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Northernmost Major Cities in the U.S.

Name the northernmost metro areas in the United States with a population above 1,000,000.
2024 census estimates
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First submittedSeptember 15, 2014
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Latitude
Population
City
47.61°
4.15 m
Seattle
45.52°
2.54 m
Portland
44.98°
3.76 m
Minneapolis
43.17°
1.06 m
Rochester
43.05°
1.57 m
Milwaukee
42.96°
1.18 m
Grand Rapids
42.90°
1.16 m
Buffalo
42.36°
5.03 m
Boston
42.33°
4.40 m
Detroit
41.84°
9.41 m
Chicago
41.82°
1.70 m
Providence
Latitude
Population
City
41.76°
1.17 m
Hartford
41.48°
2.17 m
Cleveland
41.26°
1.00 m
Omaha
40.75°
1.30 m
Salt Lake City
40.71°
19.9 m
New York City
40.42°
2.43 m
Pittsburgh
39.98°
2.23 m
Columbus
39.95°
6.33 m
Philadelphia
39.79°
2.17 m
Indianapolis
39.76°
3.05 m
Denver
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46 Comments
Quizmaster
+9
Level ∞
Jun 7, 2016
I've updated this quiz to have a population cutoff of 1 million. This means that Anchorage is no longer eligible since it has a metro population of only 400,000.
pitzikat
+5
Level 75
Jun 15, 2016
I never even tried Indianapolis, assumed it was too far south, and it's north of Denver!
pudding
+2
Level 27
Oct 27, 2016
A good quiz! i have never been to US so I can only guess 3!
dt1
+5
Level 43
Oct 27, 2016
I got Grand Rapids and missed New York City...can you say brain fart?
Devvik2
+2
Level 74
Nov 16, 2017
Spokane and Tacoma are bigger than Grand Rapids
Jeremy
+9
Level 79
Dec 3, 2018
In city proper, not metro.
JudgeRudy
+3
Level 68
Aug 15, 2024
Thought of both Grand Rapids and Hartford, but assumed there was no way they were over a million and didn't even try.
nations12345eat
+1
Level 49
May 23, 2025
same
JudgeRudy
+1
Level 68
May 29, 2025
Took it again 9.5 months later and got a 17/19, again missing Grand Rapids and Hartford. Shame on me.
ItsLiamHere
+1
Level 39
May 31, 2022
brain fart
abracadabrant
+1
Level 54
Jan 18, 2023
yes i can
ander217
+6
Level 73
Oct 27, 2016
Didn't realize Grand Rapids was so big. Nice quiz.
tshalla
+4
Level 78
Oct 17, 2019
It's not. Has to do with a significant population in its hinterland.
luxint
+3
Level 67
Oct 27, 2016
15/20 pleased with that as non-US citizen
greenredblue
+4
Level 37
Oct 27, 2016
Didn't even guess my own city oops didn't Know Denver would be here
MyMindWentBlank
+8
Level 60
Oct 27, 2016
Yeah, I'm surprised it's so far north... (It's really not, but apparently people don't like to build too many cities in the northern part of the country)
idontkn1
+7
Level 94
Oct 27, 2016
Imagine you will need to add Omaha in a few years. Abut .96 in it's metro area and it jumped by 50k in just the city proper from 2010 to 2015.
Quizmaster
+3
Level ∞
Jun 14, 2019
942,198 in 2018
Quizmaster
+5
Level ∞
May 21, 2025
And now 1,001,010.

Amazing growth.

MyMindWentBlank
+8
Level 60
Oct 27, 2016
Perhaps consider accepting St Paul for Minneapolis as they are in the same metro area.
KingXXI21
+1
Level 75
Jul 26, 2025
Or MSP, twin cities... I tried both of those first. As a St Paul resident, I'm done with people only ever referring to it as Minneapolis. It's called the Twin Cities because there are two of them
JBlouw1850
+2
Level 43
Oct 28, 2016
Is it bad that I missed the one nearest my hometown because I thought it was too small to make the list? (Same with the others I missed, unfortunately.)
AdamC0912
+3
Level 85
Oct 28, 2016
Grand Rapids represent!
bioarchnomad
+3
Level 66
Oct 28, 2016
Right? GR is the only one I missed because I had no idea the metro area was that large, and I'm from there!
IsleAuHaulte
+5
Level 92
Oct 17, 2019
It includes a lot of filler area and cities that are a long way off and not remotely part of the urban area, like Holland and Muskegon. The U.S. does "metropolitan" areas by counties, which have no rhyme nor reason to their borders and may be enormous or tiny. Some twin cities wind up being in different "metropolitan" areas of larger cities an hour away because of arbitrary and functionally useless county lines. It's a lazy method for government workers' convenience but winds up being a waste of time if it's just a bunch of false numbers.
jlbrill
+6
Level 68
Oct 30, 2016
good quiz. strange to think about Salt Lake being further north than Columbus.
vmmv22
+3
Level 51
Dec 10, 2020
Salt Lake is actually around the same latitude as the southernmost point of Canada.
ImCoolTwo
+3
Level 22
Oct 30, 2016
didn't think Hartford and providence had over 1 million in the metro... learn something new every day.
ILikeQuizes
+2
Level 61
Nov 7, 2016
Me too. After Boston I tried Bridgeport, Worcester, and New Haven and then ruled out New England.
SouthwestChief
+3
Level 73
Oct 17, 2019
Which Rochester is it?
nonono
+7
Level 91
Oct 17, 2019
New York. Rochester, Minnesota metro is only about 220,000.
em2133
+2
Level 64
Oct 17, 2019
new york city has a population of 8 million
IsleAuHaulte
+7
Level 92
Oct 23, 2019
You got to Level 41 on sports, Harry Potter and comic book movies evidently.
Malbaby
+2
Level 70
Jan 15, 2020
New York State is approx. 20 million. The City is nearer 9. I got that information from Spiderman v the Sarcastic Moleman.
PoetsCorner
+5
Level 87
Apr 1, 2022
NYC's metro area includes parts of Connecticut, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. The city proper population is a little over 8 million. The metro area is closer to 19 million.
BaliVibing
+2
Level 80
Oct 20, 2020
I missed Hartford, never ever think to put this city in. I'm an Asian thats my excuse. Still got 5 tho lol
XanderFerguson10
+1
Level 16
Mar 1, 2021
Missed Hartford and Providence, HAD NO IDEA PROVIDENCE HAD THAT BIG OF A METROPOLITAN AREA
YellowJacket
+2
Level 80
May 31, 2022
St. Paul should work for the Minneapolis-St. Paul Metro Area. Both are the main cities in their metro area. Similarly, Fort Worth and Arlington both should work for Dallas when talking about the Metroplex. Fort Worth has nearly a million people while Arlington has about 400,000.
GoldShockAttack
+1
Level 29
May 31, 2022
Omaha is bigger than Salt Lake City and is further north????
kirbykart
+2
Level 58
Apr 28, 2025
I'm always surprised by how large Rochester is.
Quizmaster
+2
Level ∞
May 21, 2025
Pretty soon you won't be surprised because it keeps on shrinking.
loganite
+1
Level 93
May 21, 2025
Ugh...I tried Bridgeport, New Haven, and Stamford before giving up on that state. :(
NQChien
+1
Level 68
May 22, 2025
Highly deceptive locations of city relative to each other considering latitudes.
Jiaozira
+3
Level 72
May 22, 2025
I personally find it surprising how much more southern the East coast is compared to the West. NYC is almost 10° south of the flat section of the Canada-US border for example.
Quizmaster
+3
Level ∞
May 22, 2025
Yep. And parts of California is north of the southernmost point in Canada!
IST
+1
Level 69
Oct 5, 2025
I'm from Michigan and I didn't even think of Grand Rapids, I had no idea its metro area had gotten so big!
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