List of the most populous counties in the United States

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A map of the counties and county equivalents of the United States. The 100 most populous counties are highlighted, with coun

This is a list of counties in the United States with a population of more than 100,000 based on the national decennial US censu

Many of the <color=red>counties</color> on the list include major cities or metropolitan areas. Five of the listed counties have

List
This list lists the most populous US counties sorted according to the mid-2018 official estimate by the United States Census Bur

Land Land April 1, July 1, Mid-2010 Mid-2010

area area 2010 2018 to to

Rank County State (km2)[4] (mi2)[5] census official mid-2018 mid-2018
estimate change change
(absolute (%)
)

1 Los Angeles California 10,509.87 4,057.88 9,818,605 10,105,518 344,902 3.51

2 Cook Illinois 2,448.38 945.33 5,194,675 5,180,493 -14,182 -0.32

3 Harris Texas 4,411.99 1,703.48 4,092,459 4,698,619 560,521 13.7
4 Maricopa Arizona 23,828.26 9,200.14 3,817,117 4,410,824 489,916 12.83

5 San Diego California 10,895.12 4,206.63 3,095,313 3,343,364 242,372 7.83

6 Orange California 2,047.56 790.57 3,010,232 3,185,968 180,168 5.99

7 Miami-Dade Florida 4,915.06 1,897.72 2,496,435 2,761,581 255,361 10.23

8 Dallas Texas 2,256.60 871.28 2,368,139 2,637,772 250,009 10.56

9 Kings New York 183.41 70.82 2,504,700 2,582,830 144,071 5.75

10 Riverside California 18,664.70 7,206.48 2,189,641 2,450,758 233,625 10.67

11 Queens New York 281.1 108.53 2,230,722 2,278,906 127,860 5.73

12 King Washington 5,479.29 2,115.57 1,931,249 2,233,163 257,400 13.33

13 Clark Nevada 20,438.71 7,891.43 1,951,269 2,231,647 252,810 12.96

14 San Bernardino California 51,947.23 20,056.94 2,035,210 2,171,603 122,194 6

15 Tarrant Texas 2,236.74 863.61 1,809,034 2,084,931 245,441 13.57

16 Bexar Texas 3,211.12 1,239.82 1,714,773 1,986,049 243,805 14.22

17 Broward Florida 3,133.33 1,209.79 1,748,066 1,951,260 243,805 14.22

18 Santa Clara California 3,341.34 1,290.10 1,781,642 1,937,570 156,511 8.78

19 Wayne Michigan 1,585.28 612.08 1,820,584 1,753,893 -66,968 -3.68

20 Alameda California 1,914.05 739.02 1,510,271 1,666,753 152,919 10.13

21 New York New York 59.13 22.83 1,585,873 1,628,701 78,854 4.97

22 Middlesex Massachusetts 2,118.14 817.82 1,503,085 1,614,714 99,862 6.64

23 Philadelphia Pennsylvania 347.32 134.1 1,526,006 1,584,138 54,857 3.59

24 Sacramento California 2,498.42 964.64 1,418,788 1,540,975 111,827 7.88

25 Palm Beach Florida 5,101.66 1,969.76 1,320,134 1,485,941 151,016 11.44

26 Suffolk New York 2,362.20 912.05 1,493,350 1,481,093 -397 -0.03

27 Hillsborough Florida 2,642.34 1,020.21 1,229,226 1,436,888 179,340 14.59

28 Bronx New York 109.03 42.1 1,385,108 1,432,132 86,502 6.21

29 Nassau New York 737.41 284.72 1,339,532 1,358,343 29,982 2.24

30 Orange Florida 2,339.87 903.43 1,145,956 1,348,975 203,019 17.72

31 Franklin Ohio 1,378.36 532.19 1,163,414 1,310,300 128,567 11.05

32 Hennepin Minnesota 1,433.79 553.59 1,152,425 1,259,428 99,599 8.64

33 Oakland Michigan 2,247.24 867.66 1,202,362 1,259,201 48,474 4.03

34 Travis Texas 2,564.61 990.2 1,024,266 1,248,743 202,432 19.76

35 Cuyahoga Ohio 1,184.12 457.19 1,280,122 1,243,857 -31,608 -2.47

36 Allegheny Pennsylvania 1,890.88 730.07 1,223,348 1,218,452 -300 -0.02

37 Salt Lake Utah 1,922.50 742.28 1,029,655 1,152,633 105,994 10.29

38 Fairfax Virginia 1,012.60 390.97 1,081,726 1,150,795 66,707 6.17

39 Contra Costa California 1,854.27 715.94 1,049,025 1,150,215 98,414 9.38

40 Mecklenburg North Carolina 1,356.75 523.84 919,628 1,093,901 157,209 17.09

41 Wake North Carolina 2,163.21 835.22 900,993 1,092,305 171,210 19

42 Montgomery Maryland 1,272.34 491.25 971,777 1,052,567 87,033 8.96

43 Fulton Georgia 1,363.98 526.63 920,581 1,050,114 120,842 13.13

44 Pima Arizona 23,794.31 9,187.04 980,263 1,039,073 42,506 4.34

45 Collin Texas 2,178.76 841.22 782,341 1,005,146 187,262 23.94

46 St. Louis Missouri 1,315.20 507.8 998,954 996,945 -2,228 -0.22

47 Fresno California 15,431.13 5,957.99 930,450 994,400 58,805 6.32

48 Honolulu Hawaii 1,555.92 600.74 953,207 980,080 35,443 3.72

49 Pinellas Florida 709.14 273.8 916,542 975,280 54,095 5.9

50 Westchester New York 1,114.98 430.5 949,113 967,612 31,131 3.28

51 Marion Indiana 1,026.41 396.3 903,393 954,670 46,689 5.17

52 Duval Florida 1,974.07 762.19 864,263 950,181 73,761 8.52

53 Milwaukee Wisconsin 625.23 241.4 947,735 948,201 4,350 0.46

54 Fairfield Connecticut 1,618.46 624.89 916,829 943,823 33,091 3.61

55 Bergen New Jersey 603.49 233.01 905,116 936,692 43,290 4.78

56 Shelby Tennessee 1,976.61 763.17 927,644 935,764 9,317 1

57 DuPage Illinois 848.22 327.5 916,924 928,589 13,204 1.44

58 Gwinnett Georgia 1,114.69 430.38 805,321 927,781 114,939 14.27

59 Erie New York 2,700.56 1,042.69 919,040 919,719 6,488 0.71

60 Prince George'sMaryland 1,250.16 482.69 863,420 909,308 49,226 5.71

61 Kern California 21,061.57 8,131.92 839,631 896,764 53,488 6.37

62 Hartford Connecticut 1,903.89 735.1 894,014 892,697 1,374 0.15

63 Pierce Washington 4,324.01 1,669.51 795,225 891,299 81,539 10.25

64 San Francisco California 121.4 46.87 805,235 883,305 79,128 9.83

65 Macomb Michigan 1,241.18 479.22 840,978 874,759 30,397 3.61

66 Hidalgo Texas 4,068.52 1,570.87 774,769 865,939 85,892 11.09

67 Denton Texas 2,275.13 878.43 662,614 859,064 173,596 26.2

68 New Haven Connecticut 1,565.66 604.51 862,477 857,620 -2,042 -0.24

69 Ventura California 4,773.69 1,843.13 823,318 850,967 30,905 3.75

70 El Paso Texas 2,622.86 1,012.69 800,647 840,758 39,763 4.97

71 Worcester Massachusetts 3,912.88 1,510.77 798,552 830,839 27,564 3.45

72 Middlesex New Jersey 800.08 308.91 809,858 829,685 32,940 4.07

73 Montgomery Pennsylvania 1,251.07 483.04 799,874 828,604 26,201 3.28

74 Baltimore Maryland 1,549.59 598.3 805,029 828,431 27,439 3.41

75 Hamilton Ohio 1,051.30 405.91 802,374 816,684 11,448 1.43

76 Snohomish Washington 5,406.01 2,087.27 713,335 814,901 88,298 12.38

77 Multnomah Oregon 1,117.05 431.3 735,334 811,880 72,221 9.82

78 Suffolk Massachusetts 150.62 58.15 722,023 807,252 75,916 10.51

79 Essex New Jersey 326.89 126.21 783,969 799,767 24,316 3.1

80 Oklahoma Oklahoma 1,835.83 708.82 718,633 792,582 69,325 9.65

 81 Essex Massachusetts 1,275.73 492.56 743,159 790,638 42,046 5.66

82 Fort Bend Texas 2,292 885 585,375 787,858 179,453 30.66

83 Jefferson Kentucky 985.27 380.42 741,096 770,517 30,062 4.06

84 San Mateo California 1,161.37 448.41 718,451 769,545 52,959 7.37

85 Cobb Georgia 879.43 339.55 688,078 756,865 67,676 9.84

86 DeKalb Georgia 693.03 267.58 691,893 756,558 61,360 8.87

87 Lee Florida 2,031.88 784.51 618,754 754,610 120,470 19.47

88 San Joaquin California 3,603.51 1,391.32 685,306 752,660 60,118 8.77

89 Monroe New York 1,702.15 657.21 744,344 742,474 3,298 0.44

90 Denver Colorado 401.36 154.97 600,158 716,492 104,463 17.41

91 El Paso Colorado 5,508.39 2,126.80 622,263 713,856 76,969 12.37

92 Polk Florida 5,208 2,011 602,095 708,009 84,388 14.02

93 Norfolk Massachusetts 1,025.91 396.11 670,850 705,388 29,472 4.39

94 Washington, D.C. 177 68.34 601,723 702,455 92,249 15.33

95 Lake Illinois 1,149.10 443.67 703,462 700,832 58 0.01

96 Jackson Missouri 1,565.55 604.46 674,158 700,307 24,737 3.67

97 Davidson Tennessee 1,305.44 504.03 626,681 692,587 64,562 10.3

98 Will Illinois 2,167.58 836.91 677,560 692,310 15,101 2.23

99 Bernalillo New Mexico 3,006.53 1,160.83 662,564 678,701 14,209 2.14

100 Hudson New Jersey 119.63 46.19 634,266 676,061 57,377 9.05
ted States

are highlighted, with counties having more than one million residents in orange, and counties having fewer than one million residents in g

tional decennial US census conducted on 1 April 2010 and subsequent mid-2010 and mid-2018 official estimates released by the United St

of the listed counties have consolidated city and county government, namely the City and County of Honolulu, Metropolitan Government

e United States Census Bureau (USCB).

County seat

Los Angeles

Chicago
Houston
Phoenix

San Diego

Santa Ana

Miami

Dallas

Brooklyn, NYC
Riverside

Queens, NYC

Seattle

Las Vegas

San Bernardino

Fort Worth

San Antonio

Fort Lauderdale

San Jose

Detroit

Oakland

Manhattan, NYC

Lowell and
Cambridge

Philadelphia

Sacramento

West Palm Beach

Riverhead

Tampa

Bronx, NYC

Mineola

Orlando
Columbus

Minneapolis

Pontiac
Austin

Cleveland

Pittsburgh

Salt Lake City

Fairfax

Martinez

Charlotte

Raleigh

Rockville

Atlanta
Tucson

McKinney

Clayton

Fresno

Honolulu

Clearwater

White Plains

Indianapolis

Jacksonville

Milwaukee

Bridgeport

Hackensack

Memphis
Wheaton

Lawrenceville

Buffalo

Upper Marlboro

Bakersfield

Hartford

Tacoma

San Francisco

Mount Clemens

Edinburg
Denton

New Haven

Ventura

El Paso

Worcester

New Brunswick

Norristown

Towson

Cincinnati

Everett

Portland

Boston

Newark

Oklahoma City
Salem and
Lawrence

Richmond

Louisville

Redwood City

Marietta
Decatur

Fort Myers

Stockton

Rochester

Denver

Colorado Springs

Bartow

Dedham

N/A

Waukegan

Independence and
Kansas City

Nashville

Joliet

Albuquerque

Jersey City
 r than one million residents in green, based on the results of the April 1, 2010 United States census.

timates released by the United States Census Bureau (USCB).

lulu, Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee, City and County of Philadelphia, City and County of San Fran
a, City and County of San Francisco and City and County of Denver. [1][2][3] New York County, Bronx County, Kings County, Queens County, a
ings County, Queens County, and Richmond County, are coterminous with the respective boroughs of New York City, and fall under the juri
ork City, and fall under the jurisdiction of the combined city government. Connecticut, Rhode Island, and most of Massachusetts also don't
ost of Massachusetts also don't have county governments.