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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] The term "county" is used in 48 states, while Louisiana and Alaska have ...
The United States Census Bureau refers to the latter as county equivalents. The 237 county equivalents include the District of Columbia and 100 equivalents in U.S. territories (such as those in Puerto Rico). The large majority of counties and equivalents were organized by 1970. Since that time, most creations, boundary changes and dissolutions ...
Contents. List of counties by U.S. state and territory. 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 ] United States of America (50 states and DC) showing states ...
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.
Abbeville County, South Carolina; Acadia Parish, Louisiana; Accomack County, Virginia; Ada County, Idaho; Adair County: Iowa; Kentucky; Missouri; Oklahoma; Adams ...
Gallery. Downtown Los Angeles, county seat of Los Angeles County, California, the most populous county in the United States. Downtown Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, the second-most populous county in the United States. Downtown Houston in Harris County, Texas, the third-most populous county in the United States.
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.
10. Palmyra Atoll, U.S. Minor Outlying Islands. 20 [note 3] Los Angeles in Los Angeles County, California, the most populous county in the United States. Swains Island, American Samoa — the least-populous inhabited county or county-equivalent in the United States. Loving County, Texas, the least populous county in the main 50-states in the ...