Ranking of US Counties By Natural Population Increase Rate per 1K in 2012
Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2012, the Natural Population Increase Rate per 1K for the United States was 4.59. Among all US counties, Madison County had the highest natural population increase rate (24.69), followed by Kusilvak Borough (23.94), and Chattahoochee County (23.43).
On the other hand, Dundy County had the lowest natural population increase rate (-16.69) followed by Esmeralda County (-15.37), and Wheeler County (-13.43).
The chart below shows the top 10 counties with high natural population increase rate, and the table below shows the ranking of the top 200 US counties.
You can see similar ranking information for related topics. You can also see links at the bottom of the page for the ranking of counties for each state.
Rank | County | Natural Pop. Increase Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Madison County, ID | 24.69 |
| 2 | Kusilvak Borough, AK | 23.94 |
| 3 | Chattahoochee County, GA | 23.43 |
| 4 | Liberty County, GA | 21.39 |
| 5 | Buffalo County, SD | 21.03 |
| 6 | Geary County, KS | 20.75 |
| 7 | Dewey County, SD | 18.67 |
| 8 | Todd County, SD | 18.62 |
| 9 | Nome Borough, AK | 18.57 |
| 10 | Onslow County, NC | 17.37 |
| 11 | Bethel Borough, AK | 16.99 |
| 12 | Northwest Arctic Borough, AK | 16.47 |
| 13 | Franklin County, WA | 16.42 |
| 14 | Webb County, TX | 16.19 |
| 15 | Sioux County, ND | 16.11 |
| 16 | Cache County, UT | 16.09 |
| 17 | Adams County, WA | 16.03 |
| 18 | Oglala Lakota County, SD | 15.89 |
| 19 | Menominee County, WI | 15.57 |
| 20 | Hidalgo County, TX | 15.51 |
| 21 | Starr County, TX | 15.49 |
| 22 | North Slope Borough, AK | 15.41 |
| 23 | Duchesne County, UT | 15.01 |
| 24 | Rich County, UT | 14.94 |
| 25 | Seward County, KS | 14.89 |