My County Collection
As of July 2026, I have been to at least 69.5%, or 2,184 out of 3,143, county equivalents in the United States. On the map below, counties that I visited for the first time in 2026 are in red. Older counties are grouped by decade; more recent decades are darker. I don't count anything prior to the 1980s.
I have visited all counties in 11 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), Indiana (2019), and Michigan (2026).
I have just one county left in both Kansas and Nebraska. Texas is the state where I've been to the greatest number of counties (207). On the other hand, I have visited zero counties in Alaska, one in Hawaii, and two in Arizona.
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Northeast and Midwest
I have lived in Pennsylvania, New York, and Indiana, and my grandparents retired to New Hampshire. Thus, all states that I have completed are in this region.
(Darker colors indicate counties that I've spent more time in.)
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 explains why I've been to most counties in the Great Plains, and I'm more than 90% done with South Dakota, Nebraska, and Kansas. It's a different story west of the Rockies. Although there are relatively few counties, the distances are vast, and they are far from home.