sentences:  There are an additional 100 county equivalents in the territories of the United States.The average number of counties per state is 62, with a range from the three counties of Delaware to the 254 counties of Texas.Southern and Midwestern states generally tend to have more counties than Western or Northeastern states, as many Northeastern states are not large enough in area to warrant a large number of counties, and many Western states were sparsely populated when counties were created.