3,134 Counties and parishes in US. Learned dat because of unprosecuted MERS scam.
County Clerks have been committing fraud for decades, because of dis, da MERS system:
https://capitalmarkets.fanniemae.com/media/20861/display
That's what the fake Census data today was all about, saving Congresscritters from the redistricting axe.
Delayed Census results released today. Blue Hell Counties surprise to the upside, while Red Counties dropped.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/12/politics/us-census-2020-data/index.html