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The 8 uninhabited county-equivalents in the U.S. territories are listed at the top of the table — these are technically the least-densely populated counties/county-equivalents in the United States, but since they have no people, they are listed unranked.
The following is a list of the 3,143 counties and county-equivalents in the 50 states and District of Columbia sorted by U.S. state, plus an additional 100 county-equivalents in the U.S. territories sorted by territory.
The county had been the least-populous county in the United States, with a 2020 census population of only 64 persons (a decrease of 22.0% over the 2010 figure of 82 residents), but the 2023 estimate by the U.S. Census Bureau places it as the first-least populous county nationwide.
This is a list of the 100 most populous of the 3,144 counties in the United States based on the national decennial US census conducted on April 1, 2020, and vintage Census population estimates for July 1, 2023. [1] Many of the counties on the list include major cities or metropolitan areas in all parts of the United States.
3,244 counties and county equivalents of the United States [c] County or equivalent State or equivalent Population (2020 census) Area mi 2 Core-based statistical area Date of foundation Autauga Alabama: 58,805 594.44 Montgomery, AL Metropolitan Statistical Area: November 21, 1818 Baldwin: 231,767 1589.78 Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL Metropolitan ...
Issaquena County (/ ˌ ɪ s ə ˈ k w iː n ə /, ISS-ə-KWEEN-ə) is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi.As of the 2020 Census, its population was 1,338, [1] making it the least populous county in the United States east of the Mississippi River.
County populations also vary widely: in 2017, according to the Census Bureau, more than half the U.S. population was concentrated in just 143 of the more than 3,000 counties, or just 4.6% of all counties; the five most populous counties, ordered from most to least, are Los Angeles County, California; Cook County, Illinois; Harris County, Texas ...
The population density of the United States is lower than that of many other countries because of the United States' large land area. There are large, sparsely populated areas in parts of the US, like the east-to-west stretch extending from the outskirts of Seattle all the way to Minneapolis , or the north-to-south portion from northern Montana ...