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RANKING · 2000 CENSUS · 500 SHOWN OF 3,122

Most population gained, US counties · 2000

US counties that added the most residents from the 1990 census to 2000, by raw count of people rather than percentage.

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501Hood County, TXTX70,501+12,119
502Cumberland County, TNTN66,300+12,066
503Carson City, NVNV58,571+12,014
504Lake County, OHOH232,217+12,012
505Medina County, TXTX56,881+11,992
506Centre County, PAPA157,393+11,972
507Franklin County, WAWA102,612+11,874
508Effingham County, GAGA74,397+11,848
509Linn County, OROR132,843+11,842
510Pulaski County, ARAR404,611+11,814
511Putnam County, NYNY99,028+11,804
512Blount County, ALAL60,156+11,776
513Elko County, NVNV54,815+11,761
514La Plata County, COCO56,898+11,657
515Monroe County, ININ143,345+11,585
516Jackson County, GAGA99,265+11,584
517Cleveland County, NCNC103,325+11,573
518Limestone County, ALAL122,928+11,541
519Suffolk, VAVA104,699+11,536
520Worcester County, MDMD54,459+11,515
521Laurens County, SCSC71,848+11,475
522Burnet County, TXTX57,015+11,470
523Florence County, SCSC138,504+11,417
524Marshall County, ALAL103,537+11,399
525Island County, WAWA85,657+11,363
526Umatilla County, OROR81,119+11,299
527Jefferson County, TNTN60,024+11,278
528Muskegon County, MIMI177,901+11,217
529Hancock County, MSMS46,873+11,207
530Albemarle County, VAVA118,356+11,196
531Greene County, OHOH174,322+11,155
532Gila County, AZAZ53,801+11,119
533Mason County, WAWA71,165+11,064
534Whitfield County, GAGA106,212+11,063
535Ravalli County, MTMT48,582+11,060
536DeKalb County, ILIL101,835+11,037
537Morgan County, ALAL126,483+11,021
538Dallas County, IAIA118,457+10,995
539Boone County, ILIL53,568+10,980
540Putnam County, TNTN86,612+10,942
541Augusta County, VAVA78,940+10,938
542Maverick County, TXTX58,823+10,919
543Crow Wing County, MNMN69,132+10,850
544Franklin County, NCNC82,037+10,846
545Walker County, TXTX83,842+10,841
546Warren County, NJNJ112,953+10,830
547Cowlitz County, WAWA114,885+10,829
548Catoosa County, GAGA69,628+10,818
549Hoke County, NCNC56,939+10,790
550Eaton County, MIMI109,581+10,776
551Morgan County, ININ74,967+10,769
552Coryell County, TXTX85,592+10,765
553Crawford County, ARAR62,657+10,754
554Nash County, NCNC99,365+10,743
555Twin Falls County, IDID97,539+10,704
556Summit County, COCO31,517+10,667
557Chisago County, MNMN59,142+10,580
558Chatham County, NCNC85,111+10,570
559Sangamon County, ILIL194,170+10,565
560Washington County, MDMD157,731+10,530
561Jefferson County, ALAL665,742+10,522
562Stark County, OHOH373,771+10,513
563Polk County, TXTX53,434+10,446
564Hendry County, FLFL48,276+10,437
565Marathon County, WIWI139,432+10,434
566Otero County, NMNM70,368+10,370
567Murray County, GAGA41,607+10,359
568Bonneville County, IDID135,771+10,315
569Wicomico County, MDMD106,899+10,305
570Angelina County, TXTX88,154+10,246
571Rockingham County, VAVA89,316+10,243
572St. Mary's County, MDMD116,692+10,237
573Elbert County, COCO30,534+10,226
574Bonner County, IDID54,420+10,213
575Van Zandt County, TXTX66,130+10,196
576Lee County, MSMS83,731+10,174
577Granville County, NCNC61,421+10,153
578Newport News, VAVA183,230+10,105
579Wayne County, OHOH116,758+10,103
580Gilmer County, GAGA33,894+10,088
581Richmond County, GAGA206,559+10,056
582Lincoln County, MOMO66,676+10,052
583Pearl River County, MSMS59,363+9,907
584Cullman County, ALAL94,009+9,870
585Hancock County, ININ90,969+9,864
586Craven County, NCNC105,025+9,823
587DeKalb County, ALAL74,085+9,801
588Geauga County, OHOH95,676+9,766
589Harrisonburg, VAVA50,839+9,761
590Wilson County, TXTX56,139+9,758
591Victoria County, TXTX92,656+9,727
592Montgomery County, VAVA98,434+9,716
593Madison County, ILIL263,110+9,703
594Newaygo County, MIMI51,622+9,672
595Wagoner County, OKOK93,263+9,608
596Stone County, MOMO32,503+9,580
597Camden County, MOMO44,047+9,556
598Bannock County, IDID91,591+9,539
599Surry County, NCNC72,287+9,515
600Georgetown County, SCSC65,912+9,495
601Ozaukee County, WIWI94,346+9,486
602Portage County, OHOH163,404+9,476
603Sullivan County, TNTN163,759+9,452
604Autauga County, ALAL61,920+9,449
605Kenton County, KYKY175,779+9,433
606Midland County, TXTX187,855+9,398
607Dodge County, WIWI89,097+9,338
608Floyd County, GAGA101,378+9,314
609Wichita County, TXTX129,555+9,286
610Burleigh County, NDND103,251+9,285
611Laurel County, KYKY63,746+9,277
612Waller County, TXTX69,858+9,273
613Lewis County, WAWA88,062+9,242
614La Crosse County, WIWI121,339+9,216
615Scott County, KYKY62,262+9,194
616Kendall County, TXTX53,289+9,154
617Stevens County, WAWA49,668+9,118
618Duplin County, NCNC51,571+9,068
619Kershaw County, SCSC73,166+9,048
620Gordon County, GAGA61,701+9,032
621Montrose County, COCO44,591+9,009
622Delaware County, OKOK41,910+9,007
623Hawkins County, TNTN59,559+8,998
624Lake County, ININ504,612+8,970
625Union County, OHOH73,446+8,940
626Butler County, KSKS69,484+8,902
627Shawnee County, KSKS178,607+8,895
628Kenai Peninsula, AKAK61,951+8,889
629Liberty County, GAGA70,313+8,865
630Cheatham County, TNTN42,778+8,772
631Sheboygan County, WIWI118,047+8,769
632Kosciusko County, ININ80,892+8,763
633Putnam County, WVWV56,885+8,754
634Isabella County, MIMI64,691+8,727
635Oconee County, SCSC83,775+8,721
636Santa Cruz County, AZAZ50,020+8,705
637Lincoln County, SDSD77,145+8,704
638Clark County, ININ130,451+8,695
639Jackson County, MIMI159,552+8,666
640Wayne County, NCNC122,278+8,663
641Wakulla County, FLFL38,089+8,661
642Lamar County, MSMS67,403+8,646
643Oconee County, GAGA44,893+8,607
644Pope County, ARAR64,976+8,586
645Calaveras County, CACA46,605+8,556
646Pickens County, GAGA37,167+8,551
647Jessamine County, KYKY57,147+8,533
648Levy County, FLFL48,520+8,527
649Shelby County, KYKY51,243+8,513
650Lee County, GAGA34,179+8,507
651Cherokee County, OKOK49,196+8,472
652Laramie County, WYWY102,938+8,465
653Monroe County, TNTN49,730+8,420
654Noble County, ININ47,937+8,398
655San Patricio County, TXTX72,053+8,389
656Cumberland County, NJNJ157,148+8,385
657DeSoto County, FLFL37,078+8,344
658Halifax County, VAVA33,447+8,322
659Lauderdale County, ALAL97,135+8,305
660Habersham County, GAGA50,416+8,281
661Carroll County, NHNH52,784+8,256
662Sauk County, WIWI66,652+8,250
663Franklin County, PAPA160,652+8,231
664Lewis and Clark County, MTMT75,331+8,221
665Montcalm County, MIMI69,406+8,207
666Newton County, MOMO62,263+8,191
667Dickson County, TNTN58,662+8,095
668Atascosa County, TXTX53,590+8,095
669Teller County, COCO24,756+8,087
670Suwannee County, FLFL48,149+8,064
671Clallam County, WAWA78,202+8,061
672Cherokee County, SCSC58,275+8,031
673Strafford County, NHNH135,043+8,000
674Bryan County, GAGA52,062+7,979
675Boone County, ININ80,689+7,960
676Eau Claire County, WIWI109,033+7,959
677Callaway County, MOMO45,765+7,957
678Elmore County, IDID29,465+7,925
679Apache County, AZAZ64,445+7,832
680Loudon County, TNTN63,764+7,831
681Coffee County, GAGA44,407+7,821
682Cole County, MOMO77,908+7,818
683Wood County, OHOH134,176+7,796
684Bartholomew County, ININ85,729+7,778
685Wayne County, PAPA51,703+7,778
686Nelson County, KYKY49,036+7,767
687Wilson County, NCNC81,150+7,753
688Franklin County, VAVA55,526+7,737
689Scott County, IAIA175,259+7,689
690Lake County, CACA67,772+7,678
691Coffee County, TNTN62,419+7,675
692Lee County, NCNC70,258+7,666
693Hamblen County, TNTN68,843+7,648
694Bowie County, TXTX92,696+7,641
695Fluvanna County, VAVA28,975+7,618
696Kankakee County, ILIL105,525+7,578
697Terrebonne Parish, LALA104,163+7,521
698Stokes County, NCNC46,126+7,488
699Rice County, MNMN69,939+7,482
700Warrick County, ININ66,803+7,463
701Houston County, ALAL110,318+7,456
702Finney County, KSKS37,505+7,453
703Hardee County, FLFL25,932+7,439
704Lenawee County, MIMI97,779+7,414
705Humboldt County, CACA131,647+7,400
706Columbia County, WIWI58,132+7,380
707Wood County, TXTX49,688+7,372
708St. Landry Parish, LALA80,765+7,369
709Park County, COCO18,314+7,349
710Kerr County, TXTX54,037+7,349
711Benton County, OROR97,728+7,342
712Brown County, OHOH44,397+7,319
713Webster County, MOMO43,054+7,292
714Kauai County, HIHI73,400+7,286
715Dearborn County, ININ51,609+7,274
716Cape May County, NJNJ93,390+7,237
717Bee County, TXTX32,515+7,224
718Midland County, MIMI83,754+7,223
719Pennington County, SDSD116,792+7,222
720Dare County, NCNC38,245+7,221
721Fond du Lac County, WIWI104,669+7,213
722Baxter County, ARAR42,982+7,200
723Lincoln County, NMNM19,844+7,192
724Manassas, VAVA44,332+7,178
725Bedford County, TNTN55,273+7,175
726Jefferson Parish, LALA431,398+7,160
727Chilton County, ALAL47,708+7,135
728Belknap County, NHNH65,147+7,109
729Haywood County, NCNC63,369+7,091
730Anderson County, TXTX59,805+7,085
731Bandera County, TXTX22,876+7,083
732Teton County, WYWY23,333+7,079
733Cape Girardeau County, MOMO83,999+7,060
734Greene County, TNTN73,831+7,056
735Powhatan County, VAVA32,591+7,049
736Knox County, OHOH64,002+7,027
737Muscogee County, GAGA202,171+7,013
738Davie County, NCNC45,855+6,976
739White County, GAGA29,802+6,938
740Graham County, AZAZ40,157+6,935
741Lafayette County, MSMS59,597+6,918
742Luna County, NMNM25,407+6,906
743Taylor County, TXTX150,077+6,900
744Clinton County, MIMI80,432+6,870
745Vanderburgh County, ININ181,995+6,864
746Taos County, NMNM34,564+6,861
747Delta County, COCO32,178+6,854
748Lancaster County, SCSC114,296+6,835
749Carteret County, NCNC70,469+6,827
750Rio Arriba County, NMNM39,832+6,825
751Tuscarawas County, OHOH92,373+6,824
752Grafton County, NHNH93,225+6,814
753Orangeburg County, SCSC83,177+6,779
754Pottawatomie County, OKOK75,102+6,761
755Hardin County, TXTX58,723+6,753
756Walla Walla County, WAWA62,361+6,741
757St. Francois County, MOMO67,809+6,737
758Pulaski County, KYKY67,384+6,728
759Caldwell County, NCNC81,105+6,706
760Greenwood County, SCSC70,379+6,704
761Carroll County, ARAR29,263+6,703
762Barry County, MIMI63,991+6,698
763Payne County, OKOK83,889+6,683
764Grant County, KYKY26,181+6,647
765Champaign County, ILIL209,972+6,644
766Kittitas County, WAWA48,803+6,637
767McMinn County, TNTN57,404+6,632
768Torrance County, NMNM16,100+6,626
769Queen Anne's County, MDMD54,448+6,610
770Accomack County, VAVA33,859+6,602
771Lebanon County, PAPA146,380+6,583
772Dawson County, GAGA35,365+6,570
773Polk County, WIWI45,803+6,546
774Sanpete County, UTUT31,453+6,504
775Culpeper County, VAVA57,666+6,471
776McDowell County, NCNC45,198+6,470
777Barry County, MOMO36,200+6,463
778Creek County, OKOK74,967+6,452
779Roanoke County, VAVA97,150+6,446
780Otter Tail County, MNMN61,041+6,445
781Lumpkin County, GAGA36,178+6,443
782Fannin County, TXTX39,265+6,438
783Gregg County, TXTX126,095+6,431
784Floyd County, ININ82,153+6,419
785Tehama County, CACA64,665+6,414
786Fauquier County, VAVA76,503+6,398
787Douglas County, WAWA46,473+6,398
788Emmet County, MIMI33,775+6,397
789Monongalia County, WVWV107,991+6,357
790Calumet County, WIWI53,982+6,340
791Stanly County, NCNC68,830+6,335
792Macon County, NCNC39,232+6,312
793Clare County, MIMI31,543+6,300
794Okeechobee County, FLFL42,608+6,283
795Jackson County, NCNC45,039+6,275
796Jefferson County, WVWV63,102+6,264
797Box Elder County, UTUT65,320+6,260
798Wilkes County, NCNC66,233+6,239
799Jefferson County, WIWI86,505+6,238
800Lassen County, CACA28,117+6,230
801Edgefield County, SCSC29,808+6,220
802Talladega County, ALAL81,603+6,214
803Okanogan County, WAWA45,230+6,214
804Van Buren County, MIMI76,071+6,203
805Val Verde County, TXTX47,835+6,135
806Jackson County, ALAL54,281+6,130
807Camden County, NJNJ535,799+6,108
808Holmes County, OHOH44,970+6,094
809Pittsylvania County, VAVA59,490+6,090
810Klamath County, OROR70,274+6,073
811Alexander County, NCNC36,958+6,059
812Tuolumne County, CACA53,160+6,045
813Churchill County, NVNV25,851+6,044
814Columbia County, OROR54,091+6,003
815Rutherford County, NCNC65,745+5,981
816Kent County, RIRI173,495+5,955
817Chambers County, TXTX57,594+5,943
818Mendocino County, CACA88,122+5,920
819Harris County, GAGA37,280+5,907
820San Jacinto County, TXTX29,488+5,874
821La Paz County, AZAZ16,711+5,871
822Rockingham County, NCNC94,195+5,864
823Yadkin County, NCNC38,325+5,860
824Jefferson County, WAWA33,970+5,807
825Caldwell County, TXTX55,150+5,802
826Howell County, MOMO40,798+5,791
827Portage County, WIWI71,943+5,777
828Steuben County, ININ34,799+5,768
829Hancock County, OHOH75,034+5,759
830Douglas County, OROR111,951+5,750
831Johnson County, MOMO56,670+5,744
832Watauga County, NCNC54,786+5,743
833Story County, IAIA101,291+5,729
834Putnam County, ININ37,876+5,704
835Roscommon County, MIMI23,914+5,693
836Miami County, OHOH112,634+5,686
837Hampshire County, MAMA164,065+5,683
838Genesee County, MIMI401,093+5,682
839Prince George County, VAVA43,936+5,653
840Boone County, ARAR38,628+5,651
841St. Charles Parish, LALA50,586+5,635
842Waupaca County, WIWI51,461+5,627
843Cherokee County, TXTX53,337+5,610
844Routt County, COCO25,329+5,602
845Woodbury County, IAIA106,649+5,601
846Lincoln County, OROR50,636+5,590
847Cooke County, TXTX44,461+5,586
848Malheur County, OROR32,261+5,577
849Tom Green County, TXTX120,602+5,552
850Darlington County, SCSC62,888+5,543
851Hickman County, TNTN26,219+5,541
852Greene County, ARAR47,411+5,527
853Botetourt County, VAVA34,144+5,504
854Lake County, MTMT33,392+5,466
855Union County, PAPA42,313+5,448
856Person County, NCNC40,636+5,443
857Warren County, VAVA42,740+5,442
858Blaine County, IDID25,517+5,439
859Franklin County, VTVT51,177+5,437
860LaGrange County, ININ41,305+5,432
861Llano County, TXTX23,353+5,413
862Colquitt County, GAGA47,438+5,408
863Oconto County, WIWI40,195+5,408
864Jackson County, FLFL49,629+5,380
865Isanti County, MNMN44,386+5,366
866Cass County, MNMN31,430+5,359
867Laclede County, MOMO36,943+5,355
868Putnam County, FLFL77,734+5,353
869Otsego County, MIMI26,080+5,344
870Jefferson County, OROR25,740+5,333
871Natrona County, WYWY80,526+5,307
872Louisa County, VAVA42,924+5,302
873Union County, GAGA27,859+5,296
874Clearfield County, PAPA78,100+5,285
875Warren County, TNTN43,717+5,284
876Erie County, PAPA265,832+5,271
877Beltrami County, MNMN47,055+5,266
878Pine County, MNMN30,472+5,266
879Carter County, TNTN57,361+5,237
880Morgan County, COCO30,306+5,232
881Marshall County, TNTN38,071+5,228
882Washington County, VAVA53,898+5,216
883Navarro County, TXTX57,181+5,198
884Grundy County, ILIL54,052+5,198
885Monroe County, ILIL34,840+5,197
886Jasper County, SCSC38,533+5,191
887Hill County, TXTX39,503+5,175
888Baldwin County, GAGA44,029+5,170
889Polk County, MOMO33,604+5,166
890Columbus County, NCNC50,487+5,162
891Montezuma County, COCO26,678+5,158
892Highland County, OHOH43,823+5,147
893Sequoyah County, OKOK40,842+5,144
894Clinton County, OHOH42,301+5,128
895Wasatch County, UTUT38,514+5,126
896Ontario County, NYNY113,130+5,123
897Fairbanks North Star, AKAK93,972+5,120
898Oneida County, WIWI38,131+5,097
899Jasper County, ININ33,894+5,083
900Pottawattamie County, IAIA92,996+5,076
901Ogle County, ILIL51,399+5,075
902Glynn County, GAGA87,599+5,072
903Crook County, OROR27,564+5,071
904Amador County, CACA41,876+5,061
905Ouachita Parish, LALA158,542+5,059
906Cheboygan County, MIMI25,793+5,050
907Ashland County, OHOH52,523+5,016
908Erath County, TXTX43,911+5,010
909Mayes County, OKOK40,416+5,003
910Ford County, KSKS33,993+4,995
911Warren County, MOMO39,016+4,991
912Iberia Parish, LALA66,846+4,969
913Lawrence County, MOMO39,401+4,968
914Spencer County, KYKY20,998+4,965
915DeKalb County, ININ44,535+4,961
916Greene County, VAVA21,958+4,947
917McClain County, OKOK49,647+4,945
918Hardin County, KYKY113,482+4,934
919Antrim County, MIMI24,698+4,925
920Logan County, OKOK55,473+4,913
921Laurens County, GAGA51,041+4,886
922Miami County, KSKS36,240+4,885
923Hancock County, MEME57,171+4,843
924Le Flore County, OKOK50,196+4,839
925Buffalo County, NENE51,172+4,812
926Tazewell County, ILIL130,049+4,793
927Campbell County, TNTN40,290+4,775
928Gilchrist County, FLFL20,488+4,770
929Campbell County, KYKY95,441+4,750
930McDonald County, MOMO23,992+4,743
931Hardeman County, TNTN25,274+4,728
932Grimes County, TXTX34,252+4,724
933Charlottesville, VAVA44,388+4,708
934Sullivan County, NYNY80,586+4,689
935Roane County, TNTN57,395+4,683
936Madison County, GAGA32,919+4,680
937Putnam County, GAGA23,722+4,675
938Isle of Wight County, VAVA41,321+4,675
939Gloucester County, VAVA40,097+4,649
940Monroe County, GAGA32,023+4,644
941Wayne County, NYNY91,250+4,642
942Warren County, IAIA57,331+4,638
943Cleburne County, ARAR25,672+4,635
944Marshall County, MSMS34,654+4,632
945Harrison County, TXTX71,956+4,627
946Lawrence County, TNTN46,914+4,623
947Charlevoix County, MIMI26,036+4,622
948Sanilac County, MIMI40,083+4,619
949Hall County, NENE63,633+4,609
950St. Martin Parish, LALA51,106+4,605
951Aransas County, TXTX26,146+4,605
952LaSalle County, ILIL107,773+4,596
953Franklin County, NYNY46,500+4,594
954Leelanau County, MIMI22,982+4,592
955Tattnall County, GAGA24,376+4,583
956Phelps County, MOMO45,247+4,577
957Johnson County, ARAR26,225+4,560
958Archuleta County, COCO14,306+4,553
959Lamar County, TXTX51,503+4,550
960Franklin County, TNTN45,579+4,545
961Anderson County, KYKY25,225+4,540
962Oktibbeha County, MSMS51,896+4,527
963Owen County, ININ21,886+4,505
964Jasper County, TXTX33,075+4,502
965Ionia County, MIMI66,557+4,494
966Pontotoc County, MSMS32,096+4,489
967Macon County, TNTN27,663+4,480
968Grand County, COCO16,496+4,476
969Pickaway County, OHOH62,978+4,472
970Orange County, VAVA40,083+4,460
971Orange County, TXTX86,266+4,457
972Currituck County, NCNC33,158+4,454
973Nacogdoches County, TXTX66,035+4,450
974Cherokee County, ALAL26,413+4,445
975Bryan County, OKOK51,367+4,445
976Harrison County, ININ40,437+4,435
977Dawson County, NENE24,452+4,425
978Cocke County, TNTN37,889+4,424
979Oceana County, MIMI27,177+4,419
980San Miguel County, NMNM26,260+4,383
981Daviess County, KYKY104,898+4,356
982Campbell County, WYWY48,145+4,328
983Leavenworth County, KSKS84,590+4,320
984Latah County, IDID41,842+4,318
985Polk County, GAGA45,514+4,312
986Saline County, KSKS53,377+4,296
987Jones County, TXTX20,861+4,295
988Forrest County, MSMS79,034+4,290
989Scott County, MSMS28,073+4,286
990Branch County, MIMI45,993+4,285
991Panola County, MSMS32,691+4,278
992Monroe County, WIWI46,572+4,266
993Bibb County, ALAL22,262+4,250
994Lampasas County, TXTX23,657+4,241
995Hot Spring County, ARAR33,451+4,238
996Tyler County, TXTX20,443+4,225
997Washington County, TXTX38,288+4,219
998Allen Parish, LALA22,672+4,214
999Black Hawk County, IAIA131,532+4,214
1000Barron County, WIWI46,484+4,213
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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS