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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2500 | Todd County | South Dakota | 8,863 | -0.6% |
| 2502 | Lucas County | Iowa | 8,847 | 0.2% |
| 2503 | Madison Parish | Louisiana | 8,844 | -2.6% |
| 2504 | Jenkins County | Georgia | 8,843 | -0.1% |
| 2505 | Gallatin County | Kentucky | 8,840 | 0.9% |
| 2506 | Cloud County | Kansas | 8,833 | 1.2% |
| 2507 | Cuming County | Nebraska | 8,823 | -1.0% |
| 2508 | Tunica County | Mississippi | 8,819 | -3.2% |
| 2509 | Crittenden County | Kentucky | 8,807 | -1.9% |
| 2510 | Marshall County | Minnesota | 8,798 | 0.1% |
| 2511 | Wilcox County | Georgia | 8,797 | -1.1% |
| 2512 | Lafayette County | Florida | 8,792 | 0.8% |
| 2513 | Oscoda County | Michigan | 8,723 | 1.1% |
| 2514 | Oregon County | Missouri | 8,709 | 0.5% |
| 2515 | Trimble County | Kentucky | 8,701 | 0.7% |
| 2516 | Dawson County | Montana | 8,692 | -0.5% |
| 2517 | Hancock County | Georgia | 8,682 | -0.6% |
| 2518 | Hamilton County | Texas | 8,680 | -0.4% |
| 2519 | White Pine County | Nevada | 8,661 | 0.3% |
| 2520 | Greene County | Iowa | 8,658 | 0.0% |
| 2521 | Terrell County | Georgia | 8,656 | -1.4% |
| 2522 | Wilkinson County | Georgia | 8,650 | -0.5% |
| 2523 | Clearwater County | Minnesota | 8,647 | -0.1% |
| 2524 | Alger County | Michigan | 8,641 | -0.8% |
| 2525 | Montgomery County | Georgia | 8,635 | 0.4% |
| 2526 | Platte County | Wyoming | 8,634 | 0.8% |
| 2527 | Kemper County | Mississippi | 8,600 | 0.4% |
| 2528 | Kane County | Utah | 8,597 | 1.2% |
| 2529 | Montgomery County | Arkansas | 8,579 | 0.3% |
| 2530 | Daviess County | Missouri | 8,558 | 0.6% |
| 2531 | Boise County | Idaho | 8,545 | 0.5% |
| 2532 | Monona County | Iowa | 8,539 | 0.6% |
| 2533 | Mathews County | Virginia | 8,529 | -0.7% |
| 2534 | Blaine County | Oklahoma | 8,515 | -0.1% |
| 2535 | Bracken County | Kentucky | 8,511 | 0.6% |
| 2536 | Butler County | Nebraska | 8,507 | 0.5% |
| 2537 | Broadwater County | Montana | 8,493 | 2.5% |
| 2538 | Houston County | Tennessee | 8,479 | -0.5% |
| 2539 | Franklin city | Virginia | 8,478 | 0.9% |
| 2540 | Lemhi County | Idaho | 8,474 | 0.8% |
| 2540 | Warren County | Indiana | 8,474 | 0.1% |
| 2542 | Coffey County | Kansas | 8,467 | 1.7% |
| 2543 | Chattahoochee County | Georgia | 8,465 | 0.9% |
| 2544 | Atkinson County | Georgia | 8,454 | -0.4% |
| 2544 | Quay County | New Mexico | 8,454 | -1.0% |
| 2546 | Woods County | Oklahoma | 8,443 | -1.4% |
| 2547 | Mercer County | North Dakota | 8,441 | 1.1% |
| 2548 | Modoc County | California | 8,426 | -1.3% |
| 2549 | Carroll County | Missouri | 8,417 | 0.0% |
| 2550 | Maries County | Missouri | 8,397 | -1.1% |
3144 ranked entries.