Try this:

=SUM(COUNTIF(A1:A7,{"New York","Los Angeles"}))

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HTH,

RD
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"Sung" wrote in message
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What is the formula to count from a column based on multiple criteria.

For example,

City

Los Angeles
Phoenix
Los Angeles
New York
Chicago
New York

so i would like a formula to return the total count of new york and los
angeles. In this example it would be 4.

Thanks