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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1101 | Chesterfield County | South Carolina | 44,740 | 0.7% |
| 1102 | Kandiyohi County | Minnesota | 44,720 | -0.1% |
| 1103 | Beaufort County | North Carolina | 44,670 | -0.1% |
| 1104 | Montrose County | Colorado | 44,591 | -0.2% |
| 1105 | DeKalb County | Indiana | 44,535 | 0.4% |
| 1106 | Cooke County | Texas | 44,461 | 0.2% |
| 1107 | Upshur County | Texas | 44,410 | 0.9% |
| 1108 | Coffee County | Georgia | 44,407 | 0.7% |
| 1109 | Brown County | Ohio | 44,397 | 0.5% |
| 1110 | Charlottesville city | Virginia | 44,388 | -0.5% |
| 1111 | Isanti County | Minnesota | 44,386 | 1.7% |
| 1112 | Manassas city | Virginia | 44,332 | 0.7% |
| 1113 | Stephens County | Oklahoma | 44,310 | 0.2% |
| 1114 | Delaware County | New York | 44,305 | -0.4% |
| 1115 | Gadsden County | Florida | 44,298 | 0.1% |
| 1116 | Henderson County | Kentucky | 44,255 | -0.2% |
| 1117 | Pettis County | Missouri | 44,254 | 0.8% |
| 1118 | Camden County | Missouri | 44,047 | -0.3% |
| 1119 | Baldwin County | Georgia | 44,029 | 0.4% |
| 1120 | Dubois County | Indiana | 44,016 | 0.2% |
| 1121 | Douglas County | Wisconsin | 43,990 | 0.2% |
| 1122 | Sullivan County | New Hampshire | 43,961 | 0.1% |
| 1123 | Prince George County | Virginia | 43,936 | 0.4% |
| 1124 | Erath County | Texas | 43,911 | -0.2% |
| 1125 | Highland County | Ohio | 43,823 | 0.3% |
| 1126 | Macoupin County | Illinois | 43,748 | -0.4% |
| 1127 | Warren County | Tennessee | 43,717 | 0.4% |
| 1128 | Pierce County | Wisconsin | 43,519 | 0.5% |
| 1129 | Kay County | Oklahoma | 43,490 | -0.3% |
| 1130 | Pittsburg County | Oklahoma | 43,320 | -0.3% |
| 1131 | Jefferson County | Pennsylvania | 43,255 | -0.2% |
| 1132 | Stephenson County | Illinois | 43,220 | -0.5% |
| 1133 | Summit County | Utah | 43,141 | -0.3% |
| 1134 | Webster County | Missouri | 43,054 | 2.3% |
| 1135 | Huntingdon County | Pennsylvania | 43,001 | -0.9% |
| 1136 | Baxter County | Arkansas | 42,982 | 0.3% |
| 1137 | Louisa County | Virginia | 42,924 | 1.8% |
| 1138 | Nez Perce County | Idaho | 42,905 | 0.0% |
| 1139 | Cheatham County | Tennessee | 42,778 | 0.4% |
| 1140 | Warren County | Virginia | 42,740 | 0.6% |
| 1141 | Mercer County | Ohio | 42,737 | 0.5% |
| 1142 | Vance County | North Carolina | 42,638 | 0.1% |
| 1143 | Okeechobee County | Florida | 42,608 | 0.6% |
| 1144 | Marinette County | Wisconsin | 42,574 | 0.4% |
| 1145 | Cerro Gordo County | Iowa | 42,372 | 0.1% |
| 1146 | Miller County | Arkansas | 42,357 | 0.0% |
| 1147 | Mecosta County | Michigan | 42,320 | 0.9% |
| 1148 | Union County | Pennsylvania | 42,313 | -0.8% |
| 1149 | Clinton County | Ohio | 42,301 | 0.6% |
| 1150 | Tift County | Georgia | 42,254 | 0.6% |
3144 ranked entries.