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The District of Columbia is a single federal district that is not part of any state or county. All of the above 136 exceptional cases are reckoned as county equivalents. The number of counties (or equivalents) per state ranges from the three counties of Delaware, to the 254 counties of Texas.
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.
As of 2024, there were 2,999 counties, 64 Louisiana parishes, 19 organized boroughs and 11 census areas in Alaska, 9 Councils of Government in Connecticut, 41 independent cities, [f] and the District of Columbia for a total of 3,144 counties and county equivalents in the 50 states and District of Columbia. [7]
The United States District of Columbia (Washington, D.C.) is the primary city of two statistical areas that have been delineated by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). On July 21, 2023, the OMB delineated the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV MSA and the more extensive Washington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA CSA. [1]
The District of Columbia has no counties; the District of Columbia is considered both a state-equivalent and a county equivalent for statistical purposes [4] 1: Guam: Guam has no counties; Guam is considered both a state-equivalent and a county-equivalent for statistical purposes by the U.S. Census Bureau (similar to the District of Columbia) [2]
Formed in 1967 as an interstate compact between Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia, the WMATA is a tri-jurisdictional government agency with a board composed of representatives from Maryland, Virginia, the District of Columbia, and the United States Federal government that operates transit services in the Washington Metropolitan Area.
Map of the boundaries of the 94 United States District Courts. The district courts were established by Congress under Article III of the United States Constitution. The courts hear civil and criminal cases, and each is paired with a bankruptcy court. [2] Appeals from the district courts are made to one of the 13 courts of appeals, organized ...
An 1835 map of Washington and Alexandria County in the District of Columbia, prior to retrocession. The County of Washington was one of five original political entities within the District of Columbia, the capital of the United States.