Ranking of US Counties By Natural Population Increase in 2016

Updated on January 26, 2024.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2016, the Natural Population Increase for the United States was 1.27M. Among all US counties, New York had the highest natural population increase (84.19K), followed by Los Angeles County (59.52K), and Harris County (47.93K).

On the other hand, Pinellas County had the lowest natural population increase (-2.98K) followed by Sarasota County (-2.57K), and Volusia County (-1.84K).

The chart below shows the top 10 counties with high natural population increase, 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 in 2016
New York, NY
84.19K
Los Angeles, CA
59.52K
Harris, TX
47.93K
Utah, UT
33.06K
Cook, IL
27.64K
Kings, NY
25.55K
Dallas, TX
24.27K
Maricopa, AZ
24.10K
San Diego, CA
22.27K
Orange, CA
17.69K
Ranking of US Counties By Natural Population Increase in 2016
Rank
County
Natural Pop. Increase
1 New York, NY 84,188
2 Los Angeles County, CA 59,516
3 Harris County, TX 47,931
4 Utah, UT 33,057
5 Cook County, IL 27,636
6 Kings County, NY 25,545
7 Dallas County, TX 24,270
8 Maricopa County, AZ 24,098
9 San Diego County, CA 22,265
10 Orange County, CA 17,692
11 San Bernardino County, CA 16,804
12 Tarrant County, TX 16,266
13 Queens County, NY 16,160
14 Bexar County, TX 15,206
15 Riverside County, CA 14,137
16 Oklahoma, OK 13,864
17 Santa Clara County, CA 13,177
18 King County, WA 13,041
19 Miami-Dade County, FL 12,944
20 Clark County, NV 11,673
21 Bronx County, NY 11,641
22 Hidalgo County, TX 11,451
23 Salt Lake County, UT 10,978
24 Travis County, TX 10,961
25 Fairfax County, VA 10,306
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