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Date: Tue, 22 Jun 1999 11:31:36 -0400
From: Roger Payne <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: US Counties and County Equivalents
Sender: Roger Payne <[log in to unmask]>
We have followed with interest the issue regarding the "number" of counties in
the States of the United States. The following list is compiled from the
Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) at the U.S. Geological Survey.
Please forward any comments to <[log in to unmask]>, telephone 703.648.4544 or
<[log in to unmask]>, telephone 703.648.4547.
Counties and Equivalent Entities of the United States,
Puerto Rico, and Outlying Areas
US County/Parish/Borough/Census Area
1 01 AL Alabama 67
2 02 AK Alaska 27 (Borough(16)/Census Area(11))
3 04 AZ Arizona 15
4 05 AR Arkansas 75
5 06 CA California 58
6 08 CO Colorado 63
7 09 CT Connecticut 8
8 10 DE Delaware 3
9 11 DC District of Columbia 1
10 12 FL Florida 67
11 13 GA Georgia 159
12 15 HI Hawaii 5
13 16 ID Idaho 44
14 17 IL Illinois 102
15 18 IN Indiana 92
16 19 IA Iowa 99
17 20 KS Kansas 105
18 21 KY Kentucky 120
19 22 LA Louisiana 64(Parish)
20 23 ME Maine 16
21 24 MD Maryland 23
(Independent city = Baltimore (city))
22 25 MA Massachusetts 14
23 26 MI Michigan 83
24 27 MN Minnesota 87
25 28 MS Mississippi 82
26 29 MO Missouri 114
(Independent city = St. Louis (city))
27 30 MT Montana 56
28 31 NE Nebraska 93
29 32 NV Nevada 16
(Independent city = Carson City)
30 33 NH New Hampshire 10
31 34 NJ NewJersey 21
32 35 NM New Mexico 33
33 36 NY New York 62
34 37 NC North Carolina 100
35 38 ND North Dakota 53
36 39 OH Ohio 88
37 40 OK Oklahoma 77
38 41 OR Oregon 36
39 42 PA Pennsylvania 67
40 44 RI Rhode Island 5
41 45 SC South Carolina 46
42 46 SD South Dakota 66
43 47 TN Tennessee 95
44 48 TX Texas 254
45 49 UT Utah 29
46 50 VT Vermont 14
47 51 VA Virginia 95
(Independent cities = 40)
48 53 WA Washington 39
49 54 WV West Virginia 55
50 55 WI Wisconsin 72
51 56 WY Wyoming 23
Sub Total 3098
(County/Parish/Borough/Census Area)
43
(Total independent cities)
Total 3141
County-Equivalent Entities for Puerto Rico and the U.S. Outlying Areas
52 60 AS American Samoa 5 (Districts 3/Islands 2)
54 66 GU Guam 1
56 69 MP Northern Mariana Islands,
Commonwealth of 4 (Municipality)
58 72 PR Puerto Rico, Commonwealth of 78 (Municipio)
59 74 UM U.S. Minor Outlying Islands 9 (Island)
60 78 VI Virgin Islands 3 (Island)
Sub Total 100
FINAL TOTAL 3241
Note: Totals tabulated from FIPS PUB 6-4 (August 1990) and FIPS
Publication Change Notice for Alaska Boroughs and Census Areas
(December 1992). Other changes include South Boston, VA status changed
from Independent City (c.1995) and Yellowstone National Park
(County-equivalent), MT was merged with Gallatin and Park Counties
(c.1998).
Roger L. Payne
Manager GNIS
703.648.4544
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