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Most densely populated, US counties · 2020

US counties ranked by residents per square mile (2020).

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RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOPULATION DENSITYVS 2000
1001Upson County, GAGA28,500860%
1002San Luis Obispo County, CACA282,36786+14%
1003St. James Parish, LALA18,93885−5%
1004Gadsden County, FLFL44,29885−3%
1005Monroe County, FLFL80,40684+4%
1006Caldwell County, TXTX55,15084+43%
1007Lane County, OROR381,58484+19%
1008Thomas County, GAGA46,36884+7%
1009McDuffie County, GAGA21,64084+2%
1010Clarke County, VAVA15,60984+17%
1011Carroll County, KYKY11,14184+6%
1012Colquitt County, GAGA47,43884+9%
1013Grainger County, TNTN25,73984+14%
1014Whitley County, KYKY37,29784+2%
1015Perry County, KYKY26,55584−3%
1016Hopkins County, KYKY45,12784−2%
1017Simpson County, KYKY20,78884+19%
1018Gibson County, TNTN51,77984+5%
1019Perry County, PAPA46,80683+5%
1020Crawford County, PAPA81,79283−7%
1021Warren County, MOMO39,01683+45%
1022Walker County, ALAL65,14083−8%
1023Vermilion County, ILIL71,25983−12%
1024Weld County, COCO378,42683+82%
1025Cocke County, TNTN37,88983+7%
1026Mineral County, WVWV26,79282−1%
1027Macon County, TNTN27,66382+24%
1028Wapello County, IAIA35,21082−2%
1029Clinton County, ININ33,32282−2%
1030Harrison County, ININ40,43782+16%
1031Lancaster County, VAVA10,99582−6%
1032Muskogee County, OKOK66,70882−4%
1033Campbell County, TNTN40,29082−1%
1034Dakota County, NENE21,68782+7%
1035Middlesex County, VAVA10,84182+7%
1036Whiteside County, ILIL54,12181−8%
1037Polk County, NCNC20,53381+5%
1038Sullivan County, NYNY80,58681+6%
1039Santa Fe County, NMNM156,90781+20%
1040Westmoreland County, VAVA19,71581+11%
1041Jackson County, OROR221,79580+23%
1042Augusta County, VAVA78,94080+18%
1043Sullivan County, NHNH43,96180+6%
1044Columbia County, OROR54,09180+21%
1045Chattooga County, GAGA25,30080−2%
1046Webb County, TXTX281,22479+38%
1047Chowan County, NCNC14,08279−6%
1048Winona County, MNMN50,52379−1%
1049Pinal County, AZAZ539,38079+137%
1050Greene County, ARAR47,41179+23%
1051Franklin County, VTVT51,17779+10%
1052Liberty County, TXTX121,36479+31%
1053Stephenson County, ILIL43,22079−9%
1054Sauk County, WIWI66,65279+19%
1055Coryell County, TXTX85,59279+11%
1056Franklin County, VAVA55,52679+15%
1057Tom Green County, TXTX120,60279+15%
1058Coffee County, ALAL56,95379+23%
1059Crittenden County, ARAR46,21079−5%
1060Highland County, OHOH43,82378+6%
1061Bannock County, IDID91,59178+15%
1062Pope County, ARAR64,97678+16%
1063Knox County, KYKY29,53278−5%
1064Chambers County, TXTX57,59478+79%
1065Georgetown County, SCSC65,91278+14%
1066Tazewell County, VAVA38,63578−9%
1067Franklin County, WAWA102,61278+96%
1068Clinton County, ILIL37,12878+4%
1069Daviess County, ININ34,20978+12%
1070Jackson County, OHOH32,817780%
1071Banks County, GAGA21,27378+25%
1072Lincoln County, MEME36,59577+5%
1073Franklin County, TNTN45,57977+9%
1074Jefferson County, ARAR62,98777−20%
1075Wayne County, WVWV37,30977−9%
1076Washoe County, NVNV509,38677+43%
1077Somerset County, MDMD24,97377−1%
1078Clinton County, NYNY78,138770%
1079Titus County, TXTX31,56377+11%
1080Adams County, ILIL64,26777−4%
1081Nicollet County, MNMN34,27377+16%
1082Greene County, NCNC20,70077+8%
1083Wells County, ININ28,88377+2%
1084Harrison County, TXTX71,95676+11%
1085Hillsdale County, MIMI45,73876−2%
1086Union County, GAGA27,85976+42%
1087Page County, VAVA23,76276+2%
1088Putnam County, ININ37,87676+2%
1089Columbia County, WIWI58,13276+11%
1090Orangeburg County, SCSC83,17776−8%
1091Warren County, MSMS41,75976−10%
1092Louisa County, VAVA42,92476+47%
1093Cerro Gordo County, IAIA42,37276−7%
1094Wise County, TXTX83,77876+41%
1095Warren County, NYNY65,02076+4%
1096Starke County, ININ23,42576−1%
1097Creek County, OKOK74,96776+7%
1098Cook County, GAGA18,23275+9%
1099Saline County, KSKS53,37775+1%
1100Montgomery County, ININ38,95475+1%
1101Baxter County, ARAR42,98275+8%
1102Wabash County, ININ30,71375−11%
1103Towns County, GAGA13,28575+34%
1104Skagit County, WAWA132,97575+26%
1105Venango County, PAPA49,34675−12%
1106McLeod County, MNMN36,63175+5%
1107Harris County, GAGA37,28075+46%
1108Pike County, KYKY54,72175−15%
1109Morgan County, WVWV18,02774+14%
1110Accomack County, VAVA33,85974−13%
1111White County, ARAR80,08574+14%
1112Washington County, UTUT213,67074+100%
1113Toombs County, GAGA27,54574+4%
1114Greene County, NYNY47,23874−1%
1115Clay County, ININ26,410740%
1116Crisp County, GAGA19,23774−8%
1117Washington County, NYNY59,353740%
1118Garrard County, KYKY18,20774+15%
1119Claiborne County, TNTN33,22974+7%
1120Guernsey County, OHOH38,37974−6%
1121Gilmer County, GAGA33,89474+34%
1122Pierce County, WIWI43,51974+15%
1123Gratiot County, MIMI41,19073−1%
1124Blackford County, ININ11,73073−14%
1125Powell County, KYKY12,81273−1%
1126Jennings County, ININ27,622730%
1127Yates County, NYNY24,54773+1%
1128Madera County, CACA167,92773+27%
1129McClain County, OKOK49,64773+50%
1130Emmet County, MIMI33,77573+9%
1131Lincoln County, KYKY25,35373+4%
1132Woodford County, ILIL38,11173+8%
1133Coffee County, GAGA44,40773+15%
1134Monroe County, TNTN49,73073+19%
1135White County, TNTN29,61273+18%
1136Walton County, FLFL93,28873+85%
1137Effingham County, ILIL34,51972+1%
1138Avery County, NCNC18,11072+4%
1139Jones County, GAGA29,17172+20%
1140Logan County, WVWV30,37572−14%
1141Dyer County, TNTN36,32072−1%
1142Macon County, NCNC39,23272+24%
1143Lawrence County, TNTN46,91472+11%
1144Mecosta County, MIMI42,32072−2%
1145Valencia County, NMNM82,01371+15%
1146Putnam County, OHOH34,38071−1%
1147Mason County, KYKY16,93671+2%
1148Fayette County, OHOH28,55271+2%
1149Decatur County, ININ26,57671+8%
1150Russell County, KYKY18,60871+10%
1151Van Wert County, OHOH29,01371−2%
1152Van Zandt County, TXTX66,13071+24%
1153Monroe County, GAGA32,02371+28%
1154Wayne County, PAPA51,70370+7%
1155Pueblo County, COCO169,27770+19%
1156Clearfield County, PAPA78,10070−3%
1157Knox County, ININ35,65270−8%
1158Dodge County, NENE38,05770+3%
1159St. Martin Parish, LALA51,10670+7%
1160Upshur County, TXTX44,41070+16%
1161Marshall County, IAIA39,89070+2%
1162Bourbon County, KYKY20,24370+5%
1163Dillon County, SCSC27,45870−8%
1164Knox County, ILIL47,76770−11%
1165Douglas County, NVNV50,11170+20%
1166Wood County, TXTX49,68869+22%
1167Tate County, MSMS28,72569+11%
1168Kent County, MDMD19,565690%
1169Waupaca County, WIWI51,461690%
1170Pearl River County, MSMS59,36369+15%
1171Pender County, NCNC72,11169+47%
1172Somerset County, PAPA72,00469−7%
1173Ohio County, ININ5,99469+6%
1174Ben Hill County, GAGA17,09969−2%
1175Mason County, WAWA71,16568+33%
1176Wyoming County, NYNY39,74168−7%
1177Nacogdoches County, TXTX66,03568+9%
1178Miller County, ARAR42,35768+5%
1179Ogle County, ILIL51,39968+1%
1180Jefferson County, PAPA43,25568−3%
1181Amador County, CACA41,87668+15%
1182Washington Parish, LALA44,93768+3%
1183Gibson County, ININ33,09168+2%
1184Carroll County, OHOH26,47568−7%
1185Mitchell County, NCNC15,06267−5%
1186Steuben County, NYNY91,85567−5%
1187Halifax County, NCNC46,53467−15%
1188Upshur County, WVWV23,75867+2%
1189Bell County, KYKY22,82967−20%
1190Stone County, MOMO32,50367+8%
1191Clinton County, IAIA46,00267−7%
1192Kendall County, TXTX53,28967+86%
1193Union County, MSMS28,45967+10%
1194Logan County, OKOK55,47367+46%
1195Hocking County, OHOH27,51267−1%
1196Henry County, OHOH27,59866−5%
1197Phelps County, MOMO45,24766+12%
1198Bonneville County, IDID135,77166+50%
1199Graves County, KYKY37,05066−1%
1200Union County, FLFL16,25066+20%
1201Tuscola County, MIMI52,68066−8%
1202Crow Wing County, MNMN69,13266+20%
1203Muhlenberg County, KYKY30,63466−3%
1204Crawford County, KSKS39,00866+2%
1205Amherst County, VAVA31,96266−2%
1206Smyth County, VAVA28,88266−10%
1207DeKalb County, TNTN21,87366+15%
1208Webster County, MOMO43,05466+26%
1209Marion County, ILIL36,38266−10%
1210Chippewa County, WIWI67,61466+20%
1211Deschutes County, OROR213,07266+72%
1212Wyoming County, PAPA25,79066−7%
1213Fannin County, GAGA26,11165+28%
1214Meigs County, TNTN14,18665+15%
1215Marion County, MOMO28,52565+1%
1216Hardin County, OHOH30,07265−4%
1217Camden County, MOMO44,04765+15%
1218Johnson County, MOMO56,67065+12%
1219Rutland County, VTVT59,65365−4%
1220Carter County, KYKY26,14965−1%
1221King William County, VAVA19,61765+35%
1222Chilton County, ALAL47,70865+14%
1223Jefferson County, ILIL36,14765−7%
1224Ripley County, ININ29,43465+9%
1225Coshocton County, OHOH37,188650%
1226Lee County, IAIA32,30665−12%
1227Ottawa County, OKOK30,43864−9%
1228Leelanau County, MIMI22,98264+6%
1229Putnam County, GAGA23,72264+17%
1230Le Sueur County, MNMN29,45364+13%
1231Adams County, MSMS30,06164−14%
1232Letcher County, KYKY19,95264−15%
1233Camp County, TXTX13,38064+8%
1234Green County, WIWI37,22764+10%
1235Boone County, ARAR38,62863+10%
1236Smith County, TNTN20,98163+12%
1237Cherokee County, NCNC30,83063+18%
1238Hardin County, TXTX58,72363+17%
1239Suwannee County, FLFL48,14963+25%
1240Harvey County, KSKS33,58063+4%
1241Pettis County, MOMO44,25463+9%
1242Goodhue County, MNMN48,19563+8%
1243Cherokee County, OKOK49,19663+11%
1244Pontotoc County, MSMS32,09663+17%
1245Gallia County, OHOH29,07263−6%
1246Charlevoix County, MIMI26,036630%
1247Yellowstone County, MTMT172,69263+27%
1248Saline County, ILIL22,77263−11%
1249Clay County, MNMN67,73462+28%
1250Pittsylvania County, VAVA59,49062−2%
1251Prince Edward County, VAVA22,39162+11%
1252Greene County, PAPA33,88562−12%
1253Sampson County, NCNC61,50462−2%
1254Payette County, IDID27,82462+23%
1255Door County, WIWI30,61662+8%
1256Ashe County, NCNC27,51462+9%
1257Webster Parish, LALA34,94862−12%
1258Madison County, NENE36,10662+1%
1259Lawrence County, MOMO39,40162+8%
1260Botetourt County, VAVA34,14462+10%
1261Washington County, MSMS40,44662−29%
1262Clarion County, PAPA36,68062−11%
1263Lincoln County, TNTN36,85362+13%
1264Wilson County, TXTX56,13962+54%
1265Northumberland County, VAVA12,55762−3%
1266Posey County, ININ24,98862−7%
1267Pike County, OHOH27,06162−2%
1268Carroll County, VAVA29,299610%
1269Laurens County, GAGA51,04161+10%
1270Sumter County, GAGA28,80161−11%
1271Douglas County, MNMN40,12061+19%
1272Wythe County, VAVA27,98361+3%
1273Fayette County, WVWV38,16561−15%
1274Assumption Parish, LALA19,72061−10%
1275Hertford County, NCNC19,01561−5%
1276Harrison County, KYKY19,62761+4%
1277Chester County, TNTN17,99461+12%
1278Butler County, MOMO41,90461+3%
1279Burleigh County, NDND103,25160+42%
1280Prentiss County, MSMS25,28460−2%
1281Marion County, IAIA34,19260+4%
1282Dorchester County, MDMD33,62860+6%
1283Johnson County, TNTN18,71860+3%
1284Vermillion County, ININ15,48860−8%
1285Juniata County, PAPA23,40360+3%
1286Kewaunee County, WIWI20,75860+2%
1287Allen County, KYKY22,53660+16%
1288Henry County, ILIL48,09560−3%
1289Jackson County, WVWV27,45060−1%
1290Newberry County, SCSC39,56160+4%
1291Duplin County, NCNC51,57160−1%
1292Yakima County, WAWA259,18560+15%
1293Massac County, ILIL13,50260−7%
1294Fayette County, TNTN45,07160+46%
1295Marion County, SCSC28,24260−18%
1296Wexford County, MIMI34,44560+10%
1297Windsor County, VTVT57,31260+1%
1298Mayes County, OKOK40,41660+2%
1299Newaygo County, MIMI51,62260+4%
1300Lincoln County, MSMS35,01260+5%
1301Sequatchie County, TNTN17,86160+39%
1302Garfield County, OKOK61,77959+9%
1303Miami County, KSKS36,24059+21%
1304Franklin County, ININ23,28659+3%
1305Washington County, TXTX38,28859+18%
1306Mason County, WVWV24,70759−2%
1307Yancey County, NCNC19,08459+4%
1308Tipton County, ININ15,31959−7%
1309Evans County, GAGA11,02859+3%
1310Cattaraugus County, NYNY75,39059−8%
1311Jasper County, ININ33,89459+10%
1312Pleasants County, WVWV7,33859+2%
1313Mason County, MIMI29,04059+3%
1314Caroline County, VAVA34,41359+40%
1315Otsego County, NYNY60,58958−5%
1316Windham County, VTVT45,20458+4%
1317Carter County, OKOK48,91058+5%
1318Sequoyah County, OKOK40,84258+1%
1319Chambers County, ALAL34,25358−5%
1320Bleckley County, GAGA12,86658+8%
1321Jersey County, ILIL21,16058−1%
1322Northampton County, VAVA11,87958−6%
1323Pierce County, GAGA20,76458+26%
1324Marion County, TNTN29,80458+4%
1325Morgan County, ILIL32,51558−10%
1326Morgan County, GAGA22,09558+30%
1327Grady County, GAGA26,59058+11%
1328Doña Ana County, NMNM229,09158+26%
1329Tallapoosa County, ALAL40,953580%
1330Harlan County, KYKY24,72558−19%
1331Bremer County, IAIA25,29657+7%
1332Trimble County, KYKY8,70157+4%
1333Henry County, TNTN32,89657+3%
1334Marion County, KYKY20,11557+8%
1335Larue County, KYKY15,18457+11%
1336Greene County, ININ31,16557−7%
1337Weakley County, TNTN33,26157−6%
1338Obion County, TNTN30,06757−5%
1339Rusk County, TXTX54,85456+10%
1340Mower County, MNMN40,97156+4%
1341Lamoille County, VTVT26,29456+12%
1342Benzie County, MIMI18,56856+12%
1343Linn County, OROR132,84356+25%
1344Estill County, KYKY13,96256−7%
1345Elbert County, GAGA20,07256−4%
1346Mingo County, WVWV21,45556−17%
1347Wakulla County, FLFL38,08956+48%
1348Chester County, SCSC33,00156−5%
1349Fulton County, ININ20,091560%
1350Marlboro County, SCSC25,48856−7%
1351Dinwiddie County, VAVA28,89655+14%
1352Adams County, NENE31,071550%
1353Bennington County, VTVT36,63055+1%
1354Owen County, ININ21,88655−2%
1355Lamar County, TXTX51,50355+3%
1356Washington County, ININ28,38355+4%
1357Kandiyohi County, MNMN44,72055+6%
1358Henry County, KYKY16,44755+4%
1359Delaware County, OKOK41,91055+9%
1360Clare County, MIMI31,54355−1%
1361Cannon County, TNTN15,29655+13%
1362Carroll County, ININ20,65555+1%
1363Schuyler County, NYNY16,92455−7%
1364Anderson County, TXTX59,80555+5%
1365Russell County, VAVA25,33254−15%
1366Green Lake County, WIWI19,305540%
1367Lake County, CACA67,77254+17%
1368Waldo County, MEME40,69354+9%
1369Randolph County, ININ24,43854−11%
1370Chesterfield County, SCSC44,74054+1%
1371Barron County, WIWI46,48454+4%
1372Columbus County, NCNC50,48754−8%
1373Starr County, TXTX66,31954+23%
1374Wyandot County, OHOH21,56754−4%
1375Carroll County, NHNH52,78454+15%
1376Josephine County, OROR87,86754+16%
1377Hot Spring County, ARAR33,45154+9%
1378Beaufort County, NCNC44,67054−1%
1379Henderson County, TNTN28,51854+9%
1380Washington County, NENE21,30254+11%
1381Dunn County, WIWI46,22353+14%
1382Caswell County, NCNC22,56353−3%
1383DeSoto County, FLFL37,07853+5%
1384Jay County, ININ20,11853−6%
1385Grafton County, NHNH93,22553+11%
1386Lauderdale County, TNTN24,61753−7%
1387Callaway County, MOMO45,76553+9%
1388Union County, SCSC26,79953−9%
1389Rains County, TXTX13,54253+33%
1390Grayson County, KYKY27,40653+10%
1391Chenango County, NYNY45,71553−8%
1392Pontotoc County, OKOK38,52853+8%
1393Pendleton County, KYKY14,80053+2%
1394Preston County, WVWV34,00453+17%
1395Okmulgee County, OKOK37,24153−8%
1396Perquimans County, NCNC13,49053+14%
1397Lafayette County, MOMO33,531520%
1398Randolph County, ILIL29,92152−11%
1399Crockett County, TNTN14,00652−4%
1400Montgomery County, NCNC26,40352−4%
1401Bradford County, PAPA59,60052−4%
1402Dunklin County, MOMO26,85552−15%
1403Navarro County, TXTX57,18152+17%
1404Macoupin County, ILIL43,74852−8%
1405Overton County, TNTN23,78752+12%
1406Jasper County, IAIA38,15352+2%
1407Buffalo County, NENE51,17252+19%
1408Webster County, IAIA36,83852−8%
1409Meigs County, OHOH21,58752−4%
1410Clay County, NCNC12,23952+26%
1411Okeechobee County, FLFL42,60852+10%
1412Jackson County, FLFL49,62952+1%
1413Lincoln County, OROR50,63651+13%
1414Monroe County, WIWI46,57251+13%
1415Clarendon County, SCSC31,04351−4%
1416Edgefield County, SCSC29,80851+4%
1417Grenada County, MSMS20,86851−7%
1418Randolph County, MOMO24,513510%
1419Gilchrist County, FLFL20,48851+24%
1420Summit County, COCO31,51751+32%
1421Neshoba County, MSMS28,73251+1%
1422Grand Forks County, NDND74,50151+11%
1423Bryan County, OKOK51,36751+26%
1424Lee County, VAVA21,64251−6%
1425Wabash County, ILIL10,90751−12%
1426George County, MSMS26,33151+27%
1427Platte County, NENE35,64951+8%
1428Rockcastle County, KYKY16,14851−3%
1429Franklin County, ALAL32,44951+3%
1430Gladwin County, MIMI26,07751−2%
1431Clinton County, MOMO21,66151+12%
1432Alpena County, MIMI28,85351−8%
1433Huntingdon County, PAPA43,00150−3%
1434Lanier County, GAGA10,62350+36%
1435Perry County, ININ19,38950+1%
1436Moore County, TNTN6,92050+13%
1437Spencer County, ININ20,06150−3%
1438Orange County, ININ19,83450+3%
1439Hawaii County, HIHI210,04350+35%
1440Grady County, OKOK59,12850+20%
1441Nottoway County, VAVA15,79650−1%
1442Logan County, KYKY28,66950+3%
1443Independence County, ARAR38,78550+11%
1444Giles County, TNTN31,43350+3%
1445Nez Perce County, IDID42,90550+13%
1446Brown County, ININ15,77750+3%
1447Polk County, MOMO33,60450+17%
1448Clatsop County, OROR40,92650+15%
1449Oceana County, MIMI27,17750−1%
1451Abbeville County, SCSC24,83649−7%
1452Somervell County, TXTX10,26149+35%
1453Burnet County, TXTX57,01549+44%
1454Reno County, KSKS61,53949−4%
1455Walla Walla County, WAWA62,36149+13%
1456Antrim County, MIMI24,69849+1%
1457Stephens County, OKOK44,31049−1%
1458Polk County, WIWI45,80349+9%
1459Decatur County, GAGA29,43249+4%
1460Martin County, KYKY10,69749−10%
1461Pike County, ALAL33,68849+11%
1462Vermilion Parish, LALA57,67149+7%
1463Silver Bow County, MTMT36,11849+2%
1464Montgomery County, KSKS30,17749−13%
1465Iberville Parish, LALA29,57949−9%
1466White County, ININ25,16449−2%
1467Evangeline Parish, LALA31,98049−9%
1468Greene County, GAGA21,36749+31%
1469Scotts Bluff County, NENE35,58649−2%
1470Jackson County, ALAL54,28149−2%
1471Addison County, VTVT38,04849+4%
1472Otsego County, MIMI26,08049+8%
1473Mecklenburg County, VAVA30,74748−6%
1474Panola County, MSMS32,69148−3%
1475Hancock County, KYKY9,05048+8%
1476Baker County, FLFL29,73748+27%
1477Martin County, NCNC21,60148−14%
1478Shasta County, CACA181,64848+12%
1479Appomattox County, VAVA17,17248+18%
1480San Jacinto County, TXTX29,48848+23%
1481Christian County, ILIL33,44348−4%
1482Hopkins County, TXTX39,06348+15%
1483Lawrence County, ALAL33,84348−5%
1484Cherokee County, TXTX53,33748+8%
1485Marshall County, MSMS34,65448−4%
1486Schoharie County, NYNY30,17648−6%
1487Cass County, NENE27,65748+9%
1488Avoyelles Parish, LALA37,94148−4%
1489Leflore County, MSMS25,68648−25%
1490Kerr County, TXTX54,03748+20%
1491Tippah County, MSMS21,38948+5%
1492Cooke County, TXTX44,46148+15%
1493Carroll County, TNTN29,20048−4%
1494Kay County, OKOK43,49048−9%
1495Morris County, TXTX12,13348−8%
1496Tattnall County, GAGA24,37648+2%
1497Dodge County, MNMN21,37647+18%
1498Polk County, TXTX53,43447+22%
1499Perry County, ILIL20,16047−9%
1500Douglas County, ILIL19,88047−1%
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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS