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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2951 | Hand County | South Dakota | 3,121 | 0.1% |
| 2952 | Woodson County | Kansas | 3,118 | 0.1% |
| 2953 | Sierra County | California | 3,098 | -0.7% |
| 2954 | Sharkey County | Mississippi | 3,097 | -3.2% |
| 2955 | Hemphill County | Texas | 3,083 | -1.8% |
| 2956 | Stanley County | South Dakota | 3,018 | 0.6% |
| 2957 | Harlan County | Nebraska | 3,000 | -0.5% |
| 2958 | Nelson County | North Dakota | 2,963 | 0.5% |
| 2959 | Fallon County | Montana | 2,959 | 0.0% |
| 2960 | Lipscomb County | Texas | 2,955 | 1.9% |
| 2961 | Sherman County | Nebraska | 2,924 | -1.0% |
| 2962 | Douglas County | South Dakota | 2,888 | 0.7% |
| 2963 | Lincoln County | Kansas | 2,861 | -1.3% |
| 2964 | Perkins County | South Dakota | 2,853 | 0.7% |
| 2965 | Perkins County | Nebraska | 2,849 | 1.5% |
| 2966 | Rush County | Kansas | 2,845 | 0.5% |
| 2967 | Jewell County | Kansas | 2,830 | -1.2% |
| 2968 | Brown County | Nebraska | 2,826 | -0.4% |
| 2969 | Clay County | Georgia | 2,815 | 0.7% |
| 2970 | Aurora County | South Dakota | 2,801 | 0.4% |
| 2971 | Franklin County | Nebraska | 2,795 | -0.9% |
| 2972 | Butte County | Idaho | 2,783 | 2.1% |
| 2973 | Sherman County | Texas | 2,781 | 0.1% |
| 2974 | Crockett County | Texas | 2,769 | -1.2% |
| 2975 | Bowman County | North Dakota | 2,762 | -2.7% |
| 2976 | Real County | Texas | 2,745 | -0.6% |
| 2977 | Trego County | Kansas | 2,740 | 0.1% |
| 2978 | Hall County | Texas | 2,737 | -2.1% |
| 2979 | Baker County | Georgia | 2,725 | 0.2% |
| 2980 | Decatur County | Kansas | 2,716 | 0.1% |
| 2981 | Rich County | Utah | 2,687 | -1.9% |
| 2982 | Copper River Census Area | Alaska | 2,666 | -0.6% |
| 2982 | Jackson County | South Dakota | 2,666 | -1.8% |
| 2984 | Logan County | Kansas | 2,661 | -1.0% |
| 2985 | Frontier County | Nebraska | 2,655 | 1.9% |
| 2986 | Edwards County | Kansas | 2,640 | -3.0% |
| 2987 | Gove County | Kansas | 2,631 | -1.4% |
| 2988 | Ness County | Kansas | 2,617 | -0.5% |
| 2989 | Cheyenne County | Kansas | 2,604 | -0.5% |
| 2990 | Wayne County | Utah | 2,587 | -0.8% |
| 2991 | Chase County | Kansas | 2,572 | -0.8% |
| 2992 | Cochran County | Texas | 2,546 | 0.4% |
| 2993 | Pawnee County | Nebraska | 2,510 | -0.3% |
| 2994 | Hamilton County | Kansas | 2,500 | -0.4% |
| 2995 | Hettinger County | North Dakota | 2,492 | 1.1% |
| 2996 | Collingsworth County | Texas | 2,487 | -3.1% |
| 2997 | Morton County | Kansas | 2,470 | -1.1% |
| 2998 | Hitchcock County | Nebraska | 2,467 | -0.7% |
| 2999 | Dolores County | Colorado | 2,466 | 0.6% |
| 3000 | Elk County | Kansas | 2,458 | 0.3% |
3144 ranked entries.