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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2751 | Sherman County | Kansas | 5,763 | -0.5% |
| 2752 | Benson County | North Dakota | 5,759 | 0.5% |
| 2753 | Ottawa County | Kansas | 5,744 | -1.1% |
| 2753 | Stanton County | Nebraska | 5,744 | -0.7% |
| 2755 | Sullivan County | Missouri | 5,738 | -0.4% |
| 2756 | Bent County | Colorado | 5,716 | -0.5% |
| 2757 | Woodruff County | Arkansas | 5,710 | -1.4% |
| 2758 | Talbot County | Georgia | 5,709 | -0.8% |
| 2759 | Tripp County | South Dakota | 5,708 | -0.5% |
| 2760 | Covington city | Virginia | 5,680 | -0.1% |
| 2761 | Crowley County | Colorado | 5,677 | 0.5% |
| 2762 | Gray County | Kansas | 5,652 | -0.7% |
| 2763 | Alfalfa County | Oklahoma | 5,649 | -1.3% |
| 2764 | Lincoln County | Colorado | 5,645 | 0.8% |
| 2765 | Putnam County | Illinois | 5,619 | 0.0% |
| 2766 | Ransom County | North Dakota | 5,617 | -0.3% |
| 2767 | Lincoln County | Idaho | 5,603 | -0.5% |
| 2768 | Dixon County | Nebraska | 5,602 | 0.4% |
| 2769 | Custer County | Colorado | 5,590 | 0.4% |
| 2769 | Mitchell County | Kansas | 5,590 | -2.6% |
| 2771 | Lincoln County | Minnesota | 5,583 | -0.1% |
| 2772 | Musselshell County | Montana | 5,582 | 2.4% |
| 2773 | Cherry County | Nebraska | 5,561 | -0.2% |
| 2774 | Delta County | Texas | 5,549 | -0.2% |
| 2775 | Washington County | Kansas | 5,533 | -0.5% |
| 2776 | Cook County | Minnesota | 5,522 | -0.3% |
| 2777 | Audubon County | Iowa | 5,509 | -0.7% |
| 2778 | Haskell County | Texas | 5,499 | 0.5% |
| 2779 | Day County | South Dakota | 5,484 | 0.7% |
| 2780 | Fillmore County | Nebraska | 5,458 | -0.1% |
| 2781 | Emporia city | Virginia | 5,447 | 0.7% |
| 2782 | Coal County | Oklahoma | 5,436 | -0.4% |
| 2783 | Presidio County | Texas | 5,433 | -3.4% |
| 2784 | Cotton County | Oklahoma | 5,432 | -1.2% |
| 2785 | Jefferson County | Oklahoma | 5,431 | 0.2% |
| 2786 | Dewey County | South Dakota | 5,419 | 0.7% |
| 2787 | Carter County | Missouri | 5,418 | 1.0% |
| 2788 | Calhoun County | Georgia | 5,413 | -0.5% |
| 2789 | Greer County | Oklahoma | 5,373 | -1.2% |
| 2790 | Harper County | Kansas | 5,370 | -0.7% |
| 2791 | Quitman County | Mississippi | 5,364 | -2.9% |
| 2792 | Boone County | Nebraska | 5,355 | -0.6% |
| 2793 | Morris County | Kansas | 5,348 | 0.8% |
| 2794 | Stark County | Illinois | 5,319 | 0.9% |
| 2795 | Norton County | Kansas | 5,288 | -0.3% |
| 2796 | Kingsbury County | South Dakota | 5,284 | 0.1% |
| 2796 | Martin County | Texas | 5,284 | -0.1% |
| 2798 | Brule County | South Dakota | 5,278 | -0.4% |
| 2799 | Polk County | Nebraska | 5,270 | -0.3% |
| 2800 | Warren County | Georgia | 5,269 | 1.6% |
3144 ranked entries.