List of the most populous counties by U.S. state

The following is a sortable table of the most populous county in each U.S. state and territory. Counties in bold have a population of at least 1 million.

Table

State	Largest county/parish/municipality	Population (2013 estimate)	County/parish seat or shire town	State Population (2013 estimate)^[1]	Largest County Percentage of State Population
Alabama	Jefferson	659,479	Birmingham	4,833,722	13.64%
Alaska	Anchorage	300,950	Anchorage	735,132	40.94%
Arizona	Maricopa	4,009,412	Phoenix	6,626,624	60.50%
Arkansas	Pulaski	391,284	Little Rock	2,959,373	13.22%
California	Los Angeles	10,017,068	Los Angeles	38,332,521	26.13%
Colorado	El Paso	655,044	Colorado Springs	5,268,367	12.43%
Connecticut	Fairfield	939,904	Bridgeport	3,596,080	26.14%
Delaware	New Castle	549,684	Wilmington	925,749	59.38%
Florida	Miami-Dade	2,617,176	Miami	19,552,860	13.39%
Georgia	Fulton	1,010,562	Atlanta	10,214,860	09.85%
Hawaii	Honolulu	983,429	Honolulu	1,404,054	70.04%
Idaho	Ada	416,464	Boise	1,612,136	25.83%
Illinois	Cook	5,240,700	Chicago	12,882,135	40.68%
Indiana	Marion	928,281	Indianapolis	6,570,902	14.13%
Iowa	Polk	451,677	Des Moines	3,090,416	14.62%
Kansas	Johnson	566,933	Olathe	2,893,957	19.59%
Kentucky	Jefferson	756,832	Louisville	4,395,295	17.22%
Louisiana	East Baton Rouge	445,227	Baton Rouge	4,625,470	09.63%
Maine	Cumberland	285,456	Portland	1,328,302	21.49%
Maryland	Montgomery	1,016,677	Rockville	5,928,814	17.15%
Massachusetts	Middlesex	1,552,802	Cambridge and Lowell	6,692,824	23.20%
Michigan	Wayne	1,775,273	Detroit	9,895,622	17.94%
Minnesota	Hennepin	1,198,778	Minneapolis	5,420,380	22.12%
Mississippi	Hinds	244,899	Jackson	2,991,207	08.19%
Missouri	St. Louis County	1,001,444	Clayton	6,044,171	16.57%
Montana	Yellowstone	154,162	Billings	1,015,165	15.19%
Nebraska	Douglas	531,265	Omaha	1,868,516	28.43%
Nevada	Clark	2,027,868	Las Vegas	2,790,136	72.68%
New Hampshire	Hillsborough	402,922	Manchester and Nashua	1,323,459	30.44%
New Jersey	Bergen	925,328	Hackensack	8,899,339	10.40%
New Mexico	Bernalillo	673,460	Albuquerque	2,085,287	32.30%
New York	Kings	2,592,149	Brooklyn	19,651,127	13.19%
North Carolina	Mecklenburg	990,977	Charlotte	9,848,060	10.06%
North Dakota	Cass	162,829	Fargo	723,393	22.51%
Ohio	Cuyahoga	1,268,154	Cleveland	11,570,808	10.96%
Oklahoma	Oklahoma	755,245	Oklahoma City	3,850,568	19.61%
Oregon	Multnomah	759,256	Portland	3,930,065	19.32%
Pennsylvania	Philadelphia	1,553,165	Philadelphia	12,773,801	12.16%
Rhode Island	Providence	628,323	Providence	1,051,511	59.75%
South Carolina	Greenville	474,266	Greenville	4,774,839	09.93%
South Dakota	Minnehaha	179,640	Sioux Falls	844,877	21.26%
Tennessee	Shelby	940,764	Memphis	6,495,978	14.48%
Texas	Harris	4,336,853	Houston	26,448,193	16.40%
Utah	Salt Lake	1,063,842	Salt Lake City	2,900,872	36.67%
Vermont	Chittenden	158,504	Burlington	626,630	25.29%
Virginia	Fairfax	1,116,897	Fairfax	8,260,405	13.52%
Washington	King	2,044,449	Seattle	6,971,406	29.33%
West Virginia	Kanawha	191,275	Charleston	1,854,304	10.32%
Wisconsin	Milwaukee	956,023	Milwaukee	5,742,713	16.65%
Wyoming	Laramie	95,809	Cheyenne	582,658	16.44%

References

↑ http://www.census.gov/popest/data/historical/2010s/vintage_2013/state.html

External links

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