U.S. County Maps & Data — All 3,144 Counties
County lines decide your taxes, your ballot, and which court hears your case — yet county data is scattered, your ZIP isn’t your county, and most “county map” sites are just pictures. CountyAtlasputs every U.S. county’s official Census & BLS data on one interactive map, plus instant tools to find yours — all from named primary sources, never crowd-sourced.
- 3,144counties & equivalents mapped (3,143 on the pre-2022 basis)
- 254counties in Texas — the most of any state
- 9,663,345residents of Los Angeles County — the most populous
- 145,768 sq miYukon-Koyukuk Census Area — largest by land area
How many counties are in the United States?
You’ll find two answers — 3,143 and 3,144 — and both are defensible. The difference is Connecticut: through 2021 it had 8 counties, but effective 2022 the Census Bureau retired them and adopted the state’s 9 planning regions as county-equivalents.
Count the new regions and it’s 3,144; count the old counties and it’s 3,143. This atlas uses the current basis, so it says 3,144.
- 64 parishes (Louisiana)
- 30Alaska boroughs & census areas
- 9 Connecticut planning regions
- 41 independent cities (mostly Virginia)
- 1 federal district (Washington, D.C.)
Browse counties by state
Pick your state for its full county map, a sortable data table, and every county’s page.
Alabama67 counties
Alaska13 boroughs + 11 census areas + 4 cities and boroughs + 2 municipalities
Arizona15 counties
Arkansas75 counties
California58 counties
Colorado64 counties
Connecticut9 planning regions
Delaware3 counties
District of Columbia1 federal district
Florida67 counties
Georgia159 counties
Hawaii5 counties
Idaho44 counties
Illinois102 counties
Indiana92 counties
Iowa99 counties
Kansas105 counties
Kentucky120 counties
Louisiana64 parishes
Maine16 counties
Maryland23 counties + 1 independent city
Massachusetts14 counties
Michigan83 counties
Minnesota87 counties
Mississippi82 counties
Missouri114 counties + 1 independent city
Montana56 counties
Nebraska93 counties
Nevada16 counties + 1 independent city
New Hampshire10 counties
New Jersey21 counties
New Mexico33 counties
New York62 counties
North Carolina100 counties
North Dakota53 counties
Ohio88 counties
Oklahoma77 counties
Oregon36 counties
Pennsylvania67 counties
Rhode Island5 counties
South Carolina46 counties
South Dakota66 counties
Tennessee95 counties
Texas254 counties
Utah29 counties
Vermont14 counties
Virginia95 counties + 38 independent cities
Washington39 counties
West Virginia55 counties
Wisconsin72 counties
Wyoming23 counties
Built on named primary sources
- U.S. Census Bureau — PEP
- Population (annual estimates)
- U.S. Census Bureau — SAIPE
- Median household income & poverty
- Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
- Unemployment (monthly)
- U.S. Census Bureau — TIGER/Line
- County & place boundaries
- HUD–USPS crosswalk
- ZIP-to-county mapping
- Wikidata (CC0)
- County seats (validated)
Every figure is a real datum from these sources. Estimates the Census Bureau publishes below its reliability threshold are marked, never guessed.
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