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Biggest Cities in Each U.S. State - Extreme

Can you name the four most populous cities in each U.S. state?
2025 census estimates. Incorporated cities only.
Except for Hawaii, which has no incorporated cities (2020 population used)
By city proper population
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First submittedOctober 18, 2017
Times taken83,898
Average score55.0%
Rating4.91
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State
Population
City
Alabama
233,627
Huntsville
200,824
Mobile
195,893
Birmingham
195,300
Montgomery
Alaska
287,155
Anchorage
31,609
Juneau
31,468
Fairbanks
10,556
Wasilla
Arizona
1,665,481
Phoenix
548,371
Tucson
513,656
Mesa
287,285
Gilbert
Arkansas
206,427
Little Rock
106,623
Fayetteville
90,855
Fort Smith
90,685
Springdale
California
3,869,089
Los Angeles
1,406,106
San Diego
989,814
San Jose
826,079
San Francisco
Colorado
740,613
Denver
494,743
Colorado Springs
410,053
Aurora
171,500
Fort Collins
Connecticut
152,273
Bridgeport
139,535
Stamford
138,774
New Haven
121,981
Hartford
Delaware
73,512
Wilmington
40,592
Dover
30,359
Newark
25,798
Middletown
Florida
1,017,689
Jacksonville
489,812
Miami
413,554
Tampa
333,888
Orlando
Georgia
529,110
Atlanta
202,171
Columbus
201,999
Augusta
157,556
Macon
Hawaii
350,964
Honolulu
50,922
East Honolulu
45,295
Pearl City
44,186
Hilo
Idaho
238,429
Boise
142,988
Meridian
120,384
Nampa
76,629
Caldwell
Illinois
2,731,585
Chicago
181,505
Aurora
153,114
Naperville
152,241
Joliet
Indiana
901,116
Indianapolis
275,203
Fort Wayne
116,176
Evansville
105,634
Carmel
Iowa
212,086
Des Moines
137,935
Cedar Rapids
100,358
Davenport
86,356
Sioux City
Kansas
400,987
Wichita
203,677
Overland Park
157,805
Kansas City
150,025
Olathe
Kentucky
641,962
Louisville
329,751
Lexington
78,505
Bowling Green
60,892
Owensboro
Louisiana
362,154
New Orleans
222,795
Baton Rouge
175,902
Shreveport
123,311
Lafayette
Maine
69,911
Portland
38,866
Lewiston
32,518
Bangor
27,007
South Portland
Maryland
569,997
Baltimore
92,059
Frederick
71,113
Gaithersburg
67,563
Rockville
Massachusetts
672,973
Boston
213,862
Worcester
154,702
Springfield
122,588
Cambridge
Michigan
649,095
Detroit
201,183
Grand Rapids
137,138
Warren
133,931
Sterling Heights
Minnesota
430,324
Minneapolis
306,684
St. Paul
124,292
Rochester
89,034
Bloomington
Mississippi
141,196
Jackson
76,506
Gulfport
57,819
Southaven
48,802
Hattiesburg
Missouri
521,220
Kansas City
278,144
St. Louis
169,847
Springfield
130,851
Columbia
State
Population
City
Montana
121,239
Billings
78,903
Missoula
60,208
Great Falls
58,814
Bozeman
Nebraska
488,797
Omaha
301,522
Lincoln
64,863
Bellevue
53,943
Grand Island
Nevada
679,817
Las Vegas
353,289
Henderson
296,653
North Las Vegas
283,621
Reno
New Hampshire
116,818
Manchester
92,435
Nashua
44,597
Concord
34,623
Dover
New Jersey
323,808
Newark
302,013
Jersey City
161,793
Paterson
141,675
Elizabeth
New Mexico
556,588
Albuquerque
116,978
Las Cruces
114,419
Rio Rancho
89,837
Santa Fe
New York
8,584,629
New York
274,613
Buffalo
212,603
Yonkers
206,108
Rochester
North Carolina
964,784
Charlotte
506,306
Raleigh
308,667
Greensboro
305,561
Durham
North Dakota
136,275
Fargo
77,963
Bismarck
60,365
Grand Forks
47,308
Minot
Ohio
938,396
Columbus
363,608
Cleveland
314,367
Cincinnati
263,423
Toledo
Oklahoma
719,849
Oklahoma City
416,209
Tulsa
130,943
Norman
124,991
Broken Arrow
Oregon
635,109
Portland
181,779
Salem
178,618
Eugene
111,513
Gresham
Pennsylvania
1,574,281
Philadelphia
307,632
Pittsburgh
126,044
Allentown
95,832
Reading
Rhode Island
195,310
Providence
84,647
Cranston
84,187
Warwick
77,065
Pawtucket
South Carolina
159,423
Charleston
147,035
Columbia
129,245
North Charleston
95,469
Mount Pleasant
South Dakota
213,748
Sioux Falls
80,589
Rapid City
27,961
Aberdeen
25,355
Brookings
Tennessee
721,074
Nashville
609,647
Memphis
202,021
Knoxville
194,144
Chattanooga
Texas
2,397,315
Houston
1,548,422
San Antonio
1,329,491
Dallas
1,028,117
Fort Worth
Utah
218,428
Salt Lake City
137,491
West Valley City
116,812
West Jordan
114,527
Provo
Vermont
44,019
Burlington
21,394
South Burlington
15,363
Rutland
10,921
Essex Junction
Virginia
453,737
Virginia Beach
255,332
Chesapeake
237,257
Richmond
231,013
Norfolk
Washington
784,777
Seattle
230,783
Spokane
229,816
Tacoma
199,698
Vancouver
West Virginia
46,117
Charleston
44,815
Huntington
30,293
Morgantown
28,593
Parkersburg
Wisconsin
562,407
Milwaukee
286,233
Madison
106,675
Green Bay
99,239
Kenosha
Wyoming
66,507
Cheyenne
58,771
Casper
34,024
Gillette
32,284
Laramie
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87 Comments
TheSavageGeographer
+3
Level 45
Oct 18, 2017
Nice Quiz
NJStephen
+3
Level 76
Oct 18, 2017
Columbia MD?
burtviile
+7
Level 94
Oct 18, 2017
*Incorporated cities
scdavis553
+3
Level 81
May 15, 2026
Columbia is not incorporated. Most "cities" in Maryland are not actually incorporated. In fact in 2 Maryland Counties (Baltimore & Howard) there are no incorporated municipalities, and county government is the only level of government
jonf
+4
Level 70
Nov 10, 2017
I love quizzes like this. Fun the first time because I know many of them, but challenging enough that I can learn more and retake the quiz.
lazarff
+4
Level 69
Dec 8, 2017
Finally 100%! After thirteenth! With 0:40...
pkerr116
+27
Level 71
Dec 18, 2017
Grand Island, Nebraska? Why do I suspect that it is neither?
jayhiatt
+11
Level 72
Jan 23, 2018
I've driven through it. It is neither. Google tells me that it was named for a nearby island in the Platte River, though the island no longer exists.
JuhBruh
+9
Level 35
Apr 12, 2019
I was actually born there and lived there until I was 12. It was named after a fort which was named after a river in the Platte that doesn't exist anymore. It's certainly one of the less grand towns in Nebraska.
KRQC2000
+2
Level 53
Jan 2, 2018
Cool quiz! Is there a European countries equivalent on this site?
Quizmaster
+7
Level ∞
May 24, 2019
I would love to, but honestly it's just too hard. European countries have very strange population statistics often based on ancient city boundaries. For example, Brussels is only the 5th most populous municipality in Belgium. There would be no way to make a quiz that could possibly satisfy our users.
QRU
+2
Level 77
Sep 6, 2019
Because some of the answers would be un-intuitiv?

I mean, when it comes to countries, the population is counted as you describe it, with ancient boundaries and without taking the small countries around them in.

seabird
+2
Level 69
Jan 23, 2018
132 on the first try. Ran out of time otherwise I would have gotten a few more like Minneapolis, St Paul, St Louis, Wichita etc...
TheCrusher
+4
Level 70
Aug 21, 2020
How the heck did you miss those?
seabird
+4
Level 69
Aug 6, 2021
I started at the top with Alabama and didn't get to the bottom of the screen. Third try best I could get before time ran out was 159 and I missed St Louis again.
wolfcat95
+4
Level 66
Aug 27, 2023
It is easy to miss those if you are not a fast typist. A full FIVE more minutes on this quiz would not be too much. I suspect that well more than 2 out 3 people that attempt this quiz can tell you the largest city in wisconsin, but not if they never get that far. Yes, with more time, a fast typist could just type in city after city, but that would still require him/her to actually know lots of cities, and it would give the slower typists time to finish the quiz.
orangeajgreen
+3
Level 55
Mar 13, 2018
East Honolulu doesn't exist...
ander217
+3
Level 73
Aug 14, 2020
For the ones I didn't know I went back and added the four directions to biggest city names and got a few that way.
IsleAuHaulte
+1
Level 92
May 16, 2026
Cities technically don't exist in Hawai'i, including Honolulu.
mightythor
+3
Level 68
Mar 24, 2018
Then there are All US Cities with population > 100K :),
Gassu
+2
Level 69
Mar 24, 2018
If it is still too easy, try

this

Elan
+1
Level 66
Mar 24, 2018
I got an average of exactly 2 per state. I need to study up!
BobSaget
+4
Level 76
Mar 26, 2018
I've lived in Honolulu for 6 years and never once heard of East Honolulu.
ChipOtley
+22
Level 72
Mar 26, 2018
Next time you go out, turn right instead of left
Vlad83
+1
Level 99
Mar 27, 2018
I was just checking some of the stats and it seems that the fourth biggest city in New Hampshire is Derry not Dover; If you are going by the 2010 census, Derry had 33,109 inhabitants while Dover was just shy of 30,000. The 31,153 figure for Dover is fan estimate rom the 2016 census. Not picking apart, just thought I'd get some clarification. Cheers and thanks for the quiz :)
Quizmaster
+2
Level ∞
May 26, 2018
We are using 2016 estimates.
IsleAuHaulte
+1
Level 92
Jun 19, 2018
Derry's a town, not a city. I know in New England there's no distinction between municipal powers of a town or city, but the Census Bureau thinks so.
Vexcrate
+1
Level 45
May 26, 2018
Anyone notice that Overland Park and Olathe are both technically suburbs of Kansas City? Also Kansas City is split by a border so the numbers aren't so accurate.
JuhBruh
+2
Level 35
Apr 12, 2019
What's even better is that Overland Park is bigger than Kansas City, KS.
ander217
+4
Level 73
Aug 14, 2020
Kansas City, MO was founded in 1838 and incorporated in 1853 before Kansas was even a territory, much less a state. It was named for the Kansas river. Kansas City, KS was incorporated in the 1870s several miles away. They were two distinct cities from their beginnings, not just one city that was split by a border.
Elan
+1
Level 66
Jul 28, 2018
Vermont's four biggest cities combined have fewer people than Texas's fourth biggest city.
IsleAuHaulte
+3
Level 92
Jun 7, 2020
The whole state is smaller. If everyone in Vermont lived in one spot, they would have only been the 65th largest urbanized area in the U.S.
mikeb
+3
Level 64
Dec 19, 2018
Got Wasila. Thanks, Sarah Palin!
JuhBruh
+2
Level 35
Apr 12, 2019
My favorite thing about being from Nebraska is that you get lots of obscure ones that no one else does. Brookings, SD is a piece of cake for me.
ander217
+1
Level 73
Aug 14, 2020
Remembered Brookings from my Laura Ingalls Wilder book, The Long Winter. We had a chance to drive through it after leaving De Smet - it was a nice place.
HinesBrothers
+2
Level 78
May 9, 2019
Cities would be better for quiz title than city
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
May 24, 2019
Good point. Changed the title accordingly.
gerobach
+2
Level 78
May 10, 2019
Can someone explain where Washington DC is? Does that have some kind of special status over there in the US of A? Pardon my ignorance in advance.
Aleksandro
+2
Level 47
May 15, 2019
Washington DC is technically not in any state. It's a separate district which is located in Maryland but not technically part of Maryland. That may not be the official definition but think of it that way.
kalbahamut
+5
Level 79
Sep 1, 2019
It's not in Maryland but the small square parcel of land that was cut out for the district and given to the federal government took some land from Maryland and some land from Virginia on each side of the Potomac. Virginia took back its portion in 1847 so now it's a half square on the east bank of the Potomac River; land that used to be part of Maryland.
ander217
+2
Level 73
Aug 14, 2020
I had no idea that Virginia took back its portion. I looked it up and it's an interesting story. Thanks for teaching me something new today.
cornflakesfu
+3
Level 90
Dec 2, 2022
For anyone else who is curious and wants to look this up in the future: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/District_of_Columbia_retrocession.
kalbahamut
+1
Level 79
Sep 3, 2019
Got Gaithersburg. Missed Omaha.
HinesBrothers
+9
Level 78
Feb 20, 2020
Please add about five more minutes. As it is, I had about 20 seconds to do everything from Utah to Wyoming, and I wasn't even going that slowly
KnurAnonim
+1
Level 26
Apr 16, 2020
100/200, never been to US ;)
deannhale
+3
Level 99
Jun 4, 2020
Just a note about the Virginia cities--you've got Virginia Beach as the 4th largest in Virginia with a population of 10,852. I think that got mixed up with the 4th largest in Vermont above it. Pretty sure Virginia Beach has more people than that :)
Quizmaster
+2
Level ∞
Jun 4, 2020
Fixed
Damangio
+1
Level 64
Jun 4, 2020
Grrrr. I guessed Stafford for Stamford and Browning for Brookings.
joeythelemur
+1
Level 80
Jun 10, 2020
141/200. A fun quiz. I got the biggest city in each state, except for Connecticut. I visited Hartford for work a while back, but it seems really hard to think of any other cities there.
AlexanderQ
+1
Level 93
Jun 11, 2020
Took me 19 attempts, but I finally memorized all of them :D
cherrell410
+1
Level 42
Jun 20, 2020
Even though nobody comes to wisconsin, there is an atvantage from being from the midwest!
ander217
+1
Level 73
Aug 14, 2020
You're right. I'm a nobody and I went to Wisconsin. (It's a lovely state.)
loganite
+1
Level 94
Jul 17, 2020
I have to laugh at myself on some of these quizzes...I got an answer that 8% guess, and missed one that 80% guess. :)
loganite
+1
Level 94
May 15, 2026
This time I got one 7% get (Caldwell), and missed one 70 % get (Spokane).
kalbahamut
+4
Level 79
Aug 14, 2020
Got Gaithersburg... missed Des Moines. Will have to try again later. Could use more time on this one, too. But that doesn't mean I'm suggesting adding more. Fine as is.
TeaWithToast
+4
Level 70
Aug 14, 2020
could use some more time, I was scrambling at the end and could have gotten a few more. I'm curious what a top 5 cities would look like....ultra extreme
WinterArcanine
+1
Level 62
Aug 14, 2020
>City proper population

Well there goes the accuracy of this quiz

City proper population is extremely inaccurate

AllHailKingHomer
+1
Level 81
Aug 14, 2020
Finally... I could never remember that it's Charleston that's in SC, only could remember Charlotte in NC. This made it clear ;
ander217
+1
Level 73
Aug 14, 2020
On so many of these I got three and just couldn't think of the fourth one.
HectorVortac
+1
Level 47
Aug 16, 2020
About the best thing I can claim on my first pass is I didn't miss any of the double dippers like Portland or Charleston. I sure thought I'd get more than 104.
Oatmeal11
+6
Level 79
Feb 16, 2021
PLEASE add more time.
Jarl5
+3
Level 68
Apr 9, 2021
Second this! Please add another minute or two!
LuigiDood227
+1
Level 72
Mar 25, 2021
Why is BOSTON SO SMALL
michaelngwa
+1
Level 62
May 24, 2021
With the roads they have, I'm surprised the population isn't smaller. (Although it's not really that small, to begin with).
SkyPesos
+5
Level 56
Jun 27, 2021
Who else got Bellevue, NE when attempting to guess Bellevue, WA?
CambodianQuizzer
+1
Level 78
Jun 30, 2021
I did.
bgfootball19
+3
Level 31
Feb 26, 2023
Bellevue, WA didn't quite make it. Turns out it has about 160,000 people which is fifth most in Washington state behind Vancouver, Tacoma, Spokane, and Seattle.
Damangio
+2
Level 64
Jun 30, 2021
The problem with knowing a lot of US cities is that I only got 2/3 of the way through this quiz before time ran out. Could use a couple more minutes.
Charliezard
+2
Level 67
Oct 20, 2021
Lowest I got was Bellevue, NE, at 13 %
Dollyfroggy
+1
Level 63
Aug 21, 2023
My lowest was Salem at 40%. Good job.
FyreSt0rm
+1
Level 55
Nov 5, 2021
The vermont section is currently incorrect. The lowest population sits at 10,000 people. however Brattleboro (southeastern vermont) has 12,000 and change.
communisteggplant
+2
Level 74
Jun 14, 2023
Vermont is correct if the definition is incorporated cities only. It is incorrect if the definition is incorporated places, which in Vermont/New England is only a distinction of town government form since cities and towns are also incorporated. In that case, Colchester would replace Essex Junction.

QM has been pretty steady with just going with cities, but I could see the rationale for using all incorporated places in New England.

WAFFLEZZ
+2
Level 20
Nov 10, 2021
Got 102/200. Pretty proud that I got gulfport, mobile, evansville, south bend, and fort wayne. But I missed worchester, burlington, and austin!
WAFFLEZZ
+1
Level 20
Nov 10, 2021
No Syracuse?
bgfootball19
+2
Level 31
Feb 26, 2023
Syracuse is the fifth biggest city in NY behind Yonkers, Rochester, Buffalo, and of course, New York City itself.
AsP3cKT
+3
Level 59
Jun 2, 2022
There isn't nearly enough time
Dandifyy
+1
Level 52
Oct 4, 2022
where's dc
bgfootball19
+4
Level 31
Feb 26, 2023
Not in a state
reverendmeat
+2
Level 87
Aug 21, 2023
Oregonian and I forgot Salem. I am shame
SpartanLlama
+1
Level 79
Aug 23, 2023
Too bad the ones for my state Maryland are some of the lowest guessed, as expected, with the exception of Baltimore of course
SpartanLlama
+1
Level 79
Aug 23, 2023
Huh didn't know North Las Vegas was a separate thing from Las Vegas
SpartanLlama
+2
Level 79
Aug 23, 2023
89/200, 1 below the average
dorindai
+1
Level 90
Jun 20, 2024
111/200 nzer
Dylan1234567
+1
Level 64
Jul 22, 2024
176/200 on my first try. I really like this quiz!
luke0lamoreaux
+2
Level 49
Aug 5, 2024
could you please add more type-in variations for cities? (ex: south haven = southaven or redding = reading)

could you also add an extra 2 minutes?

overall I like this quiz I just didn't get to finish it and I wasn't going slow

Underdasher
+1
Level 44
Jan 14, 2026
Shredded my hands for the second time today by doing this all in 5:10
RedPenguinLol
+1
Level 87
May 19, 2026
I feel like this quiz could definitely use 5 more minutes. I usually don't pay attention to the timer because I can type pretty fast and it's almost never a problem, but here I got cut off around Texas.
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