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US counties by female population share, 2025

Pulaski County had the highest female population share of 3144 counties in 2025, at 57.9%. Crowley County had the lowest, at 25.7%. The median was 50.3% and the figure for the United States was 50.9%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest57.9Pulaski County
Lowest25.7Crowley County
Median50.33144 counties
United States50.9History

Top 40 counties, 2025

Pulaski County: 57.9 %Pulaski County57.9Falls County: 55.9 %Falls County55.9San Saba County: 55.7 %San Saba County55.7Pickens County: 55.6 %Pickens County55.6Livingston County: 54.9 %Livingston County54.9Dougherty County: 54.7 %Dougherty County54.7Summers County: 54.7 %Summers County54.7Petersburg city: 54.7 %Petersburg city54.7Franklin city: 54.5 %Franklin city54.5Macon County: 54.4 %Macon County54.4Danville city: 54.2 %Danville city54.2Norton city: 54 %Norton city54Emporia city: 54 %Emporia city54Radford city: 54 %Radford city54Sumter County: 54 %Sumter County54Bolivar County: 54 %Bolivar County54Claiborne County: 53.9 %Claiborne County53.9Washington County: 53.8 %Washington County53.8Webster County: 53.8 %Webster County53.8Hampshire County: 53.8 %Hampshire County53.8Orangeburg County: 53.7 %Orangeburg County53.7Niobrara County: 53.7 %Niobrara County53.7Baltimore city: 53.7 %Baltimore city53.7Hopewell city: 53.7 %Hopewell city53.7Kalawao County: 53.7 %Kalawao County53.7Marion County: 53.7 %Marion County53.7Dillon County: 53.6 %Dillon County53.6Staunton city: 53.6 %Staunton city53.6Greenwood County: 53.6 %Greenwood County53.6Madison Parish: 53.6 %Madison Parish53.6Perry County: 53.6 %Perry County53.6Humphreys County: 53.6 %Humphreys County53.6Lancaster County: 53.6 %Lancaster County53.6Fluvanna County: 53.6 %Fluvanna County53.6Greene County: 53.6 %Greene County53.6Colonial Heights city: 53.6 %Colonial Heights city53.6Hertford County: 53.5 %Hertford County53.5Rockdale County: 53.5 %Rockdale County53.5Lynchburg city: 53.5 %Lynchburg city53.5Florence County: 53.5 %Florence County53.5
%. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2025 (%)Change on 2024
1Pulaski County57.9+0.1 pts
2Falls County55.9+0.2 pts
3San Saba County55.7+0.1 pts
4Pickens County55.6-0.3 pts
5Livingston County54.9-0.1 pts
6Dougherty County54.7-0.1 pts
7Summers County54.7-0.1 pts
8Petersburg city54.7+0.1 pts
9Franklin city54.5-0.5 pts
10Macon County54.4-0 pts
11Danville city54.2+0.1 pts
12Norton city540 pts
13Emporia city54+0.2 pts
14Radford city54+0.1 pts
15Sumter County54-0.2 pts
16Bolivar County54+0.1 pts
17Claiborne County53.9+0.2 pts
18Washington County53.80 pts
19Webster County53.8+0.2 pts
20Hampshire County53.8+0.1 pts
21Orangeburg County53.7+0.2 pts
22Niobrara County53.7-0.3 pts
23Baltimore city53.7+0.1 pts
24Hopewell city53.7-0.3 pts
25Kalawao County53.7+3.7 pts
26Marion County53.7+0.1 pts
27Dillon County53.60 pts
28Staunton city53.6+0.1 pts
29Greenwood County53.6+0.1 pts
30Madison Parish53.6+0.1 pts
31Perry County53.6+0.1 pts
32Humphreys County53.6-0.1 pts
33Lancaster County53.60 pts
34Fluvanna County53.6-0.1 pts
35Greene County53.6-0.3 pts
36Colonial Heights city53.6-0 pts
37Hertford County53.5-0 pts
38Rockdale County53.5+0.1 pts
39Lynchburg city53.5+0.1 pts
40Florence County53.5+0.1 pts
41Marengo County53.4+0.2 pts
42Henry County53.4+0.1 pts
43Newton County53.40 pts
44Martin County53.4-0.1 pts
45Pitt County53.40 pts
46District of Columbia53.30 pts
47Hinds County53.3+0.1 pts
48Montgomery County53.30 pts
49Edgecombe County53.30 pts
50Martinsville city53.3-0.2 pts
51Clayton County53.3+0.1 pts
52Phillips County53.2-0.1 pts
53Bibb County53.20 pts
53Dallas County53.2+0.1 pts
55Vance County53.2+0.1 pts
56Attala County53.2+0.5 pts
57Pike County53.2-0.2 pts
58Towns County53.2+0.2 pts
59Orleans Parish53.2+0.1 pts
60Clay County53.2-0.1 pts
61Bronx County53.2-0 pts
62Salem city53.2+0.3 pts
63Leon County53.1-0 pts
64Richmond city53.10 pts
65Darlington County53.10 pts
65Douglas County53.1+0.1 pts
67Sharkey County53.1+0.1 pts
68Jefferson County53.10 pts
69Clarke County53.10 pts
70Tunica County53.1-0.2 pts
71Butler County53.10 pts
72Monroe County53.1+0.4 pts
73Haywood County53.1+0.1 pts
74Crittenden County53+0.1 pts
75McDuffie County530 pts
76Grenada County53-0.2 pts
77Bamberg County53+0.4 pts
78Caddo Parish53+0.1 pts
79Northampton County530 pts
80Williamsburg city53-0 pts
81Baltimore County530 pts
82New York County53+0.1 pts
83Forsyth County52.90 pts
84Guilford County52.90 pts
85Henrico County52.9-0 pts
86Warren County52.9+0.2 pts
87Habersham County52.9+0.2 pts
88Georgetown County52.90 pts
89Thomas County52.90 pts
90DeKalb County52.9-0 pts
91Goochland County52.9-0 pts
92Forrest County52.90 pts
93Ouachita Parish52.9+0.2 pts
94Shelby County52.90 pts
95Randolph County52.9-0.1 pts
96Lawrence County52.9+0.4 pts
97New Hanover County52.9+0.1 pts
98Elbert County52.8+0.2 pts
98Philadelphia County52.80 pts
100Ben Hill County52.8-0.1 pts
101Spalding County52.80 pts
102Neshoba County52.8-0 pts
103Early County52.8+0.1 pts
104Chowan County52.70 pts
105Hale County52.7+0.2 pts
106Warren County52.7+0.4 pts
107Muscogee County52.70 pts
108Throckmorton County52.7+1.1 pts
109Essex County52.7+0.3 pts
110Jefferson Davis County52.70 pts
111Lenoir County52.7-0 pts
112Hampton city52.7+0.1 pts
113Wilson County52.7-0 pts
114Charles County52.6-0 pts
115Clark County52.60 pts
115Miller County52.6-0.2 pts
117Audrain County52.6+0.2 pts
118Worth County52.6-0 pts
119McIntosh County52.6+0.2 pts
120Suffolk County52.6+0.1 pts
121Anson County52.6+0.5 pts
122Kings County52.60 pts
123Russell County52.6-0 pts
124Glynn County52.6+0.1 pts
125Richland County52.60 pts
126Albemarle County52.6+0.1 pts
127Orange County52.60 pts
128Wayne County52.6+0.3 pts
129Talbot County52.6+0.1 pts
130Mobile County52.60 pts
131Borden County52.6+0.8 pts
132Collingsworth County52.6-0.3 pts
133Chambers County52.6+0.2 pts
134Brunswick County52.50 pts
134Twiggs County52.5+0.2 pts
136St. Louis County52.50 pts
137Lamar County52.50 pts
138DeSoto County52.50 pts
138Noxubee County52.5+0.1 pts
140Clay County52.5+0.5 pts
141Nash County52.5+0.1 pts
142East Baton Rouge Parish52.5-0 pts
143Charlottesville city52.50 pts
144Kent County52.5+0.7 pts
145Santa Cruz County52.5-0 pts
146Clarke County52.5-0 pts
147Emanuel County52.5-0.1 pts
148Madison County52.5-0.1 pts
149Desha County52.5-0.3 pts
150Clarke County52.50 pts
151Washington County52.5-0.1 pts
152Pemiscot County52.5+0.2 pts
153Columbia County52.5-0.1 pts
154Menominee County52.5-0.3 pts
155Macon County52.5+0.1 pts
156Northampton County52.5+0.2 pts
157St. James Parish52.50 pts
158Lee County52.50 pts
159Newton County52.4-0.1 pts
160Wicomico County52.4-0 pts
161Colbert County52.4+0.1 pts
162Galax city52.4-0.1 pts
163Pointe Coupee Parish52.4+0.1 pts
164Hart County52.4+0.1 pts
165Kent County52.4+0.1 pts
166Brooks County52.4-0 pts
166Toombs County52.4+0.1 pts
168Robeson County52.40 pts
169Crisp County52.40 pts
170Conecuh County52.4+0.2 pts
171Stonewall County52.4+0.2 pts
172New Madrid County52.4-0.1 pts
172Roanoke city52.4-0.1 pts
174Prince George's County52.4-0.1 pts
175Pike County52.4+0.1 pts
176Montgomery County52.4-0 pts
177Parke County52.3+0.3 pts
178Houston County52.30 pts
179Beaufort County52.3+0.1 pts
179Lincoln County52.3+0.2 pts
181Chatham County52.30 pts
182Roanoke County52.3-0 pts
183Dorchester County52.3-0 pts
184Choctaw County52.3+0.3 pts
185Lauderdale County52.3+0.1 pts
185St. John the Baptist Parish52.3+0.2 pts
187Tift County52.3-0.1 pts
187Wilcox County52.3-0.3 pts
189Durham County52.30 pts
190Leflore County52.30 pts
191Madison County52.3-0 pts
192Sumter County52.3+0.1 pts
193Chesterfield County52.3+0.1 pts
194Sarasota County52.3-0 pts
195Bristol city52.3-0.2 pts
196Fredericksburg city52.3-0.1 pts
197Union County52.3-0.1 pts
198Clark County52.3+1 pts
199Upson County52.3-0.2 pts
200Barnstable County52.30 pts
201Covington County52.3+0.2 pts
202Pulaski County52.20 pts
203Lauderdale County52.2-0 pts
204Comanche County52.2+0.8 pts
205Tuscaloosa County52.2-0 pts
206Peach County52.2-0.1 pts
207Alamance County52.2-0.2 pts
207Laurens County52.20 pts
209Panola County52.2+0.2 pts
210Polk County52.2-0.1 pts
211Lowndes County52.20 pts
211McKinley County52.2+0.2 pts
213Fairfield County52.2+0.2 pts
214Aiken County52.2-0 pts
215Monroe County52.2-0.1 pts
216Wilkes County52.20 pts
217Cottle County52.2+0.7 pts
218Seminole County52.2+0.1 pts
219Cuyahoga County52.2-0 pts
220South Central Connecticut Planning Region52.2-0 pts
221Henderson County52.2+0.1 pts
222Harlan County52.2+0.2 pts
223Bladen County52.20 pts
224Copiah County52.2+0.1 pts
224Ouachita County52.2-0 pts
226Covington County52.2-0 pts
227Kent County52.2+0.1 pts
228Delaware County52.2+0.1 pts
229Westchester County52.20 pts
230San Augustine County52.2-0.1 pts
231Nacogdoches County52.1-0 pts
232Yolo County52.1+0.1 pts
233Richmond County52.10 pts
234Chester County52.1+0.1 pts
235Flagler County52.10 pts
235Horry County52.10 pts
237Person County52.1+0.1 pts
238Monroe County52.1+0.1 pts
239Burke County52.10 pts
239Greater Bridgeport Planning Region52.1-0 pts
241Otsego County52.1-0 pts
242James City County52.1-0 pts
243Chatham County52.1+0.1 pts
244Autauga County52.1+0.1 pts
245Webster Parish52.1+0.1 pts
246Calhoun County52.10 pts
247Lowndes County52.1+0.1 pts
248Portsmouth city52.1+0.1 pts
249Ashley County52.10 pts
249Barnwell County52.10 pts

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About this ranking

Female residents as a percentage of total population on 1 July. United States: Census Bureau county population estimates by sex; states and the nation are sums of their counties.

Counties with large prisons or military bases can have low shares.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

U.S. Census Bureau. Population Estimates Program, county population by age and sex: female residents as a percentage of the total on 1 July, 2010 to 2019 from the 2010 to 2020 intercensal file and 2020 onwards from the latest vintage; states and the nation summed from counties. https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/data-sets.html. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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Which county has the highest female population share?

Pulaski County, with 57.9% in 2025, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest female population share?

Crowley County, with 25.7% in 2025.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, county population by age and sex: female residents as a percentage of the total on 1 July, 2010 to 2019 from the 2010 to 2020 intercensal file and 2020 onwards from the latest vintage; states and the nation summed from counties. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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