Washington's largest counties

A few counties in Washington are pretty big. Okanogan County, up along the Canadian border in central Washington, is the largest of all. It's larger than three different states. Several other counties outrank states, too. For comparison's sake as you glance at the list below, Rhode Island is America's smallest state at 1,545 square miles; Delaware is next at 1,954; and Connecticut is 4,845 square miles in area.

-1. Okanogan, 5,268 square miles
-2. Yakima, 4,296
-3. Chelan, 2,921
-4. Grant, 2,681
-5. Stevens, 2,478
-6. Lewis, 2,408
-7. Lincoln, 2,311
-8. Kittitas, 2,297
-9. Ferry, 2,204
10. Whitman, 2,159

Note: No, Okanogan isn't the largest county in the United States. I suppose a region in Alaska would qualify as the largest, but Alaska doesn't exactly have a comparable county concept. Among counties in the Lower 48, though, San Bernadino County, California is largest: 20, 105 square miles -- almost four times the size of Okanogan.