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Largest counties outside Alaska

County equivalents in the other 49 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico, ordered by land area. This view separates Alaska’s exceptionally large statistical regions from the rest of the dataset.

Ranks 1901–2000

3,192 county equivalents · page 20 of 32

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What this part of the ranking shows

This page runs from Warren County, Kentucky at 541.749 mi² of land area to Washington County, Indiana at 513.689 mi² of land area. The 100 entries represent 35 state-level jurisdictions. North Carolina has the most entries on this page (8).

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Largest counties outside Alaska, ranks 1901 through 2000. Areas in square miles.
RankCounty / equivalentStateLand mi²Total mi²Water share
1901Warren CountyKentucky541.7547.61.1%
1902Botetourt CountyVirginia541.35460.9%
1903Dallas CountyMissouri541542.80.3%
1904Dorchester CountyMaryland540.898345%
1905Ouray CountyColorado540.7542.20.3%
1906Nash CountyNorth Carolina540.4542.80.4%
1907Keweenaw CountyMichigan540.15,966.390.9%
1908Phelps CountyNebraska539.8540.40.1%
1909Harvey CountyKansas539.8540.70.2%
1910McDonald CountyMissouri539.4539.60%
1911Boyd CountyNebraska539.4544.50.9%
1912Mason CountyIllinois539.4563.64.3%
1913Montgomery CountyTennessee539.2543.80.9%
1914Cleveland CountyOklahoma538.9557.93.4%
1915Oceana CountyMichigan538.11,30658.8%
1916Sullivan CountyNew Hampshire537.9552.12.6%
1917Harmon CountyOklahoma537.3538.70.3%
1918Chittenden CountyVermont536.9620.713.5%
1919Lincoln CountyMinnesota536.8548.42.1%
1920Northampton CountyNorth Carolina536.7550.62.5%
1921Wadena CountyMinnesota536.3543.31.3%
1922Scott CountyVirginia535.85390.6%
1923Ringgold CountyIowa535.5538.90.6%
1924Etowah CountyAlabama535.1548.62.5%
1925Montgomery CountyMissouri535540.51%
1926Page CountyIowa534.9535.50.1%
1927McDowell CountyWest Virginia533.5534.90.3%
1928Haywood CountyTennessee533.1534.10.2%
1929Itawamba CountyMississippi532.8540.51.4%
1930Surry CountyNorth Carolina532.6536.70.7%
1931Jefferson CountyKansas532.6556.74.3%
1932Franklin CountyOhio532.4543.62.1%
1933Livingston CountyMissouri532.3538.61.2%
1934Scott CountyTennessee532.3533.20.2%
1935Belmont CountyOhio532.2541.31.7%
1936Western Connecticut Planning RegionConnecticut532.164817.9%
1937Granville CountyNorth Carolina532537.61%
1938Columbiana CountyOhio531.9534.70.5%
1939Taylor CountyIowa531.9534.70.5%
1940Decatur CountyIowa531.9533.50.3%
1941Anson CountyNorth Carolina531.5537.11%
1942Kosciusko CountyIndiana531.4554.44.1%
1943Hancock CountyOhio531.3533.70.4%
1944Little River CountyArkansas531.3563.35.7%
1945Sebastian CountyArkansas531.2544.52.4%
1946Shiawassee CountyMichigan531.1540.91.8%
1947Humphreys CountyTennessee530.8556.74.7%
1948San Augustine CountyTexas530.7592.310.4%
1949Brown CountyWisconsin530.1615.713.9%
1950Caldwell ParishLouisiana529.85412.1%
1951Lafayette CountyArkansas529.5546.13%
1952Sumner CountyTennessee529.5543.22.5%
1953Bath CountyVirginia529.2534.61%
1954Dodge CountyNebraska528.85432.6%
1955Swain CountyNorth Carolina527.7540.22.3%
1956Woodford CountyIllinois527.6542.92.8%
1957Caroline CountyVirginia527.45371.8%
1958Hampshire CountyMassachusetts527.2545.23.3%
1959Maries CountyMissouri526.9529.90.6%
1960Fulton CountyGeorgia526.9534.81.5%
1961Jefferson CountyGeorgia526.6529.70.6%
1962Jerauld CountySouth Dakota526.1532.61.2%
1963Knox CountyOhio525.5529.60.8%
1964Wayne CountyIowa525.5527.10.3%
1965Blair CountyPennsylvania525.1526.30.2%
1966Dauphin CountyPennsylvania524.9558.16%
1967Mecklenburg CountyNorth Carolina523.6546.14.1%
1968Wabasha CountyMinnesota523549.54.8%
1969Albany CountyNew York522.9533.32%
1970Niagara CountyNew York522.31,139.654.2%
1971Guernsey CountyOhio522.2528.31.1%
1972Hood River CountyOregon522.2533.42.1%
1973Morgan CountyTennessee522.2522.50.1%
1974Kanabec CountyMinnesota521.6533.72.3%
1975Yankton CountySouth Dakota521.2532.32.1%
1976Marin CountyCalifornia520.1828.237.2%
1977Henderson CountyTennessee520525.91.1%
1978Jefferson CountyMississippi519.9527.31.4%
1979Roscommon CountyMichigan519.958010.4%
1980Moody CountySouth Dakota519.4520.80.3%
1981Kane CountyIllinois519.4524.20.9%
1982Gasconade CountyMissouri5195261.3%
1983Tazewell CountyVirginia518.8519.90.2%
1984Tioga CountyNew York518.85230.8%
1985Adams CountyPennsylvania518.6521.70.6%
1986Sussex CountyNew Jersey518.5535.43.2%
1987Midland CountyMichigan518.4528.11.8%
1988Lee CountyIowa517.6538.94%
1989Putnam CountyMissouri517.3519.60.4%
1990Coal CountyOklahoma516.8521.40.9%
1991Liberty CountyGeorgia516.5602.514.3%
1992Gadsden CountyFlorida516.4528.52.3%
1993Kearney CountyNebraska516.2516.30%
1994Knox CountyIndiana515.8523.91.5%
1995Loudoun CountyVirginia515.7521.31.1%
1996Macon CountyNorth Carolina515.5519.60.8%
1997Otsego CountyMichigan515526.22.1%
1998Hamilton CountyFlorida514.3519.10.9%
1999Love CountyOklahoma513.9532.33.4%
2000Washington CountyIndiana513.7516.60.6%

Read the differences behind ranks 1901–2000

The median land area among these 100 entries is 529.621 mi². The first and last entries span 28.06 square miles. This median describes the entries on this page, not the full national dataset. Pagination is a browsing boundary, not a distinct geographic region.

A difference of one position means only that two entries are adjacent in this ordering. Their actual size difference can be tiny or substantial. Compare the measurements as well as the rank, and use the original square-meter fields when rounded labels appear equal.

Where the entries on this page are located

  • North Carolina8 entries · 8% of this page
  • Missouri7 entries · 7% of this page
  • Tennessee7 entries · 7% of this page
  • Iowa6 entries · 6% of this page
  • Michigan6 entries · 6% of this page
  • Ohio6 entries · 6% of this page

The remaining 29 jurisdictions contribute 60 entries. The list above shows the six most represented, with alphabetical ordering when counts tie.

These counts describe representation in this slice of the ranking. They do not measure a state’s share of national land or population. Compare the first and last county equivalents on this page to inspect land, water, and total area separately.

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Land rankings use original ALAND square meters; total-area rankings use ALAND + AWATER. Exact ties use ascending GEOID. Displayed square-mile values are rounded. Read the methodology.