US County Rankings

Eleven ranked lists of US counties built from US Census County Business Patterns 2022 and ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates. Universe: 3,144 counties and county-equivalents.

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Top 50 — Highest Population

#CountyStatePopulation (ACS 2023 5-yr)
1Los Angeles CountyCA9,848,406
2Cook CountyIL5,185,812
3Harris CountyTX4,758,579
4Maricopa CountyAZ4,491,987
5San Diego CountyCA3,282,782
6Orange CountyCA3,164,063
7Miami-Dade CountyFL2,685,296
8Kings CountyNY2,646,306
9Dallas CountyTX2,603,816
10Riverside CountyCA2,449,909
11Queens CountyNY2,330,124
12Clark CountyNV2,293,764
13King CountyWA2,262,713
14San Bernardino CountyCA2,187,816
15Tarrant CountyTX2,135,743
16Bexar CountyTX2,037,344
17Broward CountyFL1,946,127
18Santa Clara CountyCA1,903,297
19Wayne CountyMI1,773,767
20Alameda CountyCA1,651,949
21New York CountyNY1,627,788
22Middlesex CountyMA1,622,896
23Sacramento CountyCA1,584,047
24Philadelphia CountyPA1,582,432
25Suffolk CountyNY1,525,680
26Palm Beach CountyFL1,507,453
27Hillsborough CountyFL1,489,634
28Orange CountyFL1,440,471
29Bronx CountyNY1,419,250
30Nassau CountyNY1,388,138
31Franklin CountyOH1,321,635
32Travis CountyTX1,307,625
33Oakland CountyMI1,272,294
34Hennepin CountyMN1,268,903
35Cuyahoga CountyOH1,249,418
36Allegheny CountyPA1,240,476
37Salt Lake CountyUT1,184,689
38Contra Costa CountyCA1,161,458
39Wake CountyNC1,151,009
40Fairfax CountyVA1,144,474
41Mecklenburg CountyNC1,130,906
42Collin CountyTX1,116,601
43Fulton CountyGA1,068,507
44Montgomery CountyMD1,057,586
45Pima CountyAZ1,049,947
46Fresno CountyCA1,012,152
47Duval CountyFL1,007,189
48Honolulu CountyHI1,003,666
49Westchester CountyNY996,888
50St. Louis CountyMO996,618

Top 50 — Highest Median Household Income

#CountyStateMedian HH income
1Loudoun CountyVA$178,707
2Santa Clara CountyCA$159,674
3San Mateo CountyCA$156,000
4Falls Church cityVA$154,734
5Fairfax CountyVA$150,113
6Howard CountyMD$146,982
7Douglas CountyCO$145,737
8Nassau CountyNY$143,408
9Los Alamos CountyNM$143,188
10Marin CountyCA$142,785
11San Francisco CountyCA$141,446
12Arlington CountyVA$140,160
13Hunterdon CountyNJ$139,453
14Forsyth CountyGA$138,000
15Summit CountyUT$137,058
16Somerset CountyNJ$135,960
17Morris CountyNJ$134,929
18Stafford CountyVA$133,792
19Fairfax cityVA$132,774
20Calvert CountyMD$132,059
21Williamson CountyTN$131,202
22Delaware CountyOH$130,088
23Fauquier CountyVA$129,495
24Elbert CountyCO$129,477
25Prince William CountyVA$128,873
26Montgomery CountyMD$128,733
27Suffolk CountyNY$128,329
28Putnam CountyNY$127,405
29Middlesex CountyMA$126,779
30Norfolk CountyMA$126,497
31Alameda CountyCA$126,240
32Morgan CountyUT$126,092
33Contra Costa CountyCA$125,727
34Rockwall CountyTX$124,917
35Western Connecticut Planning RegionCT$124,553
36Bergen CountyNJ$123,715
37Carver CountyMN$123,144
38Chester CountyPA$123,041
39Monmouth CountyNJ$122,727
40King CountyWA$122,148
41Oldham CountyKY$121,491
42Broomfield CountyCO$121,025
43Poquoson cityVA$120,919
44Charles CountyMD$120,592
45Frederick CountyMD$120,458
46Anne Arundel CountyMD$120,324
47Scott CountyMN$120,247
48New Kent CountyVA$120,125
49Nantucket CountyMA$119,750
50Goochland CountyVA$118,695

Bottom 50 — Lowest Median Household Income

#CountyStateMedian HH income
1Randolph CountyGA$25,425
2Jackson CountySD$26,686
3East Carroll ParishLA$28,321
4Presidio CountyTX$29,014
5Wolfe CountyKY$29,052
6Issaquena CountyMS$29,271
7Holmes CountyMS$29,434
8McDowell CountyWV$29,980
9Lake CountyTN$30,500
10Owsley CountyKY$31,064
11Brooks CountyTX$31,310
12Greene CountyAL$31,495
13Allendale CountySC$31,603
14Claiborne ParishLA$31,784
15Hancock CountyTN$31,995
16Quitman CountyMS$32,131
17Bell CountyKY$32,403
18Jeff Davis CountyTX$32,625
19Humphreys CountyMS$32,976
20Knox CountyKY$33,153
21Hancock CountyGA$33,182
22Leflore CountyMS$33,188
23Dimmit CountyTX$33,409
24Magoffin CountyKY$33,632
25Lee CountyKY$34,182
26Perry CountyAL$34,368
27Claiborne CountyMS$34,371
28Marion CountySC$34,501
29Oglala Lakota CountySD$34,769
30Bienville ParishLA$34,992
31Stewart CountyGA$35,000
32Hickory CountyMO$35,084
33Lowndes CountyAL$35,160
34Amite CountyMS$35,385
35Sharkey CountyMS$35,741
36Wilkinson CountyMS$35,930
37Desha CountyAR$36,064
38Tensas ParishLA$36,074
39Jefferson CountyMS$36,207
40Coahoma CountyMS$36,259
41Marlboro CountySC$36,293
42Costilla CountyCO$36,519
43Zapata CountyTX$36,527
44Bullock CountyAL$36,723
45Wayne CountyMS$36,791
46Dallas CountyAL$36,810
47Fulton CountyKY$36,834
48Quitman CountyGA$36,838
49Lee CountyAR$36,860
50Jenkins CountyGA$36,906

Top 50 — Highest Median Home Values

#CountyStateMedian home value
1San Mateo CountyCA$1,494,500
2Marin CountyCA$1,390,000
3Nantucket CountyMA$1,387,000
4Santa Clara CountyCA$1,382,800
5San Francisco CountyCA$1,380,500
6Teton CountyWY$1,371,900
7Pitkin CountyCO$1,131,200
8New York CountyNY$1,108,900
9Dukes CountyMA$1,104,100
10Alameda CountyCA$1,057,400
11Santa Cruz CountyCA$1,015,200
12Falls Church cityVA$1,005,400
13Summit CountyUT$1,000,400
14Orange CountyCA$915,500
15Kings CountyNY$889,700
16Honolulu CountyHI$873,000
17Arlington CountyVA$864,800
18Maui CountyHI$858,600
19Summit CountyCO$850,700
20Napa CountyCA$838,800
21Contra Costa CountyCA$830,800
22Kauai CountyHI$817,900
23Eagle CountyCO$814,700
24King CountyWA$811,200
25San Diego CountyCA$791,600
26Los Angeles CountyCA$783,300
27Sonoma CountyCA$779,000
28San Luis Obispo CountyCA$777,200
29Ventura CountyCA$768,400
30Routt CountyCO$756,200
31San Benito CountyCA$751,500
32Santa Barbara CountyCA$735,700
33San Juan CountyWA$726,500
34District of ColumbiaDC$724,600
35Wasatch CountyUT$724,400
36Monroe CountyFL$723,800
37Monterey CountyCA$723,100
38Boulder CountyCO$713,900
39Loudoun CountyVA$701,000
40Fairfax CountyVA$699,700
41Queens CountyNY$699,200
42Alexandria cityVA$696,800
43Middlesex CountyMA$687,200
44Suffolk CountyMA$680,700
45Fairfax cityVA$677,400
46Douglas CountyCO$674,000
47Williamson CountyTN$673,700
48Ouray CountyCO$670,100
49Elbert CountyCO$664,600
50Blaine CountyID$663,800

Bottom 50 — Lowest Median Home Values

#CountyStateMedian home value
1Eureka CountyNV$-666,666,666
2Real CountyTX$-666,666,666
3Todd CountySD$45,200
4Oglala Lakota CountySD$45,600
5McDowell CountyWV$49,200
6Stewart CountyGA$53,000
7Cottle CountyTX$54,100
8Stonewall CountyTX$54,700
9Hudspeth CountyTX$57,400
10Cochran CountyTX$57,700
11Alexander CountyIL$58,700
12Comanche CountyKS$59,900
13Willacy CountyTX$60,800
14Elk CountyKS$60,900
15Allendale CountySC$61,600
16Breathitt CountyKY$61,800
17Jewell CountyKS$62,100
18Mellette CountySD$63,000
19Chautauqua CountyKS$63,300
20Stanton CountyKS$64,200
21Dickens CountyTX$65,000
22Wolfe CountyKY$66,400
23Knox CountyTX$66,800
24Apache CountyAZ$68,500
25Quitman CountyMS$68,600
26Edwards CountyKS$70,500
27Letcher CountyKY$70,500
28Wilcox CountyGA$71,200
29Foard CountyTX$71,400
30Tillman CountyOK$71,900
31McKinley CountyNM$72,100
32Kusilvak Census AreaAK$72,700
33Taliaferro CountyGA$73,100
34Harlan CountyKY$73,100
35Corson CountySD$73,800
36Leslie CountyKY$74,100
37Marlboro CountySC$74,500
38Wheeler CountyGA$74,600
39Knott CountyKY$74,600
40Lafayette CountyAR$74,600
41Pawnee CountyNE$74,800
42Dewey CountySD$75,400
43Crosby CountyTX$75,500
44Harmon CountyOK$75,700
45Republic CountyKS$76,000
46Phillips CountyAR$76,200
47Atkinson CountyGA$76,300
48Holmes CountyMS$76,500
49Hardeman CountyTX$76,500
50Lamb CountyTX$76,600

Top 50 — Most Business Establishments

#CountyStateTotal establishments (CBP 2022)
1Los Angeles CountyCA303,972
2Cook CountyIL134,765
3Harris CountyTX109,711
4Maricopa CountyAZ107,526
5Orange CountyCA106,169
6Miami-Dade CountyFL95,817
7New York CountyNY94,914
8San Diego CountyCA92,725
9King CountyWA70,474
10Dallas CountyTX70,386
11Broward CountyFL67,200
12Kings CountyNY61,181
13Palm Beach CountyFL54,849
14Clark CountyNV53,496
15Queens CountyNY50,774
16Suffolk CountyNY50,354
17Santa Clara CountyCA48,731
18Nassau CountyNY48,674
19Tarrant CountyTX46,906
20Riverside CountyCA45,535
21Orange CountyFL44,568
22Middlesex CountyMA44,473
23Hillsborough CountyFL42,319
24San Bernardino CountyCA41,976
25Alameda CountyCA41,964
26Travis CountyTX41,550
27Fulton CountyGA40,646
28Hennepin CountyMN40,629
29Oakland CountyMI39,468
30Bexar CountyTX39,048
31Mecklenburg CountyNC36,050
32Salt Lake CountyUT35,260
33DuPage CountyIL34,240
34Allegheny CountyPA33,810
35San Francisco CountyCA33,470
36Sacramento CountyCA33,377
37Wayne CountyMI33,308
38Wake CountyNC33,054
39Pinellas CountyFL31,873
40Bergen CountyNJ31,835
41Fairfax CountyVA31,720
42Cuyahoga CountyOH31,715
43Westchester CountyNY31,111
44St. Louis CountyMO30,993
45Franklin CountyOH30,420
46Philadelphia CountyPA29,853
47Collin CountyTX29,714
48Duval CountyFL28,026
49Montgomery CountyMD27,739
50Multnomah CountyOR27,414

Top 50 — Most Construction Businesses (NAICS 23)

#CountyStateConstruction establishments
1Los Angeles CountyCA17,404
2Cook CountyIL10,766
3Maricopa CountyAZ9,311
4San Diego CountyCA8,171
5Suffolk CountyNY7,806
6Orange CountyCA7,651
7Harris CountyTX7,623
8King CountyWA6,749
9Miami-Dade CountyFL6,519
10Queens CountyNY6,157
11Riverside CountyCA5,637
12Broward CountyFL5,394
13Palm Beach CountyFL5,279
14Middlesex CountyMA4,912
15Dallas CountyTX4,761
16Nassau CountyNY4,751
17Kings CountyNY4,648
18Orange CountyFL4,273
19Hillsborough CountyFL4,235
20Salt Lake CountyUT4,102
21Santa Clara CountyCA3,895
22San Bernardino CountyCA3,893
23Tarrant CountyTX3,852
24Snohomish CountyWA3,766
25Westchester CountyNY3,742
26Clark CountyNV3,543
27Lee CountyFL3,490
28Sacramento CountyCA3,269
29Wake CountyNC3,233
30Alameda CountyCA3,147
31Duval CountyFL3,099
32DuPage CountyIL3,087
33Travis CountyTX3,057
34Pierce CountyWA3,030
35Mecklenburg CountyNC3,020
36Gwinnett CountyGA3,005
37Bexar CountyTX2,972
38Hennepin CountyMN2,873
39Oakland CountyMI2,866
40Pinellas CountyFL2,758
41Contra Costa CountyCA2,741
42Bergen CountyNJ2,737
43Allegheny CountyPA2,719
44Bucks CountyPA2,607
45Worcester CountyMA2,536
46Essex CountyMA2,490
47Fairfax CountyVA2,470
48Montgomery CountyPA2,430
49Ventura CountyCA2,351
50Montgomery CountyMD2,334

Top 50 — Most Healthcare Businesses (NAICS 62)

#CountyStateHealthcare establishments
1Los Angeles CountyCA37,635
2Cook CountyIL16,051
3Maricopa CountyAZ14,863
4Orange CountyCA13,951
5Harris CountyTX12,772
6San Diego CountyCA11,184
7Miami-Dade CountyFL11,061
8King CountyWA8,565
9New York CountyNY8,448
10Dallas CountyTX8,134
11Broward CountyFL7,428
12Kings CountyNY7,173
13Palm Beach CountyFL6,801
14Clark CountyNV6,718
15Santa Clara CountyCA6,193
16St. Louis CountyMO6,169
17Nassau CountyNY6,152
18Queens CountyNY6,050
19Tarrant CountyTX5,993
20Riverside CountyCA5,585
21Oakland CountyMI5,524
22Bexar CountyTX5,392
23Hennepin CountyMN5,330
24Alameda CountyCA5,301
25Suffolk CountyNY5,146
26San Bernardino CountyCA5,144
27Middlesex CountyMA5,066
28Hillsborough CountyFL4,911
29Allegheny CountyPA4,791
30Fulton CountyGA4,568
31Philadelphia CountyPA4,416
32Collin CountyTX4,398
33Travis CountyTX4,367
34Orange CountyFL4,318
35Franklin CountyOH4,259
36Wayne CountyMI4,243
37Sacramento CountyCA4,098
38Bergen CountyNJ4,090
39Pinellas CountyFL3,955
40Montgomery CountyMD3,931
41Cuyahoga CountyOH3,799
42DuPage CountyIL3,795
43Fairfax CountyVA3,709
44Mecklenburg CountyNC3,692
45Salt Lake CountyUT3,689
46Multnomah CountyOR3,650
47Contra Costa CountyCA3,572
48Wake CountyNC3,559
49San Francisco CountyCA3,462
50Westchester CountyNY3,441

Top 50 — Most Manufacturing Businesses (NAICS 31-33)

#CountyStateManufacturing establishments
1Los Angeles CountyCA10,448
2Cook CountyIL4,404
3Orange CountyCA4,357
4Harris CountyTX4,091
5Maricopa CountyAZ3,016
6San Diego CountyCA2,955
7Dallas CountyTX2,190
8Miami-Dade CountyFL2,137
9Santa Clara CountyCA2,026
10King CountyWA1,935
11San Bernardino CountyCA1,765
12Alameda CountyCA1,684
13Suffolk CountyNY1,670
14Oakland CountyMI1,635
15Riverside CountyCA1,632
16Tarrant CountyTX1,588
17DuPage CountyIL1,534
18Cuyahoga CountyOH1,516
19Macomb CountyMI1,515
20Middlesex CountyMA1,511
21Kings CountyNY1,465
22Hennepin CountyMN1,443
23Broward CountyFL1,413
24Salt Lake CountyUT1,406
25Wayne CountyMI1,388
26New York CountyNY1,290
27Clark CountyNV1,183
28Capitol Planning RegionCT1,104
29Kent CountyMI1,097
30Multnomah CountyOR1,065
31Pinellas CountyFL1,058
32Queens CountyNY1,040
33Lancaster CountyPA1,012
34Bergen CountyNJ1,003
35Palm Beach CountyFL973
36Bucks CountyPA943
37Allegheny CountyPA940
38Sonoma CountyCA922
39Hamilton CountyOH920
40Erie CountyNY914
41Travis CountyTX906
42Montgomery CountyPA896
43Bexar CountyTX884
44Orange CountyFL874
45Milwaukee CountyWI872
46Ventura CountyCA867
47Hillsborough CountyFL848
48Waukesha CountyWI838
49Elkhart CountyIN835
50Nassau CountyNY820

Top 50 — Fastest Population Growth (ACS 2018 → ACS 2023)

#CountyState5-yr population change
1Madison CountyID+38.4%
2Kaufman CountyTX+35.2%
3Bryan CountyGA+30.1%
4Comal CountyTX+29.2%
5Nantucket CountyMA+28.8%
6Hays CountyTX+25.6%
7Broadwater CountyMT+25.3%
8Rockwall CountyTX+24.9%
9Lincoln CountySD+24.4%
10St. Johns CountyFL+24.1%
11Bastrop CountyTX+24.0%
12Dallas CountyIA+24.0%
13Trinity CountyCA+23.5%
14Trousdale CountyTN+23.3%
15Jackson CountyGA+22.6%
16Williamson CountyTX+22.2%
17Chambers CountyTX+22.1%
18Parker CountyTX+21.8%
19Nye CountyNV+21.7%
20Walton CountyFL+21.2%
21Iron CountyUT+21.2%
22Ellis CountyTX+20.8%
23Dawson CountyGA+20.3%
24Osceola CountyFL+20.2%
25Dukes CountyMA+19.9%
26Liberty CountyTX+19.7%
27Canadian CountyOK+19.0%
28Waller CountyTX+18.9%
29Lake CountyFL+18.9%
30Johnston CountyNC+18.5%
31Forsyth CountyGA+18.3%
32Washington CountyUT+18.2%
33Collin CountyTX+18.2%
34Montgomery CountyTX+18.1%
35Tooele CountyUT+17.6%
36Nassau CountyFL+17.5%
37Union CountyOH+17.3%
38Wasatch CountyUT+17.3%
39Denton CountyTX+17.2%
40Maury CountyTN+16.8%
41Valley CountyID+16.7%
42Gallatin CountyMT+16.7%
43Williamson CountyTN+16.4%
44Gem CountyID+16.4%
45Fort Bend CountyTX+16.3%
46Montgomery CountyTN+16.1%
47Bonner CountyID+15.8%
48Utah CountyUT+15.8%
49Wilson CountyTN+15.8%
50Kootenai CountyID+15.7%

Top 50 — Fastest Population Decline (ACS 2018 → ACS 2023)

#CountyState5-yr population change
1Telfair CountyGA-24.5%
2Cameron ParishLA-24.0%
3Alexander CountyIL-22.8%
4Ripley CountyMO-21.5%
5Zavala CountyTX-21.4%
6McIntosh CountyGA-20.8%
7Dooly CountyGA-20.7%
8Dimmit CountyTX-20.2%
9Quitman CountyMS-19.9%
10La Paz CountyAZ-19.8%
11Oregon CountyMO-18.6%
12Wayne CountyMO-17.8%
13Rolette CountyND-17.4%
14Duplin CountyNC-16.9%
15Calhoun CountyWV-16.7%
16Phillips CountyAR-16.4%
17Allendale CountySC-16.0%
18Ritchie CountyWV-15.7%
19Presidio CountyTX-15.2%
20Hertford CountyNC-15.2%
21Carter CountyMO-15.0%
22Madison ParishLA-14.9%
23Benson CountyND-14.9%
24Northampton CountyNC-14.7%
25Chattahoochee CountyGA-14.7%
26Dallas CountyAR-14.5%
27Calhoun CountyGA-14.0%
28West Carroll ParishLA-13.9%
29Tallahatchie CountyMS-13.9%
30Bollinger CountyMO-13.8%
31Jefferson CountyOK-13.6%
32Garza CountyTX-13.6%
33Braxton CountyWV-13.6%
34St. Francis CountyAR-13.5%
35Duval CountyTX-13.5%
36Crosby CountyTX-13.5%
37Shannon CountyMO-13.4%
38Anson CountyNC-13.4%
39Pendleton CountyWV-13.4%
40Jefferson CountyIA-13.3%
41Newton CountyTX-13.3%
42Perry CountyAL-13.2%
43Claiborne ParishLA-13.2%
44Red River ParishLA-12.6%
45Reeves CountyTX-12.6%
46Coahoma CountyMS-12.6%
47Crisp CountyGA-12.5%
48Robeson CountyNC-12.4%
49Pulaski CountyGA-12.4%
50Bladen CountyNC-12.4%