Largest counties by population
Rank US counties and county equivalents by resident population, not land area.
U.S. Census Bureau Population EstimatesPeriod: July 1, 2024–July 1, 2025 · Vintage 2025Retrieved 2026-10-05T08:10:35+00:00
July 1 resident population estimates from a single Census vintage. Counties are ranked by population, not land area. County equivalents include independent cities and other Census county-equivalent areas.
Ranks are competition ranks computed across the full filtered set.
| Rank | Name | State | Population | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 701 | Wise County | Texas | 83,778 | 3.1% |
| 702 | Oconee County | South Carolina | 83,775 | 1.5% |
| 703 | Midland County | Michigan | 83,754 | 0.0% |
| 704 | Lee County | Mississippi | 83,731 | 0.5% |
| 705 | Buchanan County | Missouri | 83,540 | -0.1% |
| 706 | James City County | Virginia | 83,326 | 0.5% |
| 707 | Orangeburg County | South Carolina | 83,177 | 0.0% |
| 708 | Bedford County | Virginia | 83,059 | 0.7% |
| 709 | Newport County | Rhode Island | 83,051 | -0.4% |
| 710 | Indiana County | Pennsylvania | 82,878 | -0.5% |
| 711 | Dougherty County | Georgia | 82,616 | -0.1% |
| 712 | Wood County | West Virginia | 82,385 | -0.3% |
| 713 | Floyd County | Indiana | 82,153 | 0.4% |
| 714 | Anderson County | Tennessee | 82,066 | 0.6% |
| 715 | Franklin County | North Carolina | 82,037 | 2.6% |
| 716 | Valencia County | New Mexico | 82,013 | 1.4% |
| 717 | Chelan County | Washington | 81,941 | 0.7% |
| 718 | Crawford County | Pennsylvania | 81,792 | -0.2% |
| 719 | Manitowoc County | Wisconsin | 81,710 | -0.2% |
| 720 | Talladega County | Alabama | 81,603 | 0.1% |
| 721 | Lynchburg city | Virginia | 81,347 | 1.3% |
| 722 | Wilson County | North Carolina | 81,150 | 0.3% |
| 723 | Umatilla County | Oregon | 81,119 | 0.2% |
| 724 | Caldwell County | North Carolina | 81,105 | 0.3% |
| 725 | Kosciusko County | Indiana | 80,892 | 0.2% |
| 726 | St. Landry Parish | Louisiana | 80,765 | -0.3% |
| 727 | Boone County | Indiana | 80,689 | 2.6% |
| 728 | Sullivan County | New York | 80,586 | -0.4% |
| 729 | Natrona County | Wyoming | 80,526 | 0.3% |
| 730 | Clinton County | Michigan | 80,432 | 0.3% |
| 731 | Chemung County | New York | 80,415 | -0.5% |
| 732 | Monroe County | Florida | 80,406 | -2.0% |
| 733 | Robertson County | Tennessee | 80,175 | 1.7% |
| 734 | White County | Arkansas | 80,085 | 1.2% |
| 735 | Broomfield County | Colorado | 79,174 | 1.0% |
| 736 | Forrest County | Mississippi | 79,034 | 0.3% |
| 737 | Augusta County | Virginia | 78,940 | 0.2% |
| 738 | Cheshire County | New Hampshire | 78,269 | 0.1% |
| 739 | Clallam County | Washington | 78,202 | 0.3% |
| 740 | Grays Harbor County | Washington | 78,144 | 0.2% |
| 741 | Clinton County | New York | 78,138 | 0.4% |
| 742 | Clearfield County | Pennsylvania | 78,100 | 0.0% |
| 743 | Cole County | Missouri | 77,908 | 0.2% |
| 744 | Putnam County | Florida | 77,734 | 0.7% |
| 745 | Lincoln County | South Dakota | 77,145 | 2.7% |
| 746 | Lonoke County | Arkansas | 76,664 | 0.4% |
| 747 | Fauquier County | Virginia | 76,503 | 0.8% |
| 748 | Ross County | Ohio | 76,429 | 0.6% |
| 749 | Van Buren County | Michigan | 76,071 | 0.0% |
| 750 | Cattaraugus County | New York | 75,390 | -0.1% |
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