List of the most populous counties by U.S. state

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The following is a sortable table of the most populous

territory
. Counties and states/territories in bold have a population of at least 1 million.

Table

State
federal district
or territory 		Largest county
parish
or municipality[note 1] 		Population
(2013 estimate)[3] 		County
parish seat
or shire town 		State
federal district
or territory population
(2013 estimate)[4][note 2] 		Largest county/parish or municipality
Percentage of
state/federal district or territory population
 Alabama Jefferson 659,479 Birmingham 4,833,722 13.64%
 Alaska Anchorage 300,950 Anchorage 735,132 40.94%
 American Samoa Western District[1][note 3] 31,329[5] — 55,519 56.42%
 Arizona Maricopa 4,009,412 Phoenix 6,626,624 60.50%
 Arkansas Pulaski 391,284 Little Rock 2,959,373 13.22%
 California Los Angeles 10,017,068
Los Angeles
 38,332,521 26.13%
 Colorado El Paso 655,044 Colorado Springs 5,268,367 12.43%
 Connecticut Fairfield 939,904 Bridgeport 3,596,080 26.14%
 Delaware New Castle 549,684 Wilmington 925,749 59.38%
 District of Columbia
District of Columbia
 693,972
District of Columbia
 693,972 100%
 Florida Miami-Dade 2,617,176
Miami
 19,552,860 13.39%
Georgia (U.S. state) Georgia Fulton 1,010,562
Atlanta
 10,214,860 9.85%
 Guam Guam[note 4] 162,742 Hagåtña 162,742 100%
 Hawaii Honolulu 983,429
Honolulu
 1,404,054 70.04%
 Idaho Ada 416,464 Boise 1,612,136 25.83%
 Illinois Cook 5,240,700
Chicago
 12,882,135 40.68%
 Indiana Marion 928,281
Indianapolis
 6,570,902 14.13%
 Iowa Polk 451,677 Des Moines 3,090,416 14.62%
 Kansas Johnson 566,933 Olathe 2,893,957 19.59%
 Kentucky Jefferson 756,832 Louisville 4,395,295 17.22%
 Louisiana East Baton Rouge 445,227 Baton Rouge 4,625,470 9.63%
 Maine Cumberland 285,456 Portland 1,328,302 21.49%
 Maryland Montgomery 1,016,677 Rockville 5,928,814 17.15%
 Massachusetts Middlesex 1,552,802 Cambridge and Lowell 6,692,824 23.20%
 Michigan Wayne 1,775,273
Detroit
 9,895,622 17.94%
 Minnesota Hennepin 1,198,778
Minneapolis
 5,420,380 22.12%
 Mississippi Hinds 244,899 Jackson 2,991,207 8.19%
 Missouri St. Louis 1,001,444 Clayton 6,044,171 16.57%
 Montana Yellowstone 154,162 Billings 1,015,165 15.19%
 Nebraska Douglas 531,265 Omaha 1,868,516 28.43%
 Nevada Clark 2,027,868
Las Vegas
 2,790,136 72.68%
 New Hampshire Hillsborough 402,922 Manchester and Nashua 1,323,459 30.44%
 New Jersey Bergen 925,328 Hackensack 8,899,339 10.40%
 New Mexico Bernalillo 673,460 Albuquerque 2,085,287 32.30%
New York (state) New York Kings 2,592,149
Brooklyn
 19,651,127 13.19%
 North Carolina Wake[6] 990,977 Raleigh 9,848,060 10.06%
 North Dakota Cass 162,829 Fargo 723,393 22.51%
 Northern Mariana Islands
Saipan[1]
 48,220 Capitol Hill, Saipan 52,263 92.26%
 Ohio Franklin[7] 1,268,154 Columbus 11,570,808 10.96%
 Oklahoma Oklahoma 755,245
Oklahoma City
 3,850,568 19.61%
 Oregon Multnomah 759,256 Portland 3,930,065 19.32%
 Pennsylvania Philadelphia 1,553,165
Philadelphia
 12,773,801 12.16%
 Puerto Rico San Juan[1] 395,326 San Juan 3,337,177 11.84%
 Rhode Island Providence 628,323 Providence 1,051,511 59.75%
 South Carolina Greenville 474,266 Greenville 4,774,839 9.93%
 South Dakota Minnehaha 179,640 Sioux Falls 844,877 21.26%
 Tennessee Shelby 940,764 Memphis 6,495,978 14.48%
 Texas Harris 4,336,853
Houston
 26,448,193 16.40%
U.S. Minor Outlying Islands
 Wake Island (100)[note 5] (none) (160) 62.5%
 Utah Salt Lake 1,063,842
Salt Lake City
 2,900,872 36.67%
 Vermont Chittenden 158,504 Burlington 626,630 25.29%
Virgin Islands (U.S.)
 Saint Thomas island[1] 51,634 —[note 6] 104,901 49.22%
 Virginia Fairfax 1,116,897 Fairfax 8,260,405 13.52%
Washington (state) Washington King 2,044,449
Seattle
 6,971,406 29.33%
 West Virginia Kanawha 191,275 Charleston 1,854,304 10.32%
 Wisconsin Milwaukee 956,023
Milwaukee
 5,742,713 16.65%
 Wyoming Laramie 95,809 Cheyenne 582,658 16.44%

Notes

  1. District of Columbia is counted as one county-equivalent by the U.S. Census Bureau.[1]
  2. ^ Territory estimates are from 2017 (except American Samoa — its estimate is from 2010).
  3. ^ American Samoa has 14 counties, but these counties are not counted by the U.S. Census Bureau (they are treated as minor civil divisions).[2]
  4. ^ All of Guam is counted as one county-equivalent by the U.S. Census Bureau.[1]
  5. ^ Wake Island's population is non-permanent. Wake Island, Midway Atoll and Palmyra Atoll all have small non-permanent human populations; of these, Wake Island is the most populous. The U.S. Census Bureau counts the islands in the U.S. Minor Outlying Islands as a county-equivalents.
  6. ^ "Saint Thomas island" is a U.S. Census Bureau entity (county-equivalent) with no administrative significance.[1] Charlotte Amalie is the largest city on Saint Thomas and is the capital of the U.S. Virgin Islands.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h "2010 FIPS Codes for Counties and County Equivalent Entities". Census Bureau. Archived from the original on 29 December 2018. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
  2. ^ a b "States, Counties, and Statistically Equivalent Entities (Chapter 4)" (PDF). Retrieved 27 May 2022.
  3. ^ "State and County Estimates for 2013". Census Bureau. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
  4. ^ "Population Estimates: Vintage 2013: State Tables - U.S Census Bureau". Archived from the original on 2015-01-06.
  5. ^ "American Samoa (World Data)" (PDF). Britannica.com. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
  6. ^ "Wake County now has larger population than Mecklenburg County, U.S. Census Bureau estimates". Retrieved 27 May 2022.
  7. ^ "Franklin County overtakes Cuyahoga as Ohio's largest county, though not quite officially yet". Retrieved 27 May 2022.

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