وسط غرب الولايات المتحدة
جنوب الولايات المتحدة and وسط غرب الولايات المتحدة states generally tend to have more counties than ولايات الغرب الأمريكية or شمال شرق الولايات المتحدة states, as many Northeastern states are not large enough in area to warrant a large number of counties, and many Western states were sparsely populated when counties were created. The five counties of رود آيلاند, the eight counties of كونيتيكت, and eight of the 14 counties of ماساتشوستس no longer have functional county governments, but continue to exist as legal and census entities.