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Municipal Government Home Rule |
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| State | Type of home rule | Cities eligible | Enabling authority |
| Alabama | None/ Dillon’s Rule state | ||
| Alaska | Broad "liberal construction" | 1st class cities | State constitution |
| Arizona | Structural + limited fiscal | 3500+ population | 1910 const. Provision |
| Arkansas | Structural + functional | 2500+ population | 1926 const. amendment |
| California | Broad structural + functional | All | 1879 const. Provision and state law |
| Colorado | Broad structural + functional | All | 1912 const. amendment |
| Connecticut | Structural/ Dillon’s Rule | All | 1969 const. provision + 1981 law |
| Delaware | Functional/ legislative grant | 1000+ population | 1953 law |
| Florida | Structural + functional | All | 1968 const. Provision |
| Georgia | Functional | All | 1954 const. amendment + 1962 & 1965 laws |
| Hawaii | This state has no municipal governments, only county governments | ||
| Idaho | Only home rule "police powers"/ Dillon’s Rule state | All | State constitution |
| Illinois | Structural + functional/ broad "liberal construction" | 25000+ population | 1970 const. provision |
| Indiana | Limited functional/ devolution of powers | All | 1980 law |
| Iowa | Structural + limited functional | All | 1968 const. amendment +1971 law |
| Kansas | Structural + functional + fiscal devolution of powers/ "liberally construed" | All | 1960 const. amendment |
| Kentucky | Structural + functional / legislative grant (almost devolution of powers) | All | 1980 law + 1994 const. amendment |
| Louisiana | Structural + functional + fiscal/ devolution of powers + broad "residual" powers | All | 1974 const. provision |
| Maine | Structural +functional/ "liberally construed" | All | 1974 const. provision |
| Maryland | Structural + functional | All | 1954 const. amendment |
| Massachusetts | Structural + functional + limited fiscal/ devolution of powers | All | 1966 const. amendment + Home Rule Procedures Act |
| Michigan | Structural + functional + fiscal/ "liberally construed" devolution of powers | All | 1908 & 1963 const. provisions + 1909 law |
| Minnesota | Limited structural + functional | All | 1896 const. amendment + 1896 law |
| Mississippi | Limited structural + functional | All | 1985 law |
| Missouri | Structural + functional + fiscal | 5000+ population | 1945 const. provision + 1971 const. amendment |
| Montana | Structural + functional/ "not home rule, but self- government powers" | All | 1972 const. provision |
| Nebraska | Charter writing authority only/ Dillon’s Rule state/ "illusory home rule" | 5000+ population | 1912 const. amendment |
| Nevada | None/ Dillon’s Rule state | ||
| New Hampshire | None | ||
| New Jersey | Limited structural + functional + limited fiscal/ "liberally construed" | All | 1947 const. provision + 1950 law |
| New Mexico | Structural + functional/ "liberal construction"/ "maximum local self-government" | 300+ population | 1970 const. provision |
| New York | Structural + functional + limited fiscal/"bill of rights for local government" | All | 1938 const. provision |
| North Carolina | Structural/ modified Dillon’s Rule state | ||
| North Dakota | Structural + functional + fiscal/ "maximum local self-government" | 100+ population | 1889 const. provision + 1993 law |
| Ohio | Structural + functional + fiscal/ ‘exercise all powers of local government" | All | 1912 const. provision |
| Oklahoma | Structural | State constitution | |
| Oregon | Structural | All | 1906 const. provision |
| Pennsylvania | Structural | All | 1968 const. provision + 1972 law |
| Rhode Island | Structural | All | 1952 const. provision |
| South Carolina | Structural + functional + fiscal/ "liberally construed" | All | 1973 const. amendment |
| South Dakota | Fordham approach with few limits/ devolution of powers | All | 1962 const. amendment |
| Tennessee | Structural | All | 1953 const. amendment |
| Texas | Structural + functional | All | 1912 const. amendment |
| Utah | Structural + functional + limited fiscal | All | 1932 const. amendment |
| Vermont | Legislative permission to adopt form of government | All | State law |
| Virginia | Functional/ Dillon’s Rule state | All | State law |
| Washington | Limited structural | All | 1889 const. provision + Amendment 40 + 1967 law |
| West Virginia | Very limited structural/ Dillon’s Rule state | 2000+ population | 1936 const. amendment |
| Wisconsin | Limited structural + functional | All | 1933 const. amendment |
| Wyoming | Structural + functional | All | 1972 const. amendment |
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County Government Home Rule |
| State | Type of home rule | Counties eligible | Enabling authority |
| Alabama | "Limited" | 3 most populous counties | Special law |
| Alaska | Broad/ "liberal construction" | All boroughs | Const. provision |
| Arizona | Structural + limited fiscal | 500,000+ population | 1992 const. amendment |
| Arkansas | Structural + functional | All | 1974 const. amendment |
| California | Broad structural + functional | All | 1911 const. amendment |
| Colorado | Structural/ legislative grant | All | 1981 const. amendment |
| Connecticut | Counties abolished in 1960 | ||
| Delaware | None | ||
| Florida | Structural + limited functional | All | 1968 const. provision |
| Georgia | Functional | All | 1966 const. amendment |
| Hawaii | Structural + limited fiscal | All | 1968 const. provision |
| Idaho | Only "police powers" home rule/ Dillon’s Rule state | All | Const. provision |
| Illinois | Broad structural + functional/ "liberal construction" | All | 1971 const. provision |
| Indiana | Limited functional/ devolution of powers | All | 1980 law |
| Iowa | Structural + functional | All | 1978 const. amendment + 1988 law |
| Kansas | Structural + functional + fiscal/ devolution of powers/ "liberally construed? | All | 1974 law |
| Kentucky | Structural + functional | All | 1990 law |
| Louisiana | Structural + functional/ devolution of powers/ broad "residual powers" | All | 1974 const. provision |
| Maine | Limited fiscal | 1985 and 1996 law | |
| Maryland | Structural + functional | All | 1915 and 1996 const. amendments; "Express Powers Act" |
| Massachusetts | None (7 of 14 counties abolished) | ||
| Michigan | Limited structural (only Wayne County has a charter) | All | State law |
| Minnesota | Limited structural | Ramsay County | 1987 law |
| Mississippi | Limited structural | All | 1988 law |
| Missouri | Structural + functional + fiscal | 85000+ population | 1945 and 1971 const. amendments |
| Montana | Structural + functional/ "residual powers" | All | 1972 const. provision |
| Nebraska | None | ||
| Nevada | None | ||
| New Hampshire | None/ Counties have very limited functions | ||
| New Jersey | Structural + limited fiscal | ||
| New Mexico | None | ||
| New York | Structural + functional + limited fiscal | All | 1959 const. amendment |
| North Carolina | Modified Dillon’s Rule/ may choose manager form | All | |
| North Dakota | Structural + functional (only 3 counties have charters) | All | 1985 law |
| Ohio | Structural | All | 1933 const. amendment |
| Oklahoma | None | ||
| Oregon | Structural | All | 1958 const. amendment |
| Pennsylvania | Structural | All | 1968 const. + 1972 law |
| Rhode Island | None (no counties exist in Rhode Island) | ||
| South Carolina | Structural + functional + limited revenue | ||
| South Dakota | Broad/ Fordham plan | ||
| Tennessee | Not mentioned | ||
| Texas | None | ||
| Utah | Structural + functional + limited fiscal | ||
| Vermont | None (counties have minimal governing role) | ||
| Virginia | Charter (only 3 of 95 counties) | ||
| Washington | Limited structural | ||
| West Virginia | None | ||
| Wisconsin | "Administrative" home rule | All | 1985 |
| Wyoming | None | ||
| Source: Home Rule in America: A Fifty-State Handbook. Congressional Quarterly Press, 2001. | |||