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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2601 | Wallowa County | Oregon | 7,595 | 0.0% |
| 2602 | Doniphan County | Kansas | 7,594 | 0.0% |
| 2602 | Ballard County | Kentucky | 7,594 | -0.2% |
| 2604 | Wilkinson County | Mississippi | 7,582 | -3.0% |
| 2605 | Wheeler County | Georgia | 7,570 | 3.3% |
| 2606 | Lake County | Colorado | 7,552 | 1.1% |
| 2607 | Winkler County | Texas | 7,540 | -0.3% |
| 2608 | Clay County | West Virginia | 7,538 | -2.0% |
| 2609 | Major County | Oklahoma | 7,536 | -0.3% |
| 2610 | Grant County | South Dakota | 7,534 | -1.0% |
| 2611 | Richardson County | Nebraska | 7,530 | -0.8% |
| 2612 | Conejos County | Colorado | 7,529 | 0.1% |
| 2613 | Ferry County | Washington | 7,517 | -0.4% |
| 2614 | Pepin County | Wisconsin | 7,513 | -0.4% |
| 2615 | Grand Isle County | Vermont | 7,511 | 0.1% |
| 2616 | Dallam County | Texas | 7,508 | 0.8% |
| 2617 | Benton County | Mississippi | 7,502 | -0.8% |
| 2618 | Franklin County | Mississippi | 7,491 | -0.5% |
| 2619 | McCulloch County | Texas | 7,472 | 0.0% |
| 2620 | Fall River County | South Dakota | 7,467 | 0.7% |
| 2621 | Rappahannock County | Virginia | 7,439 | -0.1% |
| 2622 | Yoakum County | Texas | 7,438 | -0.8% |
| 2623 | Perry County | Alabama | 7,425 | -2.6% |
| 2624 | Hutchinson County | South Dakota | 7,413 | 0.2% |
| 2625 | Monroe County | Iowa | 7,406 | 0.2% |
| 2626 | Adair County | Iowa | 7,403 | -0.8% |
| 2627 | Valley County | Montana | 7,385 | 0.0% |
| 2628 | Harney County | Oregon | 7,380 | -0.6% |
| 2629 | Pierce County | Nebraska | 7,378 | 0.4% |
| 2630 | Chariton County | Missouri | 7,377 | -0.2% |
| 2631 | Allendale County | South Carolina | 7,355 | -2.3% |
| 2632 | Worth County | Iowa | 7,338 | 0.5% |
| 2632 | Pleasants County | West Virginia | 7,338 | -0.2% |
| 2634 | Beaver County | Utah | 7,301 | -0.8% |
| 2635 | Lee County | Kentucky | 7,297 | 0.1% |
| 2636 | Castro County | Texas | 7,295 | -0.7% |
| 2637 | Shannon County | Missouri | 7,285 | 0.0% |
| 2638 | Southeast Fairbanks Census Area | Alaska | 7,270 | 0.5% |
| 2639 | Elliott County | Kentucky | 7,265 | -0.1% |
| 2640 | Caribou County | Idaho | 7,252 | 0.4% |
| 2641 | Bon Homme County | South Dakota | 7,244 | 1.3% |
| 2642 | Cleveland County | Arkansas | 7,224 | -2.0% |
| 2643 | Goliad County | Texas | 7,208 | 0.1% |
| 2644 | Red River Parish | Louisiana | 7,165 | -1.1% |
| 2645 | Powell County | Montana | 7,157 | 0.5% |
| 2646 | Van Buren County | Iowa | 7,131 | -0.8% |
| 2647 | Nemaha County | Nebraska | 7,102 | 0.0% |
| 2648 | Northwest Arctic Borough | Alaska | 7,095 | -0.8% |
| 2649 | Gilmer County | West Virginia | 7,085 | -0.4% |
| 2650 | Grant County | Oregon | 7,075 | -0.4% |
3144 ranked entries.