US States by Most Counties with Unique Names

Name the states in order of number of counties with unique names (is the only county with that name in the country), from most to least.

Does not include Alaska (has boroughs/census areas) and Louisiana (has parishes).

Counties with slight spelling differences or are phonetically identical but spelled differently are counted as unique names (Stark and Starke, Muscogee and Muskogee, Ouachita and Washita, Vermilion and Vermillion, etc.)

% of total counties = total counties within that state

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Number of Counties	% of total counties	Examples	Answer
155	61.02%	Brewster, Lampasas, Maverick, Tarrant, Deaf Smith	Texas
61	38.36%	Gwinnett, Troup, Chattooga, Heard, Butts	Georgia
53	63.86%	Muskegon, Ingham, Alger, Oakland, Keweenaw	Michigan
52	59.77%	Koochiching, Anoka, Stearns, Olmsted, Goodhue	Minnesota
50	50.00%	Guilford, Buncombe, Pasquotank, Dare, Catawba	North Carolina
49	84.48%	Santa Clara, Merced, Imperial, Del Norte, Siskiyou	California
45	47.37%	Appomattox, Fairfax, Hanover, Southampton, Prince George	Virginia
37	57.81%	Pueblo, Baca, Montezuma, Broomfield, Arapahoe	Colorado
37	48.05%	Rogers, Okmulgee, Kingfisher, Alfalfa, Muskogee	Oklahoma
35	53.03%	Yankton, Codington, Minnehaha, Hand, Bon Homme	South Dakota
35	29.17%	Garrard, Laurel, Wolfe, Bullitt, Elliott	Kentucky
34	47.22%	Outagamie, Juneau, Manitowoc, Washburn, Calumet	Wisconsin
34	36.56%	Cherry, Loup, Sarpy, Hitchcock, Scotts Bluff	Nebraska
34	29.82%	Ozark, Bollinger, St. Charles, New Madrid, Howell	Missouri
32	30.48%	Shawnee, Doniphan, Cloud, Reno, Wabaunsee	Kansas
31	55.36%	Ravalli, Cascade, Petroleum, Yellowstone, Daniels	Montana
31	46.27%	Pinellas, Alachua, Gulf, Okeechobee, St. Lucie	Florida
30	36.59%	Oktibbeha, Hinds, Alcorn, Yazoo, Itawamba	Mississippi
29	54.72%	Cavalier, Oliver, Grand Forks, Billings, Ransom	North Dakota
28	63.64%	Bannock, Shoshone, Boundary, Owyhee, Caribou	Idaho
28	31.82%	Pickaway, Athens, Coshocton, Sandusky, Licking	Ohio
27	27.27%	Black Hawk, Keokuk, Sac, Woodbury, Cerro Gordo	Iowa
25	33.33%	Sebastian, Craighead, Ashley, Faulkner, Izard	Arkansas
24	52.17%	Lexington, Bamberg, Charleston, Horry, Williamsburg	South Carolina

Number of Counties	% of total counties	Examples	Answer
24	38.71%	Schenectady, Broome, Onondaga, Dutchess, Westchester	New York
24	35.82%	Mifflin, Bucks, Lackawanna, Susquehanna, Lehigh	Pennsylvania
23	25.00%	Elkhart, Bartholomew, Tippecanoe, Hendricks, Vigo	Indiana
22	56.41%	Cowlitz, Walla Walla, Island, Klickitat, Snohomish	Washington
22	23.16%	Overton, Dyer, Unicoi, Bledsoe, McNairy	Tennessee
22	21.57%	DuPage, Sangamon, Rock Island, Kankakee, Iroquois	Illinois
18	54.55%	Los Alamos, Sandoval, Chaves, Torrance, Doña Ana	New Mexico
17	30.91%	Cabell, Wetzel, Monongalia, Kanawha, Raleigh	West Virginia
16	55.17%	Cache, Emery, Tooele, Daggett, Weber	Utah
16	23.88%	Talladega, Colbert, Marengo, Autauga, Cullman	Alabama
14	38.89%	Josephine, Deschutes, Clackamas, Harney, Yamhill	Oregon
12	80.00%	Navajo, Pima, Coconino, La Paz, Gila	Arizona
11	47.83%	Anne Arundel, Harford, Wicomico, Charles, Cecil	Maryland
11	47.83%	Sweetwater, Natrona, Niobrara, Converse, Weston	Wyoming
10	62.50%	Nye, Washoe, Churchill, Esmeralda, White Pine	Nevada
10	47.62%	Salem, Hudson, Atlantic, Monmouth, Passaic	New Jersey
8	57.14%	Bennington, Windsor, Rutland, Chittenden, Addison	Vermont
8	50.00%	Penobscot, Aroostook, Oxford, Androscoggin, Sagadahoc	Maine
6	42.86%	Dukes, Nantucket, Norfolk, Barnstable	Massachusetts
5	100.00%	Maui, Kalawao, Honolulu	Hawaii
5	62.50%	Hartford, New London, Litchfield	Connecticut
5	50.00%	Cheshire, Merrimack, Belknap	New Hampshire
2	40.00%	Newport	Rhode Island
1	33.33%	New Castle	Delaware

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