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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 351 | Sarpy County | Nebraska | 208,303 | 1.9% |
| 352 | Richmond County | Georgia | 206,559 | 0.0% |
| 353 | Bay County | Florida | 204,479 | 2.2% |
| 354 | Beaufort County | South Carolina | 204,433 | 0.7% |
| 355 | Muscogee County | Georgia | 202,171 | 0.0% |
| 356 | Cass County | North Dakota | 201,794 | 1.3% |
| 357 | Guadalupe County | Texas | 201,111 | 2.8% |
| 358 | St. Louis County | Minnesota | 200,518 | -0.1% |
| 359 | Butler County | Pennsylvania | 200,169 | 0.4% |
| 360 | Trumbull County | Ohio | 198,972 | -0.4% |
| 361 | Racine County | Wisconsin | 198,919 | 0.2% |
| 362 | DeSoto County | Mississippi | 197,918 | 0.5% |
| 363 | Livingston County | Michigan | 197,315 | 0.2% |
| 364 | Outagamie County | Wisconsin | 195,894 | 0.6% |
| 365 | Broome County | New York | 195,736 | -0.1% |
| 366 | Kent County | Delaware | 194,786 | 1.0% |
| 367 | Sangamon County | Illinois | 194,170 | 0.1% |
| 368 | Hendricks County | Indiana | 193,510 | 1.4% |
| 369 | El Dorado County | California | 192,323 | 0.0% |
| 370 | Kootenai County | Idaho | 191,864 | 1.8% |
| 371 | Boone County | Missouri | 191,746 | 0.4% |
| 372 | Paulding County | Georgia | 190,996 | 1.6% |
| 373 | Tippecanoe County | Indiana | 190,456 | 0.3% |
| 374 | Lee County | Alabama | 189,881 | 1.1% |
| 375 | Midland County | Texas | 187,855 | 2.1% |
| 376 | Saginaw County | Michigan | 187,688 | 0.0% |
| 377 | Canadian County | Oklahoma | 187,189 | 3.1% |
| 378 | Alamance County | North Carolina | 186,177 | 1.5% |
| 379 | Licking County | Ohio | 185,564 | 0.7% |
| 380 | Medina County | Ohio | 185,025 | 0.4% |
| 381 | Parker County | Texas | 184,767 | 2.8% |
| 382 | Ulster County | New York | 183,330 | 0.1% |
| 383 | Newport News city | Virginia | 183,230 | -0.1% |
| 384 | Pitt County | North Carolina | 182,936 | 1.1% |
| 385 | Vanderburgh County | Indiana | 181,995 | 0.5% |
| 386 | Shasta County | California | 181,648 | 0.1% |
| 387 | Aiken County | South Carolina | 181,515 | 1.8% |
| 388 | Imperial County | California | 181,411 | -0.7% |
| 389 | Davidson County | North Carolina | 180,182 | 1.2% |
| 390 | Shawnee County | Kansas | 178,607 | 0.2% |
| 391 | Peoria County | Illinois | 178,553 | 0.0% |
| 392 | Dorchester County | South Carolina | 178,397 | 2.0% |
| 393 | Houston County | Georgia | 178,214 | 1.9% |
| 394 | Muskegon County | Michigan | 177,901 | 0.4% |
| 395 | Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region | Connecticut | 177,311 | 0.1% |
| 396 | Carroll County | Maryland | 176,677 | -0.1% |
| 397 | Charles County | Maryland | 176,593 | 1.2% |
| 398 | Porter County | Indiana | 176,049 | 0.4% |
| 399 | Kenton County | Kentucky | 175,779 | 0.8% |
| 400 | Scott County | Iowa | 175,259 | 0.2% |
3144 ranked entries.