If every U.S. county or county-equivalent had to have roughly equal population, this is how the number of counties in each state would change.
| State | Counties | Adjusted Counties | Difference |
| Alabama | 67 | 48 | -19 |
| Alaska | 30 | 7 | -23 |
| Arizona | 15 | 70 | 55 |
| Arkansas | 75 | 29 | -46 |
| California | 58 | 363 | 305 |
| Colorado | 64 | 55 | -9 |
| Connecticut | 9 | 34 | 25 |
| Delaware | 3 | 10 | 7 |
| Florida | 67 | 216 | 149 |
| Georgia | 159 | 104 | -55 |
| Hawaii | 5 | 13 | 8 |
| Idaho | 44 | 19 | -25 |
| Illinois | 102 | 117 | 15 |
| Indiana | 92 | 64 | -28 |
| Iowa | 99 | 30 | -69 |
| Kansas | 105 | 27 | -78 |
| Kentucky | 120 | 42 | -78 |
| Louisiana | 64 | 43 | -21 |
| Maine | 16 | 13 | -3 |
| Maryland | 24 | 58 | 34 |
| Massachusetts | 14 | 66 | 52 |
| Michigan | 83 | 93 | 10 |
| Minnesota | 87 | 54 | -33 |
| Mississippi | 82 | 27 | -55 |
| Missouri | 115 | 58 | -57 |
| Montana | 56 | 11 | -45 |
| Nebraska | 93 | 19 | -74 |
| Nevada | 17 | 30 | 13 |
| New Hampshire | 10 | 13 | 3 |
| New Jersey | 21 | 88 | 67 |
| New Mexico | 33 | 20 | -13 |
| New York | 62 | 184 | 122 |
| North Carolina | 100 | 103 | 3 |
| North Dakota | 53 | 7 | -46 |
| Ohio | 88 | 110 | 22 |
| Oklahoma | 77 | 38 | -39 |
| Oregon | 36 | 39 | 3 |
| Pennsylvania | 67 | 120 | 53 |
| Rhode Island | 5 | 10 | 5 |
| South Carolina | 46 | 51 | 5 |
| South Dakota | 66 | 9 | -57 |
| Tennessee | 95 | 67 | -28 |
| Texas | 254 | 292 | 38 |
| Utah | 29 | 33 | 4 |
| Vermont | 14 | 6 | -8 |
| Virginia | 133 | 82 | -51 |
| Washington | 39 | 74 | 35 |
| West Virginia | 55 | 16 | -39 |
| Wisconsin | 72 | 55 | -17 |
| Wyoming | 23 | 5 | -18 |
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