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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. Some counties, such as Keweenaw and Alger Counties in Michigan, include significant amounts of water in their total area and would not appear on a list that considered land area alone ...
The second largest state, Texas, has only 40% of the total area of the largest state, Alaska. Rhode Island is the smallest state by total area and land area. San Bernardino County is the largest county in the contiguous U.S. and is larger than each of the nine smallest states; it is larger than the four smallest states combined.
Rhode Island: Counties in Rhode Island have no governmental functions; local government is provided by eight cities and thirty-one towns: 4: Northern Mariana Islands: The Northern Mariana Islands has no counties. The 4 municipalities of the Northern Mariana Islands are counted as county-equivalents by the U.S. Census Bureau: 3: Delaware
The Territory of American Samoa has 14 counties; however, these counties are not counted by the U.S. Census Bureau (they are treated as minor civil divisions). [2] The U.S. Census Bureau counts the 3 districts and 2 atolls of American Samoa as county-equivalents. [1] [2] Eastern District, American Samoa; Manu'a District, American Samoa
Rhode Island (/ ˌ r oʊ d-/ ⓘ, pronounced "road") [6] [7] is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States.It borders Connecticut to its west; Massachusetts to its north and east; and the Atlantic Ocean to its south via Rhode Island Sound and Block Island Sound; and shares a small maritime border with New York, east of Long Island. [8]
Rhode Island is tied with Hawaii for having the second-fewest counties of any U.S. state (only Delaware has fewer, with three counties). [1] Although Rhode Island is divided into counties, it does not have any local government at the county level. [2] Instead, local governance is provided by the eight cities and thirty-one towns. [3] Counties ...
Map of states shaded by population density (2020) This is a list of the 50 states, the 5 territories, and the District of Columbia by population density, population size, and land area. It also includes a sortable table of density by states, territories, divisions, and regions by population rank and land area, and a sortable table for density ...
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 ...