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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.
The number of counties (or equivalents) per state ranges from the three counties of Delaware, to the 254 counties of Texas. In New England , where the town model predominates, several counties have no corresponding local governments, existing only as historical, legal, and census boundaries, such as the counties of Rhode Island , [ 4 ] as well ...
The following is a list of counties and county-equivalents showing the average size of each state/territory's counties, the smallest county (or equivalent) in each state/territory, and the largest county (or equivalent) in each state/territory. States/territories on the list are arranged by the average land area of their counties.
The 3,143 counties and county-equivalents of the United States Main article: County (United States) The following are lists of U.S. counties by various criteria.
List of the most populous counties by U.S. state; List of United States counties and county equivalents; List of United States INCITS codes by county; A.
The following sortable table lists the 3,242 counties and county equivalents of the United States and their respective INCITS (38+31) codes. (Formerly FIPS county codes ). Table
The U.S. state of Texas is divided into 254 counties, more than any other U.S. state. [1] While only about 20% of Texas counties are generally located within the Houston—Dallas—San Antonio—Austin areas, they serve a majority of the state's population with approximately 22,000,000 inhabitants.
Counties continued to be created by the state government until 1857, when the last county, Humboldt County, was created. [4] One of the most significant days in Iowa county history was January 15, 1851, on which 49 counties were created. [5] Map of counties numbered as in the National Atlas of the United States