US Counties Over 250,000:
1920 Ranked
|
Rank |
County |
State |
1999 |
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|
1920 |
|
1 |
Cook County |
Illinois |
5,192,326 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,053,017 |
|
2 |
New York County |
New York |
1,551,844 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,284,103 |
|
3 |
Kings County |
New York |
2,268,297 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,018,356 |
|
4 |
Philadelphia County |
Pennsylvania |
1,417,601 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,823,779 |
|
5 |
Allegheny County |
Pennsylvania |
1,256,806 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,185,808 |
|
6 |
Wayne County |
Michigan |
2,106,495 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,177,645 |
|
7 |
Cuyahoga County |
Ohio |
1,371,717 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
943,495 |
|
8 |
Los Angeles County |
California |
9,329,989 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
936,455 |
|
9 |
Suffolk County |
Massachusetts |
641,695 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
835,522 |
|
10 |
Middlesex County |
Massachusetts |
1,426,606 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
778,352 |
|
11 |
St. Louis city |
Missouri |
333,960 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
772,897 |
|
12 |
Baltimore city |
Maryland |
632,681 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
733,826 |
|
13 |
Bronx County |
New York |
1,194,099 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
732,016 |
|
14 |
Essex County |
New Jersey |
747,355 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
652,089 |
|
15 |
Erie County |
New York |
925,957 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
634,688 |
|
16 |
Hudson County |
New Jersey |
552,819 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
629,154 |
|
17 |
Milwaukee County |
Wisconsin |
906,248 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
539,449 |
|
18 |
San Francisco County |
California |
746,777 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
506,676 |
|
19 |
Hamilton County |
Ohio |
840,443 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
493,678 |
|
20 |
Essex County |
Massachusetts |
704,407 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
482,156 |
|
21 |
Providence |
Rhode Island |
574,108 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
475,190 |
|
22 |
Queens County |
New York |
2,000,642 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
469,042 |
|
23 |
Worcester County |
Massachusetts |
738,629 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
455,135 |
|
24 |
Washington |
DC |
519,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
437,571 |
|
25 |
Hennepin County |
Minnesota |
1,064,419 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
415,419 |
|
26 |
New Haven County |
Connecticut |
793,208 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
415,214 |
|
27 |
Luzerne County |
Pennsylvania |
312,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
390,991 |
|
28 |
King County |
Washington |
1,664,846 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
389,273 |
|
29 |
Orleans Parish |
Louisiana |
460,913 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
387,219 |
|
30 |
Jackson County |
Missouri |
654,484 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
367,846 |
|
31 |
Bristol County |
Massachusetts |
520,258 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
359,005 |
|
32 |
Monroe County |
New York |
712,419 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
352,034 |
|
33 |
Marion County |
Indiana |
810,946 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
348,061 |
|
34 |
Westchester County |
New York |
905,572 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
344,436 |
|
35 |
Alameda County |
California |
1,415,582 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
344,177 |
|
36 |
Hartford County |
Connecticut |
829,671 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
336,027 |
|
37 |
Fairfield County |
Connecticut |
841,334 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
320,936 |
|
38 |
Jefferson County |
Alabama |
657,422 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
310,054 |
|
39 |
Hampden County |
Massachusetts |
438,279 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
300,305 |
|
40 |
Jefferson County |
Kentucky |
672,900 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
286,369 |
|
41 |
Lackawanna County |
Pennsylvania |
206,520 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
286,311 |
|
42 |
Summit County |
Ohio |
537,856 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
286,065 |
|
43 |
Franklin County |
Ohio |
1,027,821 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
283,951 |
|
44 |
Multnomah County |
Oregon |
633,224 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
275,898 |
|
45 |
Lucas County |
Ohio |
446,482 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
275,721 |
|
46 |
Westmoreland County |
Pennsylvania |
370,658 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
273,568 |
|
47 |
Passaic County |
New Jersey |
485,064 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
259,174 |
|
48 |
Denver County |
Colorado |
499,775 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
256,491 |
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