U.S. County Data Summary

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U.S. Counties Summary

The following list summarizes the counties of United States. For each state, it lists the total number of counties, the most populated county, and the largest county by area.

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	State	Abbre.	Total # of Counties	County with Largest Population		County with Largest Area
	State	Abbre.	Total # of Counties	Name	Population (1,000s)	Name	Area (sq. miles)
1	Alabama	AL	67	Jefferson	662	Baldwin	1,596
2	Alaska	AK	27	Anchorage	260	North Slope	87,860
3	Arizona	AZ	15	Maricopa	3,072	Coconino	18,619
4	Arkansas	AR	75	Pulaski	361	Union	1,039
5	California	CA	58	Los Angeles	9,519	San Bernardino	20,062
6	Colorado	CO	64	Denver	554	Las Animas	4,773
7	Connecticut	CT	8	Fairfield	882	Litchfield	920
8	Delaware	DE	3	New Castle	500	Sussex	938
9	Florida	FL	67	Miami-Dade	2,253	Palm Beach	2,034
10	Georgia	GA	159	Fulton	816	Ware	903
11	Hawaii	HI	4	Honolulu	876	Hawaii	4,028
12	Idaho	ID	44	Ada	300	Idaho	8,485
13	Illinois	IL	102	Cook	5,376	McLean	1,184
14	Indiana	IN	92	Marion	860	Allen	657
15	Iowa	IA	99	Polk	374	Kossuth	973
16	Kansas	KS	105	Sedgwick	452	Butler	1,428
17	Kentucky	KY	102	Jefferson	693	Pike	788
18	Louisiana	LA	64	Orleans	484	Vernon	1,328
19	Maine	ME	16	Cumberland	265	Aroostook	6,672
20	Maryland	MD	24	Montgomery	873	Frederick	663
21	Massachusetts	MA	14	Middlesex	1,465	Worcester	1,513
22	Michigan	MI	83	Wayne	2,061	Marquette	1,821
23	Minnesota	MN	87	Hennepin	1,116	St. Louis	6,226
24	Mississippi	MS	82	Hinds	250	Yazoo	920
25	Missouri	MO	115	St. Louis	1,016	Texas	1,179
26	Montana	MT	56	Yellowstone	129	Beaverhead	5,543
27	Nebraska	NE	93	Douglas	463	Cherry	5,961
28	Nevada	NV	17	Clark	1,375	Nye	18,147
29	New Hampshire	NH	10	Hillsborough	380	Coos	1,801
30	New Jersey	NJ	21	Bergen	884	Burlington	805
31	New Mexico	NM	33	Bernalillo	556	Catron	6,928
32	New York	NY	58	New York City	8,008	St. Lawrence	2,686
33	North Carolina	NC	100	Mecklenburg	695	Robeson	949
34	North Dakota	ND	53	Cass	123	McKenzie	2,742
35	Ohio	OH	88	Cuyahoga	1,393	Ashtabula	703
36	Oklahoma	OK	77	Oklahoma	660	Osage	2,251
37	Oregon	OR	36	Multnomah	660	Harney	10,135
38	Pennsylvania	PA	67	Philadelphia	1,517	Lycoming	1,235
39	Rhode Island	RI	5	Providence	621	Providence	413
40	South Carolina	SC	46	Greenville	379	Horry	1,134
41	South Dakota	SD	66	Minnehaha	148	Meade	3,471
42	Tennessee	TN	95	Shelby	897	Shelby	755
43	Texas	TX	254	Harris	3,400	Brewster	6,193
44	Utah	UT	29	Salt Lake	898	San Juan	7,821
45	Vermont	VT	14	Chittenden	146	Windsor	971
46	Virginia	VA	95	Fairfax	969	Augusta	972
47	Washington	WA	39	King	1,737	Okanogan	5,268
48	West Virginia	WV	55	Kanawha	200	Randolph	1,040
49	Wisconsin	WI	72	Milwaukee	940	Marathon	1,545
50	Wyoming	WY	23	Laramie	81	Sweetwater	10,426
			3,078		62,599		276,504
30	110	60	60	100	60	100	60

Disclaimer: I hope there are no errors.

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This Vaughns 1-Pagers US County Data Summary web page was updated on 2007-08-27.