<div>How many counties are there in the United States?</div><div><br></div><div>There are 3,141 counties and county equivalents in the 50 States and the District of Columbia. They are categorized as follows:</div><div><br>
</div><div>3,007 counties</div><div>16 Boroughs in Alaska</div><div>11 Census Areas in Alaska (for areas not organized into Boroughs by the State)</div><div>64 Parishes in Louisiana</div><div>42 Independent Cities (1 in Maryland, 1 in Missouri, 1 in Nevada, and the remainder in Virginia)</div>
<div>1 District - the Federal District or District of Columbia.</div><div><br></div><div>This does not include Commonwealths and territories with what are generally county equivalents, which are as follows:</div><div><br>
</div><div>78 Municipalities in Puerto Rico</div><div>2 Districts in the U.S. Virgin Islands</div><div>9 Election Districts in Guam</div><div>17 Districts in the Northern Mariana Islands</div><div>and</div><div>5 Districts in American Samoa</div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 12:53 PM, Jeff Hollar <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jhollar@pwaste.com">jhollar@pwaste.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#444444">A proposed Alameda County ordinance forcing drug companies to offer disposal of unwanted prescription medication passed its initial hurdle Tuesday before the county board of supervisors. Full story below</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.ebcitizen.com/2012/02/alameda-county-prescription-drug.html" target="_blank">http://www.ebcitizen.com/2012/02/alameda-county-prescription-drug.html</a><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Will this be a trend for other counties across the US?<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Jeff Hollar</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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