County (United States) - Number of County Equivalents Per State

Number of County Equivalents Per State

There are on average 62.8 counties per state, and median of 62 counties per state as well (including DC), with New York and its 62 counties representing the median for the U.S. (50% of the US states above and below New York's 62 county number). The state with the fewest counties is Delaware (3), though it is unique among the United States in that each Delaware county is divided into units called "hundreds". The state with the most is Texas (254).

Southern and Midwestern states generally tend to have more counties than Western or Northeastern states, as many Northeastern states are not large enough in area to warrant a large number of counties, and many Western states were sparsely populated when counties were created. Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island have abolished county governments in whole or in part, though the former county territories may be observed in the three states' state-level administrative districts.

Number of Counties State Average County Population Approximately
254 Texas 101,081
159 Georgia 61,731
134 Virginia (95 counties and 39 cities), 60,422
120 Kentucky 36,411
115 Missouri (114 counties and one city) 52,267
105 Kansas 27,345
102 Illinois 126,169
100 North Carolina 96,564
99 Iowa 30,932
95 Tennessee 67,404
93 Nebraska 19,813
92 Indiana 70,836
88 Ohio 131,193
87 Minnesota 61,435
83 Michigan 118,990
82 Mississippi 36,323
77 Oklahoma 49,240
75 Arkansas 39,173
72 Wisconsin 79,330
67 Pennsylvania 190,192
67 Florida 284,441
67 Alabama 71,683
66 South Dakota 12,486
64 Louisiana (parishes) 71,482
64 Colorado 79,950
62 New York 313,955
58 California 649,861
56 Montana 17,825
55 West Virginia 33,734
53 North Dakota 12,904
46 South Carolina 101,722
44 Idaho 36,022
39 Washington 175,129
36 Oregon 107,552
33 New Mexico 63,098
29 Utah 97,146
24 Maryland (23 counties and one city) 242,845
23 Wyoming 24,703
21 New Jersey 420,055
18 Alaska (boroughs) 40,151
17 Nevada (16 counties and one city) 160,195
16 Maine 83,012
15 Arizona 432,167
14 Vermont 44,745
14 Massachusetts 470,538
10 New Hampshire 131,819
8 Connecticut 447,589
5 Rhode Island 210,260
5 Hawaii 274,962
3 Delaware 302,378
1 District of Columbia 617,996

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