List Of U.S. States And Number of Counties In Each

Last updated on January 17th, 2022

Below is a list of the 50 states and the number of counties in each.

Texas has the most number of counties while Delaware has the fewest.

Alaska and Louisiana are the only states that do not call their first-order administrative subdivisions counties.

Serial	State Name	Number of counties
1.	Alaska	Alaska is divided into 19 organized boroughs and one Unorganized Borough. (There are 29 county equivalents in Alaska.)
2.	Texas	254 (state with the most counties)
3.	Delaware	3 (state with the fewest counties)
4.	Nevada	16 counties and 1 independent city (Carson City)
5.	Missouri	114 counties and 1 independent city (Saint Louis City)
6.	Louisiana	64 (Louisiana uses parishes instead)
7.	California	58
8.	Montana	56
9.	New Mexico	33
10.	Arizona	15
11.	Colorado	64
12.	Oregon	36
13.	Wyoming	23
14.	Michigan	83
15.	Minnesota	87
16.	Utah	29
17.	Idaho	44
18.	Kansas	105
19.	Nebraska	93
20.	South Dakota	66
21.	Washington	39
22.	North Dakota	53
23.	Florida	67
24.	Oklahoma	77
25.	Georgia	159
26.	Wisconsin	72
27.	Illinois	102
28.	Iowa	99
29.	New York	62
30.	North Carolina	100
31.	Virginia	133 (The Commonwealth of Virginia is divided into 95 counties, along with 38 independent cities that are considered county-equivalents for census purposes.)
32.	Arkansas	75
33.	Alabama	67
34.	Mississippi	82
35.	Pennsylvania	67
36.	Ohio	88
37.	Tennessee	95
38.	Kentucky	120
39.	Maine	16
40.	Indiana	92
41.	South Carolina	46
42.	West Virginia	55
43.	Maryland	23 counties and 1 independent city (Baltimore City)
44.	Hawaii	5
45.	Massachusetts	14
46.	Vermont	14
47.	New Hampshire	10
48.	New Jersey	21
49.	Connecticut	8
50.	Rhode Island	5