Local Governments in the United States

 

1952

1977

1992

1997

Municipal

16,807

18,862

19,279

19,372

County

3,052

3,042

3,043

3,043

Township

17,202

16,822

16,656

16,629

Special District

12,340

25,962

31,555

34,683

School District

67,355

15,174

14,422

13,726

Total

116,756

79,862

84,955

87,504

         
Source: U. S. Bureau of the Census, Statistical Abstract of the United States, 1999.