVA38,635-4.4%−1.5 pts

279▲501Chemung County, NYNY80,415-4.4%−0.1 pts

280▲1,833Santa Cruz County, CACA258,852-4.4%−15.7 pts

281▲178Nevada County, ARAR7,942-4.4%−3.0 pts

282▼168Crisp County, GAGA19,237-4.4%−14.3 pts

283▲1,433Tuolumne County, CACA53,160-4.4%−16.9 pts

284▲156Marlboro County, SCSC25,488-4.4%−2.6 pts

285▲432Avoyelles Parish, LALA37,941-4.4%−10.3 pts

286▲102Attala County, MSMS17,100-4.4%−10.8 pts

287▲608Iberia Parish, LALA66,846-4.4%−11.7 pts

288▲374Grant County, KSKS7,028-4.4%−14.9 pts

289▼285Dickens County, TXTX1,692-4.4%−11.8 pts

290▲437Knox County, ILIL47,767-4.4%−3.4 pts

291Williamsburg County, SCSC29,662-4.4%−5.5 pts

292▼227Duval County, TXTX9,402-4.4%−5.9 pts

293▼197Gilmer County, WVWV7,085-4.4%+2.3 pts

294▼59Sullivan County, MOMO5,738-4.4%−18.5 pts

295▲151Wheeler County, TXTX4,773-4.3%+5.8 pts

296▲264Lawrence County, OHOH55,710-4.3%−5.1 pts

297▲516Prairie County, ARAR7,923-4.3%−4.6 pts

298▲391Richardson County, NENE7,530-4.3%−0.2 pts

299▲319Clay County, KYKY19,465-4.3%−17.2 pts

300▼157Cleveland County, ARAR7,224-4.3%−14.5 pts

301▼183Kemper County, MSMS8,600-4.3%−5.3 pts

302▼84Halifax County, NCNC46,534-4.3%−7.6 pts

303▲112Wayne County, WVWV37,309-4.3%−7.3 pts

304▲1,826Clear Creek County, COCO8,994-4.3%−26.6 pts

305▲59Floyd County, KYKY34,401-4.3%−1.7 pts

306▲1,321Sierra County, CACA3,098-4.3%−11.4 pts

307▲549Brown County, KSKS9,104-4.2%−0.6 pts

308▲210Greenbrier County, WVWV31,578-4.2%−3.6 pts

309▲1,522Pitkin County, COCO16,625-4.2%−21.7 pts

310▲2,775Mountrail County, NDND9,395-4.2%+1.3 pts

311▲813Nolan County, TXTX14,117-4.2%+0.6 pts

312▼36Lane County, KSKS1,508-4.2%+5.1 pts

313▲570Saline County, ILIL22,772-4.2%−4.9 pts

314▼59Pawnee County, KSKS5,991-4.2%+0.1 pts

315▼259Randolph County, GAGA6,156-4.2%−1.3 pts

316▲150Kittson County, MNMN4,031-4.2%+4.2 pts

317▲970Pecos County, TXTX14,560-4.2%−18.7 pts

318▼86Dawes County, NENE7,858-4.2%−4.6 pts

319▼110Montgomery County, KSKS30,177-4.2%+2.4 pts

320▲1,588Crowley County, COCO5,677-4.1%−44.0 pts

321▲674Grant County, NDND2,206-4.1%+15.8 pts

322▲1,422Pleasants County, WVWV7,338-4.1%−3.7 pts

323▲887Miami County, ININ34,487-4.1%−1.9 pts

324▼164Rolette County, NDND11,688-4.1%−11.2 pts

325▼128Hayes County, NENE821-4.1%+8.5 pts

326▼219Monroe County, ALAL18,965-4.1%−5.6 pts

327▲2,640North Slope, AKAK10,582-4.1%−27.6 pts

328▲457Logan County, COCO20,654-4.1%−20.8 pts

329▼191Ouachita County, ARAR21,731-4.1%+1.8 pts

330▲602Seward County, KSKS21,073-4.1%−24.2 pts

331▲428Crittenden County, ARAR46,210-4.1%−5.9 pts

332▲122Pembina County, NDND6,568-4.0%+3.0 pts

333▼299Calhoun County, WVWV5,978-4.0%−0.2 pts

334▼105Wolfe County, KYKY6,298-4.0%−12.7 pts

335▲1,159McHenry County, NDND5,130-4.0%+4.3 pts

336▲113Warren County, PAPA37,038-4.0%−1.4 pts

337▲1,007Winnebago County, IAIA10,251-4.0%−0.7 pts

338▲1,271Pike County, MSMS38,712-4.0%−9.6 pts

339▲491Wabash County, ILIL10,907-4.0%−2.7 pts

340▼261Lincoln County, NVNV4,320-4.0%−14.3 pts

341▲165Columbia County, ARAR21,894-4.0%−3.6 pts

342▲2,372Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, AKAK2,271-4.0%–

343▲565Lincoln County, NENE33,303-4.0%−10.5 pts

344▲2,347San Miguel County, COCO7,753-4.0%−84.5 pts

345▼4Vermilion County, ILIL71,259-3.9%+1.0 pts

346▼27Koochiching County, MNMN11,587-3.9%+8.0 pts

347▲679Rio Grande County, COCO11,087-3.9%−19.2 pts

348▲1,432Sargent County, NDND3,711-3.9%+0.1 pts

349▲504Franklin Parish, LALA19,002-3.9%+1.1 pts

350▲495Louisa County, IAIA10,416-3.9%−9.0 pts

351▲2,062Divide County, NDND2,110-3.9%+17.4 pts

352▼294Bamberg County, SCSC12,796-3.9%−2.4 pts

353▼68Kiowa County, OKOK8,181-3.9%+6.0 pts

354▼147Swisher County, TXTX6,703-3.8%−6.9 pts

355▲347Cross County, ARAR16,186-3.8%−5.4 pts

356▲2,083Potter County, SDSD2,377-3.8%+11.7 pts

357▲2,469Calcasieu Parish, LALA208,466-3.8%−13.0 pts

358▲2,670Manassas Park, VAVA16,560-3.8%−56.6 pts

359▲585Shelby County, MOMO5,870-3.8%−1.8 pts

360▲665Thayer County, NENE4,842-3.8%+4.9 pts

361▲34Pierce County, NDND3,838-3.8%+3.7 pts

362▲424Natchitoches Parish, LALA36,089-3.8%−10.3 pts

363▲1,874Mendocino County, CACA88,122-3.8%−11.2 pts

364▲230Mercer County, MOMO3,404-3.8%−4.7 pts

365▲388Raleigh County, WVWV71,775-3.8%−6.9 pts

366▲38Wilson County, KSKS8,299-3.8%−4.2 pts

367▲444Randolph County, WVWV26,882-3.8%−5.4 pts

368▲833Richland County, ILIL15,219-3.8%−1.4 pts

369▼131Rush County, KSKS2,845-3.8%+3.8 pts

370▲1,843Lewis County, WVWV16,394-3.8%−2.0 pts

371▲256Perry County, ILIL20,160-3.7%−11.6 pts

372▲122Howard County, ARAR12,306-3.7%−9.1 pts

373▲716Haakon County, SDSD1,802-3.7%+12.6 pts

374▲1,201St. Charles Parish, LALA50,586-3.7%−17.0 pts

375▼12Garden County, NENE1,804-3.7%+3.1 pts

376▲632Clay County, ILIL12,793-3.7%−4.4 pts

377▲232Lee County, IAIA32,306-3.7%−2.1 pts

378▼51Dougherty County, GAGA82,616-3.7%−3.4 pts

379▲730Red Willow County, NENE10,307-3.7%−1.5 pts

380▼217Washington County, ALAL14,822-3.7%−12.1 pts

381▲1,655Calhoun County, IAIA9,562-3.7%−0.3 pts

382▲1,027Early County, GAGA10,455-3.7%−7.9 pts

383▲1,430Napa County, CACA132,949-3.7%−15.9 pts

384▲1,284Curry County, NMNM46,655-3.7%−10.4 pts

385▲730Pocahontas County, IAIA6,819-3.7%+5.4 pts

386▼383Edwards County, TXTX1,370-3.7%+0.9 pts

387▲1,294Logan County, KSKS2,661-3.7%−2.5 pts

388▼43Lauderdale County, MSMS70,317-3.7%−7.1 pts

389▲436Warren County, ILIL16,222-3.6%−1.3 pts

390▲422Walsh County, NDND10,179-3.6%+6.8 pts

391▼88Ellis County, OKOK3,613-3.6%+5.8 pts

392▲558Mercer County, WVWV57,503-3.6%−0.5 pts

393▲973Christian County, KYKY70,115-3.6%−8.4 pts

394▼242Wise County, VAVA34,824-3.6%−5.0 pts

395▲388Lee County, ILIL32,914-3.6%−8.5 pts

396▼4Carbon County, WYWY14,013-3.6%+2.5 pts

397▲140McKean County, PAPA38,984-3.6%−1.0 pts

398▲172Lamb County, TXTX12,579-3.6%−1.2 pts

399▲143Scioto County, OHOH71,365-3.6%−2.2 pts

400▼287Summers County, WVWV11,532-3.6%+4.9 pts

401▲525Marion County, ILIL36,382-3.6%−3.9 pts

402▲562Jasper County, MSMS15,785-3.6%−9.6 pts

403▼56Mitchell County, KSKS5,590-3.6%+0.2 pts

404▼13Schuyler County, ILIL6,657-3.5%+0.6 pts

405▲700Menard County, ILIL11,863-3.5%−15.4 pts

406▲1,458Humboldt County, CACA131,647-3.5%−9.7 pts

407▲1,883Curry County, OROR22,621-3.5%−12.9 pts

408▲1,030Grenada County, MSMS20,868-3.5%−11.4 pts

409▲674Hooker County, NENE686-3.5%−2.3 pts

410▲546Worth County, GAGA20,059-3.5%−14.7 pts

411▲452Jewell County, KSKS2,830-3.5%+7.3 pts

412▲62San Miguel County, NMNM26,260-3.5%−20.5 pts

413▼155Pike County, ILIL14,231-3.4%−2.3 pts

414▲976Pershing County, NVNV6,421-3.4%−57.8 pts

415▼167Benson County, NDND5,759-3.4%−0.2 pts

416▼103Clay County, ARAR14,052-3.4%−0.7 pts

417▲851Potter County, TXTX114,453-3.4%−19.4 pts

418▲728Elk County, PAPA29,926-3.4%−4.1 pts

419▼272Barber County, KSKS4,083-3.4%+6.2 pts

420▲529Osceola County, IAIA5,980-3.4%+0.2 pts

421▼55Iroquois County, ILIL26,150-3.4%−5.2 pts

422▲458Kossuth County, IAIA14,322-3.4%+4.3 pts

423▲693Union County, ILIL16,656-3.4%−7.2 pts

424▲62Lipscomb County, TXTX2,955-3.4%−0.7 pts

425▼126Pocahontas County, WVWV7,602-3.4%−4.8 pts

426▲84Cambria County, PAPA128,968-3.4%+3.0 pts

427▲850Cabell County, WVWV91,183-3.4%−3.3 pts

428▼106Jefferson Davis County, MSMS10,941-3.4%−2.7 pts

429▲1,047Wilkin County, MNMN6,288-3.4%+1.7 pts

430▲256Henry County, VAVA49,242-3.3%−5.1 pts

431▲667Quay County, NMNM8,454-3.3%+2.8 pts

432▲807Yoakum County, TXTX7,438-3.3%+13.3 pts

433▼378Washington County, NCNC10,638-3.3%−1.4 pts

434▼128Morrill County, NENE4,404-3.3%−3.6 pts

435▲466Grant County, NMNM27,252-3.3%−15.3 pts

436▼186Beaver County, OKOK4,882-3.3%−0.6 pts

437▲324Irion County, TXTX1,463-3.3%−12.0 pts

438▲6Hickman County, KYKY4,372-3.3%+2.2 pts

439▼327Mora County, NMNM4,051-3.3%−24.8 pts

440▲1,759Marin County, CACA253,694-3.3%−10.8 pts

441▲126Clarke County, MSMS15,102-3.3%−7.0 pts

442▲332Tucker County, WVWV6,540-3.3%+2.0 pts

443▲1,066Northampton County, VAVA11,879-3.3%−3.5 pts

444▲1,008Ida County, IAIA6,777-3.3%+3.1 pts

445▼196Franklin County, NENE2,795-3.3%+6.0 pts

446▲708Fayette County, ILIL20,790-3.2%−7.6 pts

447▲1,597Lawrence County, KYKY15,765-3.2%−14.5 pts

448▲1,069Spink County, SDSD6,155-3.2%+3.4 pts

449▲438Mineral County, NVNV4,407-3.2%+18.5 pts

450▼262Marion County, SCSC28,242-3.2%−7.8 pts

451▲2,236Winkler County, TXTX7,540-3.2%+13.6 pts

452▼119Edgar County, ILIL16,323-3.2%−3.8 pts

453▲597East Feliciana Parish, LALA18,911-3.2%−14.4 pts

454▲503Box Butte County, NENE10,494-3.2%+4.2 pts

455▲1,322Gove County, KSKS2,631-3.2%+1.8 pts

456▲1,362Muscatine County, IAIA41,853-3.2%−7.7 pts

457▲989Rapides Parish, LALA125,877-3.2%+0.8 pts

458▲148Chenango County, NYNY45,715-3.2%−2.5 pts

459▲1,491Los Angeles County, CACA9,694,934-3.2%−10.6 pts

460▲681Washington County, NYNY59,353-3.2%−6.1 pts

461▲545Montgomery County, IAIA10,002-3.2%−0.6 pts

462▲1,666Major County, OKOK7,536-3.2%+3.2 pts

463▲248Union County, ININ6,863-3.2%−8.5 pts

464▼243Bath County, VAVA4,076-3.2%−8.3 pts

465▲140Stephenson County, ILIL43,220-3.2%−5.1 pts

466▼191Greenwood County, KSKS5,826-3.2%−0.9 pts

467▲328Blackford County, ININ11,730-3.2%−3.0 pts

468▲384Wilbarger County, TXTX12,481-3.2%−0.2 pts

469▼205Modoc County, CACA8,426-3.1%−0.8 pts

470▲1,469Woodward County, OKOK19,827-3.1%−0.6 pts

471▲2,330Burke County, NDND2,132-3.1%+22.2 pts

472▲806Miller County, GAGA5,812-3.1%−4.8 pts

473▲551Norton County, KSKS5,288-3.1%−3.2 pts

474▼191McIntosh County, NDND2,451-3.1%+12.6 pts

475▲373Caldwell Parish, LALA9,344-3.1%−10.8 pts

476▼395Hall County, TXTX2,737-3.1%0.0 pts

477▲254Belmont County, OHOH64,434-3.1%−1.9 pts

478▲557Corson County, SDSD3,781-3.1%−2.8 pts

479▼324Calhoun County, ILIL4,300-3.1%+1.4 pts

480▼8Smyth County, VAVA28,882-3.1%−5.3 pts

481▲835Erie County, OHOH73,296-3.1%−6.7 pts

482▲158Nicholas County, WVWV23,848-3.1%−2.3 pts

483▲550Copiah County, MSMS27,497-3.1%−7.3 pts

484▼273Harper County, OKOK3,172-3.1%+9.3 pts

485▲944Clearfield County, PAPA78,100-3.1%−9.8 pts

486▲178Potter County, PAPA15,897-3.0%−11.2 pts

487▲1,632Newport County, RIRI83,051-3.0%−1.0 pts

488▼134Caddo County, OKOK26,130-3.0%−5.1 pts

489▼415De Baca County, NMNM1,647-3.0%−2.5 pts

490▲605Roosevelt County, NMNM18,615-3.0%−10.9 pts

491▲2,175Kings County, NYNY2,653,963-3.0%−10.2 pts

492▲415Mercer County, ILIL15,229-3.0%−1.1 pts

493▼126Emmet County, IAIA9,107-3.0%+1.7 pts

494▼154Worth County, MOMO1,914-3.0%−0.6 pts

495▲2,369Monroe County, FLFL80,406-3.0%−5.0 pts

496▲1,867Fallon County, MTMT2,959-3.0%+5.6 pts

497▲295Daniels County, MTMT1,612-3.0%+8.0 pts

498▼311Dillon County, SCSC27,458-2.9%−8.5 pts

499▲288Sac County, IAIA9,525-2.9%+3.5 pts

500▲796Norfolk, VAVA231,013-2.9%+7.3 pts

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Frequently asked

Which county has the lowest population growth?

King County, Texas ranks #1 with -27.5% (2025 Census Population Estimates).

What are the top 5 counties by population growth?

King County, Texas, Garza County, Texas, Loving County, Texas, Sharkey County, Mississippi, Reeves County, Texas.

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).