Total Population in Essex County, MA
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
813,054
Rank #78/3,222 · #3 in MA
98th
Essex 813,054
MA 7,044,056 -88.5%
US 330M
Total Population Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Population Change
National Distribution
How Essex County's total population of 813,054 compares to all 3,222 U.S. counties. Values range from 33 to 9,808,667.
Distribution of Total Population Across All Counties
Ranking Context
Counties ranked closest to Essex County for total population.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #75 | Hamilton County, OH | 830,774 |
| #76 | San Francisco County, CA | 830,235 |
| #77 | Lee County, FL | 817,666 |
| #78 | Essex County, MA | 813,054 |
| #79 | Oklahoma County, OK | 806,199 |
| #80 | Multnomah County, OR | 801,477 |
| #81 | San Joaquin County, CA | 797,334 |
About Total Population
Essex County, Massachusetts has a total population of 813,054, ranking #78 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 99.8% below the national value of 330M. Within Massachusetts, it ranks #3 of 14. This places it in the 98th percentile nationally.
Total population count from the American Community Survey. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2024 5-Year Estimates. All values are estimates derived from survey samples and are subject to margin of error. For more information, see our methodology.