In 45 of the 50 states of the United States, the county is used for the level of local government immediately below the state itself. Louisiana uses parishes, and Alaska uses boroughs. In Connecticut,
Los Angeles in Los Angeles County, California, the most populous county in the United States
Palmyra Atoll — the least-populous inhabited county or county-equivalent in the United States
Loving County, Texas, the least populous county in the main 50-states in the United States.
San Bernardino County, California, the largest county in the United States by land area (excluding county-equivalents)
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Manhattan is the most densely populated and geographically smallest of the five boroughs of New York City. Coextensive with New York County, Manhattan is the smallest county by area in the U.S. state
County statistics of the United States
…Bexar County, Texas 2,160,088 17 Broward County, Florida 2,013,317 18 Santa Clara County, California 1,914,391 19 Wayne County, Michigan 1,769,038 20 New York County, New York 1,664,862 Smallest population counties nationwide (2025 Census estimate) Rank County Population 1 Loving County, Texas 52 2 Kalawao County, Hawaii 82…
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New Amsterdam, centered in what eventually became Lower Manhattan, in 1664, the year England took control and renamed it New York
Statue of George Washington in front of Federal Hall on Wall Street, where in 1789 he was sworn in as the first U.S. president.
Manhattan's Little Italy on the Lower East Side, c. 1900