The Smallest County In The U.S.

14 April 2001 - 9:00am

According to results from the 2000 Census, the smallest U.S. county is Loving County, Texas, with 67 people.

The 2000 Census has identified some unusual places that represent the extremes in America: "the whitest county (Slope County, N.D.) or the emptiest (Loving) or the most quickly shrinking metro area (Steubenville, Ohio.)"

Source: USA Today, April 9, 2001
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Its very unsuitability for an urban center justifies its current usage as a suburban or ex-urban pattern.