RANKING · 2020 CENSUS · 500 SHOWN OF 3,131

Fastest shrinking, US counties · 2020

US counties with the steepest population decline from the 2010 census to 2020. Alexander County, Illinois leads at -36.4%. 3,131 counties qualify in total. Texas carries 6 of the top 25 entries.

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YEAR2000 2010 2020 2025

RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOPULATION GROWTHVS 2000

USUnited States331,449,281+7.7%–

01Alexander County, ILIL4,570-36.4%−26.6 pts

02Schleicher County, TXTX2,245-29.2%−27.3 pts

03Edwards County, TXTX1,370-29.0%−24.4 pts

04Dickens County, TXTX1,692-27.6%−35.0 pts

05Blaine County, OKOK8,515-26.9%−31.3 pts

06Tyrrell County, NCNC3,537-26.4%−34.0 pts

07McPherson County, NENE369-26.0%−23.6 pts

08Quitman County, MSMS5,364-24.9%−21.3 pts

09Dooly County, GAGA11,156-24.9%−41.3 pts

10Telfair County, GAGA11,195-24.4%−31.6 pts

11Ripley County, MOMO10,717-24.3%−34.1 pts

12Phillips County, ARAR14,255-23.8%−15.6 pts

13McIntosh County, GAGA11,989-23.4%−49.1 pts

14Allendale County, SCSC7,355-22.8%−18.5 pts

15Terrell County, TXTX702-22.8%+0.6 pts

16Sharkey County, MSMS3,097-22.7%−15.8 pts

17Loving County, TXTX52-22.0%+15.4 pts

18Presidio County, TXTX5,433-21.6%−31.6 pts

19Tensas Parish, LALA3,700-21.0%−14.2 pts

20Hyde County, NCNC4,554-21.0%−28.7 pts

21Northampton County, NCNC16,491-20.9%−27.1 pts

22Oregon County, MOMO8,709-20.6%−29.9 pts

23Pendleton County, WVWV5,826-20.2%−21.9 pts

24Dallas County, ARAR6,011-20.1%−15.9 pts

25Jerauld County, SDSD1,654-19.7%−14.3 pts

26Perry County, ALAL7,425-19.6%−12.6 pts

27Clark County, IDID783-19.6%−53.7 pts

28Luce County, MIMI6,339-19.5%−41.4 pts

29La Paz County, AZAZ16,711-19.2%−61.6 pts

30Ritchie County, WVWV8,034-19.2%−20.3 pts

31Concho County, TXTX3,607-19.2%−49.5 pts

32Wayne County, MOMO10,782-18.8%−33.7 pts

33Cochran County, TXTX2,546-18.5%−3.8 pts

34Calhoun County, WVWV5,978-18.3%−14.5 pts

35Sutton County, TXTX3,203-18.3%−16.9 pts

36St. Francis County, ARAR21,800-18.3%−21.2 pts

37Coahoma County, MSMS19,849-18.2%−14.9 pts

38Anson County, NCNC21,758-18.2%−25.8 pts

39Foard County, TXTX1,044-18.0%−8.5 pts

40Macon County, GAGA11,756-18.0%−25.4 pts

41Pulaski County, GAGA10,172-17.9%−36.2 pts

42Cameron Parish, LALA4,718-17.9%−25.8 pts

43Dundy County, NENE1,568-17.6%−6.4 pts

44Claiborne Parish, LALA13,354-17.6%−14.4 pts

45Jefferson County, OKOK5,431-17.5%−14.8 pts

46Lee County, ARAR8,029-17.5%−13.9 pts

47Lafayette County, ARAR5,888-17.5%−6.2 pts

48Tallahatchie County, MSMS10,877-17.3%−15.3 pts

49Rock County, NENE1,259-17.3%−4.3 pts

50Zavala County, TXTX9,037-17.2%−12.6 pts

51Madison Parish, LALA8,844-17.2%−27.3 pts

52Haines, AKAK2,068-17.1%−30.1 pts

53Carter County, MOMO5,418-17.0%−24.7 pts

54Humphreys County, MSMS7,001-17.0%−9.3 pts

55Washington County, NCNC10,638-16.8%−14.9 pts

56Randolph County, GAGA6,156-16.8%−13.9 pts

57Calhoun County, GAGA5,413-16.7%−42.8 pts

58Bamberg County, SCSC12,796-16.7%−15.3 pts

59Duplin County, NCNC51,571-16.7%−39.4 pts

60Shannon County, MOMO7,285-16.7%−26.0 pts

61Crockett County, TXTX2,769-16.7%−17.2 pts

62Baker County, GAGA2,725-16.7%−29.4 pts

63Real County, TXTX2,745-16.7%−43.0 pts

64Monroe County, ARAR6,244-16.6%−7.0 pts

65Duval County, TXTX9,402-16.6%−18.1 pts

66Talbot County, GAGA5,709-16.5%−16.1 pts

67McDonough County, ILIL25,916-16.5%−9.9 pts

68Morton County, KSKS2,470-16.5%−16.9 pts

69Stonewall County, TXTX1,186-16.4%−0.5 pts

70Liberty County, MTMT1,957-16.2%−10.3 pts

71Floyd County, TXTX4,881-16.2%−7.7 pts

72Red River Parish, LALA7,165-16.2%−18.7 pts

73Webster County, GAGA2,369-16.1%−21.7 pts

74De Baca County, NMNM1,647-16.0%−15.5 pts

75Bell County, KYKY22,829-16.0%−11.4 pts

76West Carroll Parish, LALA9,156-16.0%−17.8 pts

77Bladen County, NCNC30,007-15.9%−28.5 pts

78Kenedy County, TXTX319-15.9%−5.9 pts

79Lincoln County, NVNV4,320-15.8%−26.2 pts

80Pope County, ILIL3,672-15.8%−16.7 pts

81Hall County, TXTX2,737-15.7%−12.6 pts

82Bertie County, NCNC17,086-15.7%−12.7 pts

83Pulaski County, ILIL4,820-15.7%−13.4 pts

84Buchanan County, VAVA18,492-15.5%−1.6 pts

85Hardin County, ILIL3,588-15.5%−8.0 pts

86Newton County, TXTX11,954-15.4%−26.5 pts

87Douglas County, MOMO12,342-15.4%−25.6 pts

88Bristol Bay, AKAK847-15.3%−4.6 pts

89Latimer County, OKOK9,645-15.3%−18.8 pts

90Crosby County, TXTX4,852-15.3%−12.1 pts

91McMullen County, TXTX544-15.1%−19.3 pts

92Chattahoochee County, GAGA8,465-15.1%−3.0 pts

93Harmon County, OKOK2,327-14.9%−1.4 pts

94Sublette County, WYWY8,929-14.8%−37.1 pts

95Owsley County, KYKY3,932-14.8%−11.3 pts

96Gilmer County, WVWV7,085-14.8%−8.1 pts

97Jeff Davis County, TXTX1,711-14.8%−28.2 pts

98Hidalgo County, NMNM3,929-14.6%−14.2 pts

99Greene County, ALAL7,067-14.5%−12.8 pts

100Bollinger County, MOMO10,646-14.5%−27.8 pts

101DeKalb County, MOMO9,795-14.5%−30.8 pts

102Catahoula Parish, LALA8,223-14.4%−13.1 pts

103Pemiscot County, MOMO14,465-14.4%−5.9 pts

104Oldham County, TXTX1,783-14.3%−10.2 pts

105Kit Carson County, COCO7,069-14.3%−26.5 pts

106Braxton County, WVWV11,885-14.3%−27.4 pts

107Monroe County, ALAL18,965-14.3%−15.8 pts

108Hardeman County, TXTX3,292-14.3%−3.7 pts

109Marion County, GAGA7,676-14.2%−42.0 pts

110Clay County, WVWV7,538-14.2%−17.7 pts

111Ontonagon County, MIMI5,823-14.2%−2.5 pts

112Mora County, NMNM4,051-14.2%−35.7 pts

113Summers County, WVWV11,532-14.1%−5.6 pts

114Crisp County, GAGA19,237-14.1%−24.0 pts

115Cumberland County, KYKY5,992-14.1%−19.5 pts

116Gates County, NCNC10,234-14.1%−27.1 pts

117Adair County, OKOK19,828-14.1%−28.3 pts

118Kemper County, MSMS8,600-14.0%−15.0 pts

119Holt County, MOMO4,200-14.0%−2.7 pts

120Hickory County, MOMO9,044-14.0%−35.9 pts

121Lee County, SCSC15,730-14.0%−23.1 pts

122Ziebach County, SDSD2,389-13.9%−27.3 pts

123Elk County, KSKS2,458-13.8%−11.9 pts

124Smith County, MSMS13,991-13.8%−23.2 pts

125Dimmit County, TXTX8,024-13.8%−12.0 pts

126Greeley County, NENE2,154-13.8%−4.1 pts

127Boyd County, NENE1,674-13.8%+0.2 pts

128Greene County, ILIL11,313-13.7%−10.1 pts

129Woodruff County, ARAR5,710-13.7%−5.5 pts

130Coleman County, TXTX7,915-13.6%−8.7 pts

131McDowell County, WVWV16,878-13.6%+8.9 pts

132Edgecombe County, NCNC49,121-13.5%−11.8 pts

133Ness County, KSKS2,617-13.5%+0.8 pts

134Chicot County, ARAR9,107-13.5%−3.3 pts

135Sioux County, NENE1,188-13.4%−8.6 pts

136Lee County, VAVA21,642-13.3%−9.6 pts

137New Madrid County, MOMO15,086-13.3%−7.7 pts

138Ouachita County, ARAR21,731-13.3%−7.4 pts

139Newton County, ARAR7,026-13.3%−25.6 pts

140Collingsworth County, TXTX2,487-13.2%−3.0 pts

141Robeson County, NCNC119,941-13.1%−30.4 pts

142Jefferson County, ARAR62,987-13.1%−11.7 pts

143Cleveland County, ARAR7,224-13.1%−23.3 pts

144Wilkinson County, MSMS7,582-13.1%−19.6 pts

145Bent County, COCO5,716-13.1%−31.9 pts

146Kinney County, TXTX3,128-13.0%−21.4 pts

147Barber County, KSKS4,083-13.0%−3.4 pts

148Coles County, ILIL46,607-13.0%−16.0 pts

149Wetzel County, WVWV13,734-12.9%−4.8 pts

150Henderson County, ILIL5,984-12.9%−14.3 pts

151Columbus County, NCNC50,487-12.9%−23.3 pts

152Wise County, VAVA34,824-12.8%−14.2 pts

153Knott County, KYKY13,321-12.8%−11.4 pts

154Tillman County, OKOK6,780-12.8%−2.2 pts

155Calhoun County, ILIL4,300-12.8%−8.3 pts

156Ashley County, ARAR17,831-12.8%−12.3 pts

157Magoffin County, KYKY11,110-12.7%−14.7 pts

158Martin County, KYKY10,697-12.7%−13.1 pts

159Hertford County, NCNC19,015-12.6%−13.0 pts

160Rolette County, NDND11,688-12.6%−19.6 pts

161Fairfield County, SCSC20,340-12.6%−17.8 pts

162Menard County, TXTX1,956-12.5%−17.3 pts

163Washington County, ALAL14,822-12.5%−20.9 pts

164Mississippi County, ARAR37,828-12.5%−2.8 pts

165Gogebic County, MIMI14,285-12.5%−8.7 pts

166Scott County, ARAR9,965-12.4%−20.2 pts

167Benton County, MSMS7,502-12.4%−12.2 pts

168Mississippi County, MOMO12,003-12.4%−5.4 pts

169Desha County, ARAR9,984-12.4%−3.7 pts

170Briscoe County, TXTX1,474-12.3%−3.2 pts

171Conecuh County, ALAL10,899-12.3%−12.6 pts

172Leflore County, MSMS25,686-12.3%−13.9 pts

173Stewart County, GAGA4,631-12.3%−5.2 pts

174Throckmorton County, TXTX1,554-12.2%−10.7 pts

175Taylor County, GAGA7,818-12.2%−27.6 pts

176Dallas County, ALAL35,140-12.2%−8.6 pts

177Mingo County, WVWV21,455-12.2%+4.1 pts

178Washington County, MSMS40,446-12.2%−4.9 pts

179Motley County, TXTX1,043-12.1%−5.2 pts

180Letcher County, KYKY19,952-12.1%−5.7 pts

181Fayette County, WVWV38,165-12.1%−11.3 pts

182Ozark County, MOMO9,172-12.0%−23.0 pts

183Jackson County, ILIL52,501-12.0%−9.6 pts

184Hampton County, SCSC18,174-12.0%−29.6 pts

185Greer County, OKOK5,373-12.0%−4.4 pts

186Sunflower County, MSMS22,893-11.8%−16.4 pts

187Dillon County, SCSC27,458-11.8%−17.3 pts

188Marion County, SCSC28,242-11.7%−16.4 pts

189Calhoun County, ARAR4,632-11.7%−10.3 pts

190Phillips County, KSKS4,728-11.7%−2.8 pts

191Daggett County, UTUT934-11.7%−45.2 pts

192Allen Parish, LALA22,672-11.7%−31.6 pts

193Nowata County, OKOK9,522-11.5%−17.3 pts

194Garfield County, NENE1,710-11.5%−0.4 pts

195Gallatin County, ILIL4,616-11.5%−4.8 pts

196Dunklin County, MOMO26,855-11.5%−11.6 pts

197Hayes County, NENE821-11.5%+1.1 pts

198Boone County, WVWV20,251-11.4%−10.2 pts

199Holmes County, MSMS15,465-11.4%−11.5 pts

200Donley County, TXTX3,213-11.4%−15.0 pts

201Meade County, KSKS3,852-11.4%−20.4 pts

202Logan County, WVWV30,375-11.4%+1.0 pts

203Susquehanna County, PAPA38,237-11.4%−16.0 pts

204Denali, AKAK1,616-11.3%–

205Calhoun County, MSMS12,643-11.3%−12.4 pts

206Hempstead County, ARAR19,080-11.3%−20.3 pts

207Swisher County, TXTX6,703-11.2%−14.3 pts

208Fremont County, IAIA6,522-11.2%−8.6 pts

209Montgomery County, KSKS30,177-11.2%−4.6 pts

210Hartley County, TXTX4,904-11.2%−63.6 pts

211Harper County, OKOK3,172-11.2%+1.1 pts

212Dickenson County, VAVA13,236-11.2%−4.2 pts

213Haskell County, KSKS3,599-11.2%−22.0 pts

214Hemphill County, TXTX3,083-11.2%−1.2 pts

215Hyde County, SDSD1,191-11.1%−9.7 pts

216Coal County, OKOK5,436-11.1%−15.5 pts

217Warren County, NCNC18,898-11.1%−26.8 pts

218Halifax County, NCNC46,534-11.1%−14.4 pts

219Twiggs County, GAGA7,597-11.1%−19.1 pts

220Quitman County, GAGA2,254-11.1%−28.7 pts

221Bath County, VAVA4,076-11.0%−16.2 pts

222Roberts County, TXTX867-11.0%+2.5 pts

223Butte County, IDID2,783-11.0%−10.3 pts

224Clarendon County, SCSC31,043-10.9%−25.2 pts

225Webster County, NENE3,336-10.9%−5.8 pts

226Petersburg, AKAK3,394-10.9%–

227Noxubee County, MSMS9,798-10.9%−10.5 pts

228Russell County, VAVA25,332-10.8%−16.5 pts

229Wolfe County, KYKY6,298-10.8%−19.4 pts

230Mason County, ILIL12,411-10.8%−9.4 pts

231Cotton County, OKOK5,432-10.8%−10.2 pts

232Dawes County, NENE7,858-10.7%−11.1 pts

233San Augustine County, TXTX7,722-10.7%−22.5 pts

234Comanche County, KSKS1,673-10.7%+4.3 pts

235Sullivan County, MOMO5,738-10.6%−24.8 pts

236Clarke County, ALAL22,014-10.6%−12.9 pts

237Leake County, MSMS21,662-10.6%−24.2 pts

238Rush County, KSKS2,845-10.6%−3.0 pts

239Warren County, GAGA5,269-10.6%−14.9 pts

240Cameron County, PAPA4,211-10.6%−11.6 pts

241Montgomery County, ARAR8,579-10.6%−28.5 pts

242Lake County, TNTN6,249-10.6%−22.1 pts

243Gulf County, FLFL15,943-10.5%−26.4 pts

244Clay County, GAGA2,815-10.5%−10.3 pts

245Wayne County, UTUT2,587-10.5%−25.8 pts

246Tattnall County, GAGA24,376-10.5%−36.4 pts

247Emery County, UTUT10,177-10.5%−15.6 pts

248Benson County, NDND5,759-10.5%−7.2 pts

249Franklin County, NENE2,795-10.4%−1.2 pts

250Beaver County, OKOK4,882-10.4%−7.7 pts

251Sussex County, VAVA10,755-10.4%−32.4 pts

252Cherokee County, KSKS19,105-10.4%−16.1 pts

253Hale County, TXTX31,819-10.3%−15.9 pts

254Union County, NMNM3,844-10.3%−11.5 pts

255Pawnee County, KSKS5,991-10.3%−6.1 pts

256Tazewell County, VAVA38,635-10.3%−7.3 pts

257Sumter County, ALAL11,588-10.3%−1.8 pts

258Pike County, ILIL14,231-10.3%−9.2 pts

259Webster Parish, LALA34,948-10.3%−9.9 pts

260Iron County, MOMO9,318-10.3%−10.0 pts

261Concordia Parish, LALA17,836-10.3%−7.5 pts

262Harlan County, NENE3,000-10.2%−9.6 pts

263Wrangell, AKAK2,007-10.2%–

264Modoc County, CACA8,426-10.2%−7.8 pts

265Winn Parish, LALA14,961-10.2%−14.0 pts

266Assumption Parish, LALA19,720-10.2%−13.0 pts

267Wyoming County, WVWV19,801-10.1%+1.2 pts

268Kimball County, NENE3,391-10.1%−9.7 pts

269Clark County, KSKS1,900-10.1%−9.0 pts

270Faulk County, SDSD2,178-10.1%−6.3 pts

271Montgomery County, MSMS9,354-10.1%−8.5 pts

272Martin County, NCNC21,601-10.1%−12.1 pts

273Walthall County, MSMS13,928-10.1%−15.7 pts

274Hodgeman County, KSKS1,619-10.1%−5.8 pts

275Greenwood County, KSKS5,826-10.1%−7.8 pts

276Lane County, KSKS1,508-10.1%−0.8 pts

277Hitchcock County, NENE2,467-10.0%+7.0 pts

278Brown County, ILIL6,401-10.0%−29.1 pts

279Coosa County, ALAL10,161-10.0%−20.3 pts

280Garza County, TXTX4,510-10.0%−4.7 pts

281Dawson County, TXTX11,776-10.0%−14.4 pts

282Washakie County, WYWY7,597-9.9%−8.8 pts

283McIntosh County, NDND2,451-9.9%+5.8 pts

284Clinton County, KYKY9,139-9.9%−15.4 pts

285Kiowa County, OKOK8,181-9.9%−0.0 pts

286Pike County, ARAR9,964-9.9%−22.0 pts

287Colfax County, NMNM12,184-9.9%−19.7 pts

288Stark County, ILIL5,319-9.9%−6.8 pts

289Red River County, TXTX11,816-9.9%−9.9 pts

290Randolph County, ILIL29,921-9.9%−7.9 pts

291Williamsburg County, SCSC29,662-9.9%−11.0 pts

292Knox County, TXTX3,192-9.8%+2.2 pts

293Blaine County, NENE458-9.8%+3.8 pts

294Arkansas County, ARAR15,836-9.8%−5.7 pts

295Rosebud County, MTMT8,253-9.8%+0.9 pts

296Pike County, KYKY54,721-9.8%−4.5 pts

297Marion County, MSMS24,001-9.8%−10.0 pts

298Sumter County, GAGA28,801-9.8%−19.6 pts

299Pocahontas County, WVWV7,602-9.7%−11.1 pts

300Mills County, TXTX4,580-9.7%−23.4 pts

301Tyler County, WVWV7,881-9.7%−7.6 pts

302Wilkes County, GAGA9,540-9.7%−10.6 pts

303Ellis County, OKOK3,613-9.7%−0.3 pts

304Clay County, MSMS18,238-9.7%−13.8 pts

305Jones County, NCNC9,575-9.7%−19.9 pts

306Morrill County, NENE4,404-9.7%−10.0 pts

307Conejos County, COCO7,529-9.6%−22.3 pts

308Forest County, PAPA6,614-9.6%−12.6 pts

309Lauderdale County, TNTN24,617-9.6%−25.0 pts

310Decatur County, IAIA7,655-9.6%−13.8 pts

311St. Mary Parish, LALA46,552-9.6%−1.7 pts

312Bienville Parish, LALA12,269-9.6%−8.1 pts

313Clay County, ARAR14,052-9.5%−6.8 pts

314Nance County, NENE3,290-9.5%−4.0 pts

315Lake and Peninsula, AKAK1,357-9.5%−18.8 pts

316White Pine County, NVNV8,661-9.5%−8.6 pts

317Haskell County, OKOK11,787-9.5%−17.2 pts

318Iberville Parish, LALA29,579-9.4%−16.7 pts

319Koochiching County, MNMN11,587-9.4%+2.5 pts

320Graham County, NCNC8,190-9.4%−20.5 pts

321Knox County, MOMO3,728-9.4%−6.7 pts

322Jefferson Davis County, MSMS10,941-9.3%−8.7 pts

323Fulton County, ILIL32,901-9.3%−9.8 pts

324Lincoln County, KSKS2,861-9.3%−7.3 pts

325Allegany County, MDMD66,848-9.3%−9.3 pts

326Osborne County, KSKS3,285-9.3%−0.8 pts

327Dougherty County, GAGA82,616-9.3%−9.0 pts

328Schoharie County, NYNY30,176-9.3%−8.4 pts

329Bolivar County, MSMS28,262-9.3%−6.3 pts

330Schley County, GAGA4,593-9.2%−14.2 pts

331Tunica County, MSMS8,819-9.2%−22.3 pts

332Lawrence County, ILIL13,790-9.2%−6.0 pts

333Edgar County, ILIL16,323-9.2%−9.8 pts

334Taliaferro County, GAGA1,662-9.2%−17.7 pts

335Wilcox County, ALAL9,666-9.2%−6.3 pts

336Wirt County, WVWV4,879-9.1%−22.3 pts

337Sullivan County, PAPA5,856-9.1%−16.6 pts

338Marshall County, MSMS34,654-9.1%−24.4 pts

339Ringgold County, IAIA4,642-9.1%−10.0 pts

340Worth County, MOMO1,914-9.1%−6.7 pts

341Vermilion County, ILIL71,259-9.1%−4.2 pts

342Nodaway County, MOMO20,174-9.1%−10.0 pts

343Harper County, KSKS5,370-9.1%−0.8 pts

344Brunswick County, VAVA15,727-9.1%−24.3 pts

345Lauderdale County, MSMS70,317-9.1%−12.5 pts

346Morris County, KSKS5,348-9.1%−7.5 pts

347Mitchell County, KSKS5,590-9.1%−5.3 pts

348Butler County, ALAL18,100-9.1%−6.8 pts

349Tyler County, TXTX20,443-9.0%−34.4 pts

350Schuyler County, MOMO4,140-9.0%−7.4 pts

351Nuckolls County, NENE4,100-9.0%+3.6 pts

352Barnwell County, SCSC20,653-9.0%−24.7 pts

353Glasscock County, TXTX1,128-9.0%−6.1 pts

354Caddo County, OKOK26,130-9.0%−11.0 pts

355Pointe Coupee Parish, LALA19,520-9.0%−10.0 pts

356Steele County, NDND1,797-9.0%−2.3 pts

357Reynolds County, MOMO5,992-9.0%−9.4 pts

358Macon County, ALAL18,132-9.0%−5.6 pts

359Orangeburg County, SCSC83,177-8.9%−16.9 pts

360Harrison County, MOMO8,281-8.9%−13.4 pts

361Union County, KYKY12,839-8.9%−3.4 pts

362Willacy County, TXTX19,971-8.9%−22.3 pts

363Garden County, NENE1,804-8.9%−2.1 pts

364Floyd County, KYKY34,401-8.9%−6.3 pts

365Kalawao County, HIHI82-8.9%−22.0 pts

366Iroquois County, ILIL26,150-8.9%−10.7 pts

367Emmet County, IAIA9,107-8.9%−4.2 pts

368Jones County, SDSD913-8.8%+1.0 pts

369Culberson County, TXTX2,267-8.8%+3.9 pts

370Lowndes County, ALAL9,359-8.7%−15.2 pts

371Yellow Medicine County, MNMN9,477-8.7%−3.5 pts

372Jim Hogg County, TXTX4,555-8.7%−12.1 pts

373Harrison County, OHOH14,070-8.7%−7.3 pts

374Refugio County, TXTX6,657-8.7%−6.8 pts

375Little River County, ARAR11,763-8.7%−6.3 pts

376Sabine County, TXTX10,012-8.7%−17.9 pts

377Hardee County, FLFL25,932-8.7%−46.8 pts

378Van Buren County, ARAR16,238-8.7%−24.3 pts

379Yell County, ARAR19,956-8.7%−27.7 pts

380St. James Parish, LALA18,938-8.6%−10.3 pts

381Choctaw County, ALAL11,904-8.6%−8.0 pts

382Carroll County, MOMO8,417-8.6%−4.3 pts

383Frontier County, NENE2,655-8.6%−8.5 pts

384Monroe County, OHOH12,994-8.6%−6.5 pts

385Dodge County, GAGA19,663-8.6%−17.5 pts

386Sabine Parish, LALA21,834-8.6%−12.2 pts

387Castro County, TXTX7,295-8.6%+0.1 pts

388Attala County, MSMS17,100-8.6%−14.9 pts

389Gentry County, MOMO6,384-8.5%−8.7 pts

390Adams County, MSMS30,061-8.5%−5.7 pts

391Schuyler County, ILIL6,657-8.5%−4.4 pts

392Carbon County, WYWY14,013-8.5%−2.4 pts

393Webster County, WVWV7,760-8.5%+0.9 pts

394Lincoln County, ARAR12,764-8.4%−14.3 pts

395Pierce County, NDND3,838-8.4%−1.0 pts

396Isabella County, MIMI64,691-8.4%−24.4 pts

397Darlington County, SCSC62,888-8.4%−17.4 pts

398Morehouse Parish, LALA23,705-8.4%−5.5 pts

399Charlotte County, VAVA11,401-8.4%−15.1 pts

400Okmulgee County, OKOK37,241-8.4%−17.1 pts

401Bradley County, ARAR9,828-8.4%−15.2 pts

402Harlan County, KYKY24,725-8.4%+0.9 pts

403Echols County, GAGA3,685-8.4%−69.2 pts

404Wilson County, KSKS8,299-8.3%−8.8 pts

405Monroe County, WVWV12,491-8.3%−25.9 pts

406Hand County, SDSD3,121-8.3%+4.1 pts

407Morgan County, OHOH13,626-8.3%−13.3 pts

408Sherman County, TXTX2,781-8.3%−19.8 pts

409Warren County, MSMS41,759-8.3%−12.0 pts

410Cottle County, TXTX1,224-8.3%+7.0 pts

411Stevens County, KSKS4,984-8.3%−16.5 pts

412Pawnee County, NENE2,510-8.3%−1.3 pts

413Switzerland County, ININ10,037-8.3%−25.4 pts

414Venango County, PAPA49,346-8.2%−5.2 pts

415Wayne County, WVWV37,309-8.2%−11.3 pts

416Stafford County, KSKS4,005-8.2%+2.5 pts

417Haskell County, TXTX5,499-8.2%+2.5 pts

418Torrance County, NMNM16,100-8.2%−72.6 pts

419Massac County, ILIL13,502-8.2%−10.9 pts

420Barbour County, ALAL24,607-8.1%−22.4 pts

421Bland County, VAVA6,151-8.1%−13.6 pts

422Maries County, MOMO8,397-8.1%−19.7 pts

423Marengo County, ALAL18,311-8.1%−5.7 pts

424Shackelford County, TXTX3,197-8.1%−7.7 pts

425Adams County, IAIA3,617-8.1%−0.2 pts

426Grant County, WVWV11,041-8.1%−16.4 pts

427Livingston County, ILIL35,057-8.0%−9.0 pts

428Johnson County, GAGA9,310-7.9%−10.7 pts

429Baraga County, MIMI8,169-7.9%−17.9 pts

430Richmond County, NCNC42,041-7.9%−12.5 pts

431Grant County, OKOK4,067-7.9%+1.7 pts

432Alger County, MIMI8,641-7.9%−17.8 pts

433Chautauqua County, KSKS3,321-7.9%−6.8 pts

434Dent County, MOMO14,584-7.9%−16.8 pts

435McCulloch County, TXTX7,472-7.9%−1.4 pts

436Hudspeth County, TXTX3,433-7.9%−22.6 pts

437Barton County, KSKS24,790-7.9%−3.9 pts

438Wibaux County, MTMT885-7.9%+2.5 pts

439Franklin County, NYNY46,500-7.8%−17.7 pts

440Marlboro County, SCSC25,488-7.8%−6.0 pts

441Chase County, KSKS2,572-7.8%−8.1 pts

442Wyoming County, PAPA25,790-7.8%−7.8 pts

443Marion County, TXTX9,896-7.8%−17.4 pts

444Hickman County, KYKY4,372-7.8%−2.3 pts

445Hancock County, ILIL16,803-7.8%−1.9 pts

446Wheeler County, TXTX4,773-7.8%+2.4 pts

447McCreary County, KYKY17,124-7.7%−17.2 pts

448Winston County, MSMS17,473-7.7%−11.5 pts

449Warren County, PAPA37,038-7.7%−5.1 pts

450Prairie County, MTMT1,112-7.7%+5.6 pts

451Crawford County, MIMI13,722-7.7%−24.1 pts

452Brown County, NENE2,826-7.7%−4.1 pts

453Apache County, AZAZ64,445-7.7%−20.4 pts

454Pembina County, NDND6,568-7.7%−0.6 pts

455Delaware County, NYNY44,305-7.7%−9.4 pts

456Logan County, ILIL27,182-7.6%−8.9 pts

457Jasper County, TXTX33,075-7.6%−22.1 pts

458Jackson Parish, LALA15,834-7.6%−5.7 pts

459Nevada County, ARAR7,942-7.6%−6.2 pts

460Renville County, NDND2,331-7.6%+9.8 pts

461Marshall County, WVWV29,159-7.6%−2.7 pts

462Fisher County, TXTX3,692-7.6%+2.7 pts

463Monroe County, MSMS33,318-7.6%−11.5 pts

464Piute County, UTUT1,509-7.6%−20.0 pts

465Scott County, ILIL4,866-7.6%−5.7 pts

466Kittson County, MNMN4,031-7.6%+0.8 pts

467Lunenburg County, VAVA12,058-7.6%−22.7 pts

468Seminole County, OKOK23,441-7.6%−5.5 pts

469Lewis County, IDID3,704-7.5%−14.1 pts

470Marshall County, SDSD4,426-7.5%−2.0 pts

471St. John the Baptist Parish, LALA39,875-7.5%−15.1 pts

472Smyth County, VAVA28,882-7.5%−9.7 pts

473Montgomery County, MOMO11,590-7.5%−14.3 pts

474San Miguel County, NMNM26,260-7.5%−24.5 pts

475Baca County, COCO3,347-7.4%−6.6 pts

476Lac qui Parle County, MNMN6,704-7.4%+2.2 pts

477Morris County, TXTX12,133-7.4%−6.3 pts

478Jackson County, SDSD2,666-7.4%−11.7 pts

479Mitchell County, GAGA20,467-7.4%−25.5 pts

480Chesterfield County, SCSC44,740-7.4%−18.3 pts

481Morgan County, ILIL32,515-7.4%−8.0 pts

482Madison County, NYNY67,120-7.4%−7.9 pts

483Gosper County, NENE1,803-7.4%−18.5 pts

484Montgomery County, NCNC26,403-7.4%−22.3 pts

485Hancock County, GAGA8,682-7.4%−20.5 pts

486Lipscomb County, TXTX2,955-7.4%−4.6 pts

487Mecklenburg County, VAVA30,747-7.4%−18.1 pts

488Lenoir County, NCNC55,837-7.4%−11.5 pts

489Smith County, KSKS3,566-7.3%+3.3 pts

490King County, TXTX192-7.3%−7.9 pts

491Sequoyah County, OKOK40,842-7.3%−22.5 pts

492Carroll County, OHOH26,475-7.3%−16.1 pts

493Chowan County, NCNC14,082-7.3%−14.9 pts

494Howard County, ARAR12,306-7.3%−12.7 pts

495Audubon County, IAIA5,509-7.3%−0.4 pts

496Lafayette County, FLFL8,792-7.3%−33.1 pts

497Sumner County, KSKS22,312-7.3%−7.7 pts

498Cavalier County, NDND3,497-7.2%+13.1 pts

499Cimarron County, OKOK2,059-7.2%−2.6 pts

500Okfuskee County, OKOK11,451-7.2%−9.5 pts

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Frequently asked

Which county has the lowest population growth?

Alexander County, Illinois ranks #1 with -36.4% (2020 Decennial Census).

What are the top 5 counties by population growth?

Alexander County, Illinois, Schleicher County, Texas, Edwards County, Texas, Dickens County, Texas, Blaine County, Oklahoma.

How many counties are in this ranking?

3,131 counties qualify after filtering for population minimums and data availability. The ranking covers 2020 Decennial Census data.

How is population growth measured?

Percent change in population from the prior decennial census. Source: US Census Bureau, 2020 Decennial Census.