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The 100 county equivalents in the U.S. territories are not on this map. There are 3,244 counties and county equivalents in the United States. [1] [2] [a] The 50 states of the United States are divided into 3,007 political subdivisions of states called counties. [3]
The Territory of American Samoa has 14 counties; however, these counties are not counted by the U.S. Census Bureau (they are treated as minor civil divisions). [2] The U.S. Census Bureau counts the 3 districts and 2 atolls of American Samoa as county-equivalents. [1] [2] Eastern District, American Samoa; Manu'a District, American Samoa
A map of the counties and county equivalents of the United States. The 100 most populous counties are highlighted, with counties having more than one million residents in orange and counties having fewer than one million residents in green, based on the results of the April 1, 2020 United States census.
English: Map of US counties from Census Bureau. Date: June 2011: Source: ... This image or file is a work of a United States Census Bureau employee, ...
The newest county in the United States is the city and county of Broomfield, Colorado, established in 2001 as a consolidated city-county, previously part of four counties. [ 17 ] [ 18 ] The newest county equivalents are the Alaskan census areas of Chugach and Copper River , both established in 2019, [ 19 ] and the Alaskan boroughs of Petersburg ...
Yukon–Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, the largest county or county-equivalent by land area in the United States Kingman Reef, U.S. Minor Outlying Islands , the smallest county or county-equivalent by land area in the United States
U.S. Census Bureau regions and divisions. Since 1950, the United States Census Bureau defines four statistical regions, with nine divisions. [1] [2] The Census Bureau region definition is "widely used ... for data collection and analysis", [3] and is the most commonly used classification system.
The list is based upon the total area of a county, both land and water surface, reported by the United States Census Bureau during the 2000 Census. [1] Alaska and Louisiana are not divided into counties. A different ranking becomes apparent when comparing county areas by land area alone as opposed to total area.