US Counties Over 250,000:
1940 Ranked
|
Rank |
County |
State |
1999 |
|
|
|
|
|
1940 |
|
1 |
Cook County |
Illinois |
5,192,326 |
|
|
|
|
|
4,063,342 |
|
2 |
Los Angeles County |
California |
9,329,989 |
|
|
|
|
|
2,785,643 |
|
3 |
Kings County |
New York |
2,268,297 |
|
|
|
|
|
2,698,285 |
|
4 |
Wayne County |
Michigan |
2,106,495 |
|
|
|
|
|
2,015,623 |
|
5 |
Philadelphia County |
Pennsylvania |
1,417,601 |
|
|
|
|
|
1,931,334 |
|
6 |
New York County |
New York |
1,551,844 |
|
|
|
|
|
1,889,924 |
|
7 |
Allegheny County |
Pennsylvania |
1,256,806 |
|
|
|
|
|
1,411,539 |
|
8 |
Bronx County |
New York |
1,194,099 |
|
|
|
|
|
1,394,711 |
|
9 |
Queens County |
New York |
2,000,642 |
|
|
|
|
|
1,297,634 |
|
10 |
Cuyahoga County |
Ohio |
1,371,717 |
|
|
|
|
|
1,217,250 |
|
11 |
Middlesex County |
Massachusetts |
1,426,606 |
|
|
|
|
|
971,390 |
|
12 |
Suffolk County |
Massachusetts |
641,695 |
|
|
|
|
|
863,248 |
|
13 |
Baltimore city |
Maryland |
632,681 |
|
|
|
|
|
859,100 |
|
14 |
Essex County |
New Jersey |
747,355 |
|
|
|
|
|
837,340 |
|
15 |
St. Louis city |
Missouri |
333,960 |
|
|
|
|
|
816,048 |
|
16 |
Erie County |
New York |
925,957 |
|
|
|
|
|
798,377 |
|
17 |
Milwaukee County |
Wisconsin |
906,248 |
|
|
|
|
|
766,885 |
|
18 |
Washington |
DC |
519,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
663,091 |
|
19 |
Hudson County |
New Jersey |
552,819 |
|
|
|
|
|
652,040 |
|
20 |
San Francisco County |
California |
746,777 |
|
|
|
|
|
634,536 |
|
21 |
Hamilton County |
Ohio |
840,443 |
|
|
|
|
|
621,987 |
|
22 |
Westchester County |
New York |
905,572 |
|
|
|
|
|
573,558 |
|
23 |
Hennepin County |
Minnesota |
1,064,419 |
|
|
|
|
|
568,899 |
|
24 |
Providence |
Rhode Island |
574,108 |
|
|
|
|
|
550,298 |
|
25 |
Harris County |
Texas |
3,250,404 |
|
|
|
|
|
528,961 |
|
26 |
Alameda County |
California |
1,415,582 |
|
|
|
|
|
513,011 |
|
27 |
King County |
Washington |
1,664,846 |
|
|
|
|
|
504,980 |
|
28 |
Worcester County |
Massachusetts |
738,629 |
|
|
|
|
|
504,470 |
|
29 |
Essex County |
Massachusetts |
704,407 |
|
|
|
|
|
496,313 |
|
30 |
Orleans Parish |
Louisiana |
460,913 |
|
|
|
|
|
494,537 |
|
31 |
New Haven County |
Connecticut |
793,208 |
|
|
|
|
|
484,316 |
|
32 |
Jackson County |
Missouri |
654,484 |
|
|
|
|
|
477,828 |
|
33 |
Marion County |
Indiana |
810,946 |
|
|
|
|
|
460,926 |
|
34 |
Jefferson County |
Alabama |
657,422 |
|
|
|
|
|
459,930 |
|
35 |
Hartford County |
Connecticut |
829,671 |
|
|
|
|
|
450,189 |
|
36 |
Luzerne County |
Pennsylvania |
312,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
441,518 |
|
37 |
Monroe County |
New York |
712,419 |
|
|
|
|
|
438,230 |
|
38 |
Fairfield County |
Connecticut |
841,334 |
|
|
|
|
|
418,384 |
|
39 |
Bergen County |
New Jersey |
857,052 |
|
|
|
|
|
409,646 |
|
40 |
Nassau County |
New York |
1,305,057 |
|
|
|
|
|
406,748 |
|
41 |
Dallas County |
Texas |
2,062,100 |
|
|
|
|
|
398,564 |
|
42 |
Fulton County |
Georgia |
744,827 |
|
|
|
|
|
392,886 |
|
43 |
Franklin County |
Ohio |
1,027,821 |
|
|
|
|
|
388,712 |
|
44 |
Jefferson County |
Kentucky |
672,900 |
|
|
|
|
|
385,392 |
|
45 |
Bristol County |
Massachusetts |
520,258 |
|
|
|
|
|
364,637 |
|
46 |
Shelby County |
Tennessee |
873,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
358,250 |
|
47 |
Multnomah County |
Oregon |
633,224 |
|
|
|
|
|
355,099 |
|
48 |
Lucas County |
Ohio |
446,482 |
|
|
|
|
|
344,333 |
|
49 |
Summit County |
Ohio |
537,856 |
|
|
|
|
|
339,405 |
|
50 |
Bexar County |
Texas |
1,372,867 |
|
|
|
|
|
338,176 |
|
51 |
Hampden County |
Massachusetts |
438,279 |
|
|
|
|
|
332,107 |
|
52 |
Union County |
New Jersey |
498,759 |
|
|
|
|
|
328,344 |
|
53 |
Norfolk County |
Massachusetts |
643,580 |
|
|
|
|
|
325,180 |
|
54 |
Denver County |
Colorado |
499,775 |
|
|
|
|
|
322,412 |
|
55 |
Delaware County |
Pennsylvania |
541,502 |
|
|
|
|
|
310,756 |
|
56 |
Ramsey County |
Minnesota |
486,254 |
|
|
|
|
|
309,935 |
|
57 |
Passaic County |
New Jersey |
485,064 |
|
|
|
|
|
309,353 |
|
58 |
Westmoreland County |
Pennsylvania |
370,658 |
|
|
|
|
|
303,411 |
|
59 |
Lackawanna County |
Pennsylvania |
206,520 |
|
|
|
|
|
301,243 |
|
60 |
Montgomery County |
Ohio |
565,866 |
|
|
|
|
|
295,480 |
|
61 |
Onondaga County |
New York |
456,215 |
|
|
|
|
|
295,108 |
|
62 |
Lake County |
Indiana |
480,619 |
|
|
|
|
|
293,195 |
|
63 |
San Diego County |
California |
2,820,844 |
|
|
|
|
|
289,348 |
|
64 |
Montgomery County |
Pennsylvania |
724,087 |
|
|
|
|
|
289,247 |
|
65 |
St. Louis County |
Missouri |
996,181 |
|
|
|
|
|
274,230 |
|
66 |
Miami-Dade County |
Florida |
2,175,634 |
|
|
|
|
|
267,739 |
|
67 |
Honolulu County |
Hawaii |
864,571 |
|
|
|
|
|
257,696 |
|
68 |
Davidson County |
Tennessee |
530,050 |
|
|
|
|
|
257,267 |
|
69 |
Camden County |
New Jersey |
503,093 |
|
|
|
|
|
255,727 |
|
70 |
Oakland County |
Michigan |
1,179,978 |
|
|
|
|
|
254,068 |
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