Lists of counties and county-equivalents by number per political division:
| Count | List | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 254 | Texas | |
| 159 | Georgia | |
| 134 | Virginia | including 39 independent cities |
| 120 | Kentucky | |
| 115 | Missouri | including 1 independent city |
| 105 | Kansas | |
| 102 | Illinois | |
| 100 | North Carolina | |
| 99 | Iowa | |
| 95 | Tennessee | |
| 93 | Nebraska | |
| 92 | Indiana | |
| 88 | Ohio | |
| 87 | Minnesota | |
| 83 | Michigan | |
| 82 | Mississippi | |
| 77 | Oklahoma | |
| 75 | Arkansas | |
| 72 | Wisconsin | |
| 67 | Alabama | |
| 67 | Florida | |
| 67 | Pennsylvania | |
| 66 | South Dakota | |
| 64 | Colorado | |
| 64 | Louisiana | consisting in whole of parishes |
| 62 | New York | |
| 58 | California | |
| 56 | Montana | |
| 55 | West Virginia | |
| 53 | North Dakota | |
| 46 | South Carolina | |
| 44 | Idaho | |
| 39 | Washington | |
| 36 | Oregon | |
| 33 | New Mexico | |
| 29 | Alaska | consisting of 18 organized boroughs and, in its Unorganized Borough, of 11 designated census areas |
| 29 | Utah | |
| 24 | Maryland | including 1 independent city |
| 23 | Wyoming | |
| 21 | New Jersey | |
| 17 | Nevada | including 1 independent city |
| 16 | Maine | |
| 15 | Arizona | |
| 14 | Massachusetts | |
| 14 | Vermont | |
| 10 | New Hampshire | |
| 8 | Connecticut | |
| 5 | Hawaii | |
| 5 | Rhode Island | |
| 3 | Delaware | |
| 1 | District of Columbia | considered both a state-equivalent and a county-equivalent for statistical purposes |
- Total: 3,143 (3,007 counties and 136 county-equivalents)
- Average county-equivalents per state (not including D.C.): 62.84
Read more about this topic: County Statistics Of The United States
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