# States with a county for every letter? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 14, 2018, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/states-with-a-county-for-every-letter/822939 "2018-10-14T15:42:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2018, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/states-with-a-county-for-every-letter/822939/1 "2018-10-14T15:42:24Z")
Ohio comes close. We are missing counties starting with I, Q, X, Y and Z. Darn Youngstown could have given us one more. Can any other state beat this? Dennis ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2018, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/states-with-a-county-for-every-letter/822939/2 "2018-10-14T15:46:14Z")
Texas is just missing Q and X. > **[List of counties in Texas](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_counties_in_Texas)** > > The U.S. state of Texas is divided into 254 counties, more than any other U.S. state. Over 20% of Texas counties are generally located within the Houston-Dallas—San Antonio—Austin areas, serving about 20,000,000 people, the majority of the state's population. > Texas was originally divided into municipalities (municipios in Spanish), a unit of local government under Spanish and Mexican rule. When the Republic of Texas gained its independence in 1836, the 23 municipalities became the original Te... ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2018, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/states-with-a-county-for-every-letter/822939/3 "2018-10-14T17:38:32Z")
Georgia has 159 counties. A startling number for its size. It’s missing: K, V, X, Y, and Z. No K? You’d thing they’d have at least 3 of them.😉 ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2018, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/states-with-a-county-for-every-letter/822939/4 "2018-10-14T18:25:26Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > Texas is just missing Q and X. > > [List of counties in Texas - Wikipedia](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_counties_in_Texas) [Here](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_counties_and_county_equivalents) is a list of all of the counties (or equivalent) in the US. There are six Qs but no counties that start with X. There are 31 Washington Counties (including Washington Parish, LA). ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2018, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/states-with-a-county-for-every-letter/822939/5 "2018-10-14T18:57:52Z")
Kansas misses seven. I, Q, U, V, X, Y, and Z. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2018, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/states-with-a-county-for-every-letter/822939/6 "2018-10-14T19:59:44Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > Georgia has 159 counties. A startling number for its size. It’s missing: K, V, X, Y, and Z. > > No K? You’d thing they’d have at least 3 of them.😉 > [@Baker](#): > > Kansas misses seven. I, Q, U, V, X, Y, and Z. So it’s surprising that Georgia doesn’t have 3 K’s. Is it surprising that Kansas is missing I and Q? ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2018, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/states-with-a-county-for-every-letter/822939/7 "2018-10-14T20:22:59Z")
> [@Riemann](#): > > So it’s surprising that Georgia doesn’t have 3 K’s. > Is it surprising that Kansas is missing I and Q? And just what state do you infest? ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2018, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/states-with-a-county-for-every-letter/822939/8 "2018-10-14T20:35:05Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > And just what state do you infest? We’re missing all of A F I J K N P W X Y Z. But most people don’t think we’re part of the U.S., so we have bigger issues.