SQL Top 10 Counties by Population | Dataford Interview Questions

Write a SQL query to retrieve the top 10 counties by population from a dataset.

Use the counties table. Include only counties with a recorded population.

Output

One row per county
Columns: county_name, population
Return the 10 largest populations, ordered from highest to lowest, with county name ascending as the tie-breaker.

counties

Column	Type	Description
county_idPK	INT	Unique identifier for the county
county_name	VARCHAR(100)	County name
population	BIGINT	Recorded county population

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Write a SQL query to retrieve the top 10 counties by population from a dataset.

Use the counties table. Include only counties with a recorded population.

One row per county
Columns: county_name, population
Return the 10 largest populations, ordered from highest to lowest, with county name ascending as the tie-breaker.

counties

Column	Type	Description
county_idPK	INT	Unique identifier for the county
county_name	VARCHAR(100)	County name
population	BIGINT	Recorded county population

Your question is SQL Top 10 Counties by Population. Start with the requirements and the one table in the Question tab.

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