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Largest by population, US counties

The most populous US counties as of the 2025 population estimates.

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RANKPLACESTATETOTAL POPULATIONVS 2000
1001St. Martin Parish, LALA51,106+5%
1002Laurens County, GAGA51,041+14%
1003Harrisonburg, VAVA50,839+26%
1004Lincoln County, OROR50,636+14%
1005St. Charles Parish, LALA50,586+5%
1006Winona County, MNMN50,523+1%
1007Columbus County, NCNC50,487−8%
1008Habersham County, GAGA50,416+40%
1009Le Flore County, OKOK50,196+4%
1010Douglas County, NVNV50,111+21%
1011Montgomery County, NYNY50,046+1%
1012Fremont County, COCO50,039+8%
1013Santa Cruz County, AZAZ50,020+30%
1014Bristol County, RIRI50,001−1%
1015Dale County, ALAL49,912+2%
1016Monroe County, TNTN49,730+28%
1017Wood County, TXTX49,688+35%
1018Stevens County, WAWA49,668+24%
1019McClain County, OKOK49,647+79%
1020Jackson County, FLFL49,629+6%
1021Venango County, PAPA49,346−14%
1022Henry County, VAVA49,242−15%
1023Cherokee County, OKOK49,196+16%
1024Henry County, ININ49,137+1%
1025Edgecombe County, NCNC49,121−12%
1026Nelson County, KYKY49,036+31%
1027Carter County, OKOK48,910+7%
1028Kittitas County, WAWA48,803+46%
1029Ravalli County, MTMT48,582+35%
1030Levy County, FLFL48,520+41%
1031Whitman County, WAWA48,512+19%
1032Lincoln Parish, LALA48,360+14%
1033Hendry County, FLFL48,276+33%
1034Goodhue County, MNMN48,195+9%
1035Suwannee County, FLFL48,149+38%
1036Campbell County, WYWY48,145+43%
1037Henry County, ILIL48,095−6%
1038Shelby County, OHOH48,065+0%
1039Noble County, ININ47,937+4%
1040Val Verde County, TXTX47,835+7%
1041Knox County, ILIL47,767−14%
1042Boyd County, KYKY47,751−4%
1043Chilton County, ALAL47,708+20%
1044Bedford County, PAPA47,480−5%
1045Tioga County, NYNY47,453−8%
1046Colquitt County, GAGA47,438+13%
1047Greene County, ARAR47,411+27%
1048Jackson County, ININ47,370+15%
1049Greene County, NYNY47,238−2%
1050Beltrami County, MNMN47,055+19%
1051Madison County, OHOH46,985+17%
1052Lawrence County, TNTN46,914+18%
1053Hancock County, MSMS46,873+9%
1054Perry County, PAPA46,806+7%
1055Allegany County, NYNY46,800−6%
1056Osage County, OKOK46,794+5%
1057Curry County, NMNM46,655+4%
1058Coles County, ILIL46,607−12%
1059Calaveras County, CACA46,605+15%
1060Marshall County, ININ46,599+3%
1061Monroe County, WIWI46,572+14%
1062St. Mary Parish, LALA46,552−13%
1063Halifax County, NCNC46,534−19%
1064Franklin County, NYNY46,500−9%
1065Barron County, WIWI46,484+3%
1066Douglas County, WAWA46,473+43%
1067Thomas County, GAGA46,368+8%
1068Logan County, OHOH46,302+1%
1069Dunn County, WIWI46,223+16%
1070Crittenden County, ARAR46,210−9%
1071Mifflin County, PAPA46,127−1%
1072Stokes County, NCNC46,126+3%
1073Clinton County, IAIA46,002−8%
1074Branch County, MIMI45,993+0%
1075Auglaize County, OHOH45,909−2%
1076Shelby County, ININ45,882+6%
1077Davie County, NCNC45,855+32%
1078Cortland County, NYNY45,850−6%
1079Shenandoah County, VAVA45,839+31%
1080Polk County, WIWI45,803+11%
1081Callaway County, MOMO45,765+12%
1082Hillsdale County, MIMI45,738−2%
1083Chenango County, NYNY45,715−11%
1084St. Bernard Parish, LALA45,642−32%
1085Barren County, KYKY45,641+20%
1086Franklin County, TNTN45,579+16%
1087Lawrence County, ININ45,568−1%
1088Polk County, GAGA45,514+19%
1089Itasca County, MNMN45,404+3%
1090Phelps County, MOMO45,247+14%
1091Okanogan County, WAWA45,230+14%
1092Windham County, VTVT45,204+2%
1093McDowell County, NCNC45,198+7%
1094Hopkins County, KYKY45,127−3%
1095Vernon Parish, LALA45,091−14%
1096Fayette County, TNTN45,071+56%
1097Jackson County, NCNC45,039+36%
1098Holmes County, OHOH44,970+15%
1099Washington Parish, LALA44,937+2%
1100Oconee County, GAGA44,893+71%
1101Chesterfield County, SCSC44,740+5%
1102Kandiyohi County, MNMN44,720+9%
1103Beaufort County, NCNC44,670−1%
1104Montrose County, COCO44,591+33%
1105DeKalb County, ININ44,535+11%
1106Cooke County, TXTX44,461+22%
1107Upshur County, TXTX44,410+26%
1108Coffee County, GAGA44,407+19%
1109Brown County, OHOH44,397+5%
1110Charlottesville, VAVA44,388−1%
1111Isanti County, MNMN44,386+42%
1112Manassas, VAVA44,332+26%
1113Stephens County, OKOK44,310+3%
1114Delaware County, NYNY44,305−8%
1115Gadsden County, FLFL44,298−2%
1116Henderson County, KYKY44,255−1%
1117Pettis County, MOMO44,254+12%
1118Camden County, MOMO44,047+19%
1119Baldwin County, GAGA44,029−2%
1120Dubois County, ININ44,016+11%
1121Douglas County, WIWI43,990+2%
1122Sullivan County, NHNH43,961+9%
1123Prince George County, VAVA43,936+33%
1124Erath County, TXTX43,911+33%
1125Highland County, OHOH43,823+7%
1126Macoupin County, ILIL43,748−11%
1127Warren County, TNTN43,717+14%
1128Pierce County, WIWI43,519+18%
1129Kay County, OKOK43,490−10%
1130Pittsburg County, OKOK43,320−1%
1131Jefferson County, PAPA43,255−6%
1132Stephenson County, ILIL43,220−12%
1133Summit County, UTUT43,141+45%
1134Webster County, MOMO43,054+39%
1135Huntingdon County, PAPA43,001−6%
1136Baxter County, ARAR42,982+12%
1137Louisa County, VAVA42,924+67%
1138Nez Perce County, IDID42,905+15%
1139Cheatham County, TNTN42,778+19%
1140Warren County, VAVA42,740+35%
1141Mercer County, OHOH42,737+4%
1142Vance County, NCNC42,638−1%
1143Okeechobee County, FLFL42,608+19%
1144Marinette County, WIWI42,574−2%
1145Cerro Gordo County, IAIA42,372−9%
1146Miller County, ARAR42,357+5%
1147Mecosta County, MIMI42,320+4%
1148Union County, PAPA42,313+2%
1149Clinton County, OHOH42,301+4%
1150Tift County, GAGA42,254+10%
1151Pasquotank County, NCNC42,201+21%
1152Wharton County, TXTX42,060+2%
1153Richmond County, NCNC42,041−10%
1154Siskiyou County, CACA42,013−5%
1155Delaware County, OKOK41,910+13%
1156Butler County, MOMO41,904+3%
1157Crawford County, OHOH41,896−11%
1158Amador County, CACA41,876+19%
1159Muscatine County, IAIA41,853+0%
1160Fulton County, OHOH41,853−1%
1161Latah County, IDID41,842+20%
1162Williams County, NDND41,767+111%
1163Warren County, MSMS41,759−16%
1164Benton County, MNMN41,744+22%
1165Danville, VAVA41,647−14%
1166Murray County, GAGA41,607+14%
1167Shawano County, WIWI41,560+2%
1168Isle of Wight County, VAVA41,321+39%
1169LaGrange County, ININ41,305+18%
1170Sweetwater County, WYWY41,267+10%
1171Gratiot County, MIMI41,190−3%
1172Knox County, MEME41,117+4%
1173Mower County, MNMN40,971+6%
1174Tallapoosa County, ALAL40,953−1%
1175Clatsop County, OROR40,926+15%
1176Sequoyah County, OKOK40,842+5%
1177Howell County, MOMO40,798+10%
1178Waldo County, MEME40,693+12%
1179Preble County, OHOH40,664−4%
1180Person County, NCNC40,636+14%
1181Tioga County, PAPA40,502−2%
1182Ohio County, WVWV40,496−15%
1183Washington County, MSMS40,446−36%
1184Harrison County, ININ40,437+18%
1185Mayes County, OKOK40,416+5%
1186Campbell County, TNTN40,290+1%
1187Oconto County, WIWI40,195+13%
1188Graham County, AZAZ40,157+20%
1189Douglas County, MNMN40,120+22%
1190Gloucester County, VAVA40,097+15%
1191Sanilac County, MIMI40,083−10%
1192Orange County, VAVA40,083+55%
1193Marshall County, IAIA39,890+1%
1194St. John the Baptist Parish, LALA39,875−7%
1195Rio Arriba County, NMNM39,832−3%
1196Orleans County, NYNY39,825−10%
1197Wyoming County, NYNY39,741−8%
1198Snyder County, PAPA39,655+6%
1199Newberry County, SCSC39,561+10%
1200Hill County, TXTX39,503+22%
1201Ottawa County, OHOH39,481−4%
1202Fremont County, WYWY39,464+10%
1203Calloway County, KYKY39,421+15%
1204Lawrence County, MOMO39,401+12%
1205Colleton County, SCSC39,382+3%
1206Fannin County, TXTX39,265+26%
1207Macon County, NCNC39,232+32%
1208Hopkins County, TXTX39,063+22%
1209Warren County, MOMO39,016+59%
1210Crawford County, KSKS39,008+2%
1211McKean County, PAPA38,984−15%
1212Montgomery County, ININ38,954+4%
1213Champaign County, OHOH38,820−0%
1214Jim Wells County, TXTX38,804−1%
1215Independence County, ARAR38,785+13%
1216Pike County, MSMS38,712−1%
1217Brown County, TXTX38,711+3%
1218Tazewell County, VAVA38,635−13%
1219Boone County, ARAR38,628+14%
1220Albany County, WYWY38,558+20%
1221Jasper County, SCSC38,533+86%
1222Pontotoc County, OKOK38,528+10%
1223Wasatch County, UTUT38,514+153%
1224Guernsey County, OHOH38,379−6%
1225Yadkin County, NCNC38,325+5%
1226Defiance County, OHOH38,292−3%
1227Washington County, TXTX38,288+26%
1228Uintah County, UTUT38,278+52%
1229Dare County, NCNC38,245+28%
1230Talbot County, MDMD38,238+13%
1231Susquehanna County, PAPA38,237−9%
1232Fayette County, WVWV38,165−20%
1233Jasper County, IAIA38,153+3%
1234Oneida County, WIWI38,131+4%
1235Woodford County, ILIL38,111+7%
1236Wakulla County, FLFL38,089+67%
1237Des Moines County, IAIA38,077−10%
1238Marshall County, TNTN38,071+42%
1239Dodge County, NENE38,057+5%
1240Addison County, VTVT38,048+6%
1241Sagadahoc County, MEME37,979+8%
1242Scott County, MOMO37,975−6%
1243Covington County, ALAL37,947+1%
1244Avoyelles Parish, LALA37,941−9%
1245Cocke County, TNTN37,889+13%
1246Clark County, KYKY37,888+14%
1247Putnam County, ININ37,876+5%
1248Clinton County, PAPA37,870−0%
1249Houghton County, MIMI37,842+5%
1250Cass County, ININ37,836−8%
1251Mississippi County, ARAR37,828−27%
1252Brookings County, SDSD37,635+33%
1253Brown County, SDSD37,561+6%
1254Finney County, KSKS37,505−7%
1255Steele County, MNMN37,464+11%
1256Wayne County, WVWV37,309−13%
1257Whitley County, KYKY37,297+4%
1258Harris County, GAGA37,280+57%
1259Okmulgee County, OKOK37,241−6%
1260Green County, WIWI37,227+11%
1261Huntington County, ININ37,224−2%
1262Coshocton County, OHOH37,188+1%
1263Pickens County, GAGA37,167+62%
1264Clinton County, ILIL37,128+4%
1265DeSoto County, FLFL37,078+15%
1266Graves County, KYKY37,050+0%
1267Warren County, PAPA37,038−16%
1268Alexander County, NCNC36,958+10%
1269Laclede County, MOMO36,943+14%
1270Union County, ARAR36,926−19%
1271Franklin County, ILIL36,916−5%
1272Ware County, GAGA36,906+4%
1273Lincoln County, TNTN36,853+18%
1274Webster County, IAIA36,838−8%
1275Sioux County, IAIA36,774+16%
1276Carlton County, MNMN36,711+16%
1277Clarion County, PAPA36,680−12%
1278Beauregard Parish, LALA36,673+11%
1279Escambia County, ALAL36,665−5%
1280Adams County, ININ36,650+9%
1281McLeod County, MNMN36,631+5%
1282Bennington County, VTVT36,630−1%
1283Lincoln County, MEME36,595+9%
1284Delta County, MIMI36,582−5%
1285Williams County, OHOH36,549−7%
1286Matagorda County, TXTX36,463−4%
1287Essex County, NYNY36,438−6%
1288Marion County, ILIL36,382−13%
1289Geary County, KSKS36,338+30%
1290Dyer County, TNTN36,320−3%
1291Morrow County, OHOH36,305+15%
1292Miami County, KSKS36,240+28%
1293Barry County, MOMO36,200+6%
1294Lumpkin County, GAGA36,178+72%
1295Jefferson County, ILIL36,147−10%
1296Silver Bow County, MTMT36,118+4%
1297Madison County, NENE36,106+2%
1298Natchitoches Parish, LALA36,089−8%
1299Chippewa County, MIMI36,081−6%
1300Perry County, OHOH35,918+5%
1301Knox County, ININ35,652−9%
1302Platte County, NENE35,649+13%
1303Scotts Bluff County, NENE35,586−4%
1304Becker County, MNMN35,497+18%
1305Dawson County, GAGA35,365+121%
1306Jefferson County, IDID35,297+84%
1307Lincoln County, OKOK35,278+10%
1308Greenup County, KYKY35,213−5%
1309Wapello County, IAIA35,210−2%
1310Dallas County, ALAL35,140−24%
1311Livingston County, ILIL35,057−12%
1312Clark County, WIWI35,052+4%
1313Whitley County, ININ35,046+14%
1314Lincoln County, MSMS35,012+6%
1315Webster Parish, LALA34,948−16%
1316Rhea County, TNTN34,844+23%
1317Monroe County, ILIL34,840+26%
1318Wise County, VAVA34,824−13%
1319Steuben County, ININ34,799+5%
1320Marshall County, MSMS34,654−1%
1321Morrison County, MNMN34,620+9%
1322Morton County, NDND34,601+37%
1323Alcorn County, MSMS34,569+0%
1324Taos County, NMNM34,564+15%
1325Effingham County, ILIL34,519+1%
1326Miami County, ININ34,487−4%
1327Wexford County, MIMI34,445+13%
1328Caroline County, VAVA34,413+56%
1329Floyd County, KYKY34,401−19%
1330Cowley County, KSKS34,382−5%
1331Putnam County, OHOH34,380−1%
1332Nicollet County, MNMN34,273+15%
1333Chambers County, ALAL34,253−6%
1334Grimes County, TXTX34,252+45%
1335Transylvania County, NCNC34,211+17%
1336Daviess County, ININ34,209+15%
1337Marion County, IAIA34,192+7%
1338Lee County, GAGA34,179+38%
1339Botetourt County, VAVA34,144+12%
1340Caroline County, MDMD34,116+15%
1341Stark County, NDND34,013+50%
1342Preston County, WVWV34,004+16%
1343Ford County, KSKS33,993+5%
1344Jefferson County, WAWA33,970+31%
1345Gilmer County, GAGA33,894+45%
1346Jasper County, ININ33,894+13%
1347Greene County, PAPA33,885−17%
1348Accomack County, VAVA33,859−12%
1349Lawrence County, ALAL33,843−3%
1350Emmet County, MIMI33,775+7%
1351Petersburg, VAVA33,734−0%
1352Pike County, ALAL33,688+14%
1353Dorchester County, MDMD33,628+10%
1354Austin County, TXTX33,625+43%
1355Polk County, MOMO33,604+24%
1356Pulaski County, VAVA33,586−4%
1357Harvey County, KSKS33,580+2%
1358Lafayette County, MOMO33,531+2%
1359Hot Spring County, ARAR33,451+10%
1360Halifax County, VAVA33,447−10%
1361Christian County, ILIL33,443−5%
1362Lake County, MTMT33,392+26%
1363Clinton County, ININ33,322−2%
1364Scotland County, NCNC33,322−7%
1365Monroe County, MSMS33,318−12%
1366Lincoln County, NENE33,303−4%
1367Jefferson County, ININ33,279+5%
1368Weakley County, TNTN33,261−5%
1369Sheridan County, WYWY33,241+25%
1370Claiborne County, TNTN33,229+11%
1371Currituck County, NCNC33,158+82%
1372Gibson County, ININ33,091+2%
1373Jasper County, TXTX33,075−7%
1374Haralson County, GAGA33,066+29%
1375Chester County, SCSC33,001−3%
1376Madison County, GAGA32,919+28%
1377Lee County, ILIL32,914−9%
1378Fulton County, ILIL32,901−14%
1379Henry County, TNTN32,896+6%
1380Seneca County, NYNY32,883−1%
1381Jackson County, OHOH32,817+1%
1382Panola County, MSMS32,691−5%
1383Powhatan County, VAVA32,591+46%
1384Morgan County, ILIL32,515−11%
1385Bee County, TXTX32,515+0%
1386Bureau County, ILIL32,510−8%
1387Stone County, MOMO32,503+13%
1388Wayne County, GAGA32,481+22%
1389Franklin County, ALAL32,449+4%
1390Lee County, IAIA32,306−15%
1391Lyon County, KSKS32,266−10%
1392Malheur County, OROR32,261+2%
1393Delta County, COCO32,178+16%
1394Pontotoc County, MSMS32,096+20%
1395Monroe County, GAGA32,023+47%
1396Evangeline Parish, LALA31,980−10%
1397Amherst County, VAVA31,962+0%
1398Hale County, TXTX31,819−13%
1399Marshall County, KYKY31,659+5%
1400Boyle County, KYKY31,632+14%
1401Juneau, AKAK31,609+3%
1402Greenbrier County, WVWV31,578−8%
1403Titus County, TXTX31,563+12%
1404Clare County, MIMI31,543+1%
1405Summit County, COCO31,517+34%
1406Jefferson Davis Parish, LALA31,471+0%
1407Sanpete County, UTUT31,453+38%
1408Vernon County, WIWI31,443+12%
1409Giles County, TNTN31,433+7%
1410Cass County, MNMN31,430+16%
1411Coos County, NHNH31,343−5%
1412Washington County, MEME31,334−8%
1413Trempealeau County, WIWI31,171+15%
1414Park County, WYWY31,171+21%
1415Greene County, ININ31,165−6%
1416Adams County, NENE31,071−0%
1417Clarendon County, SCSC31,043−4%
1418Cherokee County, NCNC30,830+27%
1419Franklin County, MEME30,824+5%
1420Palo Pinto County, TXTX30,791+14%
1421Mecklenburg County, VAVA30,747−5%
1422McCurtain County, OKOK30,744−11%
1423Wabash County, ININ30,713−12%
1424Meade County, SDSD30,711+27%
1425Meade County, KYKY30,699+17%
1426Muhlenberg County, KYKY30,634−4%
1427Door County, WIWI30,616+9%
1428Polk County, MNMN30,545−3%
1429Elbert County, COCO30,534+54%
1430Huron County, MIMI30,530−15%
1431Howard County, TXTX30,504−9%
1432Pine County, MNMN30,472+15%
1433Freeborn County, MNMN30,440−7%
1434Ottawa County, OKOK30,438−8%
1435Caledonia County, VTVT30,414+2%
1436Fredericksburg, VAVA30,393+58%
1437Logan County, WVWV30,375−19%
1438Kleberg County, TXTX30,315−4%
1439Morgan County, COCO30,306+12%
1440Montgomery County, KSKS30,177−17%
1441Schoharie County, NYNY30,176−4%
1442Hardin County, OHOH30,072−6%
1443Obion County, TNTN30,067−7%
1444McPherson County, KSKS30,064+2%
1445Adams County, MSMS30,061−12%
1446Bladen County, NCNC30,007−7%
1447Orange County, VTVT30,002+6%
1448Elk County, PAPA29,926−15%
1449Randolph County, ILIL29,921−12%
1450Peach County, GAGA29,877+26%
1451Edgefield County, SCSC29,808+21%
1452Marion County, TNTN29,804+7%
1453White County, GAGA29,802+49%
1454Baker County, FLFL29,737+34%
1455Williamsburg County, SCSC29,662−20%
1456King George County, VAVA29,646+76%
1457White County, TNTN29,612+28%
1458Iberville Parish, LALA29,579−11%
1459Codington County, SDSD29,562+14%
1460Knox County, KYKY29,532−7%
1461San Jacinto County, TXTX29,488+33%
1462Elmore County, IDID29,465+1%
1463Lawrence County, SDSD29,459+35%
1464Le Sueur County, MNMN29,453+16%
1465Ripley County, ININ29,434+11%
1466Decatur County, GAGA29,432+4%
1467Carroll County, VAVA29,299+0%
1468Carroll County, ARAR29,263+15%
1469Carroll County, TNTN29,200−1%
1470Goochland County, VAVA29,187+73%
1471Jones County, GAGA29,171+23%
1472Marshall County, WVWV29,159−18%
1473Marion County, ALAL29,097−7%
1474Ellis County, KSKS29,075+6%
1475Gallia County, OHOH29,072−6%
1476Mason County, MIMI29,040+3%
1477Van Wert County, OHOH29,013−2%
1478Fluvanna County, VAVA28,975+45%
1479Dinwiddie County, VAVA28,896+18%
1480Wells County, ININ28,883+5%
1481Smyth County, VAVA28,882−13%
1482Alpena County, MIMI28,853−8%
1483Montgomery County, KYKY28,822+28%
1484Sumter County, GAGA28,801−13%
1485West Baton Rouge Parish, LALA28,756+33%
1486Neshoba County, MSMS28,732+0%
1487Tate County, MSMS28,725+13%
1488Logan County, KYKY28,669+8%
1489Cass County, TXTX28,651−6%
1490Hart County, GAGA28,639+25%
1491Fayette County, OHOH28,552+0%
1492Gillespie County, TXTX28,527+37%
1493Marion County, MOMO28,525+1%
1494Henderson County, TNTN28,518+12%
1495Upson County, GAGA28,500+3%
1496Union County, MSMS28,459+12%
1497Lincoln County, WIWI28,403−4%
1498Washington County, ININ28,383+4%
1499Garrett County, MDMD28,370−5%
1500Bradford County, FLFL28,307+9%
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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU POPULATION ESTIMATES