The U.S. Census Bureau
 
Local Governments and Public School Systems by Type and State:  2007
 
Geographic area Total General purpose Special purpose
Total County1 Subcounty Total Special Public school systems
Total Municipal Town or Total School
Dependent
public school
township districts districts systems2
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
United States 89,476 39,044 3,033 36,011 19,492 16,519 50,432 37,381 14,561 13,051 1,510
                     
Alabama 1,185 525 67 458 458 - 660 529 131 131 -
Alaska 177 162 14 148 148 - 15 15 54   54
Arizona 645 105 15 90 90 - 540 301 253 239 14
Arkansas 1,548 577 75 502 502 - 971 724 247 247 -
California 4,344 535 57 478 478 - 3,809 2,765 1,102 1,044 58
                     
Colorado 2,416 332 62 270 270 - 2,084 1,904 180 180 -
Connecticut 649 179 - 179 30 149 470 453 166 17 149
Delaware 338 60 3 57 57 - 278 259 19 19 -
District of Columbia 2 1 - 1 1 - 1 1 2   2
Florida 1,623 477 66 411 411 - 1,146 1,051 95 95 -
                     
Georgia 1,439 689 154 535 535 - 750 570 180 180 -
Hawaii 19 4 3 1 1 - 15 15 1   1
Idaho 1,240 244 44 200 200 - 996 880 116 116 -
Illinois 6,994 2,833 102 2,731 1,299 1,432 4,161 3,249 912 912 -
Indiana 3,231 1,666 91 1,575 567 1,008 1,565 1,272 293 293 -
                     
Iowa 1,954 1,046 99 947 947 - 908 528 380 380 -
Kansas 3,931 2,084 104 1,980 627 1,353 1,847 1,531 316 316 -
Kentucky 1,346 537 118 419 419 - 809 634 175 175 -
Louisiana 526 363 60 303 303 - 163 95 69 68 1
Maine 850 504 16 488 22 466 346 248 299 98 201
                     
Maryland 256 180 23 157 157 - 76 76 39   39
Massachusetts 861 356 5 351 45 306 505 423 332 82 250
Michigan 2,893 1,858 83 1,775 533 1,242 1,035 456 730 579 151
Minnesota 3,526 2,729 87 2,642 854 1,788 797 456 341 341 -
Mississippi 1,000 378 82 296 296 - 622 458 167 164 3
                     
Missouri 3,723 1,378 114 1,264 952 312 2,345 1,809 536 536 -
Montana 1,273 183 54 129 129 - 1,090 758 332 332 -
Nebraska 2,659 1,077 93 984 530 454 1,582 1,294 288 288 -
Nevada 198 35 16 19 19 - 163 146 17 17 -
New Hampshire 545 244 10 234 13 221 301 137 174 164 10
                     
New Jersey 1,383 587 21 566 324 242 796 247 625 549 76
New Mexico 863 134 33 101 101 - 729 633 96 96 -
New York 3,403 1,604 57 1,547 618 929 1,799 1,119 716 680 36
North Carolina 963 648 100 548 548 - 315 315 173   173
North Dakota 2,699 1,730 53 1,677 357 1,320 969 771 198 198 -
                     
Ohio 3,702 2,334 88 2,246 938 1,308 1,368 700 668 668 -
Oklahoma 1,880 671 77 594 594 - 1,209 642 567 567 -
Oregon 1,546 278 36 242 242 - 1,268 1,034 234 234 -
Pennsylvania 4,871 2,628 66 2,562 1,016 1,546 2,243 1,728 515 515 -
Rhode Island 134 39 - 39 8 31 95 91 36 4 32
                     
South Carolina 698 314 46 268 268 - 384 299 85 85 -
South Dakota 1,983 1,291 66 1,225 309 916 692 526 166 166 -
Tennessee 928 439 92 347 347 - 489 475 136 14 122
Texas 4,835 1,463 254 1,209 1,209 - 3,372 2,291 1,082 1,081 1
Utah 599 271 29 242 242 - 328 288 40 40 -
                     
Vermont 733 296 14 282 45 237 437 144 293 293 -
Virginia 511 324 95 229 229 - 187 186 135 1 134
Washington 1,845 320 39 281 281 - 1,525 1,229 296 296 -
West Virginia 663 287 55 232 232 - 376 321 55 55 -
Wisconsin 3,120 1,923 72 1,851 592 1,259 1,197 756 444 441 3
Wyoming 726 122 23 99 99 - 604 549 55 55 -
- Represents zero.
1 Excludes areas corresponding to counties but having no organized governments.
2 Systems operated by a state, county, municipal, or township government. These are not included in total of local government.
Source:  U.S. Census Bureau, 2007 Census of Governments. 

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Governments Division
Created: February 25 2008
Last Revised: March 05 2008 Created: March 05 2008