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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 901 | Pearl River County | Mississippi | 59,363 | 0.6% |
| 902 | Washington County | New York | 59,353 | -0.8% |
| 903 | Herkimer County | New York | 59,219 | -0.3% |
| 904 | Chisago County | Minnesota | 59,142 | 0.3% |
| 905 | Grady County | Oklahoma | 59,128 | 1.4% |
| 906 | Russell County | Alabama | 58,898 | -0.1% |
| 907 | Maverick County | Texas | 58,823 | 0.4% |
| 908 | Hardin County | Texas | 58,723 | 0.1% |
| 909 | Dickson County | Tennessee | 58,662 | 1.5% |
| 910 | Sandusky County | Ohio | 58,655 | 0.0% |
| 911 | Carson City | Nevada | 58,571 | 0.5% |
| 912 | Genesee County | New York | 58,416 | 0.0% |
| 913 | Washington County | Ohio | 58,389 | -0.4% |
| 914 | Cherokee County | South Carolina | 58,275 | 0.7% |
| 915 | Huron County | Ohio | 58,250 | 0.0% |
| 916 | Columbia County | Wisconsin | 58,132 | 0.2% |
| 917 | Vermilion Parish | Louisiana | 57,671 | 0.1% |
| 918 | Culpeper County | Virginia | 57,666 | 1.6% |
| 919 | Chambers County | Texas | 57,594 | 2.9% |
| 920 | Mercer County | West Virginia | 57,503 | -0.1% |
| 921 | McMinn County | Tennessee | 57,404 | 1.2% |
| 922 | Roane County | Tennessee | 57,395 | 1.1% |
| 923 | Carter County | Tennessee | 57,361 | 0.0% |
| 924 | Lowndes County | Mississippi | 57,346 | 0.2% |
| 925 | Nye County | Nevada | 57,336 | 1.7% |
| 926 | Warren County | Iowa | 57,331 | 1.5% |
| 927 | Windsor County | Vermont | 57,312 | -0.3% |
| 928 | Navarro County | Texas | 57,181 | 1.2% |
| 929 | Hancock County | Maine | 57,171 | 0.1% |
| 930 | Jessamine County | Kentucky | 57,147 | 1.5% |
| 931 | Acadia Parish | Louisiana | 57,032 | -0.1% |
| 932 | Burnet County | Texas | 57,015 | 1.8% |
| 933 | Taney County | Missouri | 57,001 | 0.2% |
| 934 | Coffee County | Alabama | 56,953 | 0.8% |
| 935 | Hoke County | North Carolina | 56,939 | 2.3% |
| 936 | La Plata County | Colorado | 56,898 | -0.1% |
| 937 | Putnam County | West Virginia | 56,885 | -0.1% |
| 938 | Medina County | Texas | 56,881 | 2.3% |
| 939 | Johnson County | Missouri | 56,670 | 1.5% |
| 940 | Wilson County | Texas | 56,139 | 1.5% |
| 941 | Lenoir County | North Carolina | 55,837 | 0.7% |
| 942 | Lawrence County | Ohio | 55,710 | -0.4% |
| 943 | Campbell County | Virginia | 55,629 | 0.1% |
| 944 | Marion County | West Virginia | 55,584 | -0.2% |
| 945 | Franklin County | Virginia | 55,526 | -0.2% |
| 946 | Logan County | Oklahoma | 55,473 | 2.7% |
| 947 | Bedford County | Tennessee | 55,273 | 1.5% |
| 948 | Madison County | Idaho | 55,172 | 0.4% |
| 949 | Caldwell County | Texas | 55,150 | 4.2% |
| 950 | Rusk County | Texas | 54,854 | 0.4% |
3144 ranked entries.