DECEMBER 4, 2019: There are a total of 90,126 governments in the United States.[1] ([link removed])
This includes 50 state governments; 3,031 county governments; 19,495 Municipal Governments; 16,253 Township Governments; and 12,754 Independent School Districts.[2] ([link removed])
Additionally, there are tens of thousands of Special Districts created for specific purposes. Special districts have been created to provide a wide variety of services, everything from airports and ports to electricity, fire protection, parks, and cemeteries.[3] ([link removed])
An earlier Number of the Day ([link removed]) noted that there are an estimated 519,000 elected officials running these governments.
The Census Bureau is required to count the number of governing bodies every five years. The figures reported here are from 2017 (the latest data available).
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