State |
Counties |
Applicable law
|
Alaska |
Aleutians East,
Anchorage,
Bristol Bay,
Denali,
Fairbanks North Star,
Haines,
Juneau (City & Borough),
Kenai Peninsula,
Ketchikan Gateway,
Kodiak Island,
Lake and Peninsula,
Matanuska-Susitna,
North Slope,
Northwest Arctic,
Sitka (City & Borough),
Skagway (City & Borough),
Wrangell (City & Borough),
Yakutat (City & Borough) |
Alaska Constitution, Article X
[1]
|
Arkansas |
Title is "county judge" in all counties (
list) |
|
California |
Los Angeles
[2] (CEO),
Orange
[3] (County Executive Officer),
Sacramento,
[4]
Santa Clara
[5] |
|
Delaware |
New Castle
[6] |
|
Florida |
Orange (Mayor),
Miami-Dade (Mayor),
Volusia (County Council Chair) |
|
Georgia |
Athens-Clarke (Mayor),
[7]
DeKalb (CEO)
[8] |
|
Illinois |
Champaign,
[9]
Cook,
[9]
Will
[10] |
|
Kentucky |
Counties are headed by an elected executive known as the
County Judge/Executive.
[11] |
Kentucky Constitution, Section 144
[12]
|
Maryland |
Anne Arundel,
[13]
Baltimore,
[14]
Cecil,
[15]
Frederick,
[16]
Harford,
[17]
Howard,
[18]
Montgomery,
[19]
Prince George's,
[20]
Wicomico
[21] |
|
Michigan |
Bay,
[22]
Macomb,
Oakland,
[23]
Wayne
[24] |
Optional Unified Form of County Government,
[25] Charter Counties
[26]
|
Missouri |
Jefferson
[27]
Jackson
[28]
St. Charles
[29]
St. Louis (County)
[30] |
|
New Jersey |
Atlantic County Executive
[31]
Bergen County Executive,
[32]
Essex County Executive,
[33]
Hudson County Executive,
[34] and
Mercer County Executive
[35] are elected county executives.
[36]
|
New York |
Albany,
[37]
Broome,
[38]
Chautauqua,
[39]
Chemung,
[40]
Dutchess,
[41]
Erie,
[42]
Monroe,
[43]
Montgomery,
[44]
Nassau,
[45]
Oneida,
[46]
Onondaga,
[47]
Orange,
[48]
Putnam,
[49]
Rensselaer,
[50]
Rockland,
[51]
Schenectady (Manager),
Suffolk,
[52]
Ulster,
[53]
Westchester
[54]
|
Municipal Home Rule Law
[55]
|
Ohio |
Cuyahoga,
[56]
Summit
[57] |
Alternative County Government Law
[58]
|
Pennsylvania |
Allegheny,
[59]
Erie,
[60]
Lehigh,
[61]
Northampton
[62] |
Home Rule Charter and Optional Plans Law
|
Tennessee |
State law provides that
counties are headed by an elected county executive who uses the title of "County Mayor." Exceptions are the three counties (
Davidson,
Moore, and
Trousdale) that have
consolidated city-county government, where the position is not used, and certain counties where a
private act of the
state legislature authorizes the executive to use the previous title of "county executive." Historically, the position was called "county judge."
[63] |
Tennessee Code Annotated 5-6-101
[63]
|
Texas |
Title is "county judge" or "County administrator" in all counties (
list) |
|
Utah |
Salt Lake (Mayor),
Cache
[64] |
Utah Code Title 17, Chapter 52a, Part 2, Section 203
[65]
|
Virginia |
Albemarle,
[66]
Fairfax,
Prince William |
Code of Virginia Title 15.2 Chapters 5-8
[67]
|
Washington |
King County Executive,
[68]
Pierce,
[69]
Snohomish,
[70]
Whatcom
[71] |
|
Wisconsin |
Brown,
[72]
Dane,
[73]
Fond du Lac,
[74]
Kenosha,
[75]
Manitowoc,
[76]
Milwaukee,
[77]
Outagamie,
[78]
Portage,
[79]
Racine,
[80]
Waukesha,
[81]
Winnebago
[82] |
Wisconsin Constitution, Article IV, sections 23 and 23a
[83]
|