Thread by @TheValuesVoter

Now for some apolitical nerd trivia.

The 50 states and DC have 3,142 counties and county equivalents.

7 states have counties that are named after the state the county is located in. These are Arkansas, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, New York (Manhattan), Oklahoma and Utah.

11 other states share names with counties that are in other states.

Colorado County (in TX)
Delaware County (In IA, IN, NY, OH, OK and PA)
Indiana County (in PA)
Iowa County (in WI)
Mississippi County (in AR, MO)
Nevada County (in AR, CA)
Ohio County (in IN, KY, WV)

Oregon County (in MO)
Texas County (in OK)
Washington County (in AL, AR, CO, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MD, ME, MN, MO, MS, NC, NE, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WI)
Wyoming County (in NY, PA, WV)

Eight states have 100 or more counties and county equivalents. These are:

Texas (254)
Georgia (159)
Virginia (133)
Kentucky (120)
Missouri (115)
Kansas (105)
Illinois (102)
North Carolina (100)

Five states have 10 or fewer counties and county equivalents. These are:

Delaware (3)
Hawaii (5)
Rhode Island (5)
Connecticut (8)
New Hampshire (10)

The states with the highest percentage of its counties having unique names - counties that don’t share a name with any county/equivalent in any other state:

Hawaii (100% with unique names)
Alaska (93%)
California (84%)
Arizona (80%)
Nevada (65%)

The states with the lowest percentage of its counties having unique names - counties that share a name with any other counties/equivalents in other states:

Illinois (23% uniquely named)
Tennessee (23%)
Alabama (24%)
Indiana (25%)
Iowa (26%)