What is a county?
Q: What is a county?
A: A county is a form of government that is right below the state level in the United States.
Q: How many states use counties?
A: 48 out of the 50 states in the United States use counties.
Q: How many counties are there in the United States?
A: According to the U.S. Census Bureau, there are 3,481 counties or other kinds of divisions that are equal to the county in the United States.
Q: What do some mid-western and northeastern states divide their counties into?
A: Some mid-western and northeastern states divide their counties into townships or towns, some of which have municipalities.
Q: What is a county seat?
A: The place where the county government and courts are located is called a county seat.
Q: How many people live on average in one US County?
A: On average, a county in the United States has a population of around 100,000 people.
Q: Which US County has most/least people living in it?
A: The US County with most people living in it is Los Angeles County, California with 9.8 million people while Kalawao County, HI has only about 90 people living there - making it the US County with least number of inhabitants
