How many counties are in your state?

[WritingIsMyReligion]

Maine's got a whopping 16, one of which (Aroostook, also known as "The County") takes up pretty much the entire north. And we've got a snazzy elementary-school song, set to "Yankee Doodle," to help kiddos remember 'em!

The sixteen counties in our state
Are Lincoln, Knox, and Hancock,
Sagadahoc and Somerset,
Aroostook and Penobscot.
Waldo, Washington, and York...
Cumberland and Franklin.
Piscataquis and Kennebec--
Oxford, Androscoggin!

[Shell Beau]

1. MS has 82!! Too many really.

[Courtesy Flush]

2. Zero

But I think we have 64 parishes.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

3. Oh, ouch.

I forgot about Louisiana and its damned parishes. :P

:D

[KitchenWitch]

4. Minnesota has 87

[LaraMN]

9. Of which I can name an impressive

eight or so, off the top of my head.

:P

[KitchenWitch]

13. I think I can do like 20-

[Left Is Write]

62. The first 7 must be the metro area.

:P

Dakota
Scott
Anoka
Hennepin
Ramsey
Carver
Washington

I could, however, name several more than that.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

10. What do you DO with 87 counties?

:rofl:

[KitchenWitch]

5. California has 58 (!)

[Shell Beau]

8. Now how is it that MS has more than CA?

What the hell? We have way too many counties!

[KitchenWitch]

11. I think we in CA have too few.

[Oeditpus Rex]

27. Yeah, they could hack San Bernadino County into quarters

It's bigger than Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island and Delaware combined.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Bernardino_County,_California

[XemaSab]

36. As a county lister, I think we should lump some of them.

Who really wants to spend that much time in Orange County anyways? :P

[billyskank]

6. I have not the faintest idea

But here is a link to a map of them:

http://marnanel.org/counties

Check "Bedfordshire" and that will show you where I live. :hi:

[lost-in-nj]

30. I clicked

and waved!!!!

:hi: :hug:

lost

[billyskank]

37. I am waving back.

Can you see me? :hi:

:hug:

[Critters2]

50. Wow. That is a bunch of counties ya got there.

Btw, working on genealogy, and just learned that a bunch of my ancestors came from Renfrewshire. I'm guessing that's a county, but no idea where it is.

[Rambis]

7. Iowa 99

just an fyi so you can start trashing us now... Edwards will win the Iowa Caucus!

[KitchenWitch]

18. 99 (!)

Iowa is roughly the size of freakin' Riverside county here!

[Critters2]

46. I used to mark "County No. 99" on my state tax return.

Last one alphabetically, so I know how many Iowa has!

[Lars39]

12. TN has 95.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

15. 95????

:rofl:

[Lars39]

22. They all fit, too.

:D

[supernova]

14. North Carolina has 100 counties

[RubyDuby in GA]

16. 159 - beat that!

[Shell Beau]

19. Georgia is getting ridiculous with their counties.

They keep splitting up counties! Why is that?

[RubyDuby in GA]

23. Actually they can't. GA's constitution limits the number to 159

They're trying to split the main county in the state - Fulton, which is where Atlanta is - up into two, but it would take an amendment to the state constitution and it isn't getting any support.

Poor rich white people in North Fulton who don't want anything to do with the poorer (i.e. black) neighborhoods in South Fulton...

[Shell Beau]

24. I knew they were trying to do that. I know that

must be aggravating.

[RubyDuby in GA]

28. It really is aggravating. It's not like there aren't about a billion other things

for the legislature to be doing, but no...we've got to appease the haves to keep them away from the have-nots.

I'm about sick of this state!

[Thirtieschild]

54. Georgia has so many counties (for its size) because once upon a time

the state went by "county rule", i.e., every county had an equal vote in the legislature. This meant that little Banks County had the same voice as big ol' Fulton. Kept those Atlanta libruls in their place.

At one time (don't know exactly when but know it was way back when) the north part of Fulton was Milton County. Is that the excuse for splitting up Fulton?

[Swede]

59. Mmmmmmmmm, Bacon county.

[Dora]

17. 254

:P


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[WritingIsMyReligion]

25. Psssshaw. Texas.

:rofl:

[GOPisEvil]

52. California has only 58.

There used to be a rule in Texas that the county seat of one county could not be more than one day's horse ride from the neighboring county seats. Hence the number of counties.

Corrected info.

[mwdem]

49. I've lived here 2 years, and I didn't know that.

Texas is like 3 states.

[Thirtieschild]

55. Texas is "like three states" but could be five

I learned in Texas history many eons ago that the state could split itself into five states.

[mwdem]

56. Yeah, you're right.

I never studied Texas history, but I can see it.:hi:

[Ptah]

20. Arizona has fifteen counties.

Some are larger than many states.

[LynneSin]

21. 3 counties - New Castle, Kent and Sussex

:D

New Castle is all of Northern Delaware. Kent and Sussex make up Slower Delaware

[pitohui]

65. newcastle, kent, and sussex -- sounds like effing england! EOM

,

[lizziegrace]

26. 88 counties in OH

:)

[UrbScotty]

29. Ochenta y tres (83)

[lost-in-nj]

31. NJ has 21

lost

[mainegreen]

32. The *only* way I can list the counties in Maine is to sing that foolish song.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

40. Same here.

It's my failsafe way of getting all 16. :P

[terrya]

33. I believe Illinois has 101

[XemaSab]

34. 58

Alameda, Alpine, Amador, Butte, Calaveras, Colusa, Contra Costa, Del Norte, El Dorado, Fresno, Glenn, Humboldt, Inyo, Imperial, Kings, Kern, Lassen, Lake, Los Angeles, Mendocino, Merced, Madera, Marin, Modoc, Mono, Mariposa, Napa, Nevada, Orange, Placer, Plumas, Riverside, San Diego, San Francisco, Santa Barbara, San Mateo, San Luis Obispo, San Bernardino, San Benito, Solano, Shasta, Sutter, Sacramento, Siskiyou, Sierra, Tuolumne, Tulare, Ventura, Yuba, and Yolo.

Plus a bunch I am forgetting. :)

Edit: Like Trinity. :P And Tehama. :P And San Joaquin and Stanislaus. :P And Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, and Monterey. :P

[supernova]

35. OK, how much homework are we doing for you?

:P

[WritingIsMyReligion]

41. Counties is so fourth grade.

:P

[Phillycat]

38. 67 in PA.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

39. Two hundred fifty four.

More than any other state and lots of them are bigger than some states.

Texas.

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

42. Same as you as I am also in Maine.

I grew up in Penobscot and now I live in Androscoggin. I met a lot of folks from "The County" at UMaine. I never realized that was what they called it until I went to school there.

[trof]

43. 67, And I'm in the biggest. Baldwin.

It was named after Alex.
;-)
No...not really.

[Redstone]

44. In Connecticut, it doesn't matter, because amazingly enough we have NO

county government in this state. It was abolished back in the 1970s.

Which I think may have been the best thing the state ever did, eliminating one layer of government.

Redstone

[trof]

51. NH kinda the same. All land is in a 'township'.

There are counties, but I don't remember that they have any governmental powers.

[Mutley]

45. Twenty-three plus Baltimore City

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

47. No such thing as counties here. Only states and municipalities.

In case you're wondering, police is at the state level.

[Critters2]

48. Illinois--101. nt

[KamaAina]

53. Five (one not organized)

City and County of Honolulu (O'ahu plus the uninhabited Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, making it technically the farthest-flung city on Earth!), Kaua'i (includes Ni'ihau, home of the only remaining Hawaiian-speaking community), Maui (includes the islands of Moloka'i and Lana'i) and Hawai'i (the Big Island). Kalawao County consists of the historic Hansen's disease settlement at Kalaupapa and is administered directly by the state department of health.

What we don't have are cities; the county executives are called "mayors".

[muriel_volestrangler]

57. It always surprises me how small American counties are

You'd have thought that they'd be the same size, or bigger, than English counties. But England has 48 counties (that's the 'ceremonial county' list - the definition has been a bit of a moving target, but that includes counties that were created to hold cities that grew rather large to be in the old traditional counties), with an average area of about 2700 sq. km - which would put it between Texas and Minnesota in the list of American states' mean county area - among the bigger, more sprawling states. But in population terms, the English counties have over a million each, on average - where most US states don't have a single county that populous.

[huskerlaw]

58. Nebraska has 93

I know, Nebraska's not "my" state anymore, but XemaSab already did California!

[Goblinmonger]

60. I believe Wisconsin has 72

I could google it, but the fact that I haven't shows how little I guess I really care.

[Left Is Write]

61. 44.

[triguy46]

63. 77 in Oklahoma. Nearly all have running water and indoor toilets...

Though some of us still prefer the great outdoors.

[pitohui]

64. is that all?

there are 64 parishes in louisiana, some i've barely heard of!

[RushIsRot]

66. According to Wikipedia, Arkansas has 75 counties.

So that's my tentative "final answer."

[Rabrrrrrr]

67. Just our own.

[Breeze54]

68. Massachusetts only has 14 counties!

Massachusetts counties, consisting of the 14 Massachusetts counties.



Barnstable
Berkshire
Bristol
Dukes
Essex
Franklin
Hampden
Hampshire
Middlesex
Nantucket
Norfolk
Plymouth
Suffolk
Worcester

[mvd]

69. 67 counties

I'm in Pennsylvania.

[bridgit]

70. 58...

[Wapsie B]

71. Iowa has 99 counties.

That's a few too many, especially in the sparser populated areas. It's been a big debate in the state too. But it's a glaring reminder of how Iowa was settled in comparison to many other states in the U.S.

[JTG of the PRB]

72. Colorado has 64 counties.

Not a ton considering we're a decent-sized state, but still.