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%+273%

02Schleicher County, TXTX2,245-29.2%+1486%

03Edwards County, TXTX1,370-29.0%+531%

04Dickens County, TXTX1,692-27.6%−471%

05Blaine County, OKOK8,515-26.9%−709%

06Tyrrell County, NCNC3,537-26.4%−447%

07McPherson County, NENE369-26.0%+991%

08Quitman County, MSMS5,364-24.9%+600%

09Dooly County, GAGA11,156-24.9%−252%

10Telfair County, GAGA11,195-24.4%−438%

11Ripley County, MOMO10,717-24.3%−348%

12Phillips County, ARAR14,255-23.8%+187%

13McIntosh County, GAGA11,989-23.4%−191%

14Allendale County, SCSC7,355-22.8%+424%

15Terrell County, TXTX702-22.8%−2%

16Sharkey County, MSMS3,097-22.7%+230%

17Loving County, TXTX52-22.0%−41%

18Presidio County, TXTX5,433-21.6%−315%

19Tensas Parish, LALA3,700-21.0%+208%

20Hyde County, NCNC4,554-21.0%−374%

21Northampton County, NCNC16,491-20.9%−438%

22Oregon County, MOMO8,709-20.6%−324%

23Pendleton County, WVWV5,826-20.2%−1244%

24Dallas County, ARAR6,011-20.1%+379%

25Jerauld County, SDSD1,654-19.7%+267%

26Perry County, ALAL7,425-19.6%+179%

27Clark County, IDID783-19.6%−157%

28Luce County, MIMI6,339-19.5%−189%

29La Paz County, AZAZ16,711-19.2%−145%

30Ritchie County, WVWV8,034-19.2%−1885%

31Concho County, TXTX3,607-19.2%−163%

32Wayne County, MOMO10,782-18.8%−227%

33Cochran County, TXTX2,546-18.5%+25%

34Calhoun County, WVWV5,978-18.3%+377%

35Sutton County, TXTX3,203-18.3%+1206%

36St. Francis County, ARAR21,800-18.3%−726%

37Coahoma County, MSMS19,849-18.2%+453%

38Anson County, NCNC21,758-18.2%−337%

39Foard County, TXTX1,044-18.0%+88%

40Macon County, GAGA11,756-18.0%−346%

41Pulaski County, GAGA10,172-17.9%−198%

42Cameron Parish, LALA4,718-17.9%−326%

43Dundy County, NENE1,568-17.6%+57%

44Claiborne Parish, LALA13,354-17.6%+453%

45Jefferson County, OKOK5,431-17.5%+540%

46Lee County, ARAR8,029-17.5%+383%

47Lafayette County, ARAR5,888-17.5%+56%

48Tallahatchie County, MSMS10,877-17.3%+758%

49Rock County, NENE1,259-17.3%+33%

50Zavala County, TXTX9,037-17.2%+272%

51Madison Parish, LALA8,844-17.2%−269%

52Haines, AKAK2,068-17.1%−231%

53Carter County, MOMO5,418-17.0%−320%

54Humphreys County, MSMS7,001-17.0%+122%

55Washington County, NCNC10,638-16.8%+759%

56Randolph County, GAGA6,156-16.8%+480%

57Calhoun County, GAGA5,413-16.7%−164%

58Bamberg County, SCSC12,796-16.7%+1059%

59Duplin County, NCNC51,571-16.7%−174%

60Shannon County, MOMO7,285-16.7%−279%

61Crockett County, TXTX2,769-16.7%−3343%

62Baker County, GAGA2,725-16.7%−231%

63Real County, TXTX2,745-16.7%−163%

64Monroe County, ARAR6,244-16.6%+74%

65Duval County, TXTX9,402-16.6%−1159%

66Talbot County, GAGA5,709-16.5%+4038%

67McDonough County, ILIL25,916-16.5%+149%

68Morton County, KSKS2,470-16.5%−3679%

69Stonewall County, TXTX1,186-16.4%+3%

70Liberty County, MTMT1,957-16.2%+172%

71Floyd County, TXTX4,881-16.2%+90%

72Red River Parish, LALA7,165-16.2%−746%

73Webster County, GAGA2,369-16.1%−387%

74De Baca County, NMNM1,647-16.0%+2907%

75Bell County, KYKY22,829-16.0%+249%

76West Carroll Parish, LALA9,156-16.0%−974%

77Bladen County, NCNC30,007-15.9%−226%

78Kenedy County, TXTX319-15.9%+59%

79Lincoln County, NVNV4,320-15.8%−253%

80Pope County, ILIL3,672-15.8%−1829%

81Hall County, TXTX2,737-15.7%+400%

82Bertie County, NCNC17,086-15.7%+422%

83Pulaski County, ILIL4,820-15.7%+575%

84Buchanan County, VAVA18,492-15.5%+12%

85Hardin County, ILIL3,588-15.5%+107%

86Newton County, TXTX11,954-15.4%−239%

87Douglas County, MOMO12,342-15.4%−251%

88Bristol Bay, AKAK847-15.3%+42%

89Latimer County, OKOK9,645-15.3%−541%

90Crosby County, TXTX4,852-15.3%+381%

91McMullen County, TXTX544-15.1%−464%

92Chattahoochee County, GAGA8,465-15.1%+25%

93Harmon County, OKOK2,327-14.9%+10%

94Sublette County, WYWY8,929-14.8%−167%

95Owsley County, KYKY3,932-14.8%+319%

96Gilmer County, WVWV7,085-14.8%+123%

97Jeff Davis County, TXTX1,711-14.8%−210%

98Hidalgo County, NMNM3,929-14.6%+3253%

99Greene County, ALAL7,067-14.5%+725%

100Bollinger County, MOMO10,646-14.5%−209%

101DeKalb County, MOMO9,795-14.5%−188%

102Catahoula Parish, LALA8,223-14.4%+1001%

103Pemiscot County, MOMO14,465-14.4%+68%

104Oldham County, TXTX1,783-14.3%+251%

105Kit Carson County, COCO7,069-14.3%−217%

106Braxton County, WVWV11,885-14.3%−209%

107Monroe County, ALAL18,965-14.3%−1062%

108Hardeman County, TXTX3,292-14.3%+35%

109Marion County, GAGA7,676-14.2%−151%

110Clay County, WVWV7,538-14.2%−509%

111Ontonagon County, MIMI5,823-14.2%+22%

112Mora County, NMNM4,051-14.2%−166%

113Summers County, WVWV11,532-14.1%+67%

114Crisp County, GAGA19,237-14.1%−242%

115Cumberland County, KYKY5,992-14.1%−364%

116Gates County, NCNC10,234-14.1%−208%

117Adair County, OKOK19,828-14.1%−199%

118Kemper County, MSMS8,600-14.0%−1599%

119Holt County, MOMO4,200-14.0%+24%

120Hickory County, MOMO9,044-14.0%−164%

121Lee County, SCSC15,730-14.0%−253%

122Ziebach County, SDSD2,389-13.9%−203%

123Elk County, KSKS2,458-13.8%+598%

124Smith County, MSMS13,991-13.8%−248%

125Dimmit County, TXTX8,024-13.8%+679%

126Greeley County, NENE2,154-13.8%+42%

127Boyd County, NENE1,674-13.8%−2%

128Greene County, ILIL11,313-13.7%+277%

129Woodruff County, ARAR5,710-13.7%+67%

130Coleman County, TXTX7,915-13.6%+178%

131McDowell County, WVWV16,878-13.6%−39%

132Edgecombe County, NCNC49,121-13.5%+704%

133Ness County, KSKS2,617-13.5%−6%

134Chicot County, ARAR9,107-13.5%+33%

135Sioux County, NENE1,188-13.4%+181%

136Lee County, VAVA21,642-13.3%+260%

137New Madrid County, MOMO15,086-13.3%+138%

138Ouachita County, ARAR21,731-13.3%+128%

139Newton County, ARAR7,026-13.3%−208%

140Collingsworth County, TXTX2,487-13.2%+29%

141Robeson County, NCNC119,941-13.1%−176%

142Jefferson County, ARAR62,987-13.1%+829%

143Cleveland County, ARAR7,224-13.1%−229%

144Wilkinson County, MSMS7,582-13.1%−300%

145Bent County, COCO5,716-13.1%−169%

146Kinney County, TXTX3,128-13.0%−256%

147Barber County, KSKS4,083-13.0%+35%

148Coles County, ILIL46,607-13.0%−533%

149Wetzel County, WVWV13,734-12.9%+59%

150Henderson County, ILIL5,984-12.9%−991%

151Columbus County, NCNC50,487-12.9%−224%

152Wise County, VAVA34,824-12.8%−1024%

153Knott County, KYKY13,321-12.8%+793%

154Tillman County, OKOK6,780-12.8%+21%

155Calhoun County, ILIL4,300-12.8%+186%

156Ashley County, ARAR17,831-12.8%+2724%

157Magoffin County, KYKY11,110-12.7%−752%

158Martin County, KYKY10,697-12.7%−3159%

159Hertford County, NCNC19,015-12.6%−3749%

160Rolette County, NDND11,688-12.6%−278%

161Fairfield County, SCSC20,340-12.6%−342%

162Menard County, TXTX1,956-12.5%−360%

163Washington County, ALAL14,822-12.5%−248%

164Mississippi County, ARAR37,828-12.5%+29%

165Gogebic County, MIMI14,285-12.5%+230%

166Scott County, ARAR9,965-12.4%−260%

167Benton County, MSMS7,502-12.4%+4891%

168Mississippi County, MOMO12,003-12.4%+76%

169Desha County, ARAR9,984-12.4%+43%

170Briscoe County, TXTX1,474-12.3%+34%

171Conecuh County, ALAL10,899-12.3%−5051%

172Leflore County, MSMS25,686-12.3%−858%

173Stewart County, GAGA4,631-12.3%+73%

174Throckmorton County, TXTX1,554-12.2%+668%

175Taylor County, GAGA7,818-12.2%−180%

176Dallas County, ALAL35,140-12.2%+233%

177Mingo County, WVWV21,455-12.2%−25%

178Washington County, MSMS40,446-12.2%+67%

179Motley County, TXTX1,043-12.1%+76%

180Letcher County, KYKY19,952-12.1%+90%

181Fayette County, WVWV38,165-12.1%+1450%

182Ozark County, MOMO9,172-12.0%−210%

183Jackson County, ILIL52,501-12.0%+405%

184Hampton County, SCSC18,174-12.0%−168%

185Greer County, OKOK5,373-12.0%+58%

186Sunflower County, MSMS22,893-11.8%−358%

187Dillon County, SCSC27,458-11.8%−313%

188Marion County, SCSC28,242-11.7%−354%

189Calhoun County, ARAR4,632-11.7%+733%

190Phillips County, KSKS4,728-11.7%+31%

191Daggett County, UTUT934-11.7%−135%

192Allen Parish, LALA22,672-11.7%−159%

193Nowata County, OKOK9,522-11.5%−300%

194Garfield County, NENE1,710-11.5%+3%

195Gallatin County, ILIL4,616-11.5%+71%

196Dunklin County, MOMO26,855-11.5%−8944%

197Hayes County, NENE821-11.5%−9%

198Boone County, WVWV20,251-11.4%+784%

199Holmes County, MSMS15,465-11.4%−49569%

200Donley County, TXTX3,213-11.4%−419%

201Meade County, KSKS3,852-11.4%−226%

202Logan County, WVWV30,375-11.4%−8%

203Susquehanna County, PAPA38,237-11.4%−347%

204Denali, AKAK1,616-11.3%–

205Calhoun County, MSMS12,643-11.3%−1150%

206Hempstead County, ARAR19,080-11.3%−224%

207Swisher County, TXTX6,703-11.2%−473%

208Fremont County, IAIA6,522-11.2%+328%

209Montgomery County, KSKS30,177-11.2%+70%

210Hartley County, TXTX4,904-11.2%−121%

211Harper County, OKOK3,172-11.2%−9%

212Dickenson County, VAVA13,236-11.2%+61%

213Haskell County, KSKS3,599-11.2%−203%

214Hemphill County, TXTX3,083-11.2%+13%

215Hyde County, SDSD1,191-11.1%+655%

216Coal County, OKOK5,436-11.1%−356%

217Warren County, NCNC18,898-11.1%−171%

218Halifax County, NCNC46,534-11.1%−432%

219Twiggs County, GAGA7,597-11.1%−239%

220Quitman County, GAGA2,254-11.1%−163%

221Bath County, VAVA4,076-11.0%−313%

222Roberts County, TXTX867-11.0%−18%

223Butte County, IDID2,783-11.0%+1584%

224Clarendon County, SCSC31,043-10.9%−177%

225Webster County, NENE3,336-10.9%+115%

226Petersburg, AKAK3,394-10.9%–

227Noxubee County, MSMS9,798-10.9%+2356%

228Russell County, VAVA25,332-10.8%−288%

229Wolfe County, KYKY6,298-10.8%−225%

230Mason County, ILIL12,411-10.8%+659%

231Cotton County, OKOK5,432-10.8%+1833%

232Dawes County, NENE7,858-10.7%−2576%

233San Augustine County, TXTX7,722-10.7%−190%

234Comanche County, KSKS1,673-10.7%−29%

235Sullivan County, MOMO5,738-10.6%−175%

236Clarke County, ALAL22,014-10.6%−562%

237Leake County, MSMS21,662-10.6%−178%

238Rush County, KSKS2,845-10.6%+40%

239Warren County, GAGA5,269-10.6%−350%

240Cameron County, PAPA4,211-10.6%−1126%

241Montgomery County, ARAR8,579-10.6%−159%

242Lake County, TNTN6,249-10.6%−191%

243Gulf County, FLFL15,943-10.5%−166%

244Clay County, GAGA2,815-10.5%+4958%

245Wayne County, UTUT2,587-10.5%−169%

246Tattnall County, GAGA24,376-10.5%−141%

247Emery County, UTUT10,177-10.5%−305%

248Benson County, NDND5,759-10.5%+221%

249Franklin County, NENE2,795-10.4%+13%

250Beaver County, OKOK4,882-10.4%+278%

251Sussex County, VAVA10,755-10.4%−147%

252Cherokee County, KSKS19,105-10.4%−280%

253Hale County, TXTX31,819-10.3%−286%

254Union County, NMNM3,844-10.3%−952%

255Pawnee County, KSKS5,991-10.3%+142%

256Tazewell County, VAVA38,635-10.3%+248%

257Sumter County, ALAL11,588-10.3%+21%

258Pike County, ILIL14,231-10.3%+837%

259Webster Parish, LALA34,948-10.3%+2634%

260Iron County, MOMO9,318-10.3%+3703%

261Concordia Parish, LALA17,836-10.3%+268%

262Harlan County, NENE3,000-10.2%+1523%

263Wrangell, AKAK2,007-10.2%–

264Modoc County, CACA8,426-10.2%+330%

265Winn Parish, LALA14,961-10.2%−365%

266Assumption Parish, LALA19,720-10.2%−464%

267Wyoming County, WVWV19,801-10.1%−10%

268Kimball County, NENE3,391-10.1%+2090%

269Clark County, KSKS1,900-10.1%+773%

270Faulk County, SDSD2,178-10.1%+167%

271Montgomery County, MSMS9,354-10.1%+528%

272Martin County, NCNC21,601-10.1%−592%

273Walthall County, MSMS13,928-10.1%−280%

274Hodgeman County, KSKS1,619-10.1%+138%

275Greenwood County, KSKS5,826-10.1%+354%

276Lane County, KSKS1,508-10.1%+9%

277Hitchcock County, NENE2,467-10.0%−41%

278Brown County, ILIL6,401-10.0%−152%

279Coosa County, ALAL10,161-10.0%−197%

280Garza County, TXTX4,510-10.0%+89%

281Dawson County, TXTX11,776-10.0%−325%

282Washakie County, WYWY7,597-9.9%+742%

283McIntosh County, NDND2,451-9.9%−37%

284Clinton County, KYKY9,139-9.9%−282%

285Kiowa County, OKOK8,181-9.9%+0%

286Pike County, ARAR9,964-9.9%−182%

287Colfax County, NMNM12,184-9.9%−201%

288Stark County, ILIL5,319-9.9%+221%

289Red River County, TXTX11,816-9.9%+47141%

290Randolph County, ILIL29,921-9.9%+396%

291Williamsburg County, SCSC29,662-9.9%−1004%

292Knox County, TXTX3,192-9.8%−18%

293Blaine County, NENE458-9.8%−28%

294Arkansas County, ARAR15,836-9.8%+136%

295Rosebud County, MTMT8,253-9.8%−8%

296Pike County, KYKY54,721-9.8%+84%

297Marion County, MSMS24,001-9.8%−4994%

298Sumter County, GAGA28,801-9.8%−199%

299Pocahontas County, WVWV7,602-9.7%−814%

300Mills County, TXTX4,580-9.7%−171%

301Tyler County, WVWV7,881-9.7%+367%

302Wilkes County, GAGA9,540-9.7%−1243%

303Ellis County, OKOK3,613-9.7%+3%

304Clay County, MSMS18,238-9.7%−338%

305Jones County, NCNC9,575-9.7%−194%

306Morrill County, NENE4,404-9.7%−3181%

307Conejos County, COCO7,529-9.6%−176%

308Forest County, PAPA6,614-9.6%−421%

309Lauderdale County, TNTN24,617-9.6%−163%

310Decatur County, IAIA7,655-9.6%−328%

311St. Mary Parish, LALA46,552-9.6%+22%

312Bienville Parish, LALA12,269-9.6%+573%

313Clay County, ARAR14,052-9.5%+246%

314Nance County, NENE3,290-9.5%+71%

315Lake and Peninsula, AKAK1,357-9.5%−202%

316White Pine County, NVNV8,661-9.5%+957%

317Haskell County, OKOK11,787-9.5%−221%

318Iberville Parish, LALA29,579-9.4%−229%

319Koochiching County, MNMN11,587-9.4%−21%

320Graham County, NCNC8,190-9.4%−185%

321Knox County, MOMO3,728-9.4%+247%

322Jefferson Davis County, MSMS10,941-9.3%+1374%

323Fulton County, ILIL32,901-9.3%−2191%

324Lincoln County, KSKS2,861-9.3%+354%

325Allegany County, MDMD66,848-9.3%+43449%

326Osborne County, KSKS3,285-9.3%+9%

327Dougherty County, GAGA82,616-9.3%+3533%

328Schoharie County, NYNY30,176-9.3%+966%

329Bolivar County, MSMS28,262-9.3%+212%

330Schley County, GAGA4,593-9.2%−286%

331Tunica County, MSMS8,819-9.2%−171%

332Lawrence County, ILIL13,790-9.2%+183%

333Edgar County, ILIL16,323-9.2%−1755%

334Taliaferro County, GAGA1,662-9.2%−209%

335Wilcox County, ALAL9,666-9.2%+223%

336Wirt County, WVWV4,879-9.1%−170%

337Sullivan County, PAPA5,856-9.1%−224%

338Marshall County, MSMS34,654-9.1%−160%

339Ringgold County, IAIA4,642-9.1%−1109%

340Worth County, MOMO1,914-9.1%+284%

341Vermilion County, ILIL71,259-9.1%+85%

342Nodaway County, MOMO20,174-9.1%−1074%

343Harper County, KSKS5,370-9.1%+10%

344Brunswick County, VAVA15,727-9.1%−160%

345Lauderdale County, MSMS70,317-9.1%−363%

346Morris County, KSKS5,348-9.1%+498%

347Mitchell County, KSKS5,590-9.1%+141%

348Butler County, ALAL18,100-9.1%+302%

349Tyler County, TXTX20,443-9.0%−136%

350Schuyler County, MOMO4,140-9.0%+478%

351Nuckolls County, NENE4,100-9.0%−29%

352Barnwell County, SCSC20,653-9.0%−157%

353Glasscock County, TXTX1,128-9.0%+217%

354Caddo County, OKOK26,130-9.0%−542%

355Pointe Coupee Parish, LALA19,520-9.0%−1006%

356Steele County, NDND1,797-9.0%+34%

357Reynolds County, MOMO5,992-9.0%−2232%

358Macon County, ALAL18,132-9.0%+171%

359Orangeburg County, SCSC83,177-8.9%−212%

360Harrison County, MOMO8,281-8.9%−299%

361Union County, KYKY12,839-8.9%+61%

362Willacy County, TXTX19,971-8.9%−166%

363Garden County, NENE1,804-8.9%+30%

364Floyd County, KYKY34,401-8.9%+239%

365Kalawao County, HIHI82-8.9%−168%

366Iroquois County, ILIL26,150-8.9%−600%

367Emmet County, IAIA9,107-8.9%+89%

368Jones County, SDSD913-8.8%−11%

369Culberson County, TXTX2,267-8.8%−31%

370Lowndes County, ALAL9,359-8.7%−236%

371Yellow Medicine County, MNMN9,477-8.7%+69%

372Jim Hogg County, TXTX4,555-8.7%−359%

373Harrison County, OHOH14,070-8.7%+511%

374Refugio County, TXTX6,657-8.7%+369%

375Little River County, ARAR11,763-8.7%+259%

376Sabine County, TXTX10,012-8.7%−194%

377Hardee County, FLFL25,932-8.7%−123%

378Van Buren County, ARAR16,238-8.7%−156%

379Yell County, ARAR19,956-8.7%−146%

380St. James Parish, LALA18,938-8.6%−635%

381Choctaw County, ALAL11,904-8.6%+1338%

382Carroll County, MOMO8,417-8.6%+100%

383Frontier County, NENE2,655-8.6%+13233%

384Monroe County, OHOH12,994-8.6%+320%

385Dodge County, GAGA19,663-8.6%−197%

386Sabine Parish, LALA21,834-8.6%−339%

387Castro County, TXTX7,295-8.6%−1%

388Attala County, MSMS17,100-8.6%−234%

389Gentry County, MOMO6,384-8.5%−4603%

390Adams County, MSMS30,061-8.5%+197%

391Schuyler County, ILIL6,657-8.5%+107%

392Carbon County, WYWY14,013-8.5%+39%

393Webster County, WVWV7,760-8.5%−10%

394Lincoln County, ARAR12,764-8.4%−244%

395Pierce County, NDND3,838-8.4%+13%

396Isabella County, MIMI64,691-8.4%−153%

397Darlington County, SCSC62,888-8.4%−194%

398Morehouse Parish, LALA23,705-8.4%+193%

399Charlotte County, VAVA11,401-8.4%−225%

400Okmulgee County, OKOK37,241-8.4%−196%

401Bradley County, ARAR9,828-8.4%−222%

402Harlan County, KYKY24,725-8.4%−9%

403Echols County, GAGA3,685-8.4%−114%

404Wilson County, KSKS8,299-8.3%−2096%

405Monroe County, WVWV12,491-8.3%−148%

406Hand County, SDSD3,121-8.3%−33%

407Morgan County, OHOH13,626-8.3%−268%

408Sherman County, TXTX2,781-8.3%−172%

409Warren County, MSMS41,759-8.3%−325%

410Cottle County, TXTX1,224-8.3%−46%

411Stevens County, KSKS4,984-8.3%−201%

412Pawnee County, NENE2,510-8.3%+19%

413Switzerland County, ININ10,037-8.3%−148%

414Venango County, PAPA49,346-8.2%+169%

415Wayne County, WVWV37,309-8.2%−371%

416Stafford County, KSKS4,005-8.2%−23%

417Haskell County, TXTX5,499-8.2%−23%

418Torrance County, NMNM16,100-8.2%−113%

419Massac County, ILIL13,502-8.2%−395%

420Barbour County, ALAL24,607-8.1%−157%

421Bland County, VAVA6,151-8.1%−248%

422Maries County, MOMO8,397-8.1%−170%

423Marengo County, ALAL18,311-8.1%+243%

424Shackelford County, TXTX3,197-8.1%+1814%

425Adams County, IAIA3,617-8.1%+2%

426Grant County, WVWV11,041-8.1%−196%

427Livingston County, ILIL35,057-8.0%−939%

428Johnson County, GAGA9,310-7.9%−386%

429Baraga County, MIMI8,169-7.9%−180%

430Richmond County, NCNC42,041-7.9%−272%

431Grant County, OKOK4,067-7.9%−17%

432Alger County, MIMI8,641-7.9%−180%

433Chautauqua County, KSKS3,321-7.9%+626%

434Dent County, MOMO14,584-7.9%−188%

435McCulloch County, TXTX7,472-7.9%+21%

436Hudspeth County, TXTX3,433-7.9%−154%

437Barton County, KSKS24,790-7.9%+97%

438Wibaux County, MTMT885-7.9%−24%

439Franklin County, NYNY46,500-7.8%−179%

440Marlboro County, SCSC25,488-7.8%+323%

441Chase County, KSKS2,572-7.8%−2723%

442Wyoming County, PAPA25,790-7.8%−54885%

443Marion County, TXTX9,896-7.8%−181%

444Hickman County, KYKY4,372-7.8%+42%

445Hancock County, ILIL16,803-7.8%+33%

446Wheeler County, TXTX4,773-7.8%−23%

447McCreary County, KYKY17,124-7.7%−182%

448Winston County, MSMS17,473-7.7%−307%

449Warren County, PAPA37,038-7.7%+193%

450Prairie County, MTMT1,112-7.7%−42%

451Crawford County, MIMI13,722-7.7%−147%

452Brown County, NENE2,826-7.7%+113%

453Apache County, AZAZ64,445-7.7%−160%

454Pembina County, NDND6,568-7.7%+9%

455Delaware County, NYNY44,305-7.7%−535%

456Logan County, ILIL27,182-7.6%−712%

457Jasper County, TXTX33,075-7.6%−153%

458Jackson Parish, LALA15,834-7.6%+289%

459Nevada County, ARAR7,942-7.6%+428%

460Renville County, NDND2,331-7.6%−56%

461Marshall County, WVWV29,159-7.6%+55%

462Fisher County, TXTX3,692-7.6%−26%

463Monroe County, MSMS33,318-7.6%−294%

464Piute County, UTUT1,509-7.6%−161%

465Scott County, ILIL4,866-7.6%+300%

466Kittson County, MNMN4,031-7.6%−9%

467Lunenburg County, VAVA12,058-7.6%−150%

468Seminole County, OKOK23,441-7.6%+271%

469Lewis County, IDID3,704-7.5%−215%

470Marshall County, SDSD4,426-7.5%+36%

471St. John the Baptist Parish, LALA39,875-7.5%−198%

472Smyth County, VAVA28,882-7.5%−440%

473Montgomery County, MOMO11,590-7.5%−209%

474San Miguel County, NMNM26,260-7.5%−144%

475Baca County, COCO3,347-7.4%+770%

476Lac qui Parle County, MNMN6,704-7.4%−23%

477Morris County, TXTX12,133-7.4%+545%

478Jackson County, SDSD2,666-7.4%−275%

479Mitchell County, GAGA20,467-7.4%−141%

480Chesterfield County, SCSC44,740-7.4%−168%

481Morgan County, ILIL32,515-7.4%−1331%

482Madison County, NYNY67,120-7.4%−1691%

483Gosper County, NENE1,803-7.4%−166%

484Montgomery County, NCNC26,403-7.4%−149%

485Hancock County, GAGA8,682-7.4%−156%

486Lipscomb County, TXTX2,955-7.4%+169%

487Mecklenburg County, VAVA30,747-7.4%−169%

488Lenoir County, NCNC55,837-7.4%−277%

489Smith County, KSKS3,566-7.3%−31%

490King County, TXTX192-7.3%−1400%

491Sequoyah County, OKOK40,842-7.3%−148%

492Carroll County, OHOH26,475-7.3%−184%

493Chowan County, NCNC14,082-7.3%−197%

494Howard County, ARAR12,306-7.3%−235%

495Audubon County, IAIA5,509-7.3%+6%

496Lafayette County, FLFL8,792-7.3%−128%

497Sumner County, KSKS22,312-7.3%−1885%

498Cavalier County, NDND3,497-7.2%−64%

499Cimarron County, OKOK2,059-7.2%+56%

500Okfuskee County, OKOK11,451-7.2%−417%

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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.