County Counting Chart

Tracking the number of US counties I have visited to date.  Last updated 2/14/01, though mostly just adding comments on as-yet-unfinished states.  Alas, except for tweaking and corrections, will be awhile before I'll be on a trip long enough to require giving this an update.

You can read about trips that have added to this chart, or my general travel pages.  There is also an online message board for county collectors!

My county-counting guidelines:

US State Counties Visited % Date Completed 
or notes
Alabama  67  67  100 11/26/98 
Alaska  25   just Juneau Borough so far
Arizona  15  15  100 9/12/96
Arkansas  75  47  63  bagged a few on US 67, 10&11/99
California  58  51  88  neededs are a LONG way from where I live
Colorado  63  36  57  mostly mountain ones left
Connecticut  100 3/17/89
District of Columbia 1 1 100 5/11/80
Delaware  100 3/23/89
Florida  67  67  100 1/17/92
Georgia  159  88  55  mostly eastern half of state yet
Hawaii  would likely try for all on one trip
Idaho  44  17  39  mostly mountain ones yet
Illlinois  102  102  100 9/12/92
Indiana  92  92  100 3/27/94
Iowa  99  99  100 9/5/94
Kansas  105  105  100 8/15/99
Kentucky  120  55  46  bulk left are the tough eastern ones
Louisiana  64  20  31  have only been to LA 4 times!?!
Maine  16  16  100 5/14/98
Maryland  24  24  100 11/7/93
Massachusetts  14  12  86  just need both island counties
Michigan  83  83  100 7/11/96
(just minutes after finishing WI)
Minnesota  87  51  59  most left in northern mosquito land
Mississippi  82  58  71  all to do in south & southeast
Missouri  115  91 79  keep nibbling away with each visit
Montana  56  24  43  also only from 4 visits (and 2 of those simply backtracking on Amtrak)
Nebraska  93  54  58  finally above 50% after 8/99 nips
Nevada  17  17  100 9/9/96
New Hampshire  10  10  100 5/15/98
New Jersey  21  21  100 4/19/94 (most were from that week)
New Mexico  33  33  100 9/14/96
New York  62  62  100 6/19/94
North Carolina  100  45  45  another state rarely visited; most gains from  NC-dedicated treks in 1990, 1994
North Dakota  53  24  45  see Montana comment
Ohio  88  88  100 4/13/95
Oklahoma  77  77  100 11/24/95
Oregon  36  24  67  need some coastal and most desert
Pennsylvania  67  67  100 4/23/94
Rhode Island  100 6/12/93
South Carolina  46  46  100 1/3/95
South Dakota  66  39  59  most gots from interstates & southeast corner
Tennessee  95  70  74  all neededs in eastern third
Texas  254  115  45  got big chunk 11/99, though with moving truck I mostly stuck to I-20
Utah  29  18  62  most neededs east & southeast
Vermont  14  14  100 5/15/98
(less than an hour after finishing NH) 
Virginia  136  83  61  includes 29 of 41 independent cities
Washington  39  39  100 9/4/97
West Virginia  55  37  67  neededs still too scattered about the state
Wisconsin  72  72  100 7/11/96
Wyoming  23  39  only got the I-80 and I-90 counties
Totals
3134
2302
73%
If only I knew....