Ranking of US Counties By Population in 2022
Updated on August 1, 2024.
Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2022, the Population for the United States was 333.27M. Among all US counties, Los Angeles County had the highest population (9.72M), followed by Cook County (5.11M), and Harris County (4.78M).
On the other hand, Loving County had the lowest population (44) followed by Kalawao County (81), and King County (234).
The chart below shows the top 10 counties with high population, 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.
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Data Source: US Census Bureau (Vintage).
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Ranking of US Counties By Population in 2022
Rank | County | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Los Angeles County, CA | 9,719,765 |
| 2 | Cook County, IL | 5,111,566 |
| 3 | Harris County, TX | 4,781,337 |
| 4 | Maricopa County, AZ | 4,555,833 |
| 5 | San Diego County, CA | 3,277,176 |
| 6 | Orange County, CA | 3,150,372 |
| 7 | Miami-Dade County, FL | 2,673,056 |
| 8 | Dallas County, TX | 2,601,993 |
| 9 | Kings County, NY | 2,589,531 |
| 10 | Riverside County, CA | 2,474,241 |
| 11 | Clark County, NV | 2,322,535 |
| 12 | Queens County, NY | 2,278,558 |
| 13 | King County, WA | 2,265,311 |
| 14 | San Bernardino County, CA | 2,194,908 |
| 15 | Tarrant County, TX | 2,155,646 |
| 16 | Bexar County, TX | 2,060,191 |
| 17 | Broward County, FL | 1,946,889 |
| 18 | Santa Clara County, CA | 1,878,335 |
| 19 | Wayne County, MI | 1,758,942 |
| 20 | Alameda County, CA | 1,628,259 |
| 21 | Middlesex County, MA | 1,616,794 |
| 22 | New York County, NY | 1,594,543 |
| 23 | Sacramento County, CA | 1,584,380 |
| 24 | Philadelphia County, PA | 1,566,836 |
| 25 | Suffolk County, NY | 1,527,974 |
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Ranking of Counties By Population in 2022 for each US State
Use the following links to see the ranking of counties by population for each of the following US states.