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. Los Angeles County, California leads at 9,519,338. 3,125 counties qualify in total. California carries 7 of the top 25 entries.

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YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2025

RANKPLACESTATETOTAL POPULATIONVS 1990

USUnited States281,421,906–

01Los Angeles County, CACA9,519,338+7%

02Cook County, ILIL5,376,741+5%

03Harris County, TXTX3,400,578+21%

04Maricopa County, AZAZ3,072,149+45%

05Orange County, CACA2,846,289+18%

06San Diego County, CACA2,813,833+13%

07Kings County, NYNY2,465,326+7%

08Miami-Dade County, FLFL2,253,362–

09Queens County, NYNY2,229,379+14%

10Dallas County, TXTX2,218,899+20%

11Wayne County, MIMI2,061,162−2%

12King County, WAWA1,737,034+15%

13San Bernardino County, CACA1,709,434+21%

14Santa Clara County, CACA1,682,585+12%

15Broward County, FLFL1,623,018+29%

16Riverside County, CACA1,545,387+32%

17New York County, NYNY1,537,195+3%

18Philadelphia County, PAPA1,517,550−4%

19Middlesex County, MAMA1,465,396+5%

20Tarrant County, TXTX1,446,219+24%

21Alameda County, CACA1,443,741+13%

22Suffolk County, NYNY1,419,369+7%

23Cuyahoga County, OHOH1,393,978−1%

24Bexar County, TXTX1,392,931+18%

25Clark County, NVNV1,375,765+86%

26Nassau County, NYNY1,334,544+4%

27Bronx County, NYNY1,332,650+11%

28Allegheny County, PAPA1,281,666−4%

29Sacramento County, CACA1,223,499+18%

30Oakland County, MIMI1,194,156+10%

31Palm Beach County, FLFL1,131,184+31%

32Hennepin County, MNMN1,116,200+8%

33Franklin County, OHOH1,068,978+11%

34St. Louis County, MOMO1,016,315+2%

35Hillsborough County, FLFL998,948+20%

36Fairfax County, VAVA969,749+18%

37Erie County, NYNY950,265−2%

38Contra Costa County, CACA948,816+18%

39Milwaukee County, WIWI940,164−2%

40Westchester County, NYNY923,459+6%

41Pinellas County, FLFL921,482+8%

42DuPage County, ILIL904,161+16%

43Salt Lake County, UTUT898,387+24%

44Shelby County, TNTN897,472+9%

45Orange County, FLFL896,344+32%

46Bergen County, NJNJ884,118+7%

47Honolulu County, HIHI876,156+5%

48Montgomery County, MDMD873,341+15%

49Marion County, ININ860,454+8%

50Hamilton County, OHOH845,303−2%

51Pima County, AZAZ843,746+27%

52Fulton County, GAGA816,006+26%

53Travis County, TXTX812,280+41%

54Prince George's County, MDMD801,515+10%

55Fresno County, CACA799,407+20%

56Essex County, NJNJ793,633+2%

57Macomb County, MIMI788,149+10%

58Duval County, FLFL778,879+16%

59San Francisco County, CACA776,733+7%

60Baltimore County, MDMD754,292+9%

61Ventura County, CACA753,197+13%

62Worcester County, MAMA750,963+6%

63Middlesex County, NJNJ750,162+12%

64Montgomery County, PAPA750,097+11%

65Monroe County, NYNY735,343+3%

66Essex County, MAMA723,419+8%

67San Mateo County, CACA707,161+9%

68Pierce County, WAWA700,820+20%

69Mecklenburg County, NCNC695,454+36%

70Jefferson County, KYKY693,604+4%

71Suffolk County, MAMA689,807+4%

72El Paso County, TXTX679,622+15%

73DeKalb County, GAGA665,865+22%

74Jefferson County, ALAL662,047+2%

75Kern County, CACA661,645+22%

76Multnomah County, OROR660,486+13%

77Oklahoma County, OKOK660,448+10%

78Jackson County, MOMO654,880+3%

79Baltimore, MDMD651,154−12%

80Norfolk County, MAMA650,308+6%

81Lake County, ILIL644,356+25%

82Wake County, NCNC627,846+48%

83Providence County, RIRI621,602+4%

84Monmouth County, NJNJ615,301+11%

85Hudson County, NJNJ608,975+10%

86Cobb County, GAGA607,751+36%

87Snohomish County, WAWA606,024+30%

88Bucks County, PAPA597,635+10%

89Gwinnett County, GAGA588,448+67%

90Kent County, MIMI574,335+15%

91District of Columbia, DCDC572,059−6%

92Davidson County, TNTN569,891+12%

93Hidalgo County, TXTX569,463+48%

94San Joaquin County, CACA563,598+17%

95Tulsa County, OKOK563,299+12%

96Montgomery County, OHOH559,062−3%

97Bernalillo County, NMNM556,678+16%

98Denver County, COCO554,636+19%

99Delaware County, PAPA550,864+1%

100Summit County, OHOH542,899+5%

101Bristol County, MAMA534,678+6%

102Jefferson County, COCO527,056+20%

103Union County, NJNJ522,541+6%

104El Paso County, COCO516,929+30%

105Ramsey County, MNMN511,035+5%

106Ocean County, NJNJ510,916+18%

107Camden County, NJNJ508,932+1%

108Will County, ILIL502,266+41%

109New Castle County, DEDE500,265+13%

110Collin County, TXTX491,675+86%

111Anne Arundel County, MDMD489,656+15%

112Passaic County, NJNJ489,049+8%

113Arapahoe County, COCO487,967+25%

114Orleans Parish, LALA484,674−2%

115Lake County, ININ484,564+2%

116Polk County, FLFL483,924+19%

117Brevard County, FLFL476,230+19%

118Plymouth County, MAMA472,822+9%

119Lancaster County, PAPA470,658+11%

120Morris County, NJNJ470,212+12%

121Douglas County, NENE463,585+11%

122Sonoma County, CACA458,614+18%

123Onondaga County, NYNY458,336−2%

124Hampden County, MAMA456,228−0%

125Jefferson Parish, LALA455,466+2%

126Lucas County, OHOH455,054−2%

127Sedgwick County, KSKS452,869+12%

128Johnson County, KSKS451,086+27%

129Stanislaus County, CACA446,997+21%

130Washington County, OROR445,342+43%

131Richmond County, NYNY443,728+17%

132Volusia County, FLFL443,343+20%

133Lee County, FLFL440,888+32%

134Genesee County, MIMI436,141+1%

135Chester County, PAPA433,501+15%

136Denton County, TXTX432,976+58%

137Dane County, WIWI426,526+16%

138Virginia Beach, VAVA425,257+8%

139Burlington County, NJNJ423,394+7%

140Guilford County, NCNC421,048+21%

141Spokane County, WAWA417,939+16%

142East Baton Rouge Parish, LALA412,852+9%

143Kane County, ILIL404,119+27%

144Monterey County, CACA401,762+13%

145Mobile County, ALAL399,843+6%

146Santa Barbara County, CACA399,347+8%

147Solano County, CACA394,542+16%

148Knox County, TNTN382,032+14%

149York County, PAPA381,751+12%

150Hillsborough County, NHNH380,841+13%

151Greenville County, SCSC379,616+19%

152Stark County, OHOH378,098+3%

153Polk County, IAIA374,601+15%

154Berks County, PAPA373,638+11%

155Westmoreland County, PAPA369,993−0%

156Utah County, UTUT368,536+40%

157Tulare County, CACA368,021+18%

158Seminole County, FLFL365,196+27%

159Adams County, COCO363,857+37%

160Pulaski County, ARAR361,474+3%

161Waukesha County, WIWI360,767+18%

162Dakota County, MNMN355,904+29%

163Fort Bend County, TXTX354,452+57%

164Mercer County, NJNJ350,761+8%

165St. Louis, MOMO348,189−12%

166Clark County, WAWA345,238+45%

167Pasco County, FLFL344,765+23%

168Orange County, NYNY341,367+11%

169Washoe County, NVNV339,486+33%

170Clackamas County, OROR338,391+21%

171Cameron County, TXTX335,227+29%

172Butler County, OHOH332,807+14%

173Allen County, ININ331,849+10%

174Sarasota County, FLFL325,957+17%

175Lane County, OROR322,959+14%

176Washtenaw County, MIMI322,895+14%

177Richland County, SCSC320,677+12%

178Luzerne County, PAPA319,250−3%

179Nueces County, TXTX313,645+8%

180Lehigh County, PAPA312,090+7%

181Charleston County, SCSC309,969+5%

182Hamilton County, TNTN307,896+8%

183Forsyth County, NCNC306,067+15%

184Cumberland County, NCNC302,963+10%

185Ada County, IDID300,904+46%

186Anoka County, MNMN298,084+22%

187Somerset County, NJNJ297,490+24%

188Albany County, NYNY294,565+1%

189Escambia County, FLFL294,410+12%

190Montgomery County, TXTX293,768+61%

191Boulder County, COCO291,288+29%

192Rockland County, NYNY286,753+8%

193Marion County, OROR284,834+25%

194Lorain County, OHOH284,664+5%

195St. Charles County, MOMO283,883+33%

196Erie County, PAPA280,843+2%

197Prince William County, VAVA280,813+30%

198Dutchess County, NYNY280,150+8%

199Ingham County, MIMI279,320−1%

200Winnebago County, ILIL278,418+10%

201Rockingham County, NHNH277,359+13%

202Madison County, ALAL276,700+16%

203Northampton County, PAPA267,066+8%

204Cumberland County, MEME265,612+9%

205St. Joseph County, ININ265,559+7%

206Manatee County, FLFL264,002+25%

207Henrico County, VAVA262,300+20%

208Fayette County, KYKY260,512+16%

209Anchorage, AKAK260,283+15%

210McHenry County, ILIL260,077+42%

211Chesterfield County, VAVA259,903+24%

212Madison County, ILIL258,941+4%

213Marion County, FLFL258,916+33%

214Mahoning County, OHOH257,555−3%

215St. Clair County, ILIL256,082−3%

216Santa Cruz County, CACA255,602+11%

217Gloucester County, NJNJ254,673+11%

218Spartanburg County, SCSC253,791+12%

219Atlantic County, NJNJ252,552+13%

220Caddo Parish, LALA252,161+2%

221Jefferson County, TXTX252,051+5%

222Dauphin County, PAPA251,798+6%

223Larimer County, COCO251,494+35%

224Collier County, FLFL251,377+65%

225Hinds County, MSMS250,800−1%

226Lancaster County, NENE250,291+17%

227Galveston County, TXTX250,158+15%

228Williamson County, TXTX249,967+79%

229Placer County, CACA248,399+44%

230Howard County, MDMD247,842+32%

231Marin County, CACA247,289+7%

232San Luis Obispo County, CACA246,681+14%

233Lubbock County, TXTX242,628+9%

234Brazoria County, TXTX241,767+26%

235Greene County, MOMO240,391+16%

236Leon County, FLFL239,452+24%

237Davis County, UTUT238,994+27%

238Kalamazoo County, MIMI238,603+7%

239Ottawa County, MIMI238,314+27%

240Bell County, TXTX237,974+25%

241Clayton County, GAGA236,517+30%

242Oneida County, NYNY235,469−6%

243Norfolk, VAVA234,403−10%

244Chatham County, GAGA232,048+7%

245Kitsap County, WAWA231,969+22%

246Lake County, OHOH227,511+6%

247Brown County, WIWI226,778+17%

248Trumbull County, OHOH225,116−1%

249Montgomery County, ALAL223,510+7%

250Durham County, NCNC223,314+23%

251Yakima County, WAWA222,581+18%

252Barnstable County, MAMA222,230+19%

253Niagara County, NYNY219,846−0%

254Harford County, MDMD218,590+20%

255Alachua County, FLFL217,955+20%

256Lexington County, SCSC216,014+29%

257Cumberland County, PAPA213,674+9%

258McLennan County, TXTX213,517+13%

259Lackawanna County, PAPA213,295−3%

260Merced County, CACA210,554+18%

261Lake County, FLFL210,528+38%

262Saginaw County, MIMI210,039−1%

263Cleveland County, OKOK208,016+19%

264Thurston County, WAWA207,355+29%

265Buncombe County, NCNC206,330+18%

266Butte County, CACA203,171+12%

267Washington County, PAPA202,897−1%

268Washington County, MNMN201,130+38%

269Saratoga County, NYNY200,635+11%

270Broome County, NYNY200,536−5%

271St. Louis County, MNMN200,528+1%

272Kanawha County, WVWV200,073−4%

273Richmond County, GAGA199,775+5%

274Chesapeake, VAVA199,184+31%

275Jefferson County, MOMO198,099+16%

276Richmond, VAVA197,790−3%

277Horry County, SCSC196,629+36%

278Weber County, UTUT196,533+24%

279Frederick County, MDMD195,277+30%

280Webb County, TXTX193,117+45%

281St. Lucie County, FLFL192,695+28%

282Linn County, IAIA191,701+14%

283St. Tammany Parish, LALA191,268+32%

284Lafayette Parish, LALA190,503+16%

285Gaston County, NCNC190,365+9%

286Harrison County, MSMS189,601+15%

287Arlington County, VAVA189,453+11%

288Sangamon County, ILIL188,951+6%

289Racine County, WIWI188,831+8%

290York County, MEME186,742+13%

291Muscogee County, GAGA186,291+4%

292Clay County, MOMO184,006+20%

293Calcasieu Parish, LALA183,577+9%

294Peoria County, ILIL183,433+0%

295Elkhart County, ININ182,791+17%

296Hamilton County, ININ182,740+68%

297Rutherford County, TNTN182,023+54%

298Beaver County, PAPA181,412−3%

299Jackson County, OROR181,269+24%

300Weld County, COCO180,936+37%

301Newport News, VAVA180,150+6%

302Pinal County, AZAZ179,727+54%

303Champaign County, ILIL179,669+4%

304Clermont County, OHOH177,977+19%

305Ulster County, NYNY177,749+8%

306Douglas County, COCO175,766+191%

307Smith County, TXTX174,706+15%

308Doña Ana County, NMNM174,682+29%

309Butler County, PAPA174,083+15%

310Osceola County, FLFL172,493+60%

311Vanderburgh County, ININ171,922+4%

312Okaloosa County, FLFL170,498+19%

313Muskegon County, MIMI170,200+7%

314Shawnee County, KSKS169,871+6%

315Loudoun County, VAVA169,599+97%

316Yolo County, CACA168,660+20%

317Yavapai County, AZAZ167,517+56%

318Kent County, RIRI167,090+4%

319Whatcom County, WAWA166,814+31%

320Anderson County, SCSC165,740+14%

321Tuscaloosa County, ALAL164,875+10%

322York County, SCSC164,614+25%

323St. Clair County, MIMI164,235+13%

324Shasta County, CACA163,256+11%

325Berrien County, MIMI162,453+1%

326Outagamie County, WIWI160,971+15%

327New Hanover County, NCNC160,307+33%

328Yuma County, AZAZ160,026+50%

329Scott County, IAIA158,668+5%

330Jackson County, MIMI158,422+6%

331Warren County, OHOH158,383+39%

332Wyandotte County, KSKS157,882−3%

333Washington County, ARAR157,715+39%

334Livingston County, MIMI156,951+36%

335Winnebago County, WIWI156,763+12%

336Sussex County, DEDE156,638+38%

337El Dorado County, CACA156,299+24%

338Mohave County, AZAZ155,032+66%

339Bibb County, GAGA153,887+3%

340Benton County, ARAR153,406+57%

341Sullivan County, TNTN153,048+7%

342Cambria County, PAPA152,598−6%

343Rensselaer County, NYNY152,538−1%

344Brazos County, TXTX152,415+25%

345Rock County, WIWI152,307+9%

346Hampshire County, MAMA152,251+4%

347Portage County, OHOH152,061+7%

348Kenton County, KYKY151,464+7%

349Medina County, OHOH151,095+23%

350Carroll County, MDMD150,897+22%

351McLean County, ILIL150,433+16%

352Onslow County, NCNC150,355+0%

353Schuylkill County, PAPA150,336−1%

354Kenosha County, WIWI149,577+17%

355Rock Island County, ILIL149,374+0%

356Tippecanoe County, ININ148,955+14%

357Hawaii County, HIHI148,677+24%

358Fayette County, PAPA148,644+2%

359Minnehaha County, SDSD148,281+20%

360Bay County, FLFL148,217+17%

361Greene County, OHOH147,886+8%

362Ouachita Parish, LALA147,250+4%

363Davidson County, NCNC147,246+16%

364Porter County, ININ146,798+14%

365Chittenden County, VTVT146,571+11%

366Schenectady County, NYNY146,555−2%

367Cumberland County, NJNJ146,438+6%

368Hampton, VAVA146,437+9%

369Monroe County, MIMI145,945+9%

370Licking County, OHOH145,491+13%

371Penobscot County, MEME144,919−1%

372Clark County, OHOH144,742−2%

373Sussex County, NJNJ144,166+10%

374Shelby County, ALAL143,293+44%

375Berkeley County, SCSC142,651+11%

376Aiken County, SCSC142,552+18%

377Benton County, WAWA142,475+27%

378Imperial County, CACA142,361+30%

379Cherokee County, GAGA141,903+57%

380Catawba County, NCNC141,685+20%

381Charlotte County, FLFL141,627+28%

382Pueblo County, COCO141,472+15%

383Clay County, FLFL140,814+33%

384Baldwin County, ALAL140,415+43%

385Chautauqua County, NYNY139,750−2%

386Hall County, GAGA139,277+46%

387Monroe County, PAPA138,687+45%

388Calhoun County, MIMI137,985+1%

389Merrimack County, NHNH136,225+14%

390Centre County, PAPA135,758+10%

391Boone County, MOMO135,454+21%

392Berkshire County, MAMA134,953−3%

393Montgomery County, TNTN134,768+34%

394Pitt County, NCNC133,798+24%

395Madison County, ININ133,358+2%

396Stearns County, MNMN133,166+12%

397Washington County, MDMD131,923+9%

398Wichita County, TXTX131,664+8%

399Canyon County, IDID131,441+46%

400Jackson County, MSMS131,420+14%

401Cabarrus County, NCNC131,063+32%

402Hernando County, FLFL130,802+29%

403Alamance County, NCNC130,800+21%

404Randolph County, NCNC130,454+22%

405Sumner County, TNTN130,449+26%

406Rowan County, NCNC130,340+18%

407Kings County, CACA129,461+28%

408Yellowstone County, MTMT129,352+14%

409Franklin County, PAPA129,313+7%

410Santa Fe County, NMNM129,292+31%

411Blair County, PAPA129,144−1%

412Richland County, OHOH128,852+2%

413Tazewell County, ILIL128,485+4%

414Alexandria, VAVA128,283+15%

415Maui County, HIHI128,094+28%

416Black Hawk County, IAIA128,012+3%

417Johnson County, TXTX126,811+31%

418Martin County, FLFL126,731+26%

419Kent County, DEDE126,697+14%

420Williamson County, TNTN126,638+56%

421Taylor County, TXTX126,555+6%

422Humboldt County, CACA126,518+6%

423Rapides Parish, LALA126,337−4%

424Marathon County, WIWI125,834+9%

425Florence County, SCSC125,761+10%

426Napa County, CACA124,279+12%

427Olmsted County, MNMN124,277+17%

428Union County, NCNC123,677+47%

429Washington County, RIRI123,546+12%

430Robeson County, NCNC123,339+17%

431Cass County, NDND123,138+20%

432St. Johns County, FLFL123,135+47%

433Madera County, CACA123,109+40%

434Fairfield County, OHOH122,759+19%

435Iredell County, NCNC122,660+32%

436Sarpy County, NENE122,595+20%

437Oswego County, NYNY122,377+0%

438Hunterdon County, NJNJ121,989+13%

439Johnston County, NCNC121,965+50%

440Ector County, TXTX121,123+2%

441Wood County, OHOH121,065+7%

442Beaufort County, SCSC120,937+40%

443Monroe County, ININ120,563+11%

444Charles County, MDMD120,546+19%

445Lebanon County, PAPA120,327+6%

446Mercer County, PAPA120,293−1%

447Lycoming County, PAPA120,044+1%

448Henry County, GAGA119,341+103%

449Delaware County, ININ118,769−1%

450Orange County, NCNC118,227+26%

451Citrus County, FLFL118,085+26%

452Cochise County, AZAZ117,755+21%

453Santa Rosa County, FLFL117,743+44%

454Washington County, WIWI117,493+23%

455Kennebec County, MEME117,114+1%

456Coconino County, AZAZ116,320+20%

457Mesa County, COCO116,255+25%

458Midland County, TXTX116,009+9%

459Deschutes County, OROR115,367+54%

460Rankin County, MSMS115,327+32%

461Johnson County, ININ115,209+31%

462Lee County, ALAL115,092+32%

463Sebastian County, ARAR115,071+16%

464Comanche County, OKOK114,996+3%

465Macon County, ILIL114,706−2%

466San Juan County, NMNM113,801+24%

467Potter County, TXTX113,546+16%

468Wayne County, NCNC113,329+8%

469Indian River County, FLFL112,947+25%

470Sheboygan County, WIWI112,646+8%

471Calhoun County, ALAL112,249−3%

472Strafford County, NHNH112,233+8%

473Columbiana County, OHOH112,075+4%

474St. Lawrence County, NYNY111,931−0%

475Jefferson County, NYNY111,738+1%

476Wayne County, OHOH111,564+10%

477LaSalle County, ILIL111,509+4%

478Gregg County, TXTX111,379+6%

479Ellis County, TXTX111,360+31%

480Morgan County, ALAL111,064+11%

481Johnson County, IAIA111,006+15%

482Houston County, GAGA110,765+24%

483Pickens County, SCSC110,757+18%

484Grayson County, TXTX110,595+16%

485Bay County, MIMI110,157−1%

486LaPorte County, ININ110,106+3%

487Delaware County, OHOH109,989+64%

488Kootenai County, IDID108,685+56%

489Allen County, OHOH108,473−1%

490DeSoto County, MSMS107,199+58%

491Washington County, TNTN107,198+16%

492La Crosse County, WIWI107,120+9%

493Vigo County, ININ105,848−0%

494Blount County, TNTN105,823+23%

495Allegan County, MIMI105,665+17%

496Jasper County, MOMO104,686+16%

497Sumter County, SCSC104,646+2%

498Terrebonne Parish, LALA104,503+8%

499Randall County, TXTX104,312+16%

500Hendricks County, ININ104,093+37%

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Frequently asked

Which county has the highest total population?

Los Angeles County, California ranks #1 with 9,519,338 (2000 Decennial Census).

What are the top 5 counties by total population?

Los Angeles County, California, Cook County, Illinois, Harris County, Texas, Maricopa County, Arizona, Orange County, California.

How many counties are in this ranking?

3,125 counties qualify after filtering for population minimums and data availability. The ranking covers 2000 Decennial Census data.

How is total population measured?

Total resident population. Source: US Census Bureau, 2000 Decennial Census.