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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2551 | Cedar County | Nebraska | 8,373 | 0.3% |
| 2552 | Knox County | Nebraska | 8,335 | -0.5% |
| 2553 | Sitka City and Borough | Alaska | 8,319 | -0.8% |
| 2554 | Wilson County | Kansas | 8,299 | 0.0% |
| 2555 | Harrison County | Missouri | 8,281 | 0.5% |
| 2556 | Rosebud County | Montana | 8,253 | 0.4% |
| 2557 | Power County | Idaho | 8,246 | -1.0% |
| 2558 | Catahoula Parish | Louisiana | 8,223 | -1.7% |
| 2559 | Graham County | North Carolina | 8,190 | 0.7% |
| 2560 | Schoolcraft County | Michigan | 8,187 | 0.3% |
| 2560 | Lake County | Oregon | 8,187 | 0.2% |
| 2562 | Kiowa County | Oklahoma | 8,181 | -0.9% |
| 2563 | Baraga County | Michigan | 8,169 | -0.6% |
| 2564 | Lincoln County | Georgia | 8,112 | 1.1% |
| 2565 | Keith County | Nebraska | 8,100 | -0.7% |
| 2566 | Claiborne County | Mississippi | 8,058 | -0.4% |
| 2567 | Choctaw County | Mississippi | 8,048 | -0.5% |
| 2568 | Liberty County | Florida | 8,035 | 0.7% |
| 2569 | Ritchie County | West Virginia | 8,034 | -1.1% |
| 2570 | Lee County | Arkansas | 8,029 | -1.3% |
| 2571 | Dimmit County | Texas | 8,024 | -2.3% |
| 2572 | Anderson County | Kansas | 8,018 | 1.1% |
| 2573 | Clay County | Kansas | 7,990 | -0.3% |
| 2574 | Nicholas County | Kentucky | 7,949 | 2.5% |
| 2575 | Nevada County | Arkansas | 7,942 | -1.0% |
| 2575 | Murray County | Minnesota | 7,942 | -1.1% |
| 2577 | Kusilvak Census Area | Alaska | 7,932 | -0.3% |
| 2578 | Prairie County | Arkansas | 7,923 | -0.5% |
| 2579 | Traill County | North Dakota | 7,920 | -0.6% |
| 2580 | Coleman County | Texas | 7,915 | -0.7% |
| 2581 | Merrick County | Nebraska | 7,905 | 0.8% |
| 2582 | Tyler County | West Virginia | 7,881 | -0.2% |
| 2583 | Hamilton County | Illinois | 7,859 | 0.0% |
| 2584 | Dawes County | Nebraska | 7,858 | -2.0% |
| 2585 | Crook County | Wyoming | 7,852 | 0.8% |
| 2586 | Searcy County | Arkansas | 7,848 | 0.1% |
| 2587 | Clay County | Tennessee | 7,821 | 0.1% |
| 2588 | Taylor County | Georgia | 7,818 | 0.2% |
| 2589 | Dade County | Missouri | 7,804 | 2.2% |
| 2590 | Lexington city | Virginia | 7,769 | 0.9% |
| 2591 | Webster County | West Virginia | 7,760 | -2.2% |
| 2592 | San Miguel County | Colorado | 7,753 | -0.8% |
| 2593 | Thomas County | Kansas | 7,725 | -0.3% |
| 2594 | San Augustine County | Texas | 7,722 | -0.7% |
| 2595 | Marion County | Georgia | 7,676 | 0.8% |
| 2596 | Decatur County | Iowa | 7,655 | -0.3% |
| 2597 | Doddridge County | West Virginia | 7,634 | -0.1% |
| 2598 | Pocahontas County | West Virginia | 7,602 | -0.5% |
| 2599 | Twiggs County | Georgia | 7,597 | -1.1% |
| 2599 | Washakie County | Wyoming | 7,597 | -0.5% |
3144 ranked entries.