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RANKING · 2020 CENSUS · 500 SHOWN OF 3,135

Largest by population, US counties · 2020

The most populous US counties as of the 2020 population estimates.

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RANKPLACESTATETOTAL POPULATIONVS 2000
1001Edgecombe County, NCNC48,900−12%
1002Vernon Parish, LALA48,750−7%
1003Duplin County, NCNC48,715−1%
1004Halifax County, NCNC48,622−15%
1005Tioga County, NYNY48,455−6%
1006Curry County, NMNM48,430+8%
1007Lincoln Parish, LALA48,396+14%
1008Boyd County, KYKY48,261−3%
1009Shelby County, OHOH48,230+1%
1010Crittenden County, ARAR48,163−5%
1011Le Flore County, OKOK48,129+0%
1012Shelby County, KYKY48,065+44%
1013Carter County, OKOK48,003+5%
1014Bingham County, IDID47,992+15%
1015Whitman County, WAWA47,973+18%
1016Greene County, NYNY47,931−1%
1017Santa Cruz County, AZAZ47,669+24%
1018Val Verde County, TXTX47,586+6%
1019Goodhue County, MNMN47,582+8%
1020Bedford County, PAPA47,577−5%
1021Franklin County, NYNY47,555−7%
1022Noble County, ININ47,457+3%
1023Jackson County, FLFL47,319+1%
1024Chenango County, NYNY47,220−8%
1025Bonner County, IDID47,110+28%
1026Cherokee County, OKOK47,078+11%
1027Campbell County, WYWY47,026+40%
1028Coles County, ILIL46,863−12%
1029Cortland County, NYNY46,809−4%
1030Nelson County, KYKY46,738+25%
1031Barron County, WIWI46,711+4%
1032Chambers County, TXTX46,571+79%
1033Charlottesville, VAVA46,553+3%
1034Clinton County, IAIA46,460−7%
1035Allegany County, NYNY46,456−7%
1036Stevens County, WAWA46,445+16%
1037Jackson County, ININ46,428+12%
1038Auglaize County, OHOH46,422−0%
1039Monroe County, WIWI46,274+13%
1040Monroe County, TNTN46,250+19%
1041Beltrami County, MNMN46,228+17%
1042Logan County, OHOH46,150+0%
1043Mifflin County, PAPA46,143−1%
1044Marshall County, ININ46,095+2%
1045Bryan County, OKOK46,067+26%
1046Hancock County, MSMS46,053+7%
1047Habersham County, GAGA46,031+28%
1048Windham County, VTVT45,905+4%
1049Colquitt County, GAGA45,898+9%
1050Caldwell County, TXTX45,883+43%
1051Perry County, PAPA45,842+5%
1052Osage County, OKOK45,818+3%
1053Thomas County, GAGA45,798+7%
1054Hillsdale County, MIMI45,746−2%
1055Greene County, ARAR45,736+23%
1056Washington Parish, LALA45,463+3%
1057Dunn County, WIWI45,440+14%
1058Hopkins County, KYKY45,423−2%
1059Calaveras County, CACA45,292+12%
1060Shelby County, ININ45,055+4%
1061Chilton County, ALAL45,014+14%
1062Itasca County, MNMN45,014+2%
1063Lawrence County, ININ45,011−2%
1064Polk County, WIWI44,977+9%
1065Macoupin County, ILIL44,967−8%
1066Washington County, MSMS44,922−29%
1067Branch County, MIMI44,862−2%
1068Wood County, TXTX44,843+22%
1069Henderson County, KYKY44,793−0%
1070Bryan County, GAGA44,738+91%
1071Warren County, MSMS44,722−10%
1072Beaufort County, NCNC44,652−1%
1073Phelps County, MOMO44,638+12%
1074Stephenson County, ILIL44,630−9%
1075McDowell County, NCNC44,578+6%
1076Stokes County, NCNC44,520−0%
1077Jefferson County, PAPA44,492−3%
1078Barren County, KYKY44,485+17%
1079Kittitas County, WAWA44,337+33%
1080Delaware County, NYNY44,308−8%
1081Douglas County, WIWI44,295+2%
1082Callaway County, MOMO44,283+9%
1083Kendall County, TXTX44,279+86%
1084Holmes County, OHOH44,223+14%
1085Shenandoah County, VAVA44,186+26%
1086Ravalli County, MTMT44,174+22%
1087Lawrence County, TNTN44,159+11%
1088Huntingdon County, PAPA44,092−3%
1089Siskiyou County, CACA44,076−1%
1090Gadsden County, FLFL43,826−3%
1091Madison County, OHOH43,824+9%
1092Baldwin County, GAGA43,799−2%
1093Pittsburg County, OKOK43,773−0%
1094St. Bernard Parish, LALA43,764−35%
1095Kandiyohi County, MNMN43,732+6%
1096Kay County, OKOK43,700−9%
1097Brown County, OHOH43,676+3%
1098Dubois County, ININ43,637+10%
1099Suwannee County, FLFL43,474+25%
1100Highland County, OHOH43,317+6%
1101Chesterfield County, SCSC43,273+1%
1102DeKalb County, ININ43,265+7%
1103Muscatine County, IAIA43,235+4%
1104Cerro Gordo County, IAIA43,127−7%
1105Jackson County, NCNC43,109+30%
1106Coffee County, GAGA43,092+15%
1107Sullivan County, NHNH43,063+6%
1108Prince George County, VAVA43,010+30%
1109Pettis County, MOMO42,980+9%
1110Richmond County, NCNC42,946−8%
1111Douglas County, WAWA42,938+32%
1112Levy County, FLFL42,915+25%
1113Polk County, GAGA42,853+12%
1114Stephens County, OKOK42,848−1%
1115Franklin County, TNTN42,774+9%
1116Manassas, VAVA42,772+22%
1117Camden County, MOMO42,745+15%
1118Fulton County, OHOH42,713+1%
1119Davie County, NCNC42,712+23%
1120Union County, PAPA42,681+3%
1121Montrose County, COCO42,679+28%
1122Miller County, ARAR42,600+5%
1123Danville, VAVA42,590−12%
1124Vance County, NCNC42,578−1%
1125Erath County, TXTX42,545+29%
1126Mercer County, OHOH42,528+4%
1127St. John the Baptist Parish, LALA42,477−1%
1128Ohio County, WVWV42,425−11%
1129Summit County, UTUT42,357+42%
1130Sweetwater County, WYWY42,272+12%
1131Pierce County, WIWI42,212+15%
1132Butler County, MOMO42,130+3%
1133Okanogan County, WAWA42,104+6%
1134Nez Perce County, IDID42,090+13%
1135Crawford County, OHOH42,025−11%
1136Clinton County, OHOH42,018+4%
1137Fayette County, TNTN41,990+46%
1138Marinette County, WIWI41,872−3%
1139Oconee County, GAGA41,799+59%
1140Gratiot County, MIMI41,761−1%
1141Cooke County, TXTX41,668+15%
1142McClain County, OKOK41,662+50%
1143Baxter County, ARAR41,627+8%
1144Wharton County, TXTX41,570+1%
1145Benton County, MNMN41,379+21%
1146Tift County, GAGA41,344+8%
1147Tallapoosa County, ALAL41,311−0%
1148Isanti County, MNMN41,135+31%
1149Clatsop County, OROR41,072+15%
1150Cheatham County, TNTN41,072+14%
1151Tioga County, PAPA41,045−1%
1152Preble County, OHOH40,999−3%
1153Warren County, TNTN40,953+7%
1154Williams County, NDND40,950+107%
1155Upshur County, TXTX40,892+16%
1156Shawano County, WIWI40,881+1%
1157Warren County, VAVA40,727+29%
1158Mississippi County, ARAR40,685−22%
1159Sanilac County, MIMI40,611−9%
1160Knox County, MEME40,607+2%
1161Pasquotank County, NCNC40,568+16%
1162Wyoming County, NYNY40,531−7%
1163Fayette County, WVWV40,488−15%
1164Amador County, CACA40,474+15%
1165LaGrange County, ININ40,446+16%
1166McKean County, PAPA40,432−12%
1167Tazewell County, VAVA40,429−9%
1168Delaware County, OKOK40,397+9%
1169Ottawa County, OHOH40,364−2%
1170Rio Arriba County, NMNM40,363−2%
1171Orleans County, NYNY40,343−9%
1172Pike County, MSMS40,324+4%
1173Marshall County, IAIA40,105+2%
1174Mower County, MNMN40,029+4%
1175Murray County, GAGA39,973+9%
1176Howell County, MOMO39,750+7%
1177Snyder County, PAPA39,736+6%
1178Mecosta County, MIMI39,714−2%
1179Avoyelles Parish, LALA39,693−4%
1180Harrison County, ININ39,654+16%
1181Okeechobee County, FLFL39,644+10%
1182Hendry County, FLFL39,619+9%
1183Waldo County, MEME39,607+9%
1184Latah County, IDID39,517+13%
1185Sequoyah County, OKOK39,281+1%
1186Campbell County, TNTN39,272−1%
1187Fremont County, WYWY39,234+10%
1188Person County, NCNC39,097+10%
1189Webster County, MOMO39,085+26%
1190Union County, ARAR39,054−14%
1191Mayes County, OKOK39,046+2%
1192Douglas County, MNMN39,006+19%
1193Wayne County, WVWV38,982−9%
1194Crawford County, KSKS38,972+2%
1195Oconto County, WIWI38,965+9%
1196Des Moines County, IAIA38,910−8%
1197Jim Wells County, TXTX38,891−1%
1198Champaign County, OHOH38,714−0%
1199Gloucester County, VAVA38,711+11%
1200Isle of Wight County, VAVA38,606+30%
1201Colleton County, SCSC38,604+1%
1202Warren County, PAPA38,587−12%
1203Graham County, AZAZ38,533+15%
1204Finney County, KSKS38,470−5%
1205Woodford County, ILIL38,467+8%
1206Dallas County, ALAL38,462−17%
1207Guernsey County, OHOH38,438−6%
1208Susquehanna County, PAPA38,434−9%
1209Brown County, SDSD38,301+8%
1210Defiance County, OHOH38,286−3%
1211Brown County, TXTX38,095+1%
1212Pontotoc County, OKOK38,065+8%
1213Scott County, MOMO38,059−6%
1214Lawrence County, MOMO38,001+8%
1215Independence County, ARAR37,938+11%
1216Montgomery County, ININ37,936+1%
1217Cass County, ININ37,870−7%
1218Oneida County, WIWI37,845+3%
1219Jasper County, IAIA37,813+2%
1220Franklin County, ILIL37,804−3%
1221Marion County, ILIL37,729−10%
1222Newberry County, SCSC37,719+4%
1223Louisa County, VAVA37,596+47%
1224Covington County, ALAL37,570−0%
1225Talbot County, MDMD37,526+11%
1226Natchitoches Parish, LALA37,515−4%
1227Clinton County, PAPA37,450−1%
1228Steele County, MNMN37,406+11%
1229Essex County, NYNY37,381−4%
1230Boone County, ARAR37,373+10%
1231Addison County, VTVT37,363+4%
1232Houghton County, MIMI37,361+4%
1233Bennington County, VTVT37,347+1%
1234Clarion County, PAPA37,241−11%
1235Yadkin County, NCNC37,214+2%
1236Dodge County, NENE37,167+3%
1237Jefferson County, ILIL37,113−7%
1238Calloway County, KYKY37,103+9%
1239Williams County, OHOH37,102−5%
1240Green County, WIWI37,093+10%
1241Albany County, WYWY37,066+16%
1242Macon County, NCNC37,014+24%
1243Webster County, IAIA36,999−8%
1244Clark County, KYKY36,972+12%
1245Webster Parish, LALA36,967−12%
1246Dare County, NCNC36,915+23%
1247Delta County, MIMI36,903−4%
1248Clinton County, ILIL36,899+4%
1249Dyer County, TNTN36,801−1%
1250Hopkins County, TXTX36,787+15%
1251Chippewa County, MIMI36,785−5%
1252McLeod County, MNMN36,771+5%
1253Escambia County, ALAL36,757−4%
1254Geary County, KSKS36,739+31%
1255Putnam County, ININ36,726+2%
1256Whitley County, KYKY36,712+2%
1257Okmulgee County, OKOK36,706−8%
1258Sagadahoc County, MEME36,699+4%
1259Huntington County, ININ36,662−4%
1260Graves County, KYKY36,649−1%
1261Coshocton County, OHOH36,612−0%
1262Beauregard Parish, LALA36,549+11%
1263Alexander County, NCNC36,444+8%
1264Knox County, ININ36,282−8%
1265Matagorda County, TXTX36,255−4%
1266Orange County, VAVA36,254+40%
1267Ware County, GAGA36,251+2%
1268Carlton County, MNMN36,207+14%
1269Wise County, VAVA36,130−10%
1270Scotts Bluff County, NENE36,084−2%
1271Laclede County, MOMO36,039+11%
1272Cocke County, TNTN35,999+7%
1273Miami County, ININ35,962−0%
1274Greenup County, KYKY35,962−3%
1275Greene County, PAPA35,954−12%
1276Floyd County, KYKY35,942−15%
1277Hill County, TXTX35,874+11%
1278Sioux County, IAIA35,872+14%
1279Livingston County, ILIL35,815−10%
1280Adams County, ININ35,809+6%
1281Washington County, TXTX35,805+18%
1282Fannin County, TXTX35,662+14%
1283Uintah County, UTUT35,620+41%
1284Madison County, NENE35,585+1%
1285Warren County, MOMO35,532+45%
1286Wapello County, IAIA35,437−2%
1287Perry County, OHOH35,408+4%
1288Lincoln County, TNTN35,319+13%
1289Lincoln County, MEME35,237+5%
1290Becker County, MNMN35,183+17%
1291Silver Bow County, MTMT35,133+2%
1292Monroe County, ILIL34,962+27%
1293Morrow County, OHOH34,950+11%
1294Lincoln County, MSMS34,907+5%
1295Howard County, TXTX34,860+4%
1296Wasatch County, UTUT34,788+129%
1297Chambers County, ALAL34,772−5%
1298Alcorn County, MSMS34,740+1%
1299Lincoln County, NENE34,676+0%
1300Harris County, GAGA34,668+46%
1301Effingham County, ILIL34,668+1%
1302Clark County, WIWI34,659+3%
1303Cowley County, KSKS34,549−5%
1304Barry County, MOMO34,534+2%
1305Taos County, NMNM34,489+15%
1306Nicollet County, MNMN34,454+16%
1307Putnam County, OHOH34,451−1%
1308Steuben County, ININ34,435+4%
1309Brookings County, SDSD34,375+22%
1310Marshall County, TNTN34,318+28%
1311Platte County, NENE34,296+8%
1312Ford County, KSKS34,287+6%
1313Preston County, WVWV34,216+17%
1314Miami County, KSKS34,191+21%
1315Whitley County, ININ34,191+11%
1316Monroe County, MSMS34,180−10%
1317Scotland County, NCNC34,174−5%
1318Lee County, ILIL34,145−5%
1319Emmet County, MIMI34,112+9%
1320Christian County, ILIL34,032−4%
1321Harvey County, KSKS34,024+4%
1322Halifax County, VAVA34,022−9%
1323Morrison County, MNMN34,010+7%
1324DeSoto County, FLFL33,976+5%
1325Seneca County, NYNY33,814+1%
1326Pulaski County, VAVA33,800−4%
1327Wakulla County, FLFL33,764+48%
1328Marshall County, MSMS33,752−4%
1329Wexford County, MIMI33,673+10%
1330Stark County, NDND33,646+49%
1331Fulton County, ILIL33,609−12%
1332Botetourt County, VAVA33,596+10%
1333Lee County, IAIA33,555−12%
1334Lumpkin County, GAGA33,488+59%
1335Lincoln County, OKOK33,458+4%
1336Petersburg, VAVA33,458−1%
1337Marion County, IAIA33,414+4%
1338Accomack County, VAVA33,413−13%
1339Daviess County, ININ33,381+12%
1340Caroline County, MDMD33,293+12%
1341Morton County, NDND33,291+32%
1342Bureau County, ILIL33,244−6%
1343Pickens County, GAGA33,216+45%
1344Panola County, MSMS33,208−3%
1345Clinton County, ININ33,190−2%
1346Lee County, GAGA33,163+34%
1347Jefferson County, ININ33,147+5%
1348Lawrence County, ALAL33,073−5%
1349Hot Spring County, ARAR33,040+9%
1350Gibson County, ININ33,011+2%
1351Pike County, ALAL33,009+11%
1352Transylvania County, NCNC32,986+12%
1353Lafayette County, MOMO32,984+0%
1354Jasper County, TXTX32,980−7%
1355Greenbrier County, WVWV32,977−4%
1356Jefferson County, WAWA32,977+27%
1357Jasper County, ININ32,918+10%
1358Morgan County, ILIL32,915−10%
1359Weakley County, TNTN32,902−6%
1360Rhea County, TNTN32,870+16%
1361Lassen County, CACA32,730−3%
1362Jackson County, OHOH32,653+0%
1363Logan County, WVWV32,567−14%
1364Dorchester County, MDMD32,531+6%
1365Hale County, TXTX32,522−11%
1366Evangeline Parish, LALA32,350−9%
1367Chester County, SCSC32,294−5%
1368Juneau, AKAK32,255+5%
1369Jefferson Davis Parish, LALA32,250+3%
1370Henry County, TNTN32,199+3%
1371Lyon County, KSKS32,179−10%
1372Franklin County, ALAL32,113+3%
1373Claiborne County, TNTN32,043+7%
1374Marshall County, KYKY31,659+5%
1375Malheur County, OROR31,571−0%
1376Polk County, MOMO31,519+17%
1377Montgomery County, KSKS31,486−13%
1378Huron County, MIMI31,407−13%
1379Gilmer County, GAGA31,353+34%
1380Amherst County, VAVA31,307−2%
1381Coos County, NHNH31,268−6%
1382Titus County, TXTX31,247+11%
1383Adams County, NENE31,205+0%
1384Delta County, COCO31,196+12%
1385Polk County, MNMN31,192−1%
1386Pontotoc County, MSMS31,184+17%
1387Clarendon County, SCSC31,144−4%
1388Lake County, MTMT31,134+17%
1389Washington County, MEME31,095−8%
1390Stone County, MOMO31,076+8%
1391Summit County, COCO31,055+32%
1392Bee County, TXTX31,047−4%
1393Kleberg County, TXTX31,040−2%
1394Williamsburg County, SCSC31,026−17%
1395Elk County, PAPA30,990−12%
1396Bolivar County, MSMS30,985−24%
1397Wabash County, ININ30,976−11%
1398Muhlenberg County, KYKY30,928−3%
1399Sheridan County, WYWY30,921+16%
1400Freeborn County, MNMN30,895−5%
1401Jefferson County, IDID30,891+61%
1402Caroline County, VAVA30,887+40%
1403Clare County, MIMI30,856−1%
1404McCurtain County, OKOK30,814−10%
1405Greene County, ININ30,803−7%
1406Obion County, TNTN30,787−5%
1407Trempealeau County, WIWI30,760+14%
1408Vernon County, WIWI30,714+9%
1409Hardin County, OHOH30,696−4%
1410Boyle County, KYKY30,614+11%
1411Marshall County, WVWV30,591−14%
1412Giles County, TNTN30,346+3%
1413Powhatan County, VAVA30,333+36%
1414Mecklenburg County, VAVA30,319−6%
1415Ottawa County, OKOK30,285−9%
1416Iberville Parish, LALA30,241−9%
1417Caledonia County, VTVT30,233+2%
1418McPherson County, KSKS30,223+2%
1419Knox County, KYKY30,193−5%
1420Austin County, TXTX30,167+28%
1421Randolph County, ILIL30,163−11%
1422Wayne County, GAGA30,144+13%
1423Madison County, GAGA30,120+17%
1424Cass County, MNMN30,066+11%
1425Door County, WIWI30,066+8%
1426Meade County, KYKY30,003+14%
1427Haralson County, GAGA29,919+16%
1428Meade County, SDSD29,852+23%
1429Smyth County, VAVA29,800−10%
1430Schoharie County, NYNY29,714−6%
1431Park County, WYWY29,624+15%
1432Sumter County, GAGA29,616−11%
1433Bladen County, NCNC29,606−8%
1434Adams County, MSMS29,538−14%
1435Franklin County, MEME29,456−0%
1436Decatur County, GAGA29,367+4%
1437Marion County, ALAL29,341−6%
1438Orange County, VTVT29,277+4%
1439Grimes County, TXTX29,268+24%
1440Gallia County, OHOH29,220−6%
1441Marion County, SCSC29,183−18%
1442Carroll County, VAVA29,155−0%
1443Morgan County, COCO29,111+7%
1444Hancock County, WVWV29,095−11%
1445Neshoba County, MSMS29,087+1%
1446Mason County, MIMI29,052+3%
1447Ripley County, ININ28,995+9%
1448Fayette County, OHOH28,951+2%
1449Ellis County, KSKS28,934+5%
1450Van Wert County, OHOH28,931−2%
1451Glenn County, CACA28,917+9%
1452Alpena County, MIMI28,907−8%
1453Pine County, MNMN28,876+9%
1454Marion County, TNTN28,837+4%
1455Garrett County, MDMD28,806−3%
1456Jasper County, SCSC28,791+39%
1457Cherokee County, NCNC28,774+18%
1458Le Sueur County, MNMN28,674+13%
1459Stoddard County, MOMO28,672−3%
1460Elmore County, IDID28,666−2%
1461Marion County, MOMO28,525+1%
1462Custer County, OKOK28,513+9%
1463Perry County, KYKY28,473−3%
1464Cass County, TXTX28,454−7%
1465Carroll County, TNTN28,440−4%
1466Sanpete County, UTUT28,437+25%
1467Lincoln County, WIWI28,415−4%
1468Palo Pinto County, TXTX28,409+5%
1469Copiah County, MSMS28,368−1%
1470Jones County, GAGA28,347+20%
1471Leflore County, MSMS28,339−25%
1472Codington County, SDSD28,325+9%
1473Bradford County, FLFL28,303+8%
1474Dillon County, SCSC28,292−8%
1475Wythe County, VAVA28,290+3%
1476Montgomery County, ILIL28,288−8%
1477Dunklin County, MOMO28,283−15%
1478Carroll County, ARAR28,260+11%
1479Baker County, FLFL28,259+27%
1480Grant County, NMNM28,185−9%
1481Washington County, ININ28,182+4%
1482Wells County, ININ28,180+2%
1483Winchester, VAVA28,120+19%
1484Montgomery County, KYKY28,114+25%
1485Currituck County, NCNC28,100+54%
1486Tate County, MSMS28,064+11%
1487Hocking County, OHOH28,050−1%
1488White County, GAGA28,003+40%
1489Scott County, MSMS27,990−2%
1490Logan County, ILIL27,987−10%
1491Fredericksburg, VAVA27,982+45%
1492Peach County, GAGA27,981+18%
1493Monroe County, GAGA27,957+28%
1494Dinwiddie County, VAVA27,947+14%
1495Randolph County, WVWV27,932−1%
1496Henderson County, TNTN27,842+9%
1497Jackson County, WVWV27,791−1%
1498Union County, MSMS27,777+10%
1499Del Norte County, CACA27,743+1%
1500Upson County, GAGA27,700+0%
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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS