page_title: Scout councils (Boy Scouts of America)
section_title: Largest councils
hierarchical_section_title: Scout councils (Boy Scouts of America) / Councils by size / Largest councils
caption_attribution_description: Headquarters Office, Boy Scouts of America
context_page_description: The program of the Boy Scouts of America is administered through 272 local councils, with each council covering a geographic area that may vary from a single city to an entire state. Each council receives an annual charter from the National Council and is usually incorporated as a charitable organization. Most councils are administratively divided into districts that directly serve Scout units.
  Councils fall into one of four regions: Western, Central, Southern, and Northeast. Each region is then subdivided into areas. The total number of councils depends on how they are counted:
  There are 272 individual local councils
  Direct Service covers units outside of local councils— although technically not a council it is assigned a council number
  Greater New York Councils has five boroughs, each with an assigned council number
  Michigan Crossroads Council has four field service councils, each with an assigned council number
caption: National Capital Area Council in Bethesda, Maryland
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