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The U.S. state of Texas is divided into 254 counties, more than any other U.S. state. [1] While only about 20% of Texas counties are generally located within the Houston—Dallas—San Antonio—Austin areas, they serve a majority of the state's population with approximately 22,000,000 inhabitants.
The name was selected to represent "a new county for a new century." [61] Montgomery County, proposed in 1846, to be created from Iowa County. Tuskola County was proposed in 1850, which would be split off of Washington County. The proposed borders lie within modern Washington and Ozaukee counties. [62]
Texas has a total of 254 counties, by far the largest number of counties of any state. Counties in Texas have limited regulatory (ordinance) authority. [1] Counties also have much less legal power than home rule municipalities. They can only pass ordinances (local laws with penalties for violations) in cases where the Texas statutes have given ...
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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.
234 of Texas’ 254 counties swung toward Trump in 2024 election The margin in presidential elections have been even closer. Mitt Romney carried Texas in 2012 by about 16 percentage points.
An enlargeable map of the 254 counties of the State of Texas Counties of Texas ; see also List of counties in Texas Wikimedia Commons has media related to Counties of Texas .
The lowest rates of unmarried adults in this age group are found in Collin and Denton counties in Texas; Fairfax County, Virginia; DuPage County, Illinois; and Bergen County, New Jersey — where ...