United States Code — Statistics

Titles

60,406

Sections

2,940

Chapters

653 MB

Source XML

Positive Law

Non-Positive Law

Titles enacted into positive law are legal evidence of the law. Non-positive-law titles are prima facie evidence; the underlying Statutes at Large remain authoritative.

Per-Title Breakdown

Title	Name	Sections	Chapters	Subtitles	Subchapters	Parts	XML Size	Positive Law
1	General Provisions	39	3	0	0	0	275 KB	Yes
2	The Congress	1,612	54	0	90	33	8.4 MB	No
3	The President	64	5	0	4	5	840 KB	Yes
4	Flag and Seal, Seat of Government, and the States	47	5	0	0	0	284 KB	Yes
5	Government Organization and Employees	1,163	69	6	108	4	18.0 MB	Yes
6	Domestic Security	569	6	0	31	53	6.0 MB	No
7	Agriculture	2,926	130	4	183	42	27.4 MB	No
8	Aliens and Nationality	376	16	0	27	13	7.0 MB	No
9	Arbitration	33	4	0	0	0	107 KB	Yes
10	Armed Forces	4,033	350	12	145	27	53.1 MB	Yes
11	Bankruptcy	280	9	0	29	0	4.2 MB	Yes
12	Banks and Banking	1,996	62	4	105	45	22.9 MB	No
13	Census	70	6	0	15	0	471 KB	Yes
14	Coast Guard	449	17	4	31	0	3.7 MB	Yes
15	Commerce and Trade	2,701	156	0	160	28	29.3 MB	No
16	Conservation	5,095	153	0	345	57	31.6 MB	No
17	Copyrights	153	15	0	4	0	2.6 MB	Yes
18	Crimes and Criminal Procedure	1,399	141	0	8	5	11.6 MB	Yes
19	Customs Duties	1,111	30	40	49	88	13.8 MB	No
20	Education	2,029	86	0	186	271	21.4 MB	No
21	Food and Drugs	756	31	0	42	26	11.8 MB	No
22	Foreign Relations and Intercourse	3,478	128	0	306	126	27.7 MB	No
23	Highways	172	6	0	0	0	6.1 MB	Yes
24	Hospitals and Asylums	162	11	0	11	0	647 KB	No
25	Indians	2,397	57	0	192	18	10.0 MB	No
26	Internal Revenue Code	2,160	72	11	165	185	53.2 MB	No
27	Intoxicating Liquors	45	10	0	2	0	230 KB	No
28	Judiciary and Judicial Procedure	806	79	0	4	6	8.2 MB	Yes
29	Labor	842	36	11	58	76	11.0 MB	No
30	Mineral Lands and Mining	626	34	0	44	3	4.1 MB	No
31	Money and Finance	498	31	6	42	2	8.3 MB	Yes
32	National Guard	78	5	0	0	0	881 KB	Yes
33	Navigation and Navigable Waters	1,569	57	0	85	3	12.1 MB	No
34	Crime Control and Law Enforcement	794	35	6	90	54	8.4 MB	No
35	Patents	175	25	0	0	5	1.8 MB	Yes
36	Patriotic and National Observances, Ceremonies, and Organizations	1,173	132	3	7	4	7.1 MB	Yes
37	Pay and Allowances of the Uniformed Services	234	12	0	6	0	3.8 MB	Yes
38	Veterans’ Benefits	1,198	47	8	126	6	17.7 MB	Yes
39	Postal Service	181	22	0	7	5	2.0 MB	Yes
40	Public Buildings, Property, and Works	459	45	6	48	4	4.7 MB	Yes
41	Public Contracts	241	27	4	8	0	3.2 MB	Yes
42	The Public Health and Welfare	8,461	195	4	642	584	107.4 MB	No
43	Public Lands	1,464	59	0	124	3	7.7 MB	No
44	Public Printing and Documents	356	23	0	3	4	2.8 MB	Yes
45	Railroads	294	22	0	29	3	2.9 MB	No
46	Shipping	1,032	108	8	31	22	9.4 MB	Yes
47	Telecommunications	432	16	0	28	17	5.7 MB	No
48	Territories and Insular Possessions	661	21	0	43	4	4.4 MB	No
49	Transportation	1,371	114	15	58	16	25.6 MB	Yes
50	War and National Defense	1,360	62	4	108	36	13.8 MB	No
51	National and Commercial Space Programs	249	35	7	17	0	2.7 MB	Yes
52	Voting and Elections	171	10	3	9	6	1.7 MB	No
53	[Reserved]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
54	National Park Service and Related Programs	366	56	3	22	0	3.1 MB	Yes

Largest Titles by Section Count

Rank	Title	Name	Sections
1	42	The Public Health and Welfare	8,461
2	16	Conservation	5,095
3	10	Armed Forces	4,033
4	22	Foreign Relations and Intercourse	3,478
5	7	Agriculture	2,926
6	15	Commerce and Trade	2,701
7	25	Indians	2,397
8	26	Internal Revenue Code	2,160
9	20	Education	2,029
10	12	Banks and Banking	1,996