Editing County (United States) (section)

====Territories====

There are technically no counties in U.S. territories. [[American Samoa]] has [[Administrative divisions of American Samoa|its own counties]], but the U.S. Census Bureau does not treat them as counties (instead, the U.S. Census Bureau treats American Samoa's [[Districts of American Samoa|three districts and two atolls]] as county equivalents).<ref name="CensusT"/><ref name="CensusCounties2"/> American Samoa's counties are treated as minor civil divisions.<ref name="CensusCounties2"/> Most territories are directly divided into municipalities or similar units, which are mostly treated as equivalent of counties for statistical purposes:<ref name="CensusT"/><ref name= "USMOICounties">{{cite web |url=http://www.statoids.com/uum.html |title=Territories of United States Minor Outlying Islands |website=Statoids.com |access-date=July 6, 2018}}</ref><ref name="CensusCounties2"/><ref>{{cite web|url =http://www.hl7.org/fhir/valueset-fips-county.html |website = FHIR|title = US counties and county equivalent entities codes|author= US Realm Taskforce Work Group|url-status = dead|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180707093410/http://www.hl7.org/fhir/valueset-fips-county.html |archive-date = 7 July 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.census.gov/library/reference/code-lists/ansi.html#par_statelist|website= U.S. Census Bureau|title = Census Bureau Code Lists: American National Standards Institute (ANSI)|date = 23 April 2019}}</ref>

* The 78 [[municipalities of Puerto Rico]]
* The 2 [[Districts and sub-districts of the United States Virgin Islands|districts of the United States Virgin Islands]], or the 3 main [[List of islands of the United States Virgin Islands|islands of the United States Virgin Islands]]
* The 4 [[Northern Mariana Islands#Administrative divisions|municipalities of the Northern Mariana Islands]]
* The 3 [[Administrative divisions of American Samoa|districts of American Samoa]]
* The 2 [[Administrative divisions of American Samoa|atolls of American Samoa]]
* The 9 islands of the [[U.S. Minor Outlying Islands]]

The U.S. Census Bureau counts all of [[Guam]] as one county equivalent (with the FIPS code 66010),<ref name="CensusT"/><ref name="CensusCounties2">{{cite web |title=States, Counties, and Statistically Equivalent Entities (Chapter 4) |url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/pdfs/reference/GARM/Ch4GARM.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://www2.census.gov/geo/pdfs/reference/GARM/Ch4GARM.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |access-date=July 6, 2018 |website=U.S. Census Bureau}}</ref> while the [[United States Geological Survey|USGS]] counts [[List of populated places in Guam|Guam's election districts (villages)]] as county equivalents.<ref name="USGSCounties">{{cite web|url = https://www.usgs.gov/faqs/how-many-counties-are-there-united-states|title = How many counties are there in the United States?|website = USGS.gov|access-date = July 7, 2018|archive-date = September 7, 2018|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180907033534/https://www.usgs.gov/faqs/how-many-counties-are-there-united-states|url-status = dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/metroarea/stcbsa_pg/Feb2013/cbsa2013_GU.pdf|title = Guam &ndash; Election Districts|website= Census.gov|date = 2012}}</ref> The U.S. Census Bureau counts the 3 main islands in the [[U.S. Virgin Islands]] as county equivalents, while the USGS counts the [[Districts and sub-districts of the United States Virgin Islands|districts of the U.S. Virgin Islands]] (of which there are 2) as county equivalents.<ref name="CensusT"/><ref name="USGSCounties"/>