2002 Census of Governments County-type areas without county governments

(Adapted by JABG Technical Support Center staff from U.S. Bureau of the Census, 2002 Census of Governments, GC92(1)-1, Government Organization, Appendix B.)

Not all geographic areas known as counties have county governments. Where municipal and county governments have been consolidated, or substantially merged, the composite units are classed as municipalities for the Bureau of the Census reporting of governmental statistics. Moreover, the cities of Baltimore and St. Louis are outside the areas of the adjacent counties of Baltimore and St. Louis, and a similar situation exists among 39 independent cities in Virginia. Some consolidated governments have more than one agency reporting violent crime to the UCR program-- for example, a county sheriff and a city police department. See Governments with more than one agency reporting crime for a listing.

Areas with governments legally designated as city-counties and operating primarily as cities (11):

Alaska: City and borough of Anchorage, city and borough of Juneau, city and borough of Sitka, and city and borough of Yakutat

California: City and county of San Francisco

Colorado: City and county of Broomfield and city and county of Denver

Hawaii: City and county of Honolulu

Kansas: Unified Government of Wyandotte County and city of Kansas City

Montana: Anaconda-Deer Lodge County and Butte-Silver Bow County

Areas designated as metropolitan governments and operating primarily as cities (3):

Tennessee: Hartsville and Trousdale County, Lynchburg and Moore County, Nashville and Davidson County

Areas having certain types of county offices, but as part of another government (city, township, state) (19):

Florida: County of Duval (city of Jacksonville)

Georgia: County of Clarke (city of Athens), County of Muscogee (city of Columbus), and County of Richmond (city of Augusta)

Hawaii: County of Kalawao (state of Hawaii)

Indiana: County of Marion (city of Indianapolis)

Kentucky: Lexington-Fayette Urban County

Louisiana: Parish of East Baton Rouge (city of Baton Rouge), Parish of Lafayette (city of Lafayette) Parish of Orleans (city of New Orleans), and Terrebonne Parish Consolidated Government

Massachusetts: County of Nantucket (town of Nantucket) and county of Suffolk (city of Boston)

New York: Counties of Bronx, Kings, New York, Queens, and Richmond (all part of the city of New York)

Pennsylvania: County of Philadelphia (city of Philadelphia)

Area classified as a separate county area and as a separate state area in population statistics, but counted as a municipal government in census statistics in governments (1):

District of Columbia: Washington city

Cities located outside of any ''county'' area and administering functions elsewhere commonly performed by counties (42):

Maryland: Baltimore city (distinct from Baltimore County)

Missouri: St. Louis city (distinct from St. Louis County)

Nevada: Carson City

Virginia (39 cities): Alexandria, Bedford, Bristol, Buena Vista, Charlottesville, Chesapeake, Colonial Heights, Covington, Danville, Emporia, Fairfax, Falls Church, Franklin, Fredericksburg, Galax, Hampton, Harrisonburg, Hopewell, Lexington, Lynchburg, Manassas, Manassas Park, Martinsville, Newport News, Norfolk, Norton, Petersburg, Poquoson, Portsmouth, Radford, Richmond, Roanoke, Salem, Staunton, Suffolk, Virginia Beach, Waynesboro, Williamsburg, and Winchester.

Unorganized areas bearing county designations but having no county government (20):

Connecticut (8 county areas with no county government): Fairfield, Hartford, Litchfield, Middlesex, New Haven, New London, Tolland, and Windham

Massachusetts (7 county areas with no county government): Berkshire, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, and Worcester

Rhode Island (5 county areas with no county government): Bristol, Kent, Newport, Providence, and Washington

Other unorganized county-type areas (11)

Alaska: 11 census areas: Aleutians West, Bethel, Dillingham, Nome, Prince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan, Skagway-Hoonah-Angoon, Southeast Fairbanks, Valdez-Cordova, Wade Hampton, Wrangall-Paterson, and Yukon-Kayukuk