Talk:County statistics of the United States

In Nevada, we consider Carson City both a county and a city and count it as one of 17 counties.

Area: Land Area or Total Area?
I have noticed some inconsistencies in the numbers for the "areas" of the counties. Basically, we have to agree on a definition of what the term area means in order to be consistent. Some of the area figures include only land area, whereas others include water area along with land area, therefore becoming "total" area. I believe that it is more logical to include only land area in these figures because counties with extensive coastlines and those on large lakes such as the Great Lakes can have their "areas" grossly inflated because of included offshore water areas. For example, North Slope Borough's area is given as 94,763 sq mi, which actually breaks down as 88,817.1 sq mi of land and 5,945.5 sq mi of water. Backspace 06:27, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

YES. This should be remembered and considered when all of these numbers are re-calculated to reflect the new census numbers for 2010. It is ridiculous to use total area to calculate things like population density because PEOPLE LIVE ON LAND. Take San Francisco County, for example. Total area is more than 5x the land area because SF county includes a giant chunk of the Pacific Ocean. DFS (talk) 06:32, 21 July 2010 (UTC)

Alaska
I want to be cleared to seen the least population countries is in Alaska state? RushdimIDlike (talk) 16:31, 5 August 2008 (UTC)


 * There aren't any countries within Alaska. Alaska is part of the country named United States, however. Phizzy (talk) 16:58, 5 August 2008 (UTC)


 * Most U.S. states have "Counties". Alaska has "Boroughs" and Louisiana has "Parishes" instead, both are pretty much like counties, but there are a few differences.


 * In Alaska, The "Boroughs Act" which created boroughs put all of Alaska which was not already (independently/municipally) incorporated in a City into "The Unorganized Borough" which is run by the Alaska state government (rather than having an independent local borough government). It is from the Unorganized Borough that the other boroughs are carved out as they have enough population and decide to vote to incorporate.  There is an on-going dispute between the people in the Unorganized borough who are generally independent and happy with the "status quo" (the way things are now) and those in the the Alaska state government who want to force people in the organized borough to municipally incorporate.   For many Alaskans, municipal incorporation means another level of government to deal with and them poking into individuals private matters (more than the State of Alaska government does - which is generally fairly minimal).   While the state government views local governments as the people having more "control", the people view local government as another layer of bureaucracy and generally higher overall taxes (someone has to pay for that local governments operation - while the State of Alaska government is generally funded by Alaskan exports:  oil, mining, forest products, seafood, tourism, ...).


 * Because The Unorganized Borough is so big, the United States Census Bureau has generally divided Alaska into various Census Tracts (Census Areas and Census Designated Places) which generally correspond to their view of what a "county" or "city" SHOULD be - but with NO basis in U.S. federal law (United States Code or Code of Federal Regulation) or Alaska State Law (Alaska Statutes) other than for election/voting districting/representation purposes and financial aid/assistance from the U.S. government (which is fairly minimal).


 * All that said, Are you looking for an Alaska Borough with the least total population, a U.S. Census Bureau "Census Area" in Alaska with the least total population, or the least people per land area (in either an Alaskan Borough or Census Area) ?

LeheckaG (talk) 19:17, 5 August 2008 (UTC)


 * Depending on what you are looking for, the Alaska Borough with the least total population was Yakutat City and Borough, Alaska (with 808 people in 2000) LeheckaG (talk) 19:50, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

Primary data
In the Fifty most (and least) densely populated counties sections, is the data calculated from area in square miles on in km2? —ClickRick (talk) 12:05, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

Washington, D.C.
Why is it not included in all statistics (without mentioning)? Needs change. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.60.245.230 (talk) 22:04, 24 October 2009 (UTC)

D.C. as county-equivalent
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Washington,_D.C.#District_of_Columbia_as_county-equivalent —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.60.216.50 (talk) 02:35, 26 October 2009 (UTC) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Content_noticeboard/Archive4#.22county.22_-_.22County-Statistically_Equivalent_Entity.22 84.60.196.32 (talk) 09:11, 11 November 2009 (UTC)

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Connecticut
Should Connecticut get a note similar to Rhode Island's? Jd2718 (talk) 03:08, 17 December 2018 (UTC)