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Map of the
United States
, showing the
states
, divided into
counties
.
A
county
, in the
United States
, is a political subdivision and form of
government
that is right below the
state
. 48 out of the 50 states in the United States use counties.
Louisiana
calls its counties
parishes
while
Alaska
got rid of counties and only uses
boroughs
.
[1]
Both of these are equal to the county. The list that the
U.S. Census Bureau
keeps that lists all of the counties in the United States says that there are 3,481 counties or other kinds of
divisions
that are equal to the county in the United States.
[
source?
]
[2]
The mid-western and northeastern states in the United States
divide
the county further into
townships
or
towns
, some of which have
municipalities
. The place where the county government and courts are is called the
county seat
.
On
average
, a county in the United States has a
population
of around 100,000 people.
[
source?
]
The county that has the most people living in it is
Los Angeles County, California
, where over 10 million people live. The county that has the fewest people living in it is
Loving County, Texas
, where as of the
2020 United States Census,
64 people live.
The average number of counties in each state is 62. Louisiana has the fewest counties with none. It is divided into parishes instead of counties. In states with counties,
Delaware
has the fewest with only 3.
Texas
has the most counties with 254.
[3]
These pages list all of the counties in each state:
[1]
*Louisiana is divided into
parishes
instead of counties, which it does have
64 in total
.
[6]
**Alaska is divided into
boroughs
and census areas instead of counties, which it does have
30 in total
.