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List of counties in Minnesota
Minnesota is divided into 87 counties, primary local government units responsible for property, taxes, and elections. Nine original counties were first established on October 27, 1849.
List of counties in Missouri
Missouri's counties: 114 counties plus the independent City of St. Louis as a county-equivalent. First five organized October 1, 1812; last, Worth County, in 1861; St. Louis City separated from St. Louis County in 1876.
List of counties in New Jersey
New Jersey's 21 counties (list): alphabetical table with FIPS codes, county seats, and 2025 population estimates, plus formation dates from 1681 Burlington to 1857 Union and county government structure.
List of counties in New Mexico
New Mexico's 33 counties (condados): FIPS 35001–35061, county seats, founding dates, 2023 populations, land areas, and the state's nine-class county classification system.
List of counties in New York
New York State's 62 counties: 57 county governments outside New York City plus five borough-counties; first 12 counties created in 1683, newest (Bronx) in 1914; 23 operate under home rule charters.
List of counties in South Carolina
South Carolina is divided into 46 counties, its primary political and administrative divisions, first created in 1682 and governed under four forms of county government.
List of counties in Tennessee
List of counties in Tennessee: the 95 counties of the state, also called the Volunteer State, grouped into the eastern, middle, and western grand divisions, with TDOT's four regions, formation history, and county government data.
List of counties in Texas
Texas is divided into 254 counties, the most of any U.S. state, with Harris County the most populous and Brewster County the largest by area.
List of counties in Washington
List of counties in Washington: the 39 counties of Washington State with their county seats, from Adams (Ritzville) to Yakima (Yakima); King County is most populous, Garfield least, Okanogan largest, San Juan smallest.
List of counties in West Virginia
West Virginia's 55 counties, enumerated in Code §1-1-1: 44 named in the 1863 Constitution, later additions through Mingo County (1895); each governed by a three-member county commission.
List of counties in Wisconsin
List of counties in Wisconsin: the 72 counties of the state, from Brown, Crawford, and Michilimackinac (1818) to Menominee (1961), with populations, largest counties, and urban-rural classification.
List of counties of Kenya by area
Ranked list of Kenya's 47 counties by land area (KNBS Statistical Abstract 2023): Marsabit largest at 71,905 km², Mombasa smallest at 151 km²; counties created by the 2010 Constitution.
List of counties of Kenya by Gross County Product
The list of counties of Kenya by Gross County Product, also known as List of Kenyan Counties by GDP, ranks Nairobi first with about 27 percent of national GDP.
List of countries and dependencies by population
List of countries and dependencies by population: ranked population figures compiled from UN World Population Prospects (237 areas), US Census IDB (227 areas), and World Bank data; India leads with over 1.4 billion.
List of countries and territories where French is an official language
Countries and territories where French is an official language: about 29 sovereign states (13 unilingual), plus territories like Québec, Puducherry, and French Polynesia; distinct from the 93-member OIF; Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger withdrew in 2025.
List of countries and territories where Spanish is an official language
Spanish is an official language in 20 countries on three continents: Spain, 18 American countries, and Equatorial Guinea, while Mexico and Argentina use it without declaring it official.
List of countries bordering on two or more oceans
The list of countries bordering on two or more oceans counts 22 countries whose territory has coastline on more than one of the five named oceans.
List of countries by agricultural exports
Country rankings of agricultural export values compiled by FAO, WTO, and USDA; global exports grew 3.7-fold 2000-2020, with Brazil, the United States, Russia, and India leading by commodity.
List of countries by alcohol consumption per capita
Country ranking of alcohol consumption per capita in litres of pure alcohol per person aged 15+ per year (WHO SDG 3.5.2), combining recorded and unrecorded consumption; 2019 leaders Estonia 11.65 and France 11.44 versus a 5.8-litre global average.
List of countries by average wage
List of countries by average wage: cross-country rankings of employee pay from OECD average annual wages and ILO data. OECD 2024 average USD 44,439; Switzerland highest at USD 103,465; Luxembourg leads ILO-based monthly PPP rankings.
List of countries by beer consumption per capita
Per capita beer consumption by country, ranked in liters of beer (Kirin) or pure alcohol (WHO/OWID). Czechia leads, 148.8 liters in 2024, first for 32 straight years; Namibia, Austria, Gabon, Poland follow in WHO data.
List of countries by carbon dioxide emissions
The list of countries by carbon dioxide emissions ranks countries by yearly CO2 output; in 2024 China led with 32% of global fossil emissions, ahead of the United States and India.
List of countries by carbon dioxide emissions per capita
The list of countries by carbon dioxide emissions per capita, also called per capita CO2 emissions, ranks countries by annual CO₂ per person, with Qatar highest and DR Congo lowest in 2024.
List of countries by cocoa production
List of countries by cocoa production: ICCO 2024/25 season figures, world output 4.698 million tonnes, Côte d'Ivoire 1.681 Mt, Ghana 600 kt, Ecuador 570 kt, regional shares and price context.
List of countries by credit rating
List of countries by credit rating: sovereign ratings from S&P, Moody's, and Fitch, with scale explanation, investment-grade thresholds, and cited recent ratings for the US, France, Greece, India, China, Australia, and African sovereigns.
List of countries by ecological footprint
Countries ranked by Ecological Footprint per person in global hectares, from the National Footprint and Biocapacity Accounts (GFN/FoDaFo, York University); covers 200+ countries, 1961 to present, deficits and reserves.
List of countries by English-speaking population
List of countries by English-speaking population ranks countries by English speakers, native and second-language. Key facts: official in 59-67 countries; US leads totals (328.1M) with India second (278.1M); definitions vary widely.
List of countries by foreign-exchange reserves
A ranked list of countries by foreign-exchange reserves, which reached $13.14 trillion in 2025, led by China at about $3.5 trillion, Japan, the United States, and Switzerland.
List of countries by forest area
The list of countries by forest area ranks countries by FAO-reported forest cover, from Suriname at 94.4 percent in 2023 down to four countries with none.
List of countries by GDP (nominal)
List of countries by GDP (nominal): rankings of economies by GDP in current U.S. dollars at market exchange rates, per IMF World Economic Outlook and World Bank. United States largest at $32.38 trillion in 2026; China second; Tuvalu smallest.