The Most Populous U.S. City by Category

Try to name the most populous U.S. city that fits each of these categories.

By city proper population

2024 population estimates according to the U.S. Census

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First submitted	November 19, 2020
Times taken	22,254
Average score	42.9%
Rating	4.35

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Category

Pop.

City

with an X in its name

1,673,164

Phoenix

that is NOT the largest in its state

1,526,656

San Antonio

named for a U.S. President

1,009,833

Jacksonville

name starts with "Fort"

1,008,106

Fort Worth

in the Bay Area

997,368

San Jose

is a traditional name for women

943,476

Charlotte

named for an Italian

933,263

Columbus

named for a Native American

780,995

Seattle

founded after 1900 AD

678,922

Las Vegas

founded by the French

645,705

Detroit

on the Columbia River

635,749

Portland

on the Mississippi river

610,919

Memphis

with a Q in its name

560,326

Albuquerque

name ends in "Beach"

454,808

Virginia Beach

a suburb of Denver

403,130

Aurora

in the tropics

344,967

Honolulu

shares its name with a type of mammal

276,617

Buffalo

in West Michigan

200,117

Grand Rapids

in northern Arizona

77,539

Flagstaff

in Wyoming

65,704

Cheyenne

north of Anchorage

31,732

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21 Comments

Level 81

Nov 20, 2020

Has San Francisco got less population than Columbus, or doesn`t he count as an Italian?

Level 88

Nov 20, 2020

Saint Francis was born during the 12th century in Assisi, so his "nationality" would probably best be described as from Holy Roman Empire. Whether that classifies as "Italian" is debatable, especially since over time the HRE morphed (shrunk, actually) into terrtory we now call Germany.

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Level ∞

Nov 20, 2020

Doesn't matter. Columbus has a higher population.

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Level 72

Dec 2, 2020

If Columbus has a higher population, that settles that, but for the record, if Saint Francis isn't Italian, then neither is Columbus. The sovereign state known as Italy dates from the 1870s - the cultural area is way older than that.

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Level 89

Nov 20, 2020

Good news: only missed 3 cities

Bad news: I've spent the last ten years of my life living in two of them

Level 41

Dec 2, 2020

I know I'm not the only one who thought Columbus was Spanish

Level 68

Dec 2, 2020

Now that Kanye named his daughter Chicago, it's only a matter of time. Coming for you, Charlotte.

Level 83

Dec 3, 2020

Using the "city proper" makes this quiz a lot less fun. I appreciate the effort, but labelling San Francisco as an 800,000-person city is definitely misleading and makes the answers seem arbitrary. I mean, the "city proper" boundaries are pretty arbitrary in the first place, right?

Level 75

Jun 15, 2025

and yet they're the most precise and least debatable metric we have, instead of using loose and ever-changing metro area boundaries

Level 50

Dec 4, 2020

Thought for sure the answer for a woman's name was Madison, but it turns out it's tiny - I always think of it as similar to Minneapolis for some reason.

Level 94

Dec 7, 2022

The Madison metro area has roughly 400k more people than Madison proper. Most quizzes on JetPunk use metro

Level 74

Dec 5, 2020

Wow 'Detroit' sounds nice in French!

Level 76

Mar 7, 2022

Disappointed for missing my hometown. Should have known the French translation of "the straits".

Level 52

Apr 27, 2022

doesnt san francisco have more people than san antonio?

Level 72

Feb 8, 2023

I hate city proper population so much.

Level 71

Mar 17, 2025

can you accept «Fort Worth» in full for the starts with fort question please ?

Level 67

Jun 15, 2025

Nice one QM but the stinginess of the time allowed shows up in the low average score (9!)...the clues require a bit of thought, esp for us non-US people...should add another 2 mins imo. But thanks for the quiz

Level 61

Jun 15, 2025

I found the term "West Michigan" confusing. When I read it, I thought you were referring to the the Upper Peninsula. West is a pretty subjective term.

Level 70

Jun 15, 2025

I thought the same thing.

Level 79

Jun 16, 2025

I knew they meant the mitten immediately, otherwise the have said UP.

Level 94

Jun 18, 2025

...I really don't think 'West' is a subjective term though? I mean even if they meant "west of the thumb and including the UP" Grand Rapids is still the biggest.