Ranking of US Counties By Natural Population Increase Rate per 1K in 2015

Updated on January 26, 2024.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2015, the Natural Population Increase Rate per 1K for the United States was 4.05. Among all US counties, Madison County had the highest natural population increase rate (27.01), followed by Geary County (24.36), and Kusilvak Borough (20.73).

On the other hand, Covington city had the lowest natural population increase rate (-17.12) followed by Rock County (-15.35), and Nelson County (-14.16).

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.

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Ranking of US Counties By Natural Population Increase Rate per 1K in 2015
Madison, ID
Geary, KS
Kusilvak, AK
Nome, AK
Liberty, GA
Billings, ND
Chattahoochee, GA
Onslow, NC
Todd, SD
Bethel, AK
Ranking of US Counties By Natural Population Increase Rate per 1K in 2015
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Rank County Natural Pop. Increase Rate
1 Madison County, ID 27.01
2 Geary County, KS 24.36
3 Kusilvak Borough, AK 20.73
4 Nome Borough, AK 19.18
5 Liberty County, GA 18.64
6 Billings County, ND 18.16
7 Chattahoochee County, GA 17.1
8 Onslow County, NC 16.68
9 Todd County, SD 16.59
10 Bethel Borough, AK 16.36
11 Gaines County, TX 16.09
12 McKenzie County, ND 15.45
13 Dallam County, TX 15.43
14 Cache County, UT 15.41
15 Buffalo County, SD 15.29
16 Webb County, TX 15.16
17 Zapata County, TX 15.12
18 Starr County, TX 15.01
19 Franklin County, WA 14.86
20 Christian County, KY 14.82
21 Northwest Arctic Borough, AK 14.64
22 Hidalgo County, TX 14.61
23 Williams County, ND 14.6
23 Dewey County, SD 14.6
24 Duchesne County, UT 14.51
25 Finney County, KS 14.12
26 Maverick County, TX 13.79
27 Sioux County, ND 13.78
28 Menominee County, WI 13.75
29 North Slope Borough, AK 13.65
30 Alexandria city, VA 13.58
31 Manassas Park city, VA 13.53
32 Seward County, KS 13.39
33 Hemphill County, TX 13.25
34 Corson County, SD 13.19
35 Uintah County, UT 12.95
36 Oglala Lakota County, SD 12.88
37 Imperial County, CA 12.67
37 Thurston County, NE 12.67
38 Yoakum County, TX 12.57
39 Davis County, UT 12.55
40 Bell County, TX 12.53
40 Ector County, TX 12.53
41 Andrews County, TX 12.51
41 Adams County, WA 12.51
42 Ford County, KS 12.48
43 Dillingham Borough, AK 12.44
44 Manassas city, VA 12.36
45 Hoke County, NC 12.24
46 Mellette County, SD 12.21
47 Big Horn County, MT 12.16
48 Skagway Borough, AK 12.13
49 Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK 12.1
50 Wasatch County, UT 12.08
51 Iron County, UT 12.05
52 Moore County, TX 12.04
53 LaGrange County, IN 12.02
54 Harding County, SD 11.93
55 Montgomery County, TN 11.87
56 Dunn County, ND 11.85
57 Vernon Parish, LA 11.84
58 Morgan County, UT 11.73
59 Ward County, ND 11.66
59 Presidio County, TX 11.66
60 Kodiak Island Borough, AK 11.64
61 Greenlee County, AZ 11.61
62 Long County, GA 11.57
63 Val Verde County, TX 11.55
64 Midland County, TX 11.53
65 Utah, UT 11.39
66 Martin County, TX 11.18
67 Dakota County, NE 11.1
68 Prince William County, VA 11.03
69 Jefferson County, ID 10.95
69 Cameron County, TX 10.95
70 Elmore County, ID 10.86
71 Bonneville County, ID 10.84
72 Loudoun County, VA 10.82
73 Lincoln County, SD 10.77
74 Dallas County, IA 10.53
75 Deaf Smith County, TX 10.49
76 Harris County, TX 10.48
77 Jefferson County, NY 10.44
78 Kings County, CA 10.4
79 Clayton County, GA 10.23
80 El Paso County, TX 10.08
81 Benson County, ND 10.07
81 Campbell County, WY 10.07
82 Kings County, NY 10.05
83 Salt Lake County, UT 10.04
84 Colfax County, NE 10.01
85 Rolette County, ND 9.99
85 Stark County, ND 9.99
86 Eagle County, CO 9.95
87 Tulare County, CA 9.93
88 Anchorage Borough, AK 9.88
89 Bailey County, TX 9.87
90 Hudson County, NJ 9.85
91 Rockland County, NY 9.82
92 McMullen County, TX 9.8
93 Southeast Fairbanks Borough, AK 9.74
94 Jerome County, ID 9.72
95 Culberson County, TX 9.7
96 Box Elder County, UT 9.66
97 Teton County, ID 9.63
98 Dallas County, TX 9.62
99 Fort Bend County, TX 9.59
99 Sublette County, WY 9.59
100 Arlington County, VA 9.57
101 Tooele County, UT 9.55
102 Sarpy County, NE 9.54
103 Travis County, TX 9.48
104 Grant County, KS 9.42
104 Eureka County, NV 9.42
105 Fresno County, CA 9.39
105 Hamlin County, SD 9.39
106 Adams County, IN 9.38
107 San Juan County, UT 9.36
108 Kern County, CA 9.35
109 Juab County, UT 9.34
110 Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK 9.3
111 Yakutat City and Borough, AK 9.29
112 Holmes County, OH 9.28
113 Monterey County, CA 9.24
114 DeKalb County, GA 9.22
115 Hill County, MT 9.17
116 Merced County, CA 9.16
117 Lea County, NM 9.14
117 Cumberland County, NC 9.14
118 Adams County, CO 9.12
119 Fairfax County, VA 9.08
120 Grant County, WA 9.07
121 Glacier County, MT 8.99
121 Dawson County, NE 8.99
122 Bryan County, GA 8.98
123 Pulaski County, MO 8.96
124 Elko County, NV 8.95
124 Curry County, NM 8.95
125 Morrow County, OR 8.91
126 Power County, ID 8.82
127 Ochiltree County, TX 8.79
128 Hayes County, NE 8.76
128 Clark County, SD 8.76
128 Minnehaha County, SD 8.76
129 Gwinnett County, GA 8.73
129 Cass County, ND 8.73
129 Yakima County, WA 8.73
130 Grand Forks County, ND 8.68
131 Tunica County, MS 8.67
131 Weber County, UT 8.67
132 Canyon County, ID 8.65
133 Kendall County, IL 8.61
134 Millard County, UT 8.59
135 Denton County, TX 8.58
136 San Bernardino County, CA 8.55
136 Riley County, KS 8.55
137 Brazos County, TX 8.54
138 Sweetwater County, WY 8.51
139 Franklin County, ID 8.49
139 Mecklenburg County, NC 8.49
139 Hudspeth County, TX 8.49
140 Texas County, OK 8.47
141 Scott County, MN 8.45
142 Douglas County, NE 8.42
143 Bronx County, NY 8.39
143 Beadle County, SD 8.39
144 Weld County, CO 8.36
145 Wyandotte County, KS 8.3
146 Hays County, TX 8.25
147 Burke County, ND 8.24
147 Jackson County, SD 8.24
147 Tarrant County, TX 8.24
148 Olmsted County, MN 8.23
149 Winkler County, TX 8.2
150 Nobles County, MN 8.15
151 Yuba County, CA 8.13
152 Madera County, CA 8.11
153 Ascension Parish, LA 8.09
154 Bexar County, TX 8.08
155 Johnson County, IA 8.06
156 Camden County, GA 8.02
156 Aurora County, SD 8.02
157 Lake and Peninsula Borough, AK 8.01
157 Brazoria County, TX 8.01
158 Zavala County, TX 7.98
159 Fredericksburg city, VA 7.95
160 El Paso County, CO 7.94
161 Durham County, NC 7.9
161 Williamson County, TX 7.9
162 Mono County, CA 7.87
162 Mahnomen County, MN 7.87
163 Yuma County, AZ 7.84
163 Carter County, MT 7.84
164 Hendry County, FL 7.82
165 Wright County, MN 7.77
166 Graham County, AZ 7.76
166 Davis County, IA 7.76
167 Sherburne County, MN 7.75
167 Richland County, MT 7.75