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States that Beat New York

For each selected category, name any of the U.S. states that ranks higher than New York.
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First submittedSeptember 29, 2019
Times taken44,519
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4
Highest population
California | Texas | Florida
5
Most Amish people
Pennsylvania | Ohio | Indiana | Wisconsin
2
Most Olympic Games hosted
California
8
Highest population density
New Jersey | Rhode Island | Massachusetts |
Connecticut | Maryland | Delaware | Florida
10
Highest % of area covered by forest
Maine | New Hampshire | West Virginia | Vermont |
Alabama | South Carolina | Georgia | Mississippi | Virginia
3
Most populous in the year 1800
Virginia | Pennsylvania
3
Largest island
Hawaii | Alaska
3
Highest % of residents are immigrants
California | New Jersey
3
Birthplace of the most U.S. Presidents
Virginia | Ohio
4
Most lighthouses
Michigan | Massachusetts | Maine
8
Highest % of adults with a four-year
college degree
Massachusetts | Colorado | Vermont | Maryland |
New Jersey | Virginia | Connecticut | New Hampshire
9
Highest % Kamala Harris voters in 2024
Vermont | Maryland | Massachusetts | Hawaii |
California | Washington | Delaware | Connecticut
6
Highest % Asian residents
Hawaii | California | Washington | Nevada | New Jersey
4
Lowest % population growth since 1960
West Virginia | Pennsylvania | Iowa
2
Most-visited by Canadians
Florida
2
Most people of Puerto Rican ancestry
Florida
5
Most area covered by lakes
Michigan | Alaska | Wisconsin | Minnesota
2
Oldest state capital by first date of
European settlement
hint: #1 was founded by Spain
New Mexico
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25 Comments
Lucam
+2
Level 49
Oct 3, 2019
Nicely done!
jayhiatt
+20
Level 72
Oct 4, 2019
Great quiz! I especially appreciated the question about Santa Fe, as I've always found it fascinating how old of a city it is. I was surprised though that Boston wasn't older than Albany and definitely didn't realize Albany had been around that long.
tom88
+19
Level 77
Feb 10, 2020
That was an interesting one, I was guessing a bunch of east coast states. Did not expect the answer to be new mexico
Arp2600
+1
Level 89
Nov 24, 2019
Today, I learnt that Squaw Valley is in California.
gewehr6628
+1
Level 47
Apr 14, 2022
sure is
MasterKenobi
+4
Level 65
Jan 17, 2020
I was very surprised to learn that New York had the fourth lowest population growth of any US state between 1960 and 2018. Like seriously, how???
sumokitty
+5
Level 90
Feb 9, 2020
It was already really populated in 1960 -- NYC proper has only grown by a couple hundred thousand since then. A lot of young people move to NYC, but many then move to New Jersey or Connecticut to start families, while still working in the city (or just move away from the area entirely).

The rest of the state is basically part of the Rust Belt. I can't see any reason places like Buffalo or Rochester would have grown since manufacturing has been in decline.

Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Mar 8, 2022
Low birth rate, extremely high rates of domestic outmigration.
JessicaDR
+1
Level 64
Jan 22, 2020
pretty sure Alaska is also on the list of most forest
Geographystar
+7
Level 68
Feb 9, 2020
One word: Tundra.
luxint
+7
Level 67
Feb 9, 2020
Good quiz. Bit tight on the old time allowed though QM, Especially for us non-USAers!
tylerdavid
+2
Level 76
Feb 9, 2020
I agree. I feel rushed trying to read the sometimes lengthy clue, think, and then try to guess if I'm not positive of the answer. Another minute would help.
MrPi2002
+1
Level 77
Feb 9, 2020
Are there a source to the earliest capital one. I find it really difficult to believe that it is not one of the 13 colonies.
jmellor13
+9
Level 68
Feb 9, 2020
Santa Fe was occupied by the Spanish decades before the English came to the Atlantic coast.
SpencerGT
+1
Level 68
Feb 28, 2021
How did the Spanish end up in an inland state first?
teqau
+2
Level 45
Jul 19, 2025
Spanish even arrived to Alaska and southern Canada through mexico and southeastern USA
gewehr6628
+8
Level 47
May 5, 2021
through mexico
SpencerGT
+1
Level 68
Apr 13, 2022
Oh.
svelte
+3
Level 50
Feb 9, 2020
For highest life expectancy, it would be number five, not four (there are four in front of it already).
kalbahamut
+2
Level 79
Feb 9, 2020
I felt like for most of these I kept typing in the same 3 or 4 answers. And the rest were fairly obvious.
Drewster
+1
Level 69
Sep 27, 2021
Just checking-- with the new census and New York's surprising lack of population decline, is the population growth part accurate still?
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Mar 8, 2022
Yes
SpartanLlama
+1
Level 79
Sep 21, 2025
2 seconds remaining
eurotec
+1
Level 56
Sep 25, 2025
3 seconds remained! Great quiz.
hwes
+1
Level 89
Oct 18, 2025
Surprised, given the hint, that New Mexico was lowest answer.
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