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RANKING · 2000 CENSUS · 500 SHOWN OF 3,125

Largest by population, US counties · 2000

The most populous US counties as of the 2000 population estimates.

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RANKPLACESTATETOTAL POPULATIONVS 1990
2001Smith County, MSMS16,182+9%
2002Faribault County, MNMN16,181−4%
2003Jefferson County, IAIA16,181−1%
2004Richland County, ILIL16,149−2%
2005Marion County, ARAR16,140+34%
2006Lafayette County, WIWI16,137+0%
2007Humboldt County, NVNV16,106+25%
2008Breathitt County, KYKY16,100+3%
2009Taylor County, WVWV16,089+6%
2010Polk County, TNTN16,050+18%
2011Mason County, ILIL16,038−1%
2012Washburn County, WIWI16,036+16%
2013Bethel Census Area, AKAK16,006+17%
2014Robertson County, TXTX16,000+3%
2015Dawson County, GAGA15,999+70%
2016Benzie County, MIMI15,998+31%
2017Choctaw County, ALAL15,922−1%
2018Lamar County, GAGA15,912+22%
2019Lamar County, ALAL15,904+1%
2020Radford, VAVA15,859−1%
2021Harrison County, OHOH15,856−1%
2022Marquette County, WIWI15,832+28%
2023Price County, WIWI15,822+1%
2024Nolan County, TXTX15,802−5%
2025Cook County, GAGA15,771+17%
2026Macon County, MOMO15,762+3%
2027Sevier County, ARAR15,757+16%
2028Bienville Parish, LALA15,752−1%
2029Nottoway County, VAVA15,725+5%
2030Park County, MTMT15,694+8%
2031Mitchell County, NCNC15,687+9%
2032Burnett County, WIWI15,674+20%
2033Iowa County, IAIA15,671+7%
2034Harrison County, IAIA15,666+6%
2035Dallas County, MOMO15,661+24%
2036Lee County, TXTX15,657+22%
2037Carbon County, WYWY15,639−6%
2038Union County, KYKY15,637−6%
2039Pierce County, GAGA15,636+17%
2040Buckingham County, VAVA15,623+21%
2041Lawrence County, KYKY15,569+11%
2042Barbour County, WVWV15,557−1%
2043Chester County, TNTN15,540+21%
2044Idaho County, IDID15,511+13%
2045Morgan County, GAGA15,457+20%
2046Lawrence County, ILIL15,452−3%
2047Casey County, KYKY15,447+9%
2048Karnes County, TXTX15,446+24%
2049Roane County, WVWV15,446+2%
2050Martinsville, VAVA15,416−5%
2051Jackson Parish, LALA15,397−2%
2052Otoe County, NENE15,396+8%
2053Bourbon County, KSKS15,379+3%
2054Screven County, GAGA15,374+11%
2055White County, ILIL15,371−7%
2056Sibley County, MNMN15,356+7%
2057Rusk County, WIWI15,347+2%
2058Gasconade County, MOMO15,342+10%
2059Choctaw County, OKOK15,342+0%
2060Desha County, ARAR15,341−9%
2061Leon County, TXTX15,335+21%
2062Estill County, KYKY15,307+5%
2063Butler County, IAIA15,305−3%
2064Aitkin County, MNMN15,301+23%
2065Greene County, VAVA15,244+48%
2066Wasatch County, UTUT15,215+51%
2067Las Animas County, COCO15,207+10%
2068Calhoun County, SCSC15,185+19%
2069Gem County, IDID15,181+28%
2070Monroe County, OHOH15,180−2%
2071Massac County, ILIL15,161+3%
2072Walthall County, MSMS15,156+6%
2073Dade County, GAGA15,154+15%
2074Washington County, ILIL15,148+1%
2075West Feliciana Parish, LALA15,111+17%
2076O'Brien County, IAIA15,102−2%
2077Newton County, TXTX15,072+11%
2078Calhoun County, MSMS15,069+1%
2079Henry County, KYKY15,060+17%
2080Rabun County, GAGA15,050+29%
2081Bayfield County, WIWI15,013+7%
2082Kanabec County, MNMN14,996+17%
2083Dukes County, MAMA14,987+29%
2084Dawson County, TXTX14,985+4%
2085Alamosa County, COCO14,966+10%
2086Brown County, ININ14,957+6%
2087Craig County, OKOK14,950+6%
2088Morgan County, WVWV14,943+23%
2089Dent County, MOMO14,927+9%
2090Tallahatchie County, MSMS14,903−2%
2091Morgan County, OHOH14,897+5%
2092Chattahoochee County, GAGA14,882−12%
2093Pitkin County, COCO14,872+17%
2094Moniteau County, MOMO14,827+21%
2095Sumter County, ALAL14,798−9%
2096Garrard County, KYKY14,792+28%
2097Greene County, ILIL14,761−4%
2098Lamb County, TXTX14,709−2%
2099Braxton County, WVWV14,702+13%
2100Cass County, IAIA14,684−3%
2101Wilbarger County, TXTX14,676−3%
2102Allamakee County, IAIA14,675+6%
2103Brantley County, GAGA14,629+32%
2104York County, NENE14,598+1%
2105Monroe County, WVWV14,583+18%
2106Lincoln County, WYWY14,573+15%
2107Newton County, ININ14,566+7%
2108Clay County, ILIL14,560+1%
2109Livingston County, MOMO14,558−0%
2110Mills County, IAIA14,547+10%
2111Crockett County, TNTN14,532+9%
2112Chowan County, NCNC14,526+8%
2113Park County, COCO14,523+102%
2114Lincoln County, ARAR14,492+6%
2115Prowers County, COCO14,483+9%
2116Missaukee County, MIMI14,478+19%
2117Gaines County, TXTX14,467+2%
2118Nelson County, VAVA14,445+13%
2119Gilchrist County, FLFL14,437+49%
2120Banks County, GAGA14,422+40%
2121San Juan County, UTUT14,413+14%
2122Presque Isle County, MIMI14,411+5%
2123Greene County, GAGA14,406+22%
2124Jackson County, TXTX14,391+10%
2125Pendleton County, KYKY14,390+20%
2126Allen County, KSKS14,385−2%
2127Duchesne County, UTUT14,371+14%
2128Koochiching County, MNMN14,355−12%
2129Wright County, IAIA14,334+0%
2130Grundy County, TNTN14,332+7%
2131Red River County, TXTX14,314−0%
2132Howard County, ARAR14,300+5%
2133Moultrie County, ILIL14,287+3%
2134LaSalle Parish, LALA14,282+5%
2135Crawford County, MIMI14,273+16%
2136Fulton County, PAPA14,261+3%
2137Clay County, ALAL14,254+8%
2138Madison County, ARAR14,243+23%
2139Ford County, ILIL14,241−0%
2140Colfax County, NMNM14,189+10%
2141Gooding County, IDID14,155+22%
2142Hughes County, OKOK14,154+9%
2143Cleburne County, ALAL14,123+11%
2144Webster County, KYKY14,120+1%
2145Chicot County, ARAR14,117−10%
2146Lewis County, KYKY14,092+8%
2147Conecuh County, ALAL14,089+0%
2148San Juan County, WAWA14,077+40%
2149Macon County, GAGA14,074+7%
2150Ketchikan Gateway, AKAK14,070+2%
2151Noble County, OHOH14,058+24%
2152Blackford County, ININ14,048−0%
2153Comanche County, TXTX14,026+5%
2154Madison County, IAIA14,019+12%
2155Jefferson Davis County, MSMS13,962−1%
2156Gunnison County, COCO13,956+36%
2157Morgan County, KYKY13,948+20%
2158Kingfisher County, OKOK13,926+5%
2159Kodiak Island, AKAK13,913+5%
2160Atoka County, OKOK13,879+9%
2161Floyd County, VAVA13,874+16%
2162Saline County, NENE13,843+9%
2163Dixie County, FLFL13,827+31%
2164Buffalo County, WIWI13,804+2%
2165Fleming County, KYKY13,792+12%
2166Trinity County, TXTX13,779+20%
2167Shoshone County, IDID13,771−1%
2168Pulaski County, ININ13,755+9%
2169Linn County, MOMO13,754−1%
2170Cedar County, MOMO13,733+14%
2171Madison Parish, LALA13,728+10%
2172Washington County, NCNC13,723−2%
2173Appanoose County, IAIA13,721−0%
2174Wadena County, MNMN13,713+4%
2175Appomattox County, VAVA13,705+11%
2176Cass County, ILIL13,695+2%
2177Pike County, GAGA13,688+34%
2178Rolette County, NDND13,674+7%
2179Crenshaw County, ALAL13,665+0%
2180Little River County, ARAR13,628−2%
2181Stone County, MSMS13,622+27%
2182Amite County, MSMS13,599+2%
2183Pennington County, MNMN13,584+2%
2184Clay County, SDSD13,537+3%
2185Ripley County, MOMO13,509+10%
2186Jackson County, KYKY13,495+13%
2187Lowndes County, ALAL13,473+6%
2188New Kent County, VAVA13,462+29%
2189Union County, FLFL13,442+31%
2190Mississippi County, MOMO13,427−7%
2191Larue County, KYKY13,373+15%
2192Marion County, KSKS13,361+4%
2193Gulf County, FLFL13,332+16%
2194Magoffin County, KYKY13,332+2%
2195Hamilton County, FLFL13,327+22%
2196Greene County, MSMS13,299+30%
2197Sierra County, NMNM13,270+34%
2198Wayne County, MOMO13,259+15%
2199Lawrence County, MSMS13,258+6%
2200Izard County, ARAR13,249+17%
2201Glacier County, MTMT13,247+9%
2202Powell County, KYKY13,237+13%
2203Marshall County, OKOK13,184+22%
2204Moffat County, COCO13,184+16%
2205Wilcox County, ALAL13,183−3%
2206Marshall County, ILIL13,180+3%
2207Shelby County, IAIA13,173−0%
2208King William County, VAVA13,146+20%
2209Lunenburg County, VAVA13,146+15%
2210Iron County, MIMI13,138−0%
2211Reeves County, TXTX13,137−17%
2212Duval County, TXTX13,120+2%
2213Chickasaw County, IAIA13,095−2%
2214Northampton County, VAVA13,093+0%
2215Chippewa County, MNMN13,088−1%
2216Douglas County, MOMO13,084+10%
2217Osage County, MOMO13,062+9%
2218Caldwell County, KYKY13,060−1%
2219Yalobusha County, MSMS13,051+8%
2220Morris County, TXTX13,048−1%
2221Cherokee County, IAIA13,035−8%
2222Trinity County, CACA13,022−0%
2223Calhoun County, FLFL13,017+18%
2224Butler County, KYKY13,010+16%
2225Andrews County, TXTX13,004−9%
2226Summers County, WVWV12,999−8%
2227Swain County, NCNC12,968+15%
2228Madison County, TXTX12,940+18%
2229Wabash County, ILIL12,937−1%
2230Pamlico County, NCNC12,934+14%
2231Alleghany County, VAVA12,926−2%
2232Callahan County, TXTX12,905+9%
2233Jefferson County, FLFL12,902+14%
2234Johnson County, ILIL12,878+13%
2235Mono County, CACA12,853+29%
2236Pike County, ININ12,837+3%
2237Cannon County, TNTN12,826+23%
2238Vinton County, OHOH12,806+15%
2239Terry County, TXTX12,761−3%
2240Jeff Davis County, GAGA12,684+5%
2241Big Horn County, MTMT12,671+12%
2242Hardy County, WVWV12,669+15%
2243Jackson County, KSKS12,657+10%
2244Clarke County, VAVA12,652+5%
2245Oglethorpe County, GAGA12,635+29%
2246Murray County, OKOK12,623+5%
2247Bradley County, ARAR12,600+7%
2248Trigg County, KYKY12,597+22%
2249Union County, SDSD12,584+24%
2250Lee County, ARAR12,580−4%
2251Martin County, KYKY12,578+0%
2252Noxubee County, MSMS12,548−0%
2253Barton County, MOMO12,541+11%
2254Goshen County, WYWY12,538+1%
2255Madison County, VAVA12,520+5%
2256Sussex County, VAVA12,504+22%
2257Crawford County, GAGA12,495+39%
2258Menard County, ILIL12,486+12%
2259Charlotte County, VAVA12,472+7%
2260Grand County, COCO12,442+56%
2261Rio Grande County, COCO12,413+15%
2262Millard County, UTUT12,405+9%
2263Leslie County, KYKY12,401−9%
2264Walsh County, NDND12,389−10%
2265Stewart County, TNTN12,370+30%
2266Grundy County, IAIA12,369+3%
2267Bledsoe County, TNTN12,367+28%
2268Early County, GAGA12,354+4%
2269West Carroll Parish, LALA12,314+2%
2270Union County, IAIA12,309−3%
2271Live Oak County, TXTX12,309+29%
2272Northumberland County, VAVA12,259+16%
2273Coosa County, ALAL12,202+10%
2274Montgomery County, MSMS12,189−2%
2275Louisa County, IAIA12,183+5%
2276Zapata County, TXTX12,182+31%
2277Cottonwood County, MNMN12,167−4%
2278Box Butte County, NENE12,158−7%
2279Perry County, MSMS12,138+12%
2280Montgomery County, MOMO12,136+7%
2281Hancock County, IAIA12,100−4%
2282Ramsey County, NDND12,066−5%
2283Converse County, WYWY12,052+8%
2284Bollinger County, MOMO12,029+13%
2285Williamsburg, VAVA11,998+4%
2286Blaine County, OKOK11,976+4%
2287Todd County, KYKY11,971+9%
2288Swift County, MNMN11,956+11%
2289Mackinac County, MIMI11,943+12%
2290Fergus County, MTMT11,893−2%
2291Watonwan County, MNMN11,876+2%
2292Perry County, ALAL11,861−7%
2293Claiborne County, MSMS11,831+4%
2294Fremont County, IDID11,819+8%
2295Okfuskee County, OKOK11,814+2%
2296Madison County, MOMO11,800+6%
2297Telfair County, GAGA11,794+7%
2298Custer County, NENE11,793−4%
2299Haskell County, OKOK11,792+8%
2300Barnes County, NDND11,775−6%
2301Montgomery County, IAIA11,771−3%
2302Spencer County, KYKY11,766+73%
2303Lyon County, IAIA11,763−2%
2304Monroe County, KYKY11,756+3%
2305Pend Oreille County, WAWA11,732+32%
2306Decatur County, TNTN11,731+12%
2307Winnebago County, IAIA11,723−3%
2308Alcona County, MIMI11,719+16%
2309Bullock County, ALAL11,714+6%
2310Custer County, MTMT11,696−0%
2311Pushmataha County, OKOK11,667+6%
2312Bleckley County, GAGA11,666+12%
2313Edmonson County, KYKY11,644+12%
2314Fulton County, ARAR11,642+16%
2315Zavala County, TXTX11,600−5%
2316DeKalb County, MOMO11,597+16%
2317Lancaster County, VAVA11,567+6%
2318Poquoson, VAVA11,566+5%
2319Greensville County, VAVA11,560+31%
2320Holt County, NENE11,551−8%
2321Camp County, TXTX11,549+17%
2322Sac County, IAIA11,529−6%
2323Dooly County, GAGA11,525+16%
2324Green County, KYKY11,518+11%
2325Washita County, OKOK11,508+1%
2326Stone County, ARAR11,499+18%
2327Runnels County, TXTX11,495+2%
2328Big Horn County, WYWY11,461+9%
2329Red Willow County, NENE11,448−2%
2330Jasper County, GAGA11,426+35%
2331Noble County, OKOK11,411+3%
2332Amelia County, VAVA11,400+30%
2333Keokuk County, IAIA11,400−2%
2334Sequatchie County, TNTN11,370+28%
2335Perquimans County, NCNC11,368+9%
2336Lewis County, TNTN11,367+23%
2337Guthrie County, IAIA11,353+4%
2338Lake County, MIMI11,333+32%
2339Franklin County, IDID11,329+23%
2340Pike County, ARAR11,303+12%
2341Grant County, WVWV11,299+8%
2342Lake County, SDSD11,276+7%
2343Jackson County, MNMN11,268−4%
2344Cumberland County, ILIL11,253+5%
2345Pope County, MNMN11,236+5%
2346Allendale County, SCSC11,211−4%
2347Humphreys County, MSMS11,206−8%
2348Calhoun County, IAIA11,115−3%
2349Meigs County, TNTN11,086+38%
2350Bath County, KYKY11,085+14%
2351Yellow Medicine County, MNMN11,080−5%
2352Lake County, MNMN11,058+6%
2353Franklin County, FLFL11,057+23%
2354Emmet County, IAIA11,027−5%
2355Heard County, GAGA11,012+28%
2356Clay County, TXTX11,006+10%
2357Scott County, ARAR10,996+8%
2358Morrow County, OROR10,995+44%
2359Jackson County, TNTN10,984+18%
2360Terrell County, GAGA10,970+3%
2361Marshall County, KSKS10,965−6%
2362Marion County, TXTX10,941+10%
2363Catahoula Parish, LALA10,920−1%
2364Washington County, KYKY10,916+5%
2365Ward County, TXTX10,909−17%
2366Mitchell County, IAIA10,874−0%
2367Emery County, UTUT10,860+5%
2368McIntosh County, GAGA10,847+26%
2369Carroll County, MSMS10,769+17%
2370Rice County, KSKS10,761+1%
2371Crawford County, ININ10,743+8%
2372Brown County, KSKS10,724−4%
2373Nemaha County, KSKS10,717+3%
2374Franklin County, IAIA10,704−6%
2375Iron County, MOMO10,697−0%
2376Latimer County, OKOK10,692+3%
2377Wilkes County, GAGA10,687+1%
2378Alleghany County, NCNC10,677+11%
2379Owyhee County, IDID10,644+27%
2380Roosevelt County, MTMT10,620−3%
2381Twiggs County, GAGA10,590+8%
2382Glades County, FLFL10,576+39%
2383Nowata County, OKOK10,569+6%
2384Caldwell Parish, LALA10,560+8%
2385Owen County, KYKY10,547+17%
2386St. Helena Parish, LALA10,525+7%
2387Gates County, NCNC10,516+13%
2388Johnston County, OKOK10,513+5%
2389Evans County, GAGA10,495+20%
2390Lewis County, MOMO10,494+3%
2391Sabine County, TXTX10,469+9%
2392Kemper County, MSMS10,453+1%
2393Colfax County, NENE10,441+14%
2394Grundy County, MOMO10,432−1%
2395Jones County, NCNC10,381+10%
2396Humboldt County, IAIA10,381−3%
2397Falls Church, VAVA10,377+8%
2398Martin County, ININ10,369+0%
2399Greene County, IAIA10,366+3%
2400Oregon County, MOMO10,344+9%
2401Ritchie County, WVWV10,343+1%
2402Wilson County, KSKS10,332+0%
2403Clay County, WVWV10,330+3%
2404Montmorency County, MIMI10,315+15%
2405Wilkinson County, MSMS10,312+7%
2406Long County, GAGA10,304+66%
2407Webster County, MSMS10,294+1%
2408Manassas Park, VAVA10,290+53%
2409Carroll County, MOMO10,285−4%
2410Charlton County, GAGA10,282+21%
2411Cloud County, KSKS10,268−7%
2412Monroe County, ARAR10,254−10%
2413Dimmit County, TXTX10,248−2%
2414Sanders County, MTMT10,227+18%
2415Kiowa County, OKOK10,227−10%
2416Wilkinson County, GAGA10,220−0%
2417Howard County, MOMO10,212+6%
2418Perry County, ARAR10,209+28%
2419Cuming County, NENE10,203+1%
2420Lincoln County, WAWA10,184+15%
2421Marshall County, MNMN10,155−8%
2422Quay County, NMNM10,155−6%
2423Carroll County, KYKY10,155+9%
2424Palo Alto County, IAIA10,147−5%
2425Quitman County, MSMS10,117−4%
2426Jasper County, ILIL10,117−5%
2427Bacon County, GAGA10,103+6%
2428Hancock County, GAGA10,076+13%
2429Stevens County, MNMN10,053−5%
2430Jefferson County, MTMT10,049+27%
2431Metcalfe County, KYKY10,037+12%
2432Forest County, WIWI10,024+14%
2433Monona County, IAIA10,020−0%
2434Roberts County, SDSD10,016+1%
2435Parmer County, TXTX10,016+2%
2436Cameron Parish, LALA9,991+8%
2437Essex County, VAVA9,989+15%
2438Washington County, IDID9,977+17%
2439Greene County, ALAL9,974−2%
2440McCormick County, SCSC9,958+12%
2441Nevada County, ARAR9,955−1%
2442McLean County, KYKY9,938+3%
2443Middlesex County, VAVA9,932+15%
2444Howard County, IAIA9,932+1%
2445Irwin County, GAGA9,931+15%
2446Archuleta County, COCO9,898+85%
2447Pipestone County, MNMN9,895−6%
2448Skamania County, WAWA9,872+19%
2449Boundary County, IDID9,871+18%
2450Alger County, MIMI9,862+10%
2451Wayne County, NENE9,851+5%
2452Yuma County, COCO9,841+10%
2453Cheyenne County, NENE9,830+4%
2454Livingston County, KYKY9,804+8%
2455Choctaw County, MSMS9,758+8%
2456Phelps County, NENE9,747+0%
2457Jefferson County, MSMS9,740+13%
2458Rock County, MNMN9,721−1%
2459Webster County, WVWV9,719−9%
2460Mitchell County, TXTX9,698+21%
2461Stephens County, TXTX9,674+7%
2462Richland County, MTMT9,667−10%
2463St. Clair County, MOMO9,652+14%
2464Pratt County, KSKS9,647−1%
2465Clinton County, KYKY9,634+5%
2466Ralls County, MOMO9,626+14%
2467Red River Parish, LALA9,622+3%
2468Cedar County, NENE9,615−5%
2469Tyler County, WVWV9,592−2%
2470Alexander County, ILIL9,590−10%
2471Pulaski County, GAGA9,588+18%
2472Candler County, GAGA9,577+24%
2473Linn County, KSKS9,570+16%
2474Carbon County, MTMT9,552+18%
2475Ozark County, MOMO9,542+11%
2476Prairie County, ARAR9,539+0%
2477Richardson County, NENE9,531−4%
2478Nantucket County, MAMA9,520+58%
2479Turner County, GAGA9,504+9%
2480Franklin County, TXTX9,458+21%
2481Modoc County, CACA9,449−2%
2482Lucas County, IAIA9,422+4%
2483East Carroll Parish, LALA9,421−3%
2484Benton County, ININ9,421−0%
2485Oscoda County, MIMI9,418+20%
2486Deer Lodge County, MTMT9,417−8%
2487Hamilton County, NENE9,403+6%
2488Crittenden County, KYKY9,384+2%
2489Rosebud County, MTMT9,383−11%
2490Knox County, NENE9,374−2%
2491Seminole County, GAGA9,369+4%
2492Charles Mix County, SDSD9,350+2%
2493Clear Creek County, COCO9,322+22%
2494Towns County, GAGA9,319+38%
2495Monroe County, MOMO9,311+2%
2496McLean County, NDND9,311−11%
2497Tillman County, OKOK9,287−11%
2498Montgomery County, ARAR9,245+18%
2499Coleman County, TXTX9,235−5%
2500Tunica County, MSMS9,227+13%
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UPDATED 2026-08-08 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS