US Counties Over 250,000:
1900 Ranked
|
Rank |
County |
State |
1999 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1900 |
|
1 |
New York County |
New York |
1,551,844 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,050,600 |
|
2 |
Cook County |
Illinois |
5,192,326 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,838,735 |
|
3 |
Philadelphia County |
Pennsylvania |
1,417,601 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,293,697 |
|
4 |
Kings County |
New York |
2,268,297 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,166,582 |
|
5 |
Allegheny County |
Pennsylvania |
1,256,806 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
775,058 |
|
6 |
Suffolk County |
Massachusetts |
641,695 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
611,417 |
|
7 |
St. Louis city |
Missouri |
333,960 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
575,238 |
|
8 |
Middlesex County |
Massachusetts |
1,426,606 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
565,696 |
|
9 |
Baltimore city |
Maryland |
632,681 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
508,957 |
|
10 |
Cuyahoga County |
Ohio |
1,371,717 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
439,120 |
|
11 |
Erie County |
New York |
925,957 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
433,686 |
|
12 |
Hamilton County |
Ohio |
840,443 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
409,479 |
|
13 |
Hudson County |
New Jersey |
552,819 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
386,048 |
|
14 |
Essex County |
New Jersey |
747,355 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
359,053 |
|
15 |
Essex County |
Massachusetts |
704,407 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
357,030 |
|
16 |
Wayne County |
Michigan |
2,106,495 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
348,793 |
|
17 |
Worcester County |
Massachusetts |
738,629 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
346,958 |
|
18 |
San Francisco County |
California |
746,777 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
342,782 |
|
19 |
Milwaukee County |
Wisconsin |
906,248 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
330,017 |
|
20 |
Providence |
Rhode Island |
574,108 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
328,683 |
|
21 |
Orleans Parish |
Louisiana |
460,913 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
287,104 |
|
22 |
Washington |
DC |
519,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
278,718 |
|
23 |
New Haven County |
Connecticut |
793,208 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
269,163 |
|
24 |
Luzerne County |
Pennsylvania |
312,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
257,121 |
|
25 |
Bristol County |
Massachusetts |
520,258 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
252,029 |
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