There are many potential applications for an interactive map of the US Many government websites use maps of US counties to display census data (for example, higher income counties), geography of recession, job gains or losses by county, bank failure map, election results, etc. Commercial websites use interactive maps to display branches, sales figures by state, driving directions, travel route maps, or as a store locator, property finder, to improve the ease of navigation of the website.

With an interactive map of the US showing all states and counties, visitors can first click on a state (eg, New York, Florida) on the map, see a map of the counties within that state. Visitors can simply hover over a county on the map and information about that county will instantly be displayed in a pop-up box, with text, images, and hyperlinks. The visitor can then click the links in the tooltip for more information or be redirected to the appropriate page.

As you may already know, there are more than 3,000 counties or county equivalent administrative units in the United States of America. There is an average of 62 counties per state. The state with the highest number is Texas and the lowest number of counties is Delaware. It would take you an enormous amount of time and effort if you try to create a map of the USA with all the counties drawing from scratch with drawing software like Photoshop or PowerPoint.

You can save time by purchasing US map templates, including map templates for all US counties.If you need to use the map in your Microsoft Word, PowerPoint or Excel files, all you need is a graphic file of vector map. In order to set the color for each different county, you need to ensure that the graphic map file you purchase contains multiple layers, so that each layer can have its own color settings and attributes.

If you need to use the US county map online with interactive features, you may consider using Google maps or interactive mapping software.

Google Maps is the first idea most people have about mapping software. Google Maps provides an online solution to locate locations on the map simply by typing in an address or using latitude and longitude coordinates. However, Google Maps does not provide an easy solution if you need to set counties in different colors or display information when hovering over a state or county.

Also, Google Maps uses JavaScript extensively. Your user’s browser must have Javascript enabled to view the map correctly, and any customization requires in-depth knowledge of the Google Map API. This makes Google Map overkill and unsuitable to use for website navigation and information retrieval base in the state or county.

To create an interactive map of the USA with all counties, another option is to use interactive map construction software. Most interactive map software comes with ready-to-use US map templates, including county maps for each state. You can set county color, mouse over text, hyperlink, and also edit text and image to pass tooltip. You can create county, state, regional, and national maps with clickable areas, and you can easily embed them into a web page without any JavaScript or API code.

In addition to US county maps, many interactive map software also contain maps of the countries of the world, including Europe, China, Asia, Africa, Australia, and other maps. Most importantly, you can import your own graphics or illustrations instead of country map templates, to turn any static image into a clickable interactive map.