Local Governments by Metropolitan Area
Breakdown of Local Governments in the 1997 Census of Governments
Compiled by: Christopher Briem
				Governments by Type
Metropolitan Area*	Population	Total Governments	Units of Government per 100,000 Population	Counties	Cities and Townships	Boroughs	Special Districts	School Districts
Abilene	122,036	23	18.8	1	8		8	6
Akron	687,989	117	17.0	2	31	28	21	35
Albany	117,786	14	11.9	2	3		7	2
Albany--Schenectady--Troy	870,628	303	34.8	6	47	74	120	56
Albuquerque	676,530	54	8.0	3	12		31	8
Alexandria	126,475	14	11.1	1	10		2	1
Allentown--Bethlehem--Easton	616,050	200	32.5	3	42	43	82	30
Altoona	130,547	59	45.2	1	9	15	26	8
Amarillo	207,068	22	10.6	2	5		8	7
Anchorage	255,618	4	1.6		1		3
Ann Arbor	547,713	137	25.0	3	24	58	21	31
Anniston	117,083	23	19.6	1	8		9	5
Appleton--Oshkosh--Neenah	344,858	136	39.4	3	23	45	45	20
Asheville	213,232	22	10.3	2	9		11
Athens	138,649	27	19.5	2	12		9	4
Atlanta	3,744,022	265	7.1	20	107		109	29
Atlantic--Cape May	335,989	107	31.8	2	29	10	33	33
Augusta--Aiken	457,939	57	12.4	4	20		27	6
Austin--San Marcos	1,104,612	188	17.0	5	40		112	31
Bakersfield	631,615	168	26.6	1	11		105	51
Baltimore	2,480,971	81	3.3	6	20		55
Bangor	91,619	94	102.6	1	3	56	22	12
Barnstable--Yarmouth	150,808	49	32.5	1	1	14	27	6
Baton Rouge	574,226	27	4.7	3	17		3	4
Beaumont--Port Arthur	375,135	81	21.6	3	20		41	17
Bellingham	157,244	66	42.0	1	7		51	7
Benton Harbor	159,831	70	43.8	1	17	22	12	18
Bergen--Passaic	1,337,478	188	14.1	2	74	12	7	93
Billings	126,237	55	43.6	1	3		34	17
Biloxi--Gulfport--Pascagoula	348,264	49	14.1	3	11		24	11
Binghamton	248,959	82	32.9	2	14	25	21	20
Birmingham	909,202	133	14.6	4	66		48	15
Bismarck	91,513	104	113.6	2	10	41	27	24
Bloomington	116,569	32	27.5	1	3	11	15	2
Bloomington--Normal	143,366	134	93.5	1	21	31	67	14
Boise City	396,008	101	25.5	2	13		74	12
Boston	3,285,387	991	30.2	11	46	334	409	191
Boulder--Longmont	266,671	62	23.2	1	10		48	3
Brazoria	228,859	67	29.3	1	23		33	10
Bremerton	232,933	60	25.8	1	4		48	7
Brownsville--Harlingen--San Benito	324,046	64	19.8	1	18		35	10
Bryan--College Station	132,919	14	10.5	1	3		8	2
Buffalo--Niagara Falls	1,151,490	141	12.2	2	26	37	37	39
Burlington	164,220	130	79.2	3	10	33	28	56
Canton--Massillon	402,112	96	23.9	2	24	31	15	24
Casper	63,241	52	82.2	1	6		42	3
Cedar Rapids	182,779	40	21.9	1	17		10	12
Champaign--Urbana	169,835	32	18.8	1	7	12	6	6
Charleston	252,672	58	23.0	2	20		33	3
Charleston--North Charleston	542,232	59	10.9	3	27		24	5
Charlotte--Gastonia--Rock Hill	1,382,548	88	6.4	7	52		25	4
Charlottesville	149,357	17	11.4	3	4		8	2
Chattanooga	449,627	62	13.8	5	25		27	5
Cheyenne	78,583	29	36.9	1	4		21	3
Chicago	7,949,134	1,492	18.8	9	297	158	662	366
Chico--Paradise	194,347	74	38.1	1	5		52	16
Cincinnati	1,617,463	387	23.9	12	127	71	101	76
Clarksville--Hopkinsville	199,592	19	9.5	2	6		10	1
Cleveland--Lorain--Elyria	2,224,657	357	16.0	6	115	85	55	96
Colorado Springs	490,044	87	17.8	1	8		62	16
Columbia	128,963	31	24.0	1	9		15	6
Columbia	509,935	44	8.6	2	19		16	7
Columbus	271,487	26	9.6	3	9		9	5
Columbus	1,473,064	292	19.8	6	75	103	48	60
Corpus Christi	386,460	71	18.4	2	19		29	21
Cumberland	99,174	37	37.3	2	12		22	1
Dallas	3,202,721	332	10.4	8	145		98	81
Danville	108,246	7	6.5	1	4		2
Davenport--Moline--Rock Island	357,795	213	59.5	3	45	42	95	28
Daytona Beach	467,711	41	8.8	2	20		16	3
Dayton--Springfield	961,557	181	18.8	4	51	44	31	51
Decatur	142,665	34	23.8	2	12		16	4
Decatur	113,675	91	80.1	1	12	17	51	10
Denver	1,936,659	432	22.3	4	31		378	19
Des Moines	436,787	114	26.1	3	44		44	23
Detroit	4,469,522	378	8.5	6	113	99	44	116
Dothan	134,529	45	33.5	2	22		16	5
Dover	124,311	105	84.5	1	19		80	5
Dubuque	87,879	28	31.9	1	21		4	2
Duluth--Superior	236,591	172	72.7	2	32	86	29	23
Dutchess County	265,413	74	27.9	1	10	20	29	14
Eau Claire	143,801	79	54.9	2	12	36	16	13
El Paso	694,603	37	5.3	1	6		19	11
Elkhart--Goshen	172,718	57	33.0	1	7	16	26	7
Elmira	92,207	32	34.7	1	6	11	10	4
Enid	56,939	32	56.2	1	14		6	11
Erie	278,114	107	38.5	1	17	22	51	16
Eugene--Springfield	313,344	86	27.4	1	12		55	18
Evansville--Henderson	290,228	88	30.3	4	15	28	35	6
Fargo--Moorhead	168,410	183	108.7	2	37	80	46	18
Fayetteville	284,224	13	4.6	1	8		4
Fayetteville--Springdale--Rogers	278,864	64	23.0	2	30		14	18
Flagstaff	120,306	52	43.2	2	9		31	10
Flint	435,691	63	14.5	1	14	17	8	23
Florence	124,682	26	20.9	1	9		11	5
Florence	137,130	38	27.7	2	13		17	6
Fort Collins--Loveland	231,104	53	22.9	1	6		43	3
Fort Lauderdale	1,507,770	66	4.4	1	28		35	2
Fort Myers--Cape Coral	392,909	41	10.4	1	3		35	2
Fort Pierce--Port St. Lucie	295,309	29	9.8	2	7		17	3
Fort Smith	193,711	83	42.8	3	28		28	24
Fort Walton Beach	168,532	25	14.8	1	9		13	2
Fort Wayne	481,247	215	44.7	6	35	77	79	18
Fort Worth--Arlington	1,591,765	130	8.2	4	60		27	39
Fresno	869,574	209	24.0	2	17		142	48
Gadsden	103,923	27	26.0	1	12		11	3
Gainesville	198,221	18	9.1	1	9		6	2
Galveston--Texas City	244,993	64	26.1	1	13		39	11
Gary	627,222	154	24.6	2	30	23	73	26
Glens Falls	121,428	75	61.8	2	11	28	13	21
Goldsboro	111,853	20	17.9	1	7		12
Grand Forks	97,862	170	173.7	2	24	99	26	19
Grand Junction	112,899	51	45.2	1	5		41	4
Grand Rapids--Muskegon--Holland	1,038,717	201	19.4	4	40	78	23	56
Great Falls	78,558	36	45.8	1	4		22	9
Greeley	159,501	102	63.9	1	26		61	14
Green Bay	214,942	58	27.0	1	8	16	23	10
Greensboro--Winston-Salem--High Poi	1,167,651	78	6.7	8	43		27
Greenville	126,630	25	19.7	1	10		14
Greenville--Spartanburg--Anderson	918,168	163	17.8	5	37		102	19
Hagerstown	127,477	13	10.2	1	9		3
Hamilton--Middletown	330,892	42	12.7	1	11	13	5	12
Harrisburg--Lebanon--Carlisle	616,971	276	44.7	4	46	83	108	35
Hartford	1,142,946	175	15.3		5	53	110	7
Hattiesburg	111,525	20	17.9	2	5		8	5
Hickory--Morganton--Lenoir	321,959	37	11.5	4	23		10
Honolulu	871,768	5	0.6		1		4
Houma	193,735	10	5.2	1	4		3	2
Houston	3,926,837	803	20.4	6	79		669	49
Huntington--Ashland	313,920	117	37.3	6	26	14	52	19
Huntsville	340,255	34	10.0	2	11		17	4
Indianapolis	1,518,828	466	30.7	8	82	102	220	54
Iowa City	102,556	18	17.6	1	11		2	4
Jackson	100,502	14	13.9	2	4		8
Jackson	156,130	43	27.5	1	7	19	2	14
Jackson	429,741	48	11.2	3	19		18	8
Jacksonville	143,376	8	5.6	1	5		2
Jacksonville	1,043,715	45	4.3	3	15		22	5
Jamestown	138,310	81	58.6	1	17	27	18	18
Janesville--Beloit	150,720	48	31.8	1	8	20	9	10
Jersey City	553,030	22	4.0	1	10	2	2	7
Johnson City--Kingsport--Bristol	461,800	77	16.7	7	23		47
Johnstown	235,779	241	102.2	2	59	55	97	28
Jonesboro	77,199	49	63.5	1	10		30	8
Joplin	148,830	97	65.2	2	43		39	13
Kalamazoo--Battle Creek	446,070	141	31.6	3	28	52	22	36
Kankakee	102,318	99	96.8	1	17	17	49	15
Kansas City	1,737,234	488	28.1	11	139	32	231	75
Kenosha	144,388	37	25.6	1	5	7	10	14
Killeen--Temple	296,989	57	19.2	2	15		24	16
Knoxville	666,383	68	10.2	6	23		39
Kokomo	100,064	54	54.0	2	7	17	21	7
La Crosse	121,692	67	55.1	2	13	29	11	12
Lafayette	375,193	39	10.4	3	29		3	4
Lafayette	174,466	76	43.6	2	12	27	27	8
Lake Charles	180,111	12	6.7	1	6		4	1
Lakeland--Winter Haven	452,649	34	7.5	1	17		14	2
Lancaster	456,679	141	30.9	1	19	41	61	19
Lansing--East Lansing	450,303	124	27.5	3	26	48	16	31
Laredo	186,798	12	6.4	1	3		3	5
Las Cruces	168,967	36	21.3	1	4		28	3
Las Vegas	1,320,563	78	5.9	3	10		47	18
Lawrence	96,554	36	37.3	1	4	9	18	4
Lawton	108,143	32	29.6	1	10		9	12
Lewiston--Auburn	89,174	28	31.4	1	2	12	11	2
Lexington	449,519	55	12.2	6	14		26	9
Lima	154,288	80	51.9	2	19	26	13	20
Lincoln	235,537	50	21.2	1	13		23	13
Little Rock--North Little Rock	554,211	178	32.1	4	33		122	19
Longview--Marshall	208,550	58	27.8	3	19		14	22
Los Angeles--Long Beach	9,223,807	387	4.2	1	88		196	102
Louisville	998,858	277	27.7	7	129	34	93	14
Lubbock	228,220	25	11.0	1	8		7	9
Lynchburg	207,659	15	7.2	3	5		6	1
Macon	319,172	38	11.9	5	9		18	6
Madison	424,665	103	24.3	1	25	34	26	17
Mansfield	176,881	79	44.7	2	16	34	8	19
McAllen--Edinburg--Mission	519,661	78	15.0	1	21		39	17
Medford--Ashland	173,243	46	26.6	1	11		24	10
Melbourne--Titusville--Palm Bay	464,818	35	7.5	1	15		17	2
Memphis	1,092,414	92	8.4	5	40		41	6
Merced	197,261	86	43.6	1	6		57	22
Miami	2,150,877	36	1.7	1	27		6	2
Middlesex--Somerset--Hunterdon	1,117,301	197	17.6	3	39	33	49	73
Milwaukee--Waukesha	1,459,602	196	13.4	4	58	32	48	54
Minneapolis--St. Paul	2,830,434	551	19.5	13	192	139	97	110
Missoula	88,907	42	47.2	1	1		25	15
Mobile	531,743	63	11.8	2	22		37	2
Modesto	426,872	105	24.6	1	9		64	31
Monmouth--Ocean	1,093,318	226	20.7	2	57	29	54	84
Monroe	146,830	7	4.8	1	4			2
Montgomery	321,570	43	13.4	3	10		26	4
Muncie	116,334	42	36.1	1	7	12	15	7
Myrtle Beach	174,555	16	9.2	1	8		6	1
Naples	199,775	22	11.0	1	2		18	1
Nashville	1,155,611	110	9.5	7	43		58	2
Nassau--Suffolk	2,671,544	440	16.5	2	97	13	199	129
New Haven--Meriden	521,823	215	41.2		15	37	157	6
New London--Norwich	284,721	78	27.4		6	19	50	3
New Orleans	1,306,429	37	2.8	7	17		5	8
New York	8,679,319	204	2.4	3	52	28	65	56
Newark	1,948,065	297	15.2	5	53	76	35	128
Newburgh	369,944	118	31.9	2	22	31	44	19
Norfolk--Virginia Beach--Newport Ne	1,550,455	38	2.5	6	11		15	6
Oakland	2,315,020	221	9.5	2	32		142	45
Ocala	241,269	17	7.0	1	5		9	2
Odessa--Midland	243,914	21	8.6	2	3		10	6
Oklahoma City	1,037,850	171	16.5	6	68		32	65
Olympia	202,264	48	23.7	1	7		30	10
Omaha	693,048	364	52.5	5	42	5	275	37
Orange County	2,723,782	152	5.6	1	31		86	34
Orlando	1,502,837	80	5.3	4	36		33	7
Owensboro	90,973	8	8.8	1	2		3	2
Panama City	146,730	17	11.6	1	8		6	2
Parkersburg--Marietta	150,008	59	39.3	2	11	22	14	10
Pensacola	401,776	23	5.7	2	5		13	3
Peoria--Pekin	346,022	267	77.2	3	46	56	112	50
Philadelphia	4,945,363	867	17.5	8	144	210	296	209
Phoenix--Mesa	2,930,726	216	7.4	2	32		105	77
Pine Bluff	81,588	41	50.3	1	6		28	6
Pittsburgh	2,345,139	883	37.7	6	238	174	334	131
Pittsfield	83,990	66	78.6	1	2	30	25	8
Pocatello	74,272	29	39.0	1	7		19	2
Portland	232,715	51	21.9	1	3	23	19	5
Portland--Vancouver	1,820,007	284	15.6	6	56		163	59
Providence--Fall River--Warwick	1,121,875	110	9.8		7	26	69	8
Provo--Orem	339,904	55	16.2	1	22		29	3
Pueblo	134,919	34	25.2	1	3		27	3
Punta Gorda	134,763	11	8.2	1	1		8	1
Racine	185,537	52	28.0	1	9	9	21	12
Raleigh--Durham--Chapel Hill	1,079,286	66	6.1	6	34		26
Rapid City	87,323	58	66.4	1	8	20	24	5
Reading	355,761	158	44.4	1	32	44	59	22
Redding	164,156	74	45.1	1	3		43	27
Reno	313,008	22	7.0	1	2		18	1
Richland--Kennewick--Pasco	182,643	74	40.5	2	9		52	11
Richmond--Petersburg	952,207	36	3.8	9	6		20	1
Riverside--San Bernardino	3,116,675	339	10.9	2	48		223	66
Roanoke	227,943	12	5.3	2	6		3	1
Rochester	116,931	36	30.8	1	6	18	2	9
Rochester	1,080,798	278	25.7	6	49	90	70	63
Rockford	356,935	180	50.4	3	28	48	73	28
Rocky Mount	145,889	26	17.8	2	18		6
Sacramento	1,554,237	292	18.8	3	13		221	55
Saginaw--Bay City--Midland	401,574	116	28.9	3	15	57	16	25
Salem	330,313	97	29.4	2	23		48	24
Salinas	366,631	100	27.3	1	12		59	28
Salt Lake City--Ogden	1,263,310	142	11.2	3	41		91	7
San Angelo	102,685	19	18.5	1	1		10	7
San Antonio	1,540,113	93	6.0	4	33		32	24
San Diego	2,766,123	180	6.5	1	18		113	48
San Francisco	1,683,213	191	11.3	2	32		111	46
San Jose	1,641,848	96	5.8	1	15		42	38
San Luis Obispo--Atascadero--Paso R	234,074	70	29.9	1	7		48	14
Santa Barbara--Santa Maria--Lompoc	389,472	84	21.6	1	7		49	27
Santa Cruz--Watsonville	243,200	55	22.6	1	4		38	12
Santa Fe	141,099	63	44.6	2	1		56	4
Santa Rosa	433,777	101	23.3	1	9		50	41
Sarasota--Bradenton	542,970	47	8.7	2	9		33	3
Savannah	285,257	27	9.5	3	13		8	3
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton	616,117	322	52.3	4	73	99	109	37
Seattle--Bellevue--Everett	2,311,563	289	12.5	3	56		191	39
Sharon	121,760	84	69.0	1	17	31	21	14
Sheboygan	109,986	60	54.6	1	13	15	21	10
Sherman--Denison	102,019	49	48.0	1	16		18	14
Shreveport--Bossier City	377,542	34	9.0	3	26		2	3
Sioux City	120,326	47	39.1	2	20		13	12
Sioux Falls	160,845	90	56.0	2	18	39	20	11
South Bend	258,185	55	21.3	1	9	13	26	6
Spokane	408,221	76	18.6	1	11		48	16
Springfield	304,732	85	27.9	3	22		40	20
Springfield	574,507	96	16.7	2	6	37	40	11
Springfield	204,012	133	65.2	2	30	26	56	19
St. Cloud	162,850	117	71.8	2	34	48	14	19
St. Joseph	97,350	53	54.4	2	14		30	7
St. Louis	2,561,646	800	31.2	11	228	72	357	132
State College	131,997	81	61.4	1	11	25	38	6
Steubenville--Weirton	134,621	75	55.7	3	27	14	20	11
Stockton--Lodi	549,684	129	23.5	1	7		103	18
Sumter	112,325	12	10.7	1	3		5	3
Syracuse	734,813	233	31.7	4	49	79	55	46
Tacoma	675,962	94	13.9	1	21		57	15
Tallahassee	259,123	19	7.3	2	7		7	3
Tampa--St. Petersburg--Clearwater	2,254,405	97	4.3	4	35		51	7
Terre Haute	148,634	83	55.8	3	18	28	29	5
Texarkana	122,813	54	44.0	2	12		22	18
Toledo	610,010	141	23.1	3	42	42	23	31
Topeka	170,349	52	30.5	1	5	12	25	9
Trenton	331,474	41	12.4	1	5	8	19	8
Tucson	790,333	48	6.1	1	5		25	17
Tulsa	776,666	187	24.1	5	54		69	59
Tuscaloosa	160,761	21	13.1	1	4		14	2
Tyler	168,070	26	15.5	1	9		7	9
Utica--Rome	294,725	160	54.3	2	33	45	51	29
Vallejo--Fairfield--Napa	496,288	97	19.5	2	12		70	13
Ventura	732,143	87	11.9	1	10		55	21
Victoria	81,672	16	19.6	1	1		9	5
Vineland--Millville--Bridgeton	140,389	44	31.3	1	4	10	14	15
Visalia--Tulare--Porterville	354,527	168	47.4	1	8		108	51
Waco	203,214	54	26.6	1	20		13	20
Washington	4,661,308	168	3.6	18	96		49	5
Waterloo--Cedar Falls	120,918	24	19.8	1	9		7	7
Wausau	123,082	80	65.0	1	14	42	13	10
West Palm Beach--Boca Raton	1,032,872	82	7.9	1	38		41	2
Wheeling	155,327	82	52.8	3	24	16	27	12
Wichita	543,850	207	38.1	3	39	71	63	31
Wichita Falls	136,779	33	24.1	2	11		10	10
Williamsport	117,408	83	70.7	1	10	42	20	10
Wilmington	218,282	31	14.2	2	22		7
Wilmington--Newark	564,910	64	11.3	2	21		35	6
Yakima	218,808	73	33.4	1	14		41	17
Yolo	153,293	55	35.9	1	4		45	5
York	373,688	141	37.7	1	37	35	51	17
Youngstown--Warren	593,054	173	29.2	3	34	56	25	55
Yuba City	137,022	92	67.1	2	4		67	19
Yuma	131,902	33	25.0	1	4		18	10
Data derived from 1997 Census of Governments
*Metropolitan Areas defined by 1993 definition of Metropolitan Statistical Areas