Locations of the Nation's Declining and Growing Counties, 1940-1970
| County |
State |
Declining or Growing |
| Autauga County |
AL |
Growing |
| Baldwin County |
AL |
Growing |
| Barbour County |
AL |
Declining |
| Bibb County |
AL |
Declining |
| Blount County |
AL |
Declining |
| Bullock County |
AL |
Declining |
| Butler County |
AL |
Declining |
| Calhoun County |
AL |
Growing |
| Chambers County |
AL |
Declining |
| Cherokee County |
AL |
Declining |
| Chilton County |
AL |
Declining |
| Choctaw County |
AL |
Declining |
| Clarke County |
AL |
Declining |
| Clay County |
AL |
Declining |
| Cleburne County |
AL |
Declining |
| Coffee County |
AL |
Growing |
| Colbert County |
AL |
Growing |
| Conecuh County |
AL |
Declining |
| Coosa County |
AL |
Declining |
| Covington County |
AL |
Declining |
| Crenshaw County |
AL |
Declining |
| Cullman County |
AL |
Growing |
| Dale County |
AL |
Growing |
| Dallas County |
AL |
Growing |
| DeKalb County |
AL |
Declining |
| Elmore County |
AL |
Declining |
| Escambia County |
AL |
Growing |
| Etowah County |
AL |
Growing |
| Fayette County |
AL |
Declining |
| Franklin County |
AL |
Declining |
| Geneva County |
AL |
Declining |
| Greene County |
AL |
Declining |
| Hale County |
AL |
Declining |
| Henry County |
AL |
Declining |
| Houston County |
AL |
Growing |
| Jackson County |
AL |
Declining |
| Jefferson County |
AL |
Growing |
| Lamar County |
AL |
Declining |
| Lauderdale County |
AL |
Growing |
| Lawrence County |
AL |
Declining |
| Lee County |
AL |
Growing |
| Limestone County |
AL |
Growing |
| Lowndes County |
AL |
Declining |
| Macon County |
AL |
Declining |
| Madison County |
AL |
Growing |
| Marengo County |
AL |
Declining |
| Marion County |
AL |
Declining |
| Marshall County |
AL |
Growing |
| Mobile County |
AL |
Growing |
| Monroe County |
AL |
Declining |
| Montgomery County |
AL |
Growing |
| Morgan County |
AL |
Growing |
| Perry County |
AL |
Declining |
| Pickens County |
AL |
Declining |
| Pike County |
AL |
Declining |
| Randolph County |
AL |
Declining |
| Russell County |
AL |
Growing |
| St. Clair County |
AL |
Growing |
| Shelby County |
AL |
Growing |
| Sumter County |
AL |
Declining |
| Talladega County |
AL |
Growing |
| Tallapoosa County |
AL |
Declining |
| Tuscaloosa County |
AL |
Growing |
| Walker County |
AL |
Declining |
| Washington County |
AL |
Growing |
| Wilcox County |
AL |
Declining |
| Winston County |
AL |
Declining |
| Aleutians East Borough |
AK |
Not applicable |
| Aleutians West Census Area |
AK |
Not applicable |
| Anchorage Borough |
AK |
Not applicable |
| Bethel Census Area |
AK |
Not applicable |
| Bristol Bay Borough |
AK |
Not applicable |
| Denali Borough |
AK |
Not applicable |
| Dillingham Census Area |
AK |
Not applicable |
| Fairbanks North Star Borough |
AK |
Not applicable |
| Haines Borough |
AK |
Not applicable |
| Juneau Borough |
AK |
Not applicable |
| Kenai Peninsula Borough |
AK |
Not applicable |
| Ketchikan Gateway Borough |
AK |
Not applicable |
| Kodiak Island Borough |
AK |
Not applicable |
| Lake and Peninsula Borough |
AK |
Not applicable |
| Matanuska-Susitna Borough |
AK |
Not applicable |
| Nome Census Area |
AK |
Not applicable |
| North Slope Borough |
AK |
Not applicable |
| Northwest Arctic Borough |
AK |
Not applicable |
| Prince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan Census Area |
AK |
Not applicable |
| Sitka Borough |
AK |
Not applicable |
| Skagway-Hoonah-Angoon Census Area |
AK |
Not applicable |
| Southeast Fairbanks Census Area |
AK |
Not applicable |
| Valdez-Cordova Census Area |
AK |
Not applicable |
| Wade Hampton Census Area |
AK |
Not applicable |
| Wrangell-Petersburg Census Area |
AK |
Not applicable |
| Yakutat Borough |
AK |
Not applicable |
| Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area |
AK |
Not applicable |
| Apache County |
AZ |
Growing |
| Cochise County |
AZ |
Growing |
| Coconino County |
AZ |
Growing |
| Gila County |
AZ |
Growing |
| Graham County |
AZ |
Growing |
| Greenlee County |
AZ |
Growing |
| La Paz County |
AZ |
Growing |
| Maricopa County |
AZ |
Growing |
| Mohave County |
AZ |
Growing |
| Navajo County |
AZ |
Growing |
| Pima County |
AZ |
Growing |
| Pinal County |
AZ |
Growing |
| Santa Cruz County |
AZ |
Growing |
| Yavapai County |
AZ |
Growing |
| Yuma County |
AZ |
Growing |
| Arkansas County |
AR |
Declining |
| Ashley County |
AR |
Declining |
| Baxter County |
AR |
Growing |
| Benton County |
AR |
Growing |
| Boone County |
AR |
Growing |
| Bradley County |
AR |
Declining |
| Calhoun County |
AR |
Declining |
| Carroll County |
AR |
Declining |
| Chicot County |
AR |
Declining |
| Clark County |
AR |
Declining |
| Clay County |
AR |
Declining |
| Cleburne County |
AR |
Declining |
| Cleveland County |
AR |
Declining |
| Columbia County |
AR |
Declining |
| Conway County |
AR |
Declining |
| Craighead County |
AR |
Growing |
| Crawford County |
AR |
Growing |
| Crittenden County |
AR |
Growing |
| Cross County |
AR |
Declining |
| Dallas County |
AR |
Declining |
| Desha County |
AR |
Declining |
| Drew County |
AR |
Declining |
| Faulkner County |
AR |
Growing |
| Franklin County |
AR |
Declining |
| Fulton County |
AR |
Declining |
| Garland County |
AR |
Growing |
| Grant County |
AR |
Declining |
| Greene County |
AR |
Declining |
| Hempstead County |
AR |
Declining |
| Hot Spring County |
AR |
Growing |
| Howard County |
AR |
Declining |
| Independence County |
AR |
Declining |
| Izard County |
AR |
Declining |
| Jackson County |
AR |
Declining |
| Jefferson County |
AR |
Growing |
| Johnson County |
AR |
Declining |
| Lafayette County |
AR |
Declining |
| Lawrence County |
AR |
Declining |
| Lee County |
AR |
Declining |
| Lincoln County |
AR |
Declining |
| Little River County |
AR |
Declining |
| Logan County |
AR |
Declining |
| Lonoke County |
AR |
Declining |
| Madison County |
AR |
Declining |
| Marion County |
AR |
Declining |
| Miller County |
AR |
Growing |
| Mississippi County |
AR |
Declining |
| Monroe County |
AR |
Declining |
| Montgomery County |
AR |
Declining |
| Nevada County |
AR |
Declining |
| Newton County |
AR |
Declining |
| Ouachita County |
AR |
Declining |
| Perry County |
AR |
Declining |
| Phillips County |
AR |
Declining |
| Pike County |
AR |
Declining |
| Poinsett County |
AR |
Declining |
| Polk County |
AR |
Declining |
| Pope County |
AR |
Growing |
| Prairie County |
AR |
Declining |
| Pulaski County |
AR |
Growing |
| Randolph County |
AR |
Declining |
| St. Francis County |
AR |
Declining |
| Saline County |
AR |
Growing |
| Scott County |
AR |
Declining |
| Searcy County |
AR |
Declining |
| Sebastian County |
AR |
Growing |
| Sevier County |
AR |
Declining |
| Sharp County |
AR |
Declining |
| Stone County |
AR |
Declining |
| Union County |
AR |
Declining |
| Van Buren County |
AR |
Declining |
| Washington County |
AR |
Growing |
| White County |
AR |
Growing |
| Woodruff County |
AR |
Declining |
| Yell County |
AR |
Declining |
| Alameda County |
CA |
Growing |
| Alpine County |
CA |
Growing |
| Amador County |
CA |
Growing |
| Butte County |
CA |
Growing |
| Calaveras County |
CA |
Growing |
| Colusa County |
CA |
Growing |
| Contra Costa County |
CA |
Growing |
| Del Norte County |
CA |
Growing |
| El Dorado County |
CA |
Growing |
| Fresno County |
CA |
Growing |
| Glenn County |
CA |
Growing |
| Humboldt County |
CA |
Growing |
| Imperial County |
CA |
Growing |
| Inyo County |
CA |
Growing |
| Kern County |
CA |
Growing |
| Kings County |
CA |
Growing |
| Lake County |
CA |
Growing |
| Lassen County |
CA |
Growing |
| Los Angeles County |
CA |
Growing |
| Madera County |
CA |
Growing |
| Marin County |
CA |
Growing |
| Mariposa County |
CA |
Growing |
| Mendocino County |
CA |
Growing |
| Merced County |
CA |
Growing |
| Modoc County |
CA |
Declining |
| Mono County |
CA |
Growing |
| Monterey County |
CA |
Growing |
| Napa County |
CA |
Growing |
| Nevada County |
CA |
Growing |
| Orange County |
CA |
Growing |
| Placer County |
CA |
Growing |
| Plumas County |
CA |
Growing |
| Riverside County |
CA |
Growing |
| Sacramento County |
CA |
Growing |
| San Benito County |
CA |
Growing |
| San Bernardino County |
CA |
Growing |
| San Diego County |
CA |
Growing |
| San Francisco County |
CA |
Growing |
| San Joaquin County |
CA |
Growing |
| San Luis Obispo County |
CA |
Growing |
| San Mateo County |
CA |
Growing |
| Santa Barbara County |
CA |
Growing |
| Santa Clara County |
CA |
Growing |
| Santa Cruz County |
CA |
Growing |
| Shasta County |
CA |
Growing |
| Sierra County |
CA |
Declining |
| Siskiyou County |
CA |
Growing |
| Solano County |
CA |
Growing |
| Sonoma County |
CA |
Growing |
| Stanislaus County |
CA |
Growing |
| Sutter County |
CA |
Growing |
| Tehama County |
CA |
Growing |
| Trinity County |
CA |
Growing |
| Tulare County |
CA |
Growing |
| Tuolumne County |
CA |
Growing |
| Ventura County |
CA |
Growing |
| Yolo County |
CA |
Growing |
| Yuba County |
CA |
Growing |
| Adams County |
CO |
Growing |
| Alamosa County |
CO |
Growing |
| Arapahoe County |
CO |
Growing |
| Archuleta County |
CO |
Declining |
| Baca County |
CO |
Declining |
| Bent County |
CO |
Declining |
| Boulder County |
CO |
Growing |
| Chaffee County |
CO |
Growing |
| Cheyenne County |
CO |
Declining |
| Clear Creek County |
CO |
Growing |
| Conejos County |
CO |
Declining |
| Costilla County |
CO |
Declining |
| Crowley County |
CO |
Declining |
| Custer County |
CO |
Declining |
| Delta County |
CO |
Declining |
| Denver County |
CO |
Growing |
| Dolores County |
CO |
Declining |
| Douglas County |
CO |
Growing |
| Eagle County |
CO |
Growing |
| Elbert County |
CO |
Declining |
| El Paso County |
CO |
Growing |
| Fremont County |
CO |
Growing |
| Garfield County |
CO |
Growing |
| Gilpin County |
CO |
Declining |
| Grand County |
CO |
Growing |
| Gunnison County |
CO |
Growing |
| Hinsdale County |
CO |
Declining |
| Huerfano County |
CO |
Declining |
| Jackson County |
CO |
Growing |
| Jefferson County |
CO |
Growing |
| Kiowa County |
CO |
Declining |
| Kit Carson County |
CO |
Growing |
| Lake County |
CO |
Growing |
| La Plata County |
CO |
Growing |
| Larimer County |
CO |
Growing |
| Las Animas County |
CO |
Declining |
| Lincoln County |
CO |
Declining |
| Logan County |
CO |
Growing |
| Mesa County |
CO |
Growing |
| Mineral County |
CO |
Declining |
| Moffat County |
CO |
Growing |
| Montezuma County |
CO |
Growing |
| Montrose County |
CO |
Growing |
| Morgan County |
CO |
Growing |
| Otero County |
CO |
Declining |
| Ouray County |
CO |
Declining |
| Park County |
CO |
Declining |
| Phillips County |
CO |
Declining |
| Pitkin County |
CO |
Growing |
| Prowers County |
CO |
Growing |
| Pueblo County |
CO |
Growing |
| Rio Blanco County |
CO |
Growing |
| Rio Grande County |
CO |
Declining |
| Routt County |
CO |
Declining |
| Saguache County |
CO |
Declining |
| San Juan County |
CO |
Declining |
| San Miguel County |
CO |
Declining |
| Sedgwick County |
CO |
Declining |
| Summit County |
CO |
Growing |
| Teller County |
CO |
Declining |
| Washington County |
CO |
Declining |
| Weld County |
CO |
Growing |
| Yuma County |
CO |
Declining |
| Fairfield County |
CT |
Growing |
| Hartford County |
CT |
Growing |
| Litchfield County |
CT |
Growing |
| Middlesex County |
CT |
Growing |
| New Haven County |
CT |
Growing |
| New London County |
CT |
Growing |
| Tolland County |
CT |
Growing |
| Windham County |
CT |
Growing |
| Kent County |
DE |
Growing |
| New Castle County |
DE |
Growing |
| Sussex County |
DE |
Growing |
| District of Columbia |
DC |
Growing |
| Alachua County |
FL |
Growing |
| Baker County |
FL |
Growing |
| Bay County |
FL |
Growing |
| Bradford County |
FL |
Growing |
| Brevard County |
FL |
Growing |
| Broward County |
FL |
Growing |
| Calhoun County |
FL |
Declining |
| Charlotte County |
FL |
Growing |
| Citrus County |
FL |
Growing |
| Clay County |
FL |
Growing |
| Collier County |
FL |
Growing |
| Columbia County |
FL |
Growing |
| DeSoto County |
FL |
Growing |
| Dixie County |
FL |
Declining |
| Duval County |
FL |
Growing |
| Escambia County |
FL |
Growing |
| Flagler County |
FL |
Growing |
| Franklin County |
FL |
Growing |
| Gadsden County |
FL |
Growing |
| Gilchrist County |
FL |
Declining |
| Glades County |
FL |
Growing |
| Gulf County |
FL |
Growing |
| Hamilton County |
FL |
Declining |
| Hardee County |
FL |
Growing |
| Hendry County |
FL |
Growing |
| Hernando County |
FL |
Growing |
| Highlands County |
FL |
Growing |
| Hillsborough County |
FL |
Growing |
| Holmes County |
FL |
Declining |
| Indian River County |
FL |
Growing |
| Jackson County |
FL |
Growing |
| Jefferson County |
FL |
Declining |
| Lafayette County |
FL |
Declining |
| Lake County |
FL |
Growing |
| Lee County |
FL |
Growing |
| Leon County |
FL |
Growing |
| Levy County |
FL |
Growing |
| Liberty County |
FL |
Declining |
| Madison County |
FL |
Declining |
| Manatee County |
FL |
Growing |
| Marion County |
FL |
Growing |
| Martin County |
FL |
Growing |
| Miami-Dade County |
FL |
Growing |
| Monroe County |
FL |
Growing |
| Nassau County |
FL |
Growing |
| Okaloosa County |
FL |
Growing |
| Okeechobee County |
FL |
Growing |
| Orange County |
FL |
Growing |
| Osceola County |
FL |
Growing |
| Palm Beach County |
FL |
Growing |
| Pasco County |
FL |
Growing |
| Pinellas County |
FL |
Growing |
| Polk County |
FL |
Growing |
| Putnam County |
FL |
Growing |
| St. Johns County |
FL |
Growing |
| St. Lucie County |
FL |
Growing |
| Santa Rosa County |
FL |
Growing |
| Sarasota County |
FL |
Growing |
| Seminole County |
FL |
Growing |
| Sumter County |
FL |
Growing |
| Suwannee County |
FL |
Declining |
| Taylor County |
FL |
Growing |
| Union County |
FL |
Growing |
| Volusia County |
FL |
Growing |
| Wakulla County |
FL |
Growing |
| Walton County |
FL |
Growing |
| Washington County |
FL |
Declining |
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