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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
The National Association of Counties (NACo) is an organization that represents county governments in the United States. [2] It is the only national organization that represents county governments in the United States. Founded in 1935, NACo provides services to the nation's 3,069 counties.
Town or township governments are organized local governments authorized in the state constitutions and statutes of 20 Northeastern and Midwestern states, [2] established to provide general government for a defined area, generally based on the geographic subdivision of a county.
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]
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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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]
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