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 | 24 |
| 44. | Hawaii | 5 |
| 45. | Massachusetts | 14 |
| 46. | Vermont | 14 |
| 47. | New Hampshire | 10 |
| 48. | New Jersey | 21 |
| 49. | Connecticut | 8 |
| 50. | Rhode Island | 5 |