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The U.S. state of California is divided into 58 counties. [1] The state was first divided into 27 counties on February 18, 1850. These were further sub-divided to form sixteen additional counties by 1860. Another fourteen counties were formed through further subdivision from 1861 to 1893. The most recent county to form was Imperial County, in 1907.
There are 58 counties of California currently.. California, the most populous state in the United States and third largest in area after Alaska and Texas, has been the subject of more than 220 proposals to divide it into multiple states since its admission to the Union in 1850, [1] including at least 27 significant proposals prior to the 21st century.
Image:Canada_blank_map.svg — Canada. File:Blank US Map (states only).svg — United States (including Alaska and Hawaii). Each state is its own vector image, meaning coloring states individually is very easy. File:Blank USA, w territories.svg – United States, including all major territories.
Map of the United States with California highlighted. California is a state located in the Western United States. It is the most populous state and the third largest by area after Alaska and Texas. According to the 2020 United States Census, California has 39,538,223 inhabitants and 155,779.22 square miles (403,466.3 km 2) of land. [1]
[7] [8] There have also been proposals, introduced in 1900 and 1913, to divide Maricopa County, with Mesa as the new county's seat. [8] Mogollon County, Hohokam County, and O'odham County, to be formed from parts of Maricopa County. Proposals were introduced in 2023 by Republicans Alexander Kolodin and Jake Hoffman.
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.
Among locals, the nine-county Bay Area is divided into five sub-regions: the East Bay, North Bay, Peninsula, city of San Francisco, and South Bay. The "East Bay" is the densest region of the Bay Area outside of San Francisco and includes cities and towns in Alameda and Contra Costa counties centered around Oakland.
68th - inland central Orange County (Irvine, Lake Forest, Orange) 69th - heart of Orange County (Anaheim, Orange, Santa Ana) 70th - southern coast of Los Angeles County (Long Beach, Los Angeles' San Pedro, and Catalina Island) 71st - rural eastern San Diego County and southwest Riverside County (El Cajon and various Kumeyaay Indian Reservations)