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The proliferation of counties in Georgia led to multiple state constitutional amendments attempting to limit the number of counties. The most recent such amendment, ratified in 1945, limited the number to 159 counties, although there had been 161 counties from 1924 to 1931.
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.
The map to the right shows the county boundaries for all 159 counties in Georgia. 149 of the 159 counties in the state are governed by a committee made of between three and eleven commissioners [5] while the other 10 counties are overseen by a single commissioner. All commissioners are elected by the voters of their county for terms that range ...
Smallest counties by land area in the 50 states and District of Columbia (including county-equivalents) Rank County Land area (sq mi) Land area (km 2) 1 Independent City of Falls Church, Virginia: 2.1 5.4 2 Independent City of Lexington, Virginia: 2.5 6.5 3 Independent City of Manassas Park, Virginia: 2.5 6.5 4 Independent City of Covington ...
According to the 2010 United States census, Georgia was the 8th most populous state with 9,688,681 inhabitants and the 21st largest by land area spanning 57,513.49 square miles (148,959.3 km 2) of land. [1] Georgia is divided into 159 counties and contains 535 municipalities consisting of cities, towns, consolidated city-counties, and ...
Ranked in order from counties with the highest to lowest average household income, these are the 50 wealthiest counties in America. ... Forsyth County, Georgia. Average household income: ...
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.
To examine social relationships between U.S. counties, Spokeo used Facebook data to rank 50 pairs of the most socially connected counties.