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Most populous counties1/11/2024 American Samoa locally has 14 “counties”, but these “counties” are not counted as counties by the U.S. The 3 districts and 2 unorganized atolls of American Samoa are counted as county-equivalents by the U.S. Census BureauĬounty government was abolished in Connecticut in 1960 local government consists of cities, towns, and boroughs Minor Outlying Islands are counted as county-equivalents by the U.S. Minor Outlying Islands does not have counties. One of the remaining 6 counties is a consolidated town-county The following areas in Alaska are counted as county-equivalents: the 19 organized boroughs and, in its Unorganized Borough, 11 designated census areasĨ of the 14 counties in Massachusetts were disincorporated in the 1990s and early 2000s local government in these areas consists of cities and towns. New York City is a sui generis jurisdiction, in which the city government consists of 5 boroughs each coterminous with a county of New York StateĪlaska has no counties. The 64 parishes of Louisiana are counted as county-equivalents by the U.S. The 78 municipalities of Puerto Rico are counted as county-equivalents by the U.S. Lists of counties and county equivalents by number per political division: Minor Outlying Islands.ĭelaware has three counties, the fewest of any state This is the number of counties and county-equivalents for each state, the District of Columbia, the 5 inhabited territories of the United States, and the U.S. All of these territorial county-equivalents are defined by the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the 9 islands in the U.S. There are 100 county-equivalents in the territories of the United States: they are the 3 districts and 2 atolls of American Samoa, all of Guam (Guam as one single county-equivalent), the 4 municipalities in the Northern Mariana Islands, the 78 municipalities of Puerto Rico, the 3 main islands of the U.S. Although Anchorage is called a municipality, it is considered a consolidated city and borough. The state's largest statistical division by area is the Yukon–Koyukuk Census Area, which is larger than any of the state's boroughs. Those parts of the state are divided by the United States Census Bureau into census areas, which are not the same as boroughs. In Alaska, most of the land area of the state has no county-level government. ![]() Where indicated, the statistics below do not include Virginia's 38 independent cities. In Virginia, any municipality that is incorporated as a city legally becomes independent of any county. There are 41 independent cities in the United States. There are 3,242 counties and county equivalent administrative units in total, including the District of Columbia and 100 county-equivalents in the U.S. In Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island, some or all counties within states have no governments of their own the counties continue to exist as legal entities, however, and are used by states for some administrative functions and by the United States Census bureau for statistical analysis. Louisiana uses parishes, and Alaska uses boroughs. In 45 of the 50 states of the United States, the county is used for the level of local government immediately below the state itself.
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