{"entry":{"slug":"us-county-population-growth-2020-2025","kind":"dataset","title":"US county population growth, 2020–2025","description":"Compare population growth and decline across US counties from July 2020 to July 2025, then add your own service areas and notes.","topic":"Population","region":"United States","updated":"2026-11-01","preview":"/library/us-county-population-growth-2020-2025.37b4e736f653.webp","assetId":"us-county-population-growth-2020-2025","sourcePage":"https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2020s-counties-total.html","notes":["The map covers counties and county equivalents in the 50 states and the District of Columbia; it excludes Puerto Rico and other territories.","Both years use the same Vintage 2025 population series. Change compares July 1, 2020 with July 1, 2025, not the April 2020 census count.","Percentage change is the difference divided by the 2020 estimate, rounded to four decimal places. Read it with absolute change because a small starting population can produce a large percentage.","Blue shows growth and red shows decline. Select a county to read its values and colour range.","This reuses the simplified 2025 boundaries from the existing county population-density map; it does not show growth within parts of a county."],"related":["us-county-household-income-2020-2024","us-county-home-ownership-2020-2024","us-county-housing-age-2020-2024"],"preset":{"color":"#64748b","fillOpacity":0.28,"basemap":"carto","viewBounds":[-125,24,-66,50],"bounds":[-179.14671,18.91036,179.77847,71.38731]},"period":"July 2020 to July 2025","retrieved":"2026-11-01"},"asset":{"id":"us-county-population-growth-2020-2025","version":"f70fdf21071d","url":"/library/us-county-population-growth-2020-2025.f70fdf21071d.geojson","sha256":"f70fdf21071d7e7db147c6e467d915a4d0d6d54acab7e18baa89ab76d03b88f6","bytes":5233921,"featureCount":3144,"geometryTypes":["MultiPolygon","Polygon"],"source":{"name":"US Census Bureau","url":"https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2020s-counties-total.html","license":"Public domain","licenseUrl":"https://www.census.gov/about/policies/quality/data_stewardship/copyright.html","attribution":"US Census Bureau. Vintage 2025 county population estimates and 2025 cartographic county boundaries. Change calculated from July 2020 to July 2025. Prepared 1 November 2026."},"fields":[{"name":"name","description":"County or county-equivalent name."},{"name":"county_fips","description":"Five-digit Census county geographic identifier."},{"name":"population_2020","description":"July 1, 2020 population estimate from Vintage 2025."},{"name":"population_2025","description":"July 1, 2025 population estimate from Vintage 2025."},{"name":"population_change","description":"2025 estimate minus 2020 estimate."},{"name":"population_change_pct","description":"Population change divided by the 2020 estimate, as a percentage."},{"name":"value_range","description":"Display range used for the feature colour; not an additional source estimate."}]}}