Ranking of US Counties By the Percentage of the Population that were Children (0-17yrs) in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)

Updated on July 9, 2024.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, among all US counties, Todd County, SD had the highest percentage of its population being children (0-17yrs) (41.37%), followed by Kusilvak Census Area, AK (40.83%), and Bennett County, SD (40.75%).

The chart below shows the top 10 counties, and the table below shows the top 200 counties.

You can see similar info for other age cohorts.

Related Topics: US Census 2021 Topic List.
Ranking of US Counties By the Percentage of the Population that were Children (0-17yrs) in 2021
Todd County, SD
Kusilvak Census Area, AK
Bennett County, SD
Kenedy County, TX
De Baca County, NM
Buffalo County, SD
Corson County, SD
Loving County, TX
Oglala Lakota County, SD
Dewey County, SD
Ranking of US Counties By the Percentage of the Population that were Children (0-17yrs) in 2021
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Rank County Children (0-17yrs)'s % of Pop.
1 Todd County, SD 41.37
2 Kusilvak Census Area, AK 40.83
3 Bennett County, SD 40.75
4 Kenedy County, TX 39.05
5 De Baca County, NM 38.71
6 Buffalo County, SD 38.30
7 Corson County, SD 37.40
8 Loving County, TX 37.35
9 Oglala Lakota County, SD 37.08
10 Dewey County, SD 37.02
11 Sioux County, ND 36.84
12 Thurston County, NE 36.50
13 Benson County, ND 36.19
14 Gaines County, TX 36.18
15 Sterling County, TX 36.02
16 Northwest Arctic Borough, AK 35.64
17 Adams County, WA 35.57
18 Bethel Census Area, AK 35.37
19 Morgan County, UT 35.20
20 Oldham County, TX 35.14
21 Nome Census Area, AK 34.56
22 Juab County, UT 34.48
23 Rolette County, ND 34.33
24 Roosevelt County, MT 34.06
25 Jefferson County, ID 33.98
26 Big Horn County, MT 33.96
27 Duchesne County, UT 33.59
28 Zapata County, TX 33.43
29 Beaver County, UT 33.37
30 Borden County, TX 33.27
31 Rich County, UT 33.19
32 Utah County, UT 33.17
33 Daggett County, UT 33.16
34 Starr County, TX 32.96
35 Hamlin County, SD 32.85
36 Yoakum County, TX 32.72
37 Webb County, TX 32.67
38 Dallam County, TX 32.66
39 LaGrange County, IN 32.64
40 Uintah County, UT 32.59
41 Hidalgo County, TX 32.50
42 McKenzie County, ND 32.41
43 Menominee County, WI 32.35
44 Franklin County, WA 32.34
45 Tooele County, UT 32.31
46 Franklin County, ID 32.15
47 Stonewall County, TX 32.11
48 Martin County, TX 32.09
49 Reagan County, TX 32.08
50 Moore County, TX 31.88
51 Davis County, UT 31.87
52 Jim Hogg County, TX 31.72
53 Adams County, IN 31.63
54 Eureka County, NV 31.57
55 Box Elder County, UT 31.55
56 Cassia County, ID 31.52
56 Millard County, UT 31.52
57 Dillingham Census Area, AK 31.48
57 Mahnomen County, MN 31.48
58 Seward County, KS 31.43
59 Geary County, KS 31.35
60 Deaf Smith County, TX 31.29
61 Maverick County, TX 31.27
62 Haines Borough, AK 31.22
63 Stanton County, KS 31.18
64 Holmes County, OH 31.10
65 Ochiltree County, TX 31.09
66 Power County, ID 31.07
67 Wasatch County, UT 31.04
68 Andrews County, TX 30.88
69 Tulare County, CA 30.81
70 Bonneville County, ID 30.80
71 Colfax County, NE 30.79
72 Bingham County, ID 30.77
72 Crane County, TX 30.77
73 Lipscomb County, TX 30.75
74 Grant County, KS 30.62
75 Jerome County, ID 30.57
75 Ector County, TX 30.57
76 Sutton County, TX 30.55
77 Lea County, NM 30.40
77 Jackson County, SD 30.40
78 Kent County, TX 30.38
79 Charles Mix County, SD 30.36
80 Ford County, KS 30.34
81 Hanson County, SD 30.30
82 Finney County, KS 30.29
83 Cache County, UT 30.28
84 Blaine County, MT 30.27
85 Cameron County, TX 30.25
86 Hansford County, TX 29.97
87 Gray County, KS 29.88
88 Clark County, WI 29.86
89 Mellette County, SD 29.85
90 Yakima County, WA 29.82
91 Glacier County, MT 29.81
92 San Juan County, UT 29.80
93 Lyman County, SD 29.77
94 Pottawatomie County, KS 29.74
95 Daviess County, IN 29.73
96 Davis County, IA 29.68
97 Kearny County, KS 29.66
98 Merced County, CA 29.58
99 Grant County, WA 29.56
100 Bryan County, GA 29.54
100 Williams County, ND 29.54
101 Logan County, NE 29.48
102 Winkler County, TX 29.39
103 Ward County, TX 29.37
104 Dakota County, NE 29.33
104 Castro County, TX 29.33
105 Clark County, SD 29.31
106 Minidoka County, ID 29.30
107 Titus County, TX 29.20
108 Sevier County, UT 29.19
109 Scotland County, MO 29.18
110 Zavala County, TX 29.15
111 Stevens County, KS 29.06
112 Kern County, CA 29.04
112 Dimmit County, TX 29.04
112 Midland County, TX 29.04
113 Greeley County, KS 28.88
113 Tunica County, MS 28.88
114 Emery County, UT 28.83
115 Imperial County, CA 28.81
116 Rockland County, NY 28.80
117 Sevier County, AR 28.76
118 Mountrail County, ND 28.72
119 Emporia city, VA 28.71
120 McKinley County, NM 28.69
121 Camas County, ID 28.64
121 Val Verde County, TX 28.64
122 Uinta County, WY 28.63
123 Cheyenne County, CO 28.62
124 Arthur County, NE 28.60
125 Iron County, UT 28.57
126 Fresno County, CA 28.54
127 Caribou County, ID 28.47
128 Chambers County, TX 28.44
129 Kendall County, IL 28.42
130 Parmer County, TX 28.39
131 Lyon County, IA 28.38
132 Scott County, KS 28.36
133 Texas County, OK 28.34
134 Haskell County, KS 28.29
135 Phillips County, CO 28.22
136 Kaufman County, TX 28.19
137 Liberty County, GA 28.16
137 Lincoln County, ID 28.16
138 Cottle County, TX 28.14
139 Hill County, MT 28.09
139 Kingfisher County, OK 28.09
140 Canyon County, ID 28.08
141 Weber County, UT 28.02
142 Neshoba County, MS 28.00
143 Rosebud County, MT 27.98
143 McMullen County, TX 27.98
143 Loudoun County, VA 27.98
144 Wright County, MN 27.95
145 Aurora County, SD 27.94
146 McCook County, SD 27.93
147 Lamb County, TX 27.92
148 Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK 27.90
149 Bailey County, TX 27.89
150 Wyandotte County, KS 27.86
150 Roberts County, SD 27.86
151 Clayton County, GA 27.85
152 Nobles County, MN 27.82
153 Bell County, TX 27.80
154 Lincoln County, SD 27.79
155 Terry County, TX 27.76
156 Yuba County, CA 27.73
156 Nemaha County, KS 27.73
157 Ziebach County, SD 27.71
158 Elkhart County, IN 27.70
159 Beadle County, SD 27.68
160 Hall County, NE 27.67
161 Long County, GA 27.64
162 Madera County, CA 27.63
163 Lynn County, TX 27.62
164 Bear Lake County, ID 27.52
164 Leflore County, MS 27.52
165 North Slope Borough, AK 27.51
166 Dallas County, IA 27.48
167 Twin Falls County, ID 27.47
167 Morrow County, OR 27.47
167 Jim Wells County, TX 27.47
168 Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, AK 27.46
168 Fort Bend County, TX 27.46
168 Potter County, TX 27.46
169 Dawson County, NE 27.44
170 Grant County, KY 27.43
171 Yuma County, CO 27.42
172 Dewey County, OK 27.40
173 Gooding County, ID 27.38
173 Oneida County, ID 27.38
173 Sioux County, IA 27.38
173 Campbell County, WY 27.38
174 Greenlee County, AZ 27.37
174 Sarpy County, NE 27.37