US Counties Over 250,000:
1910 Ranked
|
Rank |
County |
State |
1999 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1910 |
|
1 |
New York County |
New York |
1,551,844 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,762,522 |
|
2 |
Cook County |
Illinois |
5,192,326 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,405,233 |
|
3 |
Kings County |
New York |
2,268,297 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,634,351 |
|
4 |
Philadelphia County |
Pennsylvania |
1,417,601 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,549,008 |
|
5 |
Allegheny County |
Pennsylvania |
1,256,806 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,018,463 |
|
6 |
Suffolk County |
Massachusetts |
641,695 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
731,388 |
|
7 |
St. Louis city |
Missouri |
333,960 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
687,029 |
|
8 |
Middlesex County |
Massachusetts |
1,426,606 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
669,915 |
|
9 |
Cuyahoga County |
Ohio |
1,371,717 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
637,425 |
|
10 |
Baltimore city |
Maryland |
632,681 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
558,485 |
|
11 |
Hudson County |
New Jersey |
552,819 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
537,231 |
|
12 |
Wayne County |
Michigan |
2,106,495 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
531,591 |
|
13 |
Erie County |
New York |
925,957 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
528,985 |
|
14 |
Essex County |
New Jersey |
747,355 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
512,886 |
|
15 |
Los Angeles County |
California |
9,329,989 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
504,131 |
|
16 |
Hamilton County |
Ohio |
840,443 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
460,732 |
|
17 |
Essex County |
Massachusetts |
704,407 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
436,477 |
|
18 |
Milwaukee County |
Wisconsin |
906,248 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
433,187 |
|
19 |
Providence |
Rhode Island |
574,108 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
424,353 |
|
20 |
San Francisco County |
California |
746,777 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
416,912 |
|
21 |
Worcester County |
Massachusetts |
738,629 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
399,657 |
|
22 |
Luzerne County |
Pennsylvania |
312,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
343,186 |
|
23 |
Orleans Parish |
Louisiana |
460,913 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
339,075 |
|
24 |
New Haven County |
Connecticut |
793,208 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
337,282 |
|
25 |
Hennepin County |
Minnesota |
1,064,419 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
333,480 |
|
26 |
Washington |
DC |
519,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
331,069 |
|
27 |
Bristol County |
Massachusetts |
520,258 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
318,573 |
|
28 |
King County |
Washington |
1,664,846 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
284,638 |
|
29 |
Queens County |
New York |
2,000,642 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
284,041 |
|
30 |
Jackson County |
Missouri |
654,484 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
283,522 |
|
31 |
Monroe County |
New York |
712,419 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
283,212 |
|
32 |
Westchester County |
New York |
905,572 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
283,055 |
|
33 |
Marion County |
Indiana |
810,946 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
263,661 |
|
34 |
Jefferson County |
Kentucky |
672,900 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
262,920 |
|
35 |
Lackawanna County |
Pennsylvania |
206,520 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
259,570 |
|
36 |
Hartford County |
Connecticut |
829,671 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
250,182 |
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