Compare places on official figures
Every U.S. state, county and congressional district on the figures the Census Bureau, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the FBI publish: sort and filter them, chart any two figures against each other, or find the places most like yours. Every link keeps your view, so you can share exactly what you see.
U.S. counties by population, highest first
| # | County | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Los Angeles County CA | 9,808,667 | $90,112 | 8.2% |
| 2 | Cook County IL | 5,182,090 | $83,498 | 8.9% |
| 3 | Harris County TX | 4,838,303 | $74,983 | 20.9% |
| 4 | Maricopa County AZ | 4,559,748 | $89,300 | 10.6% |
| 5 | San Diego County CA | 3,288,774 | $106,268 | 6.4% |
| 6 | Orange County CA | 3,165,820 | $116,289 | 6.4% |
| 7 | Miami-Dade County FL | 2,738,356 | $71,753 | 13.6% |
| 8 | Kings County NY | 2,631,580 | $80,263 | 5.8% |
| 9 | Dallas County TX | 2,621,179 | $76,547 | 21.5% |
| 10 | Riverside County CA | 2,478,600 | $93,074 | 7.7% |
| 11 | Clark County NV | 2,329,548 | $76,472 | 12.2% |
| 12 | Queens County NY | 2,323,052 | $86,136 | 8.2% |
| 13 | King County WA | 2,287,171 | $124,746 | 5.2% |
| 14 | San Bernardino County CA | 2,197,104 | $85,478 | 8.0% |
| 15 | Tarrant County TX | 2,167,390 | $84,207 | 16.7% |
| 16 | Bexar County TX | 2,067,341 | $72,341 | 16.0% |
| 17 | Broward County FL | 1,977,129 | $77,633 | 12.5% |
| 18 | Santa Clara County CA | 1,902,047 | $164,281 | 3.9% |
| 19 | Wayne County MI | 1,772,259 | $60,539 | 5.6% |
| 20 | Alameda County CA | 1,649,473 | $129,367 | 4.0% |
| 21 | Middlesex County MA | 1,638,365 | $130,847 | 2.4% |
| 22 | New York County NY | 1,629,477 | $103,931 | 4.2% |
| 23 | Sacramento County CA | 1,594,006 | $92,175 | 4.9% |
| 24 | Philadelphia County PA | 1,579,706 | $61,953 | 7.1% |
| 25 | Palm Beach County FL | 1,533,806 | $83,581 | 13.2% |
| 26 | Suffolk County NY | 1,530,146 | $130,686 | 4.7% |
| 27 | Hillsborough County FL | 1,522,748 | $79,540 | 11.1% |
| 28 | Orange County FL | 1,471,937 | $79,719 | 12.0% |
| 29 | Bronx County NY | 1,404,779 | $48,676 | 7.1% |
| 30 | Nassau County NY | 1,389,591 | $146,202 | 3.8% |
| 31 | Franklin County OH | 1,333,048 | $75,176 | 8.8% |
| 32 | Travis County TX | 1,330,015 | $99,611 | 12.1% |
| 33 | Oakland County MI | 1,279,825 | $97,760 | 3.8% |
| 34 | Hennepin County MN | 1,269,496 | $97,653 | 4.5% |
| 35 | Cuyahoga County OH | 1,245,873 | $64,468 | 5.7% |
| 36 | Allegheny County PA | 1,238,177 | $78,548 | 3.8% |
| 37 | Salt Lake County UT | 1,196,523 | $97,494 | 9.2% |
| 38 | Wake County NC | 1,178,653 | $105,768 | 7.5% |
| 39 | Contra Costa County CA | 1,165,012 | $127,229 | 4.6% |
| 40 | Collin County TX | 1,163,337 | $121,600 | 9.5% |
| 41 | Mecklenburg County NC | 1,154,681 | $87,005 | 11.5% |
| 42 | Fairfax County VA | 1,147,837 | $153,637 | 7.1% |
| 43 | Fulton County GA | 1,076,561 | $95,292 | 9.5% |
| 44 | Montgomery County MD | 1,065,949 | $132,450 | 7.0% |
| 45 | Pima County AZ | 1,060,490 | $70,315 | 8.6% |
| 46 | Duval County FL | 1,023,153 | $71,277 | 11.0% |
| 47 | Fresno County CA | 1,016,725 | $74,201 | 6.7% |
| 48 | Honolulu County HI | 1,001,146 | $106,195 | 3.3% |
| 49 | Westchester County NY | 999,677 | $118,976 | 5.1% |
| 50 | St. Louis County MO | 995,569 | $82,936 | 5.7% |
Where these figures come from
- Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 (5-year estimates): people, age, income, poverty, college degrees, home values, health insurance, housing costs, birthplace, veterans, race and Hispanic origin. Each is an estimate with a margin of error, wider for small counties.
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics: the unemployment rate for September 2026 (preliminary), not seasonally adjusted (the only way BLS publishes counties; states are shown the same way so they compare).
- FBI: violent and property crimes reported to police per 100,000 residents. States: the FBI's estimates. Counties: the latest year every police agency in the county reported all 12 months, shown beside the figure, so years differ between counties. Sworn officers per 1,000 residents from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees count.
- Census of Governments 2022: local governments in each county: the county itself, cities and towns, townships, school districts and special districts.
- Reading a comparison: these are published figures, shown as published. "Highest" and "lowest" describe the numbers, not how good a place is, and two figures that move together don't show that one causes the other.
Every figure is also on each place's own page. All sources · Methodology
Quick answers
- Which U.S. county has the most people?
- Los Angeles County, California, with 9,808,667 people (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024).
- Which large county has the highest median household income?
- Among the 620 counties of 100,000 people or more: Loudoun County, Virginia, $181,765 (American Community Survey 2020–2024).
- Which large county has the highest share of people without health insurance?
- Among counties of 100,000 or more: Hidalgo County, Texas, 28.2% (American Community Survey 2020–2024).
- How does "places like mine" work?
- Pick a place and the figures to compare on. Each figure is put on the same scale (how far a place is from the average, in standard deviations; money and population on a log scale), and the places with the smallest overall difference are listed. It's a comparison of published figures, nothing more.
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