List Of The Least Populous Counties In The United States
This is a complete list of the 3143 counties and county-equivalents of the United States of America as of March 15, 2013. For more detailed information, see the individual state lists shown below.
In the United States, a county is a political and geographic subdivision of a state. Of the 50 U.S. states, 48 states are divided into a total of 3007 counties. The number of counties per state ranges from the three counties of Delaware to the 254 counties of Texas. The five counties of Rhode Island, the eight counties of Connecticut, and eight of the 14 counties of Massachusetts no longer have functional county governments, but continue to exist as legal and census entities.
Instead of counties, Louisiana is divided into 64 parishes which are functionally identical to counties. Alaska is divided into 18 organized boroughs and a single Unorganized Borough. The United States Census Bureau has divided the Unorganized Borough of Alaska into 11 census areas for federal census and planning purposes. In addition to their counties, the states of Virginia, Maryland, Missouri, and Nevada also have a total of 42 independent cities which are not a part of any county. The Census Bureau and the Office of Management and Budget consider the 64 parishes, 18 organized boroughs, 11 census areas, 42 independent cities, and the District of Columbia to be county-equivalents.
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