Map license: free to use with credit

Every map, PDF, image and data file on whichcounty.com is published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license (CC BY 4.0).

What you may do

• Print the maps for school, work, genealogy or the wall.
• Use them in presentations, reports, books, websites and apps, also commercially.
• Change them: crop, recolor, add your own labels, or combine them with other data.

What we ask in return

Give credit, with a link where possible:

Map: WhichCounty (whichcounty.com), CC BY 4.0. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau.

If you changed the map, say so (“adapted from …”). Do not suggest that WhichCounty or the Census Bureau endorses your work.

Underlying data

County boundaries, population, land area, places and ZIP code areas come from the U.S. Census Bureau and are in the public domain. County seats and founding years come from Wikidata (CC0) and were checked by us. This site uses Census Bureau data but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.

Larger sizes or custom maps

Every state map is available as a vector PDF and SVG that print sharp at any size. For a custom map, write to us via the about page.