US Counties With the Highest Presidential Votes Cast, 2000

3,109 US counties ranked by presidential votes cast, 2000, from highest to lowest. First are Blaine County, NE (906.49), Issaquena County, MS (859.36) and Cameron Parish, LA (801.03). The middle one of the 3,109 has 384.11.

What this measures

The total number of presidential votes cast in 2000. Source: MIT Election Data and Science Lab.

This is a count, so it is ranked per 1,000 residents. Ranked by the raw total, it would just list the biggest counties.

For most measures, a national ranking mostly sorts places by income and by how urban they are. Each county’s own page compares it with the 50 counties most like it instead, which is often the fairer view.

The 100 highest counties

More on presidential votes cast, 2000

• US Counties With the Lowest Presidential Votes Cast, 2000
• Presidential votes cast, 2000 by US county: map by year and what it goes with

A ranking describes places, not the people in them, and a high or low place does not by itself say why. All US rankings.