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.
List of the 50 states and the number of counties in each.
| 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 |