four for the core

Counties Representing the Top 10% of their State Population:

ALABAMA
Jefferson
Mobile
Madison
Baldwin
Montgomery
Tuscaloosa
Shelby

ALASKA
Anchorage
Matanuska-Susitna

ARIZONA
Maricopa
Pima

ARKANSAS
Pulaski
Benton
Washington
Sebastian
Saline
Faulkner
Craighead
Garland

CALIFORNIA
Los Angeles
San Diego
Orange
Riverside
San Bernardino
Santa Clara

COLORADO
El Paso
Denver
Arapahoe
Jefferson
Adams
Douglas
Larimer

CONNECTICUT
Fairfield

DELAWARE
New Castle

FLORIDA
Miami-Dade
Broward
Palm Beach
Hillsborough
Orange
Duval
Pinellas

GEORGIA
Fulton
Gwinnett
Cobb
DeKalb
Clayton
Chatham
Cherokee
Forsyth
Henry
Hall
Richmond
Muscogee
Paulding
Houston
Columbia
Bibb

HAWAII
Honolulu

IDAHO
Ada
Canyon
Kootenai
Bonneville
Twin Falls

ILLINOIS
Cook
DuPage
Lake
Will
Kane
McHenry
Winnebago
Madison
St. Clair
Champaign
Sangamon

INDIANA
Marion
Lake
Allen
Hamilton
St. Joseph
Elkhart
Tippecanoe
Vanderburgh
Hendricks
Porter

IOWA
Polk
Linn
Scott
Johnson
Black Hawk
Woodbury
Dallas
Story
Dubuque
Pottawattamie

KANSAS
Johnson
Sedgwick
Shawnee
Wyandotte
Douglas
Leavenworth
Riley
Butler
Reno
Saline
Crawford

KENTUCKY
Jefferson
Fayette
Kenton
Boone
Warren
Hardin
Daviess
Madison
Campbell
Bullitt
Christian
Oldham

LOUISIANA
East Baton Rouge
Jefferson
Orleans
St. Tammany
Lafayette
Caddo
Calcasieu

MAINE
Cumberland
York

MARYLAND
Montgomery
Prince George’s
Baltimore (County)

MASSACHUSETTS
Middlesex
Worcester

MICHIGAN
Wayne
Oakland
Macomb
Kent
Genesee
Washtenaw
Ottawa
Ingham
Kalamazoo

MINNESOTA
Hennepin
Ramsey
Dakota
Anoka
Washington
Saint Louis
Olmsted
Stearns
Scott

MISSISSIPPI
Hinds
Harrison
DeSoto
Rankin
Jackson
Madison
Lee
Forrest
Lauderdale

MISSOURI
Saint Louis (County)
Jackson
Saint Charles
Greene
Saint Louis (City)
Clay
Jefferson
Boone
Jasper
Cass
Platte
Franklin

MONTANA
Yellowstone
Gallatin
Missoula
Flathead
Cascade
Lewis and Clark

NEBRASKA
Douglas
Lancaster
Sarpy
Hall
Buffalo
Dodge
Scotts Bluff
Madison
Platte
Lincoln

NEVADA
Clark
Washoe

NEW HAMPSHIRE
Hillsborough

NEW JERSEY
Bergen
Middlesex
Essex

NEW MEXICO
Bernalillo
Dona Ana
Santa Fe
Sandoval

NEW YORK
Kings (Brooklyn)
Queens
New York (Manhattan)
Suffolk
Bronx
Nassau
Westchester

NORTH CAROLINA
Wake
Mecklenburg
Guilford
Forsyth
Cumberland
Durham
Buncombe
Union
Cabarrus
Gaston

NORTH DAKOTA
Cass
Burleigh
Grand Forks
Ward
Williams
Morton

OHIO
Franklin
Cuyahoga
Hamilton
Summit
Montgomery
Lucas
Butler
Stark
Lorain

OKLAHOMA
Oklahoma
Tulsa
Cleveland
Canadian
Comanche
Rogers
Wagoner
Payne

OREGON
Multnomah
Washington
Clackamas
Lane

PENNSYLVANIA
Philadelphia
Allegheny
Montgomery
Bucks
Delaware
Lancaster
Chester

RHODE ISLAND
Providence

SOUTH CAROLINA
Greenville
Richland
Charleston
Horry
Spartanburg

SOUTH DAKOTA
Minnehaha
Pennington
Lincoln
Brown
Brookings
Meade
Codington

TENNESSEE
Shelby
Davidson
Knox
Hamilton
Rutherford
Williamson
Montgomery
Sumner
Sullivan
Wilson

TEXAS
Harris
Dallas
Tarrant
Bexar
Travis
Collin
Denton
Hidalgo
El Paso
Fort Bend
Montgomery
Williamson
Cameron
Brazoria
Bell
Galveston
Nueces
Lubbock
Webb
McLennan
Hays
Jefferson
Smith
Brazos
Ellis
Johnson

UTAH
Salt Lake
Utah
Davis

VERMONT
Chittenden
Rutland

VIRGINIA
Fairfax
Prince William
Loudoun
Chesterfield
Henrico
Arlington County
Stafford
Spotsylvania
Albemarle
Hanover
Montgomery
Roanoke County
Frederick
Rockingham
Virginia Beach City

WASHINGTON
King
Pierce
Snohomish
Spokane

WEST VIRGINIA
Kanawha
Berkeley
Monongalia
Cabell
Wood
Raleigh

WISCONSIN
Milwaukee
Dane
Waukesha
Brown
Racine
Outagamie
Winnebago
Kenosha

WYOMING
Laramie
Natrona
Campbell