Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of the most populous counties in the United States


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The list was promoted 21:51, 5 February 2008.

List of the most populous counties in the United States
Self-nom. There's an unsigned comment on the discussion page suggesting putting population density on the list too, which would be interesting, except that the Census Bureau doesn't provide it and I haven't been able to find it anywhere else for the July 1, 2006 update. So it would be OR. Geraldk (talk) 00:22, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Population density would be simple math; the areas of the counties are known and stable, so from there it's simple division. However I'm not sure if such a thing is needed. --Golbez (talk) 23:50, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
 * I'd really like for the list to note somehow, maybe in a footnote, those counties that are consolidated city-counties (the ones on this list would be the City and County of Honolulu and the City and County of San Francisco). --Golbez (talk) 23:53, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
 * I did you one better and included it in the lead. Let me know what you think. Geraldk (talk) 02:09, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Nice. That said, "County Seat or Courthouse"; in which counties is the courthouse used instead of the seat? I suspect this applies only to the consolidated city-counties, the independent city, and New York City, but this could be spelled out a little more. --Golbez (talk) 04:34, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
 * I've tried to address that in the lead as well. Geraldk (talk) 21:43, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Can I oppose this until a suitable image of Chicago or Cook County is included?--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTD) 22:46, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
 * I agree, with lists such as these it makes sense if the first three on the list are represented. Also, the captions need work, switching between "United States" and "America". "America" is probably not a preferred term. --Golbez (talk) 22:48, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Done and done. Geraldk (talk) 23:51, 24 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Thus, Support. --Golbez (talk) 01:14, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Support--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTD) 16:15, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment Although the article passes in my mind as it is, this is one that could be tremendously improved with double image or triple image along the side instead of single image. Then, even cities like Buffalo, New York could have images because you could have two or three times as many.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTD) 16:21, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Support BencherliteTalk 00:41, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Support. However, I have a quibble with the Census data on which it is based. Specifically, I was surprised to see that Davidson County, Tennessee was not on the list, since I recalled that its population was well within the range of the listed counties. Sure enough, it seems that Davidson County appealed its 2005 estimate and got its 2005 population estimate increased from 575,261 to 607,413. That 2005 revised estimate would put Davidson County on the list at number 97. However, the Census Bureau's list of 2006 estimates gives the 2005 estimate as 574,395 (lower than both the original value and the revised value) and the 2006 value as only 578,698, all suggesting to me that these annual estimates are not particularly solid and stable. All things considered, I think I might like this table better if it included stable information (i.e., the top 100 counties from the 2000 Census and their Census populations) in addition to the somewhat ephemeral estimates from 2006. --Orlady (talk) 18:59, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
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