If column B *always* has a value of 1 then all you need to do is count the
instances in column A:

=COUNTIF(A:A,"Dem")
=COUNTIF(A:A,"Fre")

=COUNTIF(A2:A100,"Dem")
=COUNTIF(A2:A100,"Fre")

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Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"Kennedy" wrote in message
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Trying to find a way to use a countif value that pulls back specific count
for certain values in a column. Using countif because the cell contains a
computed value that returns a value of 1
So if:
Col A Col B
Dem 1
Dem 1
Dem 1
FRE 1
FRE 1
FRE 1

The countif value would show for Dem 3 and Fre 3