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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.
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.
This large format reference map shows the state (or state equivalent) and county (or county equivalent) boundaries for each state, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
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.
089 063 045 34 EDWARD 147 135 053 177 COOPER 219 510 JOHNSON 027 125 CRAWFORD JEFFERSON 211 FAYETTE MENIFEE 175 JOHNSON SUSSEX DOUGLAS 053 ST. LOUIS WAYNE 037 025 111 067 CLARK 165 115 159 WYOMING CAMPBELL 183. LINCOLN 143 GEARY 105 WABAUNSEE 061.
Make your own map of US counties and county equivalents. Use the switches at the bottom of the page to toggle state names or Interstate Highways on the map. Hover over a highway to check its name. When you isolate a state, you can choose to show the county names as labels on the map.
The 50 states of the United States are divided into 3,007 counties, political and geographic subdivisions of a state; 236 other local governments and geographic places are also first-order administrative divisions of their respective state/district/territory, but are called by different names.
State, county, and statistically equivalent boundaries are as of January 1, 2003. An asterisk (*) identifies an incorporated place that is legally independent of any county. 0 50 100 150 Kilometers. 0 25 50 75 100 Miles.
As of 2022, there are 3,144 counties and county-equivalents in the 50 states and the District of Columbia. [7] If the 100 county equivalents in the U.S. territories are counted, then the total is 3,244 counties and county-equivalents in the United States. [8] [9] [4] [5] [b]
Discover information on all 3,007 counties and 235 county equivalents in the United States. Learn about historical facts and county boundary changes. Also a complete list of current and old (extinct) counties for each state.