My County Collection
As of June 2024, I have been to at least 65.4%, or 2,057 out of 3,143, county equivalents in the United States. The map below shows where I've been. Counties in red I visited for the first time in 2024. Other counties are grouped by decade; darker indicates a more recent decade. I don't count anything prior to the 1980s.
I have visited all counties in ten states: Connecticut (last county visited in the 1980s),
Delaware (1995),
Rhode Island (2001),
Pennsylvania (2004),
New Hampshire (2006),
New York (2007),
Ohio (2012),
Massachusetts (2017),
Vermont (2017), and
Indiana (2019).
I have one county left to visit in Kansas and just three in Nebraska. Texas is the state where I've been to the greatest number of counties (204).
On the other hand, I have visited zero counties in Oregon and Alaska, just one in Hawaii, and two in Arizona.
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Northeast and Midwest
I lived in several places in Pennsylvania and New York, and now I live in Indiana. My grandparents retired to New Hampshire. Unsurprisingly, all of my completed states are in this region.
Southeast
Driving several times to New Orleans has helped me make good progress on this region. But there is still a long way to go, especially in North Carolina and Florida.
West
Storm chasing has helped me make great inroads with the Great Plains states, and I'm more than 90% done with South Dakota, Nebraska, and Kansas. Although there are relatively few counties in states west of the Rockies, the distances are vast, and they are far from home.