sentences:  At the 2000 U.S. Census, the median land area of U.S. counties was , which is two-thirds of the median land area of a ceremonial county of England, and a little more than a quarter of the median land area of a French "département".Counties in the western United States typically have a much larger land area than those in the eastern United States.For example, the median land area of counties in Georgia is , whereas in Utah it is .