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This is the number of counties and county-equivalents for each state, the District of Columbia, the 5 inhabited territories of the United States, and the U.S. Minor Outlying Islands. Texas has 254 counties, the most of any state Delaware has three counties, the fewest of any state
In the United States, a county or county equivalent is an administrative or political subdivision of a U.S. state or other territories of the United States which consists of a geographic area with specific boundaries and usually some level of governmental authority. [3]
As the United States grew in size and complexity, decision-making authority for issues such as business regulation, taxation, environmental regulation moved to state governments and the national government, while local governments retained control over such matters as zoning issues, property taxes, and public parks.
The following is a list of the 3,143 counties and county-equivalents in the 50 states and District of Columbia sorted by U.S. state, plus an additional 100 county-equivalents in the U.S. territories sorted by territory. [1] [2]
This is a list of the 100 most populous of the 3,144 counties in the United States based on the national decennial US census conducted on April 1, 2020, and vintage Census population estimates for July 1, 2023. [1] Many of the counties on the list include major cities or metropolitan areas in all parts of the United States.
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By comparison US GDP in 2017 was $19.5 trillion. [3] Note that "State & local" is less than the sum of "State" and "Local" because of funds transfers. [4] Data for each state and District of Columbia are available from 2017 State & Local Government Finance Tables, United States Census of Governments, 2019, Wikidata Q106141252.
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