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U.S. States Whose Capital Is Not the Largest City

Can you name the states in which the capital is not the most populous city?
City proper and metro population
More information on metro population in comments (some spoilers)
States where answers differ based on whether city proper or metro is used are given
Using 2020 census populations
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Capital
Largest City
State
Montgomery
Huntsville (city proper)
Alabama
Birmingham (metro)
Juneau
Anchorage
Alaska
Sacramento
Los Angeles
California
Hartford
Bridgeport (city proper)
Connecticut
Hartford (metro)
Dover
Wilmington
Delaware
Tallahassee
Jacksonville (city proper)
Florida
Miami (metro)
Springfield
Chicago
Illinois
Topeka
Wichita
Kansas
Frankfort
Louisville
Kentucky
Baton Rouge
New Orleans
Louisiana
Augusta
Portland
Maine
Annapolis
Baltimore
Maryland
Lansing
Detroit
Michigan
Saint Paul
Minneapolis (city proper)
Minnesota
Minneapolis–Saint Paul (metro)
Jefferson City
Kansas City (city proper)
Missouri
Saint Louis (metro)
Helena
Billings
Montana
Lincoln
Omaha
Nebraska
Carson City
Las Vegas
Nevada
Concord
Manchester
New Hampshire
Trenton
Newark
New Jersey
Santa Fe
Albuquerque
New Mexico
Albany
New York City
New York
Raleigh
Charlotte
North Carolina
Bismarck
Fargo
North Dakota
Columbus
Columbus (city proper)
Ohio
Cincinnati (metro)
Salem
Portland
Oregon
Harrisburg
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Columbia
Charleston (city proper)
South Carolina
Greenville (metro)
Pierre
Sioux Falls
South Dakota
Austin
Houston (city proper)
Texas
Dallas (metro)
Montpelier
Burlington
Vermont
Richmond
Virginia Beach (city proper)
Virginia
Arlington (metro)
Olympia
Seattle
Washington
Charleston
Charleston (city proper)
West Virginia
Huntington (metro)
Madison
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
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9 Comments
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Level 70
May 20, 2024
Info about metro area usage:

1. MSAs that span multiple states are counted in the states of the main cities listed in the full name.

Examples:

Kansas City, MO-KS MSA only includes Kansas City, Missouri, and is not counted in Kansas

Washington–Arlington–Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV MSA includes Arlington and Alexandria, Virginia, and therefore is counted in Virginia

2. One city in the largest city column means that the city is the largest by both city proper and metro area.

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Level 65
Mar 3, 2020
What does Papua New Guinea have to do with Delaware? Or Vatican City and Missouri? Also Missouri is here twice
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Level 92
Mar 3, 2020
Yeah this is just all sorts of messed up. Please go back and fix it.
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Level 70
Mar 3, 2020
Fixed
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Level 92
Mar 3, 2020
Thanks!
+2
Level 56
Mar 4, 2020
Fairly simple quiz with enough time to guess every state. More interesting if you had to guess the largest cities and capitals also.
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Level 55
Oct 23, 2020
100%!
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Level 74
Dec 19, 2023
Huntsville now largest city in Alabama (2020 census)
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Level 65
May 20, 2024
Great update!