Most Populous County in Each State

Numbers are according to the 2020 census data.

Yes, parishes, independent cities, etc. are counted as counties in this quiz.

NYC's boroughs are counted as individual counties, rather than NYC being considered one county.

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Source: citypopulation.de

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State	Population	Answer
Alabama	674,721	Jefferson
Alaska	291,247	Anchorage
Arizona	4,420,568	Maricopa
Arkansas	399,125	Pulaski
California	10,014,009	Los Angeles
Colorado	730,395	El Paso
Connecticut	957,419	Fairfield
Delaware	570,719	New Castle
Florida	2,701,767	Miami-Dade
Georgia	1,066,710	Fulton
Hawaii	1,016,508	Honolulu
Idaho	494,467	Ada
Illinois	5,275,541	Cook
Indiana	977,203	Marion
Iowa	492,401	Polk
Kansas	609,863	Johnson
Kentucky	782,969	Jefferson
Louisiana	456,781	East Baton Rouge
Maine	303,069	Cumberland
Maryland	1,062,061	Montgomery
Massachusetts	1,632,002	Middlesex
Michigan	1,793,561	Wayne
Minnesota	1,281,565	Hennepin
Mississippi	227,742	Hinds
Missouri	1,004,125	St. Louis County

State	Population	Answer
Montana	164,731	Yellowstone
Nebraska	584,526	Douglas
Nevada	2,265,461	Clark
New Hampshire	422,937	Hillsborough
New Jersey	955,732	Bergen
New Mexico	676,444	Bernalillo
New York	2,736,074	Kings (Brooklyn)
North Carolina	1,129,410	Wake
North Dakota	184,525	Cass
Ohio	1,323,807	Franklin
Oklahoma	796,292	Oklahoma
Oregon	815,428	Multnomah
Pennsylvania	1,603,797	Philadelphia
Rhode Island	660,741	Providence
South Carolina	525,534	Greenville
South Dakota	197,214	Minnehaha
Tennessee	929,744	Shelby
Texas	4,731,145	Harris
Utah	1,185,238	Salt Lake
Vermont	168,323	Chittenden
Virginia	1,150,309	Fairfax County
Washington	2,269,675	King
West Virginia	180,745	Kanawha
Wisconsin	939,489	Milwaukee
Wyoming	100,512	Laramie