100 Largest Counties


Population Estimates for the 100 Largest U.S. Counties: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2002
County State July 1, 2002
Population		 July 1, 2001
Population		 July 1, 2000
Population		 April 1, 2000
Population
Estimates Base		 Census 2000
Population
Los Angeles California 9,806,577 9,677,220 9,549,068 9,519,330 9,519,338
Cook Illinois 5,377,507 5,383,211 5,378,702 5,376,741 5,376,741
Harris Texas 3,557,055 3,483,847 3,416,816 3,400,578 3,400,578
Maricopa Arizona 3,303,876 3,201,841 3,097,299 3,072,149 3,072,149
Orange California 2,938,507 2,900,200 2,857,286 2,846,289 2,846,289
San Diego California 2,906,660 2,869,900 2,825,493 2,813,833 2,813,833
Kings New York 2,488,194 2,479,923 2,467,778 2,465,326 2,465,326
Miami-Dade Florida 2,332,599 2,296,625 2,261,716 2,253,362 2,253,362
Dallas Texas 2,283,953 2,266,112 2,226,824 2,218,899 2,218,899
Queens New York 2,237,815 2,238,024 2,231,842 2,229,379 2,229,379
Wayne Michigan 2,045,540 2,052,964 2,059,529 2,061,162 2,061,162
San Bernardino California 1,816,072 1,767,504 1,719,311 1,709,434 1,709,434
King Washington 1,759,604 1,753,901 1,739,147 1,737,032 1,737,034
Broward Florida 1,709,118 1,673,176 1,632,951 1,623,018 1,623,018
Riverside California 1,699,112 1,623,466 1,560,156 1,545,387 1,545,387
Santa Clara California 1,683,505 1,696,016 1,687,021 1,682,585 1,682,585
New York New York 1,546,856 1,549,009 1,539,330 1,537,195 1,537,195
Tarrant Texas 1,527,366 1,490,961 1,454,928 1,446,219 1,446,219
Clark Nevada 1,522,164 1,459,605 1,393,754 1,375,738 1,375,765
Philadelphia Pennsylvania 1,492,231 1,501,777 1,514,029 1,517,550 1,517,550
Middlesex Massachusetts 1,474,160 1,475,207 1,467,945 1,465,396 1,465,396
Alameda California 1,472,310 1,475,331 1,451,032 1,443,741 1,443,741
Suffolk New York 1,458,655 1,443,299 1,424,343 1,419,369 1,419,369
Bexar Texas 1,446,333 1,419,342 1,397,980 1,392,927 1,392,931
Cuyahoga Ohio 1,379,049 1,385,471 1,392,254 1,393,845 1,393,978
Bronx New York 1,354,068 1,343,698 1,334,099 1,332,650 1,332,650
Nassau New York 1,344,892 1,339,301 1,336,649 1,334,544 1,334,544
Sacramento California 1,305,082 1,267,969 1,230,510 1,223,499 1,223,499
Allegheny Pennsylvania 1,269,904 1,274,064 1,280,000 1,281,666 1,281,666
Oakland Michigan 1,202,721 1,201,646 1,196,497 1,194,156 1,194,156
Palm Beach Florida 1,190,390 1,161,608 1,136,136 1,131,191 1,131,184
Hennepin Minnesota 1,122,259 1,124,213 1,117,917 1,116,033 1,116,200
Franklin Ohio 1,086,814 1,081,336 1,071,942 1,068,978 1,068,978
Hillsborough Florida 1,053,864 1,027,369 1,003,280 998,948 998,948
St. Louis Missouri 1,018,102 1,017,970 1,016,498 1,016,315 1,016,315
Fairfax Virginia 997,580 988,714 975,630 969,749 969,749
Contra Costa California 992,358 978,729 953,799 948,816 948,816
Orange Florida 946,484 927,322 902,540 896,344 896,344
Erie New York 945,049 946,625 949,403 950,265 950,265
Westchester New York 937,279 932,748 925,831 923,459 923,459
Milwaukee Wisconsin 937,136 938,504 939,684 940,164 940,164
Pinellas Florida 926,716 924,909 922,200 921,495 921,482
DuPage Illinois 924,589 916,277 906,887 904,161 904,161
Salt Lake Utah 919,308 910,507 900,847 898,387 898,387
Montgomery Maryland 910,156 895,021 877,944 873,341 873,341
Shelby Tennessee 905,678 900,358 898,423 897,472 897,472
Fairfield Connecticut 896,202 890,334 884,627 882,567 882,567
Honolulu Hawaii 896,019 884,176 875,881 876,156 876,156
Bergen New Jersey 895,091 890,756 885,612 884,118 884,118
Pima Arizona 881,221 863,392 848,790 843,746 843,746
Hartford Connecticut 867,332 862,566 858,428 857,183 857,183
Marion Indiana 863,429 863,787 860,552 860,454 860,454
Travis Texas 850,813 845,955 820,123 812,280 812,280
New Haven Connecticut 835,657 830,074 824,996 824,008 824,008
Fresno California 834,632 815,858 802,304 799,407 799,407
Hamilton Ohio 833,721 840,207 844,116 845,303 845,303
Prince George’s Maryland 833,084 819,796 804,021 801,515 801,515
Fulton Georgia 825,431 825,172 817,563 815,799 816,006
Macomb Michigan 808,529 800,392 790,879 788,149 788,149
Duval Florida 806,120 792,719 779,752 778,879 778,879
Essex New Jersey 798,301 795,573 792,637 792,305 793,633
Ventura California 783,920 770,285 756,780 753,197 753,197
Middlesex New Jersey 775,549 764,971 753,336 750,162 750,162
Worcester Massachusetts 770,321 762,629 753,614 750,963 750,963
Baltimore Maryland 770,298 763,113 755,995 754,292 754,292
Montgomery Pennsylvania 766,517 759,736 752,081 750,097 750,097
San Francisco California 764,049 775,978 776,855 776,733 776,733
Monroe New York 738,422 736,215 735,763 735,343 735,343
Mecklenburg North Carolina 737,950 720,811 700,542 695,454 695,454
Essex Massachusetts 735,606 731,841 725,231 723,419 723,419
Pierce Washington 732,282 718,918 704,028 700,820 700,820
San Mateo California 703,202 708,710 708,574 707,161 707,161
Jefferson Kentucky 698,080 696,001 693,932 693,604 693,604
El Paso Texas 697,562 689,543 681,898 679,622 679,622
Kern California 694,059 677,221 663,854 661,653 661,645
Suffolk Massachusetts 689,925 692,912 690,121 689,807 689,807
Multnomah Oregon 677,626 669,762 661,568 660,486 660,486
DeKalb Georgia 676,996 674,035 668,677 666,072 665,865
Wake North Carolina 675,518 656,282 633,229 627,846 627,846
Lake Illinois 674,850 661,789 648,499 644,356 644,356
Oklahoma Oklahoma 672,487 665,551 661,682 660,448 660,448
Jefferson Alabama 661,153 661,565 662,115 662,047 662,047
Jackson Missouri 660,773 658,038 655,686 654,880 654,880
Norfolk Massachusetts 656,486 654,586 651,185 650,308 650,308
Cobb Georgia 651,485 635,830 615,191 607,751 607,751
Gwinnett Georgia 650,771 624,742 596,652 588,448 588,448
Baltimore city Maryland 638,614 645,305 648,756 651,154 651,154
Providence Rhode Island 634,827 628,411 622,770 621,602 621,602
Snohomish Washington 633,947 623,890 609,250 606,024 606,024
Monmouth New Jersey 629,836 623,212 617,205 615,301 615,301
Hidalgo Texas 614,474 592,525 574,163 569,463 569,463
San Joaquin California 614,302 593,958 568,355 563,598 563,598
Hudson New Jersey 611,439 614,061 609,585 608,975 608,975
Bucks Pennsylvania 610,440 604,385 599,417 597,632 597,635
Kent Michigan 587,951 582,487 576,330 574,335 574,335
Bernalillo New Mexico 573,675 562,760 557,621 556,678 556,678
Tulsa Oklahoma 571,348 567,140 563,821 563,299 563,299
District of Columbia District of Columbia 570,898 573,822 571,641 572,059 572,059
Davidson Tennessee 570,785 571,119 570,053 569,891 569,891
Collin Texas 566,798 536,850 499,992 491,675 491,675
Note: The April 1, 2000 Population Estimates Base reflects modifications to the Census 2000 Population as documented in the Count Question Resolution program, updates from the Boundary and Annexation Survey, and geographic program revisions. Dash (-) represents zero or rounds to zero.
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Table CO-EST2002-09 - Population Estimates for the 100 Largest U.S. Counties: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2002
Source: Population Division, U.S. Census Bureau
Release Date: April 17, 2003

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