مقاطعة (الولايات المتحدة)

County
تُعرف باسم:
Parish (Louisiana)
Borough (Alaska)
City-County
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التصنيفSecond-level administrative division
الموقعStates, federal district and territories of the United States of America
التأسيسState
العدد3,243 (including 136 county equivalents in the 50 states and the District of Columbia, and the 100 county equivalents in the U.S. territories)
عدد السكانGreatest: Los Angeles County, California—10,039,107 (2019)
Least: Kalawao County, Hawaii—86 (2019)
8 entities[أ] (county equivalents)—0 (2019)
Average: 104,435 (2019)
المساحةLargest: San Bernardino County, California—20,057 sq mi (51,950 km2)
Yukon–Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska (county equivalent)—145,505 sq mi (376,860 km2)
Smallest: Kalawao County, Hawaii—12 sq mi (31 km2)
Falls Church, Virginia (county equivalent)—2 sq mi (5.2 km2)
Smallest (including territories): Kingman Reef (county equivalent)—0.01 sq mi (0.026 km2)[1][2]
Average: 1,208 sq mi (3,130 km2)
الحكومةGroups:

County commission, Board of Commissioners, Board of Supervisors (AZ, CA, IA, MS, VA, WI) County council (WA), Commissioners' Court (TX), Board of chosen freeholders (NJ), Fiscal Court (KY), Police Jury (LA)
Individuals:

County executive, County manager, Sole commissioner (GA), County mayor, County administrator, County Judge
التقسيماتTownship, City, Hundred
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بوابة الولايات المتحدة

In the United States, a county is an administrative or political subdivision of a state that consists of a geographic region with specific boundaries and usually some level of governmental authority.[3] The term "county" is used in 48 U.S. states, while Louisiana and Alaska have functionally equivalent subdivisions called parishes and boroughs, respectively.[3]

The specific governmental powers of counties vary widely between the states. Counties have significant functions in all states except Rhode Island and Connecticut, where county governments have been abolished but the entities remain for administrative or statistical purposes. Massachusetts has removed most government functions from eight of its 14 counties. County populations also vary widely: in 2017 according to the Census Bureau more than half the U.S. population is concentrated in just 143 of the more than 3,000 counties, or just 4.6% of all counties; the five largest counties ordered by population are Los Angeles County, California; Cook County, Illinois; Harris County, Texas; Maricopa County, Arizona; and San Diego County, California.[4]

The number of counties per state ranges from the three counties of Delaware to the 254 counties of Texas. Most counties have subdivisions which may include townships, municipalities and unincorporated areas. Others have no further divisions, or may serve as a consolidated city-county where a city and a county have been merged into a unified jurisdiction. Some municipalities are in multiple counties; New York City is uniquely partitioned into five counties, referred to at the city government level as boroughs. Conversely, the independent cities of the states of Virginia, Maryland, Missouri, and Nevada are municipalities that do not legally belong to any county, but may still function as if they were consolidated city-counties.

The United States Census Bureau uses the term "county equivalent" to describe places that are comparable to counties, but called by different names. Louisiana parishes, the organized boroughs of Alaska, independent cities, and the District of Columbia are equivalent to counties for administrative purposes. Alaska's Unorganized Borough, a 323,440-square-mile (837,700 km2) area that has no county equivalent government, is further divided into 11 census areas that are statistically equivalent to counties.

Territories of the United States do not have counties; instead, the United States Census Bureau also divides them into county equivalents. The U.S. Census Bureau counts American Samoa's districts and atolls as county-equivalents.[5][6] American Samoa locally has places called "counties", but these entities are considered to be "minor civil divisions" (not true counties) by the U.S. Census Bureau.[6]

اعتبارا من 2020, there are currently 3,143 counties and county-equivalents in the 50 states and the District of Columbia.[7] If the 100 county equivalents in the U.S. territories are counted, then the total is 3,243 counties and county-equivalents in the United States.[8][9][5][6][ب] The county with the largest population, Los Angeles County (10,039,107),[10] and the county with the largest land area, San Bernardino County, border each other in Southern California (however, eleven boroughs in Alaska are larger in area than San Bernardino).

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التاريخ

The origin of the American counties are in the counties of England. English (after 1707 British) colonists brought to their colonies in North America a political subdivision that they already used in the British metropole: the counties. Counties were among the earliest units of local government established in the Thirteen Colonies that would become the United States. Virginia created the first counties in order to ease the administrative workload in Jamestown. The House of Burgesses divided the colony first into four "incorporations" in 1617 and finally into eight shires (or counties) in 1634: James City, Henrico, Charles City, Charles River, Warrosquyoake, Accomac, Elizabeth City, and Warwick River.[11] America's oldest intact county court records can be found at Eastville, Virginia, in Northampton (originally Accomac) County, dating to 1632.[12] Maryland established its first county, St. Mary's, in 1637, and Massachusetts followed in 1643. Pennsylvania and New York delegated significant power and responsibility from the colony government to county governments and thereby established a pattern for most of the United States, although counties remained relatively weak in New England.[13]

When independence came, the framers of the Constitution left the matter to the states. Subsequently, state constitutions conceptualized county governments as arms of the state.[14] Louisiana instead adopted the local divisions called parishes that dated back to both the Spanish colonial and French colonial periods when the land was dominated by the Catholic Church.[15] In the twentieth century, the role of local governments strengthened and counties began providing more services, acquiring home rule and county commissions to pass local ordinances pertaining to their unincorporated areas.[14]

In some states, these powers are partly or mostly devolved to the counties' smaller divisions usually called townships, though in New York, New England and Wisconsin they are called "towns". The county may or may not be able to override its townships on certain matters, depending on state law.

The newest county in the United States is the city and county of Broomfield, Colorado, established in 2001 as a consolidated city-county, previously part of four counties.[16][17] The newest county-equivalents are the Alaskan census areas of Chugach and Copper River, both established in 2019,[18] and the Alaskan boroughs of Petersburg established in 2013, Wrangell established in 2008, and Skagway established in 2007.[19]


تنويعات المقاطعة

اندماج مدينة-مقاطعة

المقالة الرئيسية: اندماج مدينة-مقاطعة

A consolidated city-county is simultaneously a city, which is a municipality (municipal corporation), and a county, which is an administrative division of a state, having the powers and responsibilities of both types of entities. There are 40 consolidated city-counties in the U.S.,[3] including Augusta, Georgia; Denver, Colorado; Honolulu, Hawaii; Indianapolis, Indiana; Jacksonville, Florida; Louisville, Kentucky; Lexington, Kentucky; Kansas City, Kansas; Nashville, Tennessee; New Orleans, Louisiana; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and San Francisco, California.

Similarly, some of Alaska's boroughs have merged with their principal cities creating unified city-boroughs. Some such consolidations and mergers have created cities that rank among the geographically largest cities in the world, though often with population densities far below those of most urban areas.

مكافئات المقاطعة

The term county equivalents is used by the United States Census Bureau to describe divisions that are comparable to counties but called by different names:[20]

  • Alaska census areas: Most of the land area of Alaska is not contained within any of Alaska's 19 organized boroughs. This vast area, larger than France and Germany combined, is officially referred to by the Alaska state government as the Unorganized Borough and outside of other incorporated borough limits, has no independent "county" government, although several incorporated city governments exist within its boundaries; the majority of it is governed and run by the State of Alaska as an extension of state government.[ت] The United States Census Bureau, in cooperation with the Alaska state government for census and electoral districting purposes, has divided the Unorganized Borough into 11 census areas for statistical purposes only.[ث]
  • Louisiana parishes: The usage of the term parish for a territorial entity or local government in Louisiana dates back to both the Spanish colonial and French colonial periods when the land was dominated by the Catholic Church. New Orleans is a consolidated city-parish.
  • Independent cities: These are cities that legally belong to no county. They differ from consolidated city-counties in that in the case of a consolidated city-county, the county at least nominally exists, whereas in the case of an independent city, no county even nominally exists.[23] اعتبارا من يوليو 2013, there are 41 such cities in the United States, including Baltimore, Maryland; Carson City, Nevada; St. Louis, Missouri; and all 38 cities in Virginia, where any area incorporated as a city is outside of the county jurisdiction.[24][25]
  • Washington, D.C.,[26] outside the jurisdiction of any state, has a special status. The City of Washington comprises the entirety of the District of Columbia, which, in accordance with Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution, is under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Congress. When founded in 1801, the District consisted of two counties and three cities. In 1846, Alexandria County (which now forms Arlington County and a portion of the independent city of Alexandria)—including the then City of Alexandria—was given back to Virginia. In 1871, the three remaining entities—the City of Washington, City of Georgetown, and Washington County (which was coterminous with the District)—were merged into a consolidated government of District of Columbia by an act of Congress. Georgetown was abolished as a city by another act in 1895.

Consolidated city-counties are not designated county-equivalents for administrative purposes; since both the city and the county at least nominally exist, they are properly classified as counties in their own right. The city limit or jurisdiction is synonymous with the county line as the two administrative entities become a non-dichotomous single entity. For this reason, a consolidated city county is officially remarked as name of city - name of county (i.e, Augusta-Richmond County in Georgia). The same is true of the boroughs of New York City, each of which is coextensive with a county of New York State.

الأقاليم

There are technically no counties in U.S. territories. American Samoa has its own counties, but the U.S. Census Bureau does not count them as counties (instead, the U.S. Census Bureau counts American Samoa's three districts and two atolls as county equivalents).[5][6] American Samoa's counties are treated as minor civil divisions.[6] Most territories are directly divided into municipalities or similar units, which are treated as equivalent of counties for statistical purposes:[5][2][6][27][28]

The U.S. Census Bureau counts all of Guam as one county-equivalent (with the FIPS code 66010),[5][6] while the USGS counts Guam's election districts (villages) as county-equivalents.[29][30] The U.S. Census Bureau counts the 3 main islands in the U.S. Virgin Islands as county-equivalents, while the USGS counts the districts of the U.S. Virgin Islands (of which there are 2) as county-equivalents.[5][29]

الأسماء وأصولها

انظر أيضاً: Lists of U.S. county name etymologies

Common sources of county names are names of people, geographic features, places in other states or countries, and animals. Quite a few counties bear names of Native American, French, or Spanish origin.[31]

Counties are most often named for people, often political figures or early settlers, with over 2,100 of the 3,144 total so named. The most common county name, with 31, is Washington County, for America's first president, George Washington. Up until 1871, there was a Washington County within the District of Columbia, but it was dissolved by the District of Columbia Organic Act. Jefferson County, for Thomas Jefferson, is next with 26. The most recent president to have a county named for him was Warren G. Harding, reflecting the slowing rate of county creation since New Mexico and Arizona became states in 1912. The most common names for counties not named after a president are Franklin (25), Clay (18), and Montgomery (18).

After people, the next most common source of county names are geographic features and locations, with some counties even being named after counties in other states, or for places in countries such as the United Kingdom. The most common geographic county name is Lake. Words from Native American languages, as well as the names of Native American leaders and tribes, lend their names to many counties.[32] Quite a few counties bear names of French or Spanish origin, such as Marquette County being named after French missionary Father Jacques Marquette.[31]

The county's equivalent in the state of Louisiana, the parish (Fr. paroisse civile and Sp. parroquia) took its name during the state's French and Spanish colonial periods. Before the Louisiana Purchase and granting of statehood, government was often administered in towns where major church parishes were located. Of the original 19 civil parishes of Louisiana that date from statehood in 1807, nine were named after the Roman Catholic parishes from which they were governed.


إحصائيات

المقالة الرئيسية: إحصائيات مقاطعات الولايات المتحدة
للمزيد من المعلومات: List of United States counties and county-equivalents

As of 2016, there were 3,007 counties, 64 parishes, 19 organized boroughs, 11 census areas, 41 independent cities,[ج] and the District of Columbia for a total of 3,143 counties and county-equivalents in the 50 states and District of Columbia.[7] There are an additional 100 county equivalents in the territories of the United States.[5][6][2] The average number of counties per state is 62, with a range from the three counties of Delaware to the 254 counties of Texas.

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. 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.

المقاطعات وما يعادلها في الولايات المتحدة، حسب الولاية أو الإقليم
الولاية، federal district
or territory 		الإجمالي التقسيمات[7] المتوسط
2019 population[34] Land area[35] المقاطعات تعادِل الإجمالي التعداد مساحة الأرض
ألباما Alabama 4,903,185 50,645 sq mi
131,171 km2 		67 — 67 73,182 756 sq mi
1,958 km2
ألاسكا Alaska[ح] 731,545 570,641 sq mi
1,477,953 km2 		— 30 30 24,385 19,677 sq mi
50,964 km2
أريزونا Arizona 7,278,717 113,594 sq mi
294,207 km2 		15 — 15 485,248 7,573 sq mi
19,614 km2
أركنساس Arkansas 3,017,825 52,035 sq mi
134,771 km2 		75 — 75 40,238 694 sq mi
1,797 km2
كاليفورنيا California 39,512,223 155,779 sq mi
403,466 km2 		58 — 58 681,245 2,686 sq mi
6,956 km2
كولورادو Colorado 5,758,736 103,642 sq mi
268,431 km2 		64 — 64 89,980 1,619 sq mi
4,194 km2
كنتيكت Connecticut 3,565,287 4,842 sq mi
12,542 km2 		8 — 8 445,661 605 sq mi
1,568 km2
دلاوير Delaware 973,764 1,949 sq mi
5,047 km2 		3 — 3 324,588 650 sq mi
1,682 km2
واشنطن دي سي District of Columbia[خ] 705,749 61 sq mi
158 km2 		— 1 1 705,749 61 sq mi
158 km2
فلوريدا Florida 21,477,737 53,625 sq mi
138,887 km2 		67 — 67 320,563 800 sq mi
2,073 km2
ولاية جورجيا Georgia 10,617,423 57,513 sq mi
148,959 km2 		159 — 159 66,776 362 sq mi
937 km2
هاواي Hawaii 1,415,872 6,423 sq mi
16,635 km2 		5 — 5 283,174 1,285 sq mi
3,327 km2
أيداهو Idaho 1,787,065 82,643 sq mi
214,045 km2 		44 — 44 40,615 1,878 sq mi
4,865 km2
إلينوي Illinois 12,671,821 55,519 sq mi
143,793 km2 		102 — 102 124,234 544 sq mi
1,410 km2
إنديانا Indiana 6,732,219 35,826 sq mi
92,789 km2 		92 — 92 73,176 389 sq mi
1,009 km2
آيوا Iowa 3,155,070 55,857 sq mi
144,669 km2 		99 — 99 31,869 564 sq mi
1,461 km2
كانزاس Kansas 2,913,314 81,759 sq mi
211,754 km2 		105 — 105 27,746 779 sq mi
2,017 km2
كنتكي Kentucky 4,467,673 39,486 sq mi
102,269 km2 		120 — 120 37,231 329 sq mi
852 km2
لويزيانا Louisiana[د] 4,648,794 43,204 sq mi
111,898 km2 		— 64 64 72,637 675 sq mi
1,748 km2
مين Maine 1,344,212 30,843 sq mi
79,883 km2 		16 — 16 84,013 1,928 sq mi
4,993 km2
مريلاند Maryland[ذ] 6,045,680 9,707 sq mi
25,142 km2 		23 1 24 251,903 404 sq mi
1,048 km2
مساتشوستس Massachusetts 6,949,503 7,800 sq mi
20,202 km2 		14 — 14 496,393 557 sq mi
1,443 km2
مشيگن Michigan 9,986,857 56,539 sq mi
146,435 km2 		83 — 83 120,324 681 sq mi
1,764 km2
مينيسوتا Minnesota 5,639,632 79,627 sq mi
206,232 km2 		87 — 87 64,823 915 sq mi
2,370 km2
مسيسپي Mississippi 2,976,149 46,923 sq mi
121,531 km2 		82 — 82 36,295 572 sq mi
1,482 km2
مزوري Missouri[ر] 6,137,428 68,742 sq mi
178,040 km2 		114 1 115 53,369 598 sq mi
1,548 km2
مونتانا Montana 1,068,778 145,546 sq mi
376,962 km2 		56 — 56 19,085 2,599 sq mi
6,731 km2
نبراسكا Nebraska 1,934,408 76,824 sq mi
198,974 km2 		93 — 93 20,800 826 sq mi
2,140 km2
نـِڤادا Nevada[ز] 3,080,156 109,781 sq mi
284,332 km2 		16 1 17 181,186 6,458 sq mi
16,725 km2
نيو هامپشر New Hampshire 1,359,711 8,953 sq mi
23,187 km2 		10 — 10 135,971 895 sq mi
2,319 km2
نيوجرزي New Jersey 8,882,190 7,354 sq mi
19,047 km2 		21 — 21 422,961 350 sq mi
907 km2
نيومكسيكو New Mexico 2,096,829 121,298 sq mi
314,161 km2 		33 — 33 63,540 3,676 sq mi
9,520 km2
نيويورك New York 19,453,561 47,126 sq mi
122,057 km2 		62 — 62 313,767 760 sq mi
1,969 km2
كارولاينا الشمالية North Carolina 10,488,084 48,618 sq mi
125,920 km2 		100 — 100 104,881 486 sq mi
1,259 km2
داكوتا الشمالية North Dakota 762,062 69,001 sq mi
178,711 km2 		53 — 53 14,379 1,302 sq mi
3,372 km2
أوهايو Ohio 11,689,100 40,861 sq mi
105,829 km2 		88 — 88 132,831 464 sq mi
1,203 km2
اوكلاهوما Oklahoma 3,956,971 68,595 sq mi
177,660 km2 		77 — 77 51,389 891 sq mi
2,307 km2
أوريگون Oregon 4,217,737 95,988 sq mi
248,608 km2 		36 — 36 117,159 2,666 sq mi
6,906 km2
پنسيلڤانيا Pennsylvania 12,801,989 44,743 sq mi
115,883 km2 		67 — 67 191,074 668 sq mi
1,730 km2
رود أيلند Rhode Island 1,059,361 1,034 sq mi
2,678 km2 		5 — 5 211,872 207 sq mi
536 km2
كارولاينا الجنوبية South Carolina 5,148,714 30,061 sq mi
77,857 km2 		46 — 46 111,929 653 sq mi
1,693 km2
داكوتا الجنوبية South Dakota 884,659 75,811 sq mi
196,350 km2 		66 — 66 13,404 1,149 sq mi
2,975 km2
تنسي Tennessee 6,833,174 41,235 sq mi
106,798 km2 		95 — 95 71,928 434 sq mi
1,124 km2
تكساس Texas 28,995,881 261,232 sq mi
676,587 km2 		254 — 254 114,157 1,028 sq mi
2,664 km2
يوتا Utah 3,205,958 82,170 sq mi
212,818 km2 		29 — 29 110,550 2,833 sq mi
7,339 km2
ڤرمونت Vermont 623,989 9,217 sq mi
23,871 km2 		14 — 14 44,571 658 sq mi
1,705 km2
ڤرجينيا Virginia[س] 8,535,519 39,490 sq mi
102,279 km2 		95 38 133 64,177 295 sq mi
763 km2
واشنطن Washington 7,614,893 66,456 sq mi
172,119 km2 		39 — 39 195,254 1,704 sq mi
4,413 km2
ڤرجنيا الغربية West Virginia 1,792,147 24,038 sq mi
62,259 km2 		55 — 55 32,584 437 sq mi
1,132 km2
ويسكنسن Wisconsin 5,822,434 54,158 sq mi
140,268 km2 		72 — 72 80,867 752 sq mi
1,948 km2
وايومنگ Wyoming 578,759 97,093 sq mi
251,470 km2 		23 — 23 25,163 4,221 sq mi
10,933 km2
United States
(50 states and the District of Columbia) 		328,239,523 3,531,905 sq mi
9,147,592 km2 		3,007 136 3,143 104,435 1,124 sq mi
2,910 km2
ساموا الأمريكية American Samoa[ش] 51,504 77 sq mi
199 km2 		— 5 5 11,104 15 sq mi
40 km2
گوام Guam[ص] 162,742 210 sq mi
540 km2 		— 1 1 162,742 210 sq mi
540 km2
جزر ماريانا الشمالية Northern Mariana Islands[ض] 52,263 179 sq mi
464 km2 		— 4 4 13,066 45 sq mi
116 km2
پورتو ريكو Puerto Rico[ط] 3,193,694 3,515 sq mi
9,104 km2 		— 78 78 40,945 45 sq mi
116 km2
الولايات المتحدة U.S. Minor Outlying Islands[ظ][ع] 160 13 sq mi
34 km2 		— 9 9 18 1 sq mi
4 km2
الجزر العذراء الأمريكية U.S. Virgin Islands[غ] 104,901 134 sq mi
346 km2 		— 3 3 34,967 45 sq mi
115 km2
United States
(50 states, the District of Columbia,
and territories) 		330,744,054 3,535,948 sq mi
9,158,064 km2 		3,007 236 3,243 101,987 1,091 sq mi
2,825 km2


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التعداد

The average U.S. county population was over 100,000 in 2019. The most populous county is Los Angeles County, California, with 10,039,107 residents in 2019.[40] This number is greater than the populations of 41 U.S. states. It also makes the population of Los Angeles County 17.4 times greater than that of the least populous state, Wyoming.

The second most populous county is Cook County, Illinois, with a population of 5,150,233.[40] Cook County's population is larger than that of 28 individual U.S. states and the combined populations of the six smallest states.[40]

The least populous county is Kalawao County, Hawaii, with 86 residents in 2019.[40] Eight county-equivalents in the U.S. territories have no human population: Rose Atoll, Northern Islands Municipality, Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, and Navassa Island.[2][41][42] The remaining three islands in the U.S. Minor Outlying Islands (Midway Atoll, Palmyra Atoll and Wake Island) have small non-permanent human populations. The county-equivalent with the smallest non-zero population counted in the census is Swains Island, American Samoa (17 people),[43] although since 2008 this population has not been permanent either.[44][45][46][47]

The most densely populated county or county-equivalent is New York County, New York (coextensive with the New York City Borough of Manhattan), with 72,033 persons per square mile (27,812/km2) in 2015. The Yukon–Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, is both the most extensive and the least densely populated county or county-equivalent with 0.0380 persons per square mile (0.0147/km2) in 2015.[40]

In the 50 states (plus District of Columbia), a total of 981 counties have a population over 50,000; 592 counties have a population over 100,000; 137 counties have a population over 500,000; 45 counties have a population over 1,000,000; and 14 counties have a population over 2,000,000. At the other extreme, 35 counties have a population under 1,000; 307 counties have a population under 5,000; 709 counties have a population under 10,000; and 1,492 counties have a population between 10,000 and 50,000.[40]

المساحة

A highway sign designating the border between Nicholas and Greenbrier counties in West Virginia along a secondary road

At the 2000 U.S. Census, the median land area of U.S. counties was 622 sq mi (1,610 km2), which is two-thirds of the median land area of a ceremonial county of England, and a little more than a quarter of the median land area of a French département. Counties in the western United States typically have a much larger land area than those in the eastern United States. For example, the median land area of counties in Georgia is 343 sq mi (890 km2), whereas in Utah it is 2,427 sq mi (6,290 km2).

The most extensive county or county-equivalent is the Yukon–Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, with a land area of 145,505 square miles (376,856 km2). All nine of the most extensive county-equivalents are in Alaska. The most extensive county is San Bernardino County, California, with a land area of 20,057 square miles (51,947 km2). The least extensive county is Kalawao County, Hawaii, with a land area of 11.991 square miles (31.058 km2). The least extensive county-equivalent in the 50 states is the independent City of Falls Church, Virginia, with a land area of 1.999 square miles (5.177 km2).[3] If U.S. territories are included, the least extensive county-equivalent is Kingman Reef, with a land area of 0.01 square miles (0.03 km2).[1]

العلاقات الجغرافية بين المدن والمقاطعات

In some states, a municipality may be in only one county and may not annex territory in adjacent counties, but in the majority of states, the state constitution or state law allows municipalities to extend across county boundaries. At least 32 states include municipalities in multiple counties. Dallas and Oklahoma City, for example, both contain portions of five counties. New York City is an unusual case because it encompasses multiple entire counties in one city. Each of those counties is coextensive with one of the five boroughs of the city: Manhattan (New York County), The Bronx (Bronx County), Queens (Queens County), Brooklyn (Kings County), and Staten Island (Richmond County).

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  1. ^ The 8 county-equivalents with zero people are Rose Atoll (American Samoa), Northern Islands Municipality (Northern Mariana Islands), Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef and Navassa Island
  2. ^ At the time of the most recent 2010 census, 3,143 counties and equivalents were recorded in the 50 states and the District of Columbia, with another 100 county equivalents recorded in the territories (when the nine Minor Outlying Islands are included). Since that time, the independent city of Bedford, Virginia was dissolved and had its territory added to Bedford County, Virginia. Also, Alaska's Petersburg census area incorporated as Petersburg Borough, Alaska, as well as Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska splitting into Copper River and Chugach Census Areas. The net result of these changes has been the number changing but staying 3,143.
  3. ^ The Unorganized Borough, Alaska formed by the Borough Act of 1961 is a legal entity, run by the Alaska state government as an extension of State government,[21] it and the independently incorporated Unified, Home Rule, First Class and Second Class boroughs roughly correspond to parishes in Louisiana and to counties in the other 48 states.[22]
  4. ^ These 11 statistical areas are used solely by the United States Census Bureau to tabulate population and other census statistics within the Unorganized Borough; they have no legal basis in Alaska state or federal law other than for electoral representation and federal financial assistance purposes.
  5. ^ Prior to July 1, 2016, there were 42 independent cities. At that time, Bedford, Virginia, gave up its city status and became a town within Bedford County.[33]
  6. ^ The State of Alaska has 19 organized boroughs and one Unorganized Borough divided into 11 census areas.
  7. ^ The United States Census Bureau and the Office of Management and Budget consider the entire District of Columbia to be a county equivalent.
  8. ^ The State of Louisiana has 64 parishes instead of counties.
  9. ^ The State of Maryland has 23 counties and the independent City of Baltimore.
  10. ^ The State of Missouri has 114 counties and the independent City of St. Louis.
  11. ^ The State of Nevada has 16 counties and the independent Consolidated Municipality of Carson City.
  12. ^ The Commonwealth of Virginia has 95 counties and 38 independent cities.
  13. ^ American Samoa has 15 counties,[36][37][38] but these counties are not counted by the U.S. Census Bureau. The Bureau instead counts American Samoa's 3 districts and 2 atolls as county-equivalents.[39][5]
  14. ^ Guam does not have counties. All of Guam is counted as one county-equivalent by the U.S. Census Bureau.
  15. ^ The Northern Mariana Islands do not have counties. The U.S. Census Bureau counts the 4 municipalities of the Northern Mariana Islands as county-equivalents.
  16. ^ Puerto Rico does not have counties. The U.S. Census Bureau counts Puerto Rico's 78 municipalities as county-equivalents.
  17. ^ The U.S. Minor Outlying Islands do not have counties. The U.S. Census Bureau counts each of the 9 island groups in the U.S. Minor Outlying Islands as county-equivalents.
  18. ^ The Minor Outlying Islands have no permanent residents. All reported population consists of temporary military and scientific habitation.
  19. ^ The United States Virgin Islands do not have counties. The U.S. Census Bureau counts the 3 main islands (Saint Croix, Saint Thomas and Saint John) as county-equivalents.

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