United States yearbook - 1982 (1)

294 State and Local Government Finances and Employment
N o . 489. N u m b e r o f L o c a l G o v e r n m e n t s , b y T y p e — S t a t e s : 1 9 7 7 a n d 1 9 8 2
(Limited to governments actually In existence. Excludes, therefore, a few counties and numerous townships and “incorporated
places existing as areas for which statistics can be presented as to population and other subjects, but lacking any separate
organized county, township, or municipal government]
STATE
All
governmental
units 1
19 7 7 1962
School
districts
Special
districts
All
governmental
units1
Local government units
Counties
Municipalities
Townships
a districts
School
Special districts
Total1 Natural
resources
Fire
protection
Housing
and
community
development
U.8...................... 79,862 15,174 25,962 62,686 3,041 19,083 16,748 15,032 28,733 6,276 4,667 6,606
Ala........................ 949 127 336 1,019 67 434 127 390 67 2 167
Alaska................... ISO _ - 157 8 142 _ _ 6 _ 6
Artz............. .......... 420 230 106 459 14 76 _ 231 137 89 _ -
Ark........................ 1,346 360 424 1,430 75 472 _ 376 506 227 29 135
Card...................... 3,806 1,109 2,227 4,112 57 428 - 1,115 2,511 530 362 88
Colo.,.................... 1,459 165 950 1,566 62 267 207 1,031 174 201 56
Conn..................... 434 16 236 481 33 149 16 262 1 49 91
Del........ ............... 21Q 25 127 219 3 56 •19 140 135 _ 3
D.C........................ 2 _ 1 2 _ 1 _ _ 1 _ _ _
Fla......................... 911 65 361 972 66 391 - 95 419 132 56 94
Ga......................... 1.263 IBB 387 1,271 158 534
_ _ 188 390 30
210
Hawaii 19
Idaho........... ........ 972 117 612 1,018 44 198 _ 117 658 175 101 12
IH........................... 6,620 1,063 2,745 6,464 102 1,280 1,434 1,050 2,597 905 767 98
Ind......................... 2,854 307 885 2,873 91 565 1,008 306 902 116 - 52
1,852
Kana...................... 3,725 327 1,219 3,819 IQS 627 1,360 326 1,300 263 103
Ky.......................... 1,183 161 478 1,253 119 426 180 527 126 76 21
La.......... ............... 458 66 30 469 62 301 _ 66 39 19 _ -
Maine.................... 779 86 178 BOB 16 22 475 98 196 13 - 31
Md........................ 426 252 443 23 152 _ _ 267 196 _ 20
Mass..................«... 766 75 328 799 12 39 312 81 354 14 13 219
Mich...................... 2,633 606 168 2,646 63 532 1,245 601 104 85 _ -
Minn...................... 3,437 440 263 3.530 87 855 1,795 436 356 111 _ 163
Miss..„................. 835 166 304 860 82 292 - 169 316 235 - 59
Mo.~...~..............«... 2,937 574 1,007 3.126 114 929 324 559 1,201 152 116 142
Mont,...-................. 958 465 311 1,045 54 126 _ 412 452 119 96 20
Nebr..................... 3,465 1,195 1,192 3,336 93 535 469 1,060 1,158 111 426 136
Nev........................ 162 17 132 186 16 17 17 135 31 18 16
N.H........................ 506 159 103 507 10 13 221 149 113 9 15 19
N.J......................... 1,517 549 380 1,597 21 323 244 553 455 15 148 70
N. Mex.................. 313 88 100 320 33 96 _ 89 101 71 _ 6
N.Y......................... 3,309
N.C..... ............. 874 3 0 2 910 100 4 8 4 325 1471 113
N, Dak______ ___ 2,707 346 567 2.796 53 365 1,360 325 694 65 278 37
Ohio...................... 3,285 631 312 3,353 88 941 1,318 627 378 99 22 53
Okla...................... 1,675 625 406 2,282 77 582 _ 653 949 114 6 137
9 rea ........................... 1,447 375 797 1,460 36 241 _ 354 828 193 249 24
Pa......................... 5,246 581 2,035 5,317 66 1,019 1,549 618 2,064 6 1 91
R.l......................... 120 3 78 125 - 8 31 3 82 4 38 27
s.c.................... 585 93 182 652 46 265 _ 92 246 46 61 46
S. Dak..,,............... 1,727 194 14B 1,768 64 312 996 195 200 105 16 40
Tenn..................... 905 14 471 914 94 335 13 471 128 _ 104
Tex.M.................. 3,663 1,13€ 1,425 4,192 264 1,121 • 1,125 1,691 386 16 398
Utah.................... 492 40 207 506 29 224 - 40 212 72 4 9
Vt.......................... 647 272 67 668 14 57 237 274 65 14 16 0
Va......................... 389 - 65 408 95 229 63 42 _ -
Wash.................... 1,666 302 1.060 1,735 39 265 _ 300 1,130 163 412 42
W. Va................... 695 5 5 258 637 5 5 231 - 5 5 295 15 38
WIs........................ 2,518 410 190 2,596 72 580 1,269 409 265 155 101
Wyo...................... 385 5 5 217 401 23 81 - 56 230 114 44
- Represents zero. 'Includes other types of governments not shown separately. includes "town" governments in the 6
New England States and in Minnesota, New York, and Wisconsin.
Source: U.S. 3ureau of the Census, Census o f G o v e rn m e n ts; 1 97 7, vol. 1, No. 1, G o v e rn m e n ta l O rg a n iz a tio n , and 1 9 8 2 C e n s u s
o f G o v e rn m e n ts , P re lim in a ry R e p o rt N o . 1, GC 82 (P)-t.