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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2851 | Hyde County | North Carolina | 4,554 | -0.8% |
| 2851 | Crane County | Texas | 4,554 | -0.8% |
| 2853 | Putnam County | Missouri | 4,546 | -0.4% |
| 2854 | Furnas County | Nebraska | 4,524 | 1.2% |
| 2855 | Garza County | Texas | 4,510 | -1.2% |
| 2856 | Dillingham Census Area | Alaska | 4,483 | -2.3% |
| 2857 | Kimble County | Texas | 4,438 | 0.3% |
| 2858 | Marshall County | South Dakota | 4,426 | -0.2% |
| 2859 | Phillips County | Colorado | 4,420 | -0.8% |
| 2860 | Deuel County | South Dakota | 4,408 | 0.7% |
| 2861 | Mineral County | Nevada | 4,407 | -1.7% |
| 2862 | Morrill County | Nebraska | 4,404 | -1.0% |
| 2863 | Hickman County | Kentucky | 4,372 | -0.4% |
| 2864 | Guadalupe County | New Mexico | 4,343 | -0.4% |
| 2865 | Lincoln County | Nevada | 4,320 | -1.3% |
| 2866 | Calhoun County | Illinois | 4,300 | -0.2% |
| 2867 | Storey County | Nevada | 4,260 | 1.9% |
| 2868 | Cameron County | Pennsylvania | 4,211 | -2.8% |
| 2869 | Dewey County | Oklahoma | 4,207 | -1.5% |
| 2870 | Phillips County | Montana | 4,203 | 0.2% |
| 2871 | Holt County | Missouri | 4,200 | -0.4% |
| 2872 | Menominee County | Wisconsin | 4,199 | -0.7% |
| 2873 | Columbia County | Washington | 4,141 | 2.3% |
| 2874 | Schuyler County | Missouri | 4,140 | 1.6% |
| 2875 | LaMoure County | North Dakota | 4,135 | 1.7% |
| 2876 | Nuckolls County | Nebraska | 4,100 | 0.1% |
| 2877 | Valley County | Nebraska | 4,094 | 0.7% |
| 2878 | Barber County | Kansas | 4,083 | 0.0% |
| 2879 | Bath County | Virginia | 4,076 | 0.4% |
| 2880 | Grant County | Oklahoma | 4,067 | -1.6% |
| 2881 | Dunn County | North Dakota | 4,058 | 2.1% |
| 2882 | Mora County | New Mexico | 4,051 | -1.0% |
| 2883 | Gregory County | South Dakota | 4,037 | -0.8% |
| 2884 | Kittson County | Minnesota | 4,031 | 0.0% |
| 2884 | Clark County | South Dakota | 4,031 | 0.8% |
| 2886 | Edmunds County | South Dakota | 4,022 | -0.2% |
| 2887 | Stafford County | Kansas | 4,005 | 2.2% |
| 2888 | Mason County | Texas | 3,990 | -0.5% |
| 2889 | Red Lake County | Minnesota | 3,940 | 1.2% |
| 2890 | Owsley County | Kentucky | 3,932 | 0.1% |
| 2891 | Hidalgo County | New Mexico | 3,929 | -0.6% |
| 2892 | Kearny County | Kansas | 3,888 | 0.5% |
| 2893 | Meade County | Kansas | 3,852 | -1.0% |
| 2894 | Union County | New Mexico | 3,844 | -2.4% |
| 2895 | Pierce County | North Dakota | 3,838 | -1.1% |
| 2896 | Catron County | New Mexico | 3,827 | 0.1% |
| 2897 | Corson County | South Dakota | 3,781 | 0.1% |
| 2898 | Lake of the Woods County | Minnesota | 3,770 | -0.3% |
| 2899 | Sweet Grass County | Montana | 3,762 | -1.5% |
| 2900 | Wells County | North Dakota | 3,729 | -1.5% |
3144 ranked entries.