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Biggest U.S. Cities Starting with B

Try to name the most populous cities in the United States that start with the letter B.
Cities proper, not metro areas. Not including unincorporated places.
2024 U.S. Census estimates
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First submittedFebruary 9, 2012
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State
Hint
City
673,458
MA
Beantown
Boston
568,271
MD
"The Wire"
Baltimore
417,468
CA
San Joaquin Valley
Bakersfield
276,617
NY
Large mammal
Buffalo
237,963
ID
State capital
Boise
220,907
LA
French for "red stick"
Baton Rouge
196,357
AL
MLK wrote a letter
from jail here
Birmingham
191,967
TX
Southernmost city
in Texas
Brownsville
154,377
WA
Seattle suburb
Bellevue
151,599
CT
Largest in state
Bridgeport
122,756
OK
Tulsa suburb
Broken Arrow
121,749
CA
Namesake of
element 97
Berkeley
121,483
MT
Largest in its state
Billings
114,334
AZ
Phoenix suburb
named by an Ohioan
Buckeye
112,893
TX
Gulf Coast
Beaumont
106,926
OR
Ski slopes
Bend
104,175
CO
University
Boulder
105,446
MA
Rocky Marciano's
home town
Brockton
105,401
CA
TV studios
Burbank
102,238
FL
Initials B. R.
Boca Raton
98,302
OR
Nike headquarters
Beaverton
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73 Comments
Ithabise
+20
Level 27
Feb 24, 2012
This got tough really quick!
Brickster
+10
Level 27
Feb 26, 2012
I got very few. *sigh* At least I got berkeley. Element 97 is named after it.
kiwiquizzer
+10
Level 68
Jul 6, 2019
Yes, that would have been a better clue than hippies!
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
May 15, 2025
Changed the clue!
RobertoCF
+2
Level 80
May 17, 2025
And it only took 13 years!
loganite
+1
Level 94
May 21, 2025
Now change the clue for the Florida City to "Spanish for Mouse Mouth" ;)
HydratedMite
+1
Level 68
Apr 15, 2024
For good reason, they discovered so many elements
Randomguy87
+3
Level 45
Nov 11, 2013
Who else failed and only got Boston :P
IsleAuHaulte
+9
Level 92
Oct 28, 2018
A bunch of 5-year-old crickets did.
rbezar
+3
Level 43
Jul 6, 2019
just over 800 people
beetboy12
+6
Level 36
Aug 7, 2014
Everyone's heard of Barstow. It's in movies. There's a song about it. I was CONVINCED it would be on here. I look it up there's only 23,000 people. Amazing how some cities make a name for themselves and yield little, while others grow to 1-200,000+ in silence and obscurity.
davemcarlson
+2
Level 54
Sep 20, 2015
So true! Is the song "Leaving Las Vegas" by Sheryl Crow?
kalbahamut
+3
Level 79
Jul 6, 2019
where?
Charliezard
+14
Level 67
Oct 24, 2021
Nope. That first sentence is false.
nonono
+4
Level 91
Jul 14, 2022
It's a literary reference: "We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold. I remember saying something like 'I feel a bit lightheaded; maybe you should drive....' And suddenly there was a terrible roar all around us and the sky was full of what looked like huge bats, all swooping and screeching and diving around the car, which was going about a hundred miles an hour with the top down to Las Vegas."

Opening lines of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. RIP Hunter S. Thompson (amazing that he lasted as long as he did).

buck1017
+1
Level 78
Nov 17, 2022
That's how i felt about Biloxi. Not because of pop culture, but because it's a tourist destination for gamblers. Like a redneck vegas. Only 40,000 people there.
ThatEmoShyGuy
+2
Level 88
Apr 14, 2015
How did I miss Bakersfield and Beaumont
gimplord209
+3
Level 49
Jun 24, 2024
idk
ander217
+7
Level 73
Jul 7, 2015
Can't believe I got Beaumont but missed Berkeley.
ander217
+5
Level 73
Jul 27, 2017
Did the same thing again. Sigh.
ander217
+9
Level 73
Jul 6, 2019
At least I didn't do the same thing this time. I missed both of them.
gimplord209
+1
Level 49
Jun 24, 2024
a handy way to remember that is that by knowing element 97 was named after it! the more you know... the worse it gets...LOL
azteque316
+4
Level 71
Jul 7, 2015
Honestly, as a non-American, Im proud of getting 2 pts in this quiz. Would like to see the average score of Americans vs average score of non-American.
frognbuff
+5
Level 85
Nov 28, 2016
That's pretty good. I'd personally only expect foreigners to know Boston and Baltimore, maybe Buffalo.
tkv
+4
Level 35
Jul 27, 2017
I'm a non-American and I got 6. Some of the cities are easy with the clues e.g Berkeley and Baton Rouge
kiwiquizzer
+2
Level 68
Jul 6, 2019
Got 4. Should have got 7. I am a New Zealander.
bxtterflyfx
+2
Level 74
Jul 7, 2019
Canadian here, I got 16
blizzrd33
+2
Level 81
Oct 29, 2019
Got 7. I am Australian.
TheLonelyAlula
+1
Level 57
Aug 27, 2022
I'm an American and I got 7/20.
JohnMG123
+2
Level 38
Jul 7, 2015
Bremerton Washington is also a suburb of Seattle. Kept trying and it wouldn't take. It is directly across Puget Sound, there is a standard commuter ferry.
Kestrana
+6
Level 59
Jul 7, 2015
Bremerton is also tiny - less than 38,000 people. Bellevue is 6x as large.
bgfootball19
+1
Level 32
Jan 30, 2025
Bremerton has about 45k, but the metro is about 275k. Bellevue has about 150k
bgfootball19
+1
Level 32
Jan 30, 2025
Bremerton is it's own metro according to the US Census
ander217
+4
Level 73
May 4, 2017
I tried Bremerton first, too, then I remembered it was Bell-something, but never could get the right something.
ander217
+4
Level 73
Jul 6, 2019
This time I tried Bellvue - getting closer at least.
xXViolaXx
+2
Level 67
Mar 28, 2022
Bremerton is also not really a suburb. It grew up around the naval base on the Kitsap peninsula. Bremerton is easily accessible to Seattle, but I wouldn't call it a suburb, strictly speaking. While people commute from there to Seattle, the presence of the Navy on Kitsap provides it's own economy/community/citys
bgfootball19
+1
Level 32
Jan 30, 2025
Bremerton is technically part of the Bremerton metro area, which is Kitsap county.
bronco
+2
Level 51
Jul 9, 2015
Everyone should have gotten Baton Rouge immortalized by Garth Brooks and the home of the LSU Tigers!
ander217
+13
Level 73
May 4, 2017
Or anyone who speaks French.
Elan
+2
Level 66
Jul 13, 2015
I was able to get Bakersfield, but I had no idea that it was larger than some of the others on this list.
thetoonquiz
+5
Level 16
Jul 24, 2015
You should add 2 more cities to the list because those two cities would be

Bloomington, Indiana (82,575) Where IU is

Bloomington, Illinois (78,902)

3 Bloomingtons in a row! XD

Quizmaster
+6
Level ∞
May 26, 2019
That would have been cool! Unfortunately, in 2018, the three Bloomingtons were ranked 22, 24, and 28.
seabird
+2
Level 69
Sep 13, 2015
18/20. Couldn't think of Brockton or Boca Raton. I kept trying Boynton Beach.
seabird
+2
Level 69
Mar 6, 2019
Took the quiz 3.5 years later and still missed these two.
seabird
+1
Level 69
May 15, 2025
Finally got them all. Changing one of the clues helped.
Tomtrific
+3
Level 80
Jul 27, 2017
Bakersfield larger than Buffalo. Wow, it's a changing world.
Freestatebear
+1
Level 88
Jun 2, 2022
Warm, versus not-so-warm. The same might be said for their economic climates as well.
kalbahamut
+2
Level 79
Jul 27, 2017
Clue for Broken Arrow should be "Travolta/Slater movie"
ander217
+4
Level 73
Jul 27, 2017
Or James Stewart/Debra Paget movie.
jennywren21
+2
Level 62
Oct 1, 2017
When I finally got Baton Rouge I laughed out loud!
idontkn1
+2
Level 94
Oct 13, 2017
Really surprised that the home of IU isn't at least a 100k. Most towns with a major research university have that many now even if they aren't close to a major city.
MustardCustard
+4
Level 66
Apr 28, 2018
Why do I have a feeling that the next two on the list would be Bloomington, Indiana, than Bloomington, Illinois.
JMADDEN16
+3
Level 54
Apr 22, 2019
Got Brockton because I live in the town next door :)
mf3
+5
Level 90
May 26, 2019
I would think "University" would be better for Berkeley than "Hippies", eh?
martay
+2
Level 69
Jul 6, 2019
Hippies in California today, I associate with Humboldt County. Berkeley I associate with very smart, very liberal college kids, but not hippies per se. Granola country - Northern California, parts of Oregon, and Colorado - is where I would put hippies on the map. AKA where there's a strong market for Subaru Outbacks, Nag Champa, super serious disc golfers, or "athletic" sandals.
kogatora
+6
Level 96
May 28, 2019
would have got boulder if the clue was mork & mindy
samiamco
+3
Level 67
May 31, 2019
Better that than"JonBenét Ramsey". (Signed, a Boulderite)
ander217
+3
Level 73
Jul 6, 2019
I visited your city and loved it, samiamco. I never once thought about JBR while I was there.
kalbahamut
+4
Level 79
Jul 6, 2019
No Benghazi?
PoetsCorner
+3
Level 87
Jan 2, 2020
My days writing a boxing history column finally paid off. Thank you Rocky Marciano!
kalbahamut
+3
Level 79
May 16, 2020
Man... I only missed Bend, OR this time and that's still not good enough for 5 points. You guys are too good.
SpencerGT
+1
Level 68
Mar 8, 2021
"California" and "hippies" is one clue, not two.
pctjunkie
+1
Level 92
May 22, 2025
You've clearly never been to the State of Jefferson.
joeythelemur
+2
Level 80
May 31, 2022
I can never remember all the Montana ones. "Bozeman? nope. Butte? nope. Dang, I know there's another......"
YouLoveEagle
+2
Level 48
Jul 29, 2022
Didn’t got any city, not even Boston
AlexThirkell
+1
Level 74
Jul 30, 2022
Second US quiz in a row that I've got 5/20 and zero points :(
bigbywolf
+1
Level 56
May 3, 2023
Quiz: Large mammal with b.

Me: Blue whale :-D

SpartanLlama
+1
Level 79
Jun 8, 2023
When I heard large mammal I immediately went "Beaver?" and one of the other answers was Beaverton
WashingMachine
+1
Level 67
Jun 10, 2023
I live in one of the less-well known cities on this quiz, which certainly helped.
bgfootball19
+1
Level 32
Jan 30, 2025
Bellevue isn't a typical suburb. It has lots of skyscrapers
Pontiac
+1
Level 62
May 15, 2025
Wow first made in 2012. A little bit of nostalgia, don't you think lol!
LeoTheNerd1121
+2
Level 46
Jul 1, 2025
Brockton mentioned! RAAAHHHH
iamduckyyy
+1
Level 43
Dec 16, 2025
Baton Rouge was named after a burnt stick was found by the French?
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