States With County Executives
| State | Counties | Applicable law |
|---|---|---|
| Alaska | Aleutians East, Anchorage Municipality, Bristol Bay, Denali, Fairbanks North Star, Haines, Juneau (City & Borough), Kenai Peninsula, Ketchikan Gateway, Kodiak Island, Lake and Peninsula, Matanuska-Susitna, North Slope, Northwest Arctic, Sitka (City & Borough), Skagway (City & Borough), Wrangell (City & Borough), Yakutat (City & Borough) | Alaska State Constitution, Article X |
| California | Los Angeles, Orange, Sacramento, Santa Clara | |
| Delaware | New Castle | |
| Georgia | Athens-Clarke, DeKalb | |
| Illinois | Will | |
| Kentucky | Counties are headed by an elected executive known as the County Judge/Executive. | Kentucky Constitution, Section 144 |
| Maryland | Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Harford, Howard, Montgomery, Prince George's, Wicomico | |
| Michigan | Bay, Macomb, Oakland, Wayne | Optional Unified Form of County Government, Charter Counties |
| Missouri | Jefferson Jackson St. Charles St. Louis (County) | |
| New Jersey | Atlantic Bergen, Essex, Hudson, and Mercer counties have elected county executives, and Union County has an appointed county manager. | Optional County Charter Law |
| New York | Albany, Broome, Chautauqua, Chemung, Dutchess, Erie, Monroe, Nassau, Oneida, Onondaga, Orange, Putnam, Rensselaer, Rockland, Schenectady, Suffolk, Ulster, Westchester | Municipal Home Rule Law |
| Ohio | Cuyahoga, Summit | Alternative County Government Law |
| Pennsylvania | Allegheny, Erie, Lehigh, Northampton | Home Rule Charter and Optional Plans Law |
| Tennessee | State law provides that counties are headed by an elected county executive who uses the title of "county mayor." Exceptions are the three counties (Davidson, Moore, and Trousdale) that have consolidated city-county government, where the position is not used, and certain counties where a private act of the state legislature authorizes the executive to use the previous title of "county executive." Historically, the position was called "county judge." | Tennessee Code Annotated 5-6-101 |
| Utah | Salt Lake (Mayor) | |
| Virginia | Albemarle, Fairfax, Prince William | |
| Washington | King, Pierce, Snohomish, Whatcom | |
| Wisconsin | Brown, Dane, Fond du Lac, Kenosha, Manitowoc, Milwaukee, Outagamie, Portage, Racine, Waukesha, Winnebago | Wisconsin Constitution, Article IV, sections 23 and 23a |
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