| State | Hint | Cities | % Correct |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | Major cities starting with M | Montgomery | 95%
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| California | Cities over 500k starting with "San" | San Jose | 95%
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| Georgia | Cities over 100k starting with A | Atlanta | 93%
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| California | Cities over 500k starting with "San" | San Francisco | 93%
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| Alaska | The only cities over 10k population | Anchorage | 90%
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| Alaska | The only cities over 10k population | Juneau | 90%
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| Arkansas | Urban centers on the Arkansas River with two-word names | Little Rock | 90%
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| California | Cities over 500k starting with "San" | San Diego | 90%
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| Illinois | Cities over 100k outside the Chicago metro area | Springfield | 90%
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| Florida | Principal cities of the Tampa Bay area | Tampa | 90%
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| Ohio | Biggest in the state, all starting with C | Columbus | 88%
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| Colorado | University of Colorado undergraduate campuses | Denver | 88%
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| Iowa | Major cities starting with D | Des Moines | 88%
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| New Mexico | County seats starting with A | Albuquerque | 86%
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| New York | Westernmost cities over 100k population | Buffalo | 86%
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| Alaska | The only cities over 10k population | Fairbanks | 86%
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| Connecticut | Cities starting with "New" | New Haven | 86%
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| Ohio | Biggest in the state, all starting with C | Cincinnati | 83%
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| Colorado | University of Colorado undergraduate campuses | Colorado Springs | 83%
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| Georgia | Cities over 100k starting with A | Augusta | 81%
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| Ohio | Biggest in the state, all starting with C | Cleveland | 81%
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| Texas | Cities over 1M population | Dallas | 81%
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| Texas | Cities over 1M population | Houston | 81%
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| Louisiana | Cities over 100k along the I-10 corridor | New Orleans | 81%
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| Louisiana | Cities over 100k along the I-10 corridor | Baton Rouge | 79%
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| Colorado | University of Colorado undergraduate campuses | Boulder | 79%
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| Arizona | Phoenix suburbs ending in "-dale" | Glendale | 79%
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| Idaho | Cities on the Snake River with names ending in "Falls" | Idaho Falls | 79%
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| Alabama | Major cities starting with M | Mobile | 79%
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| Texas | Cities over 1M population | San Antonio | 79%
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| Missouri | Locations of the main University of Missouri campuses | St. Louis | 79%
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| Florida | Principal cities of the Tampa Bay area | St. Petersburg | 79%
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| Delaware | County seats of the state's three counties | Dover | 76%
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| Tennessee | Biggest city in each Grand Division | Nashville | 76%
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| Oregon | Urban centers of the Willamette Valley | Portland | 76%
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| Oregon | Urban centers of the Willamette Valley | Salem | 76%
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| Delaware | County seats of the state's three counties | Wilmington | 76%
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| Georgia | Cities over 100k starting with A | Athens | 74%
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| Missouri | Locations of the main University of Missouri campuses | Kansas City | 74%
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| Tennessee | Biggest city in each Grand Division | Memphis | 74%
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| New York | Westernmost cities over 100k population | Syracuse | 74%
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| New Jersey | Atlantic County coast cities with names ending in "City" | Atlantic City | 71%
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| Arizona | Phoenix suburbs ending in "-dale" | Scottsdale | 71%
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| Montana | Major cities along I-90 starting with B | Billings | 69%
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| New Hampshire | Major cities along the Merrimack River | Manchester | 69%
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| North Carolina | College towns in the "Research Triangle" | Raleigh | 69%
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| New York | Westernmost cities over 100k population | Rochester | 69%
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| Missouri | Locations of the main University of Missouri campuses | Columbia | 67%
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| Michigan | Two-word cities over 100k population | Grand Rapids | 67%
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| North Carolina | College towns in the "Research Triangle" | Durham | 64%
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| Virginia | Adjacent cities in the state's far southeastern corner | Virginia Beach | 64%
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| Montana | Major cities along I-90 starting with B | Bozeman | 62%
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| Oregon | Urban centers of the Willamette Valley | Eugene | 62%
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| Hawaii | Seats of the three county governments outside Honolulu | Hilo | 62%
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| Tennessee | Biggest city in each Grand Division | Knoxville | 62%
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| Michigan | Two-word cities over 100k population | Ann Arbor | 60%
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| Virginia | Adjacent cities in the state's far southeastern corner | Norfolk | 60%
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| Mississippi | Primary urban centers on the Gulf Coast | Biloxi | 57%
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| Iowa | Major cities starting with D | Davenport | 57%
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| Louisiana | Cities over 100k along the I-10 corridor | Lafayette | 57%
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| Kansas | Former territorial capitals starting with L | Lawrence | 57%
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| Minnesota | Suburbs named for their location relative to St. Paul | North St. Paul | 57%
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| Minnesota | Suburbs named for their location relative to St. Paul | South St. Paul | 57%
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| Minnesota | Suburbs named for their location relative to St. Paul | West St. Paul | 57%
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| Montana | Major cities along I-90 starting with B | Butte | 55%
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| New Hampshire | Major cities along the Merrimack River | Concord | 55%
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| Alabama | Major cities starting with M | Madison | 55%
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| Indiana | Cities on the St. Joseph River (tributary of Lake Michigan) | South Bend | 55%
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| Pennsylvania | Primary cities of the Lehigh Valley metropolitan area | Allentown | 52%
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| North Carolina | College towns in the "Research Triangle" | Chapel Hill | 52%
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| Mississippi | Primary urban centers on the Gulf Coast | Gulfport | 52%
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| Illinois | Cities over 100k outside the Chicago metro area | Peoria | 52%
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| Illinois | Cities over 100k outside the Chicago metro area | Rockford | 52%
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| Wisconsin | Primary urban centers along the Fox River | Green Bay | 50%
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| Iowa | Major cities starting with D | Dubuque | 45%
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| Kentucky | Primary cities on the Ohio River below Louisville | Paducah | 45%
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| Virginia | Adjacent cities in the state's far southeastern corner | Chesapeake | 43%
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| Arkansas | Urban centers on the Arkansas River with two-word names | Fort Smith | 40%
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| Idaho | Cities on the Snake River with names ending in "Falls" | Twin Falls | 40%
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| South Carolina | Urban centers of the Upstate region | Greenville | 38%
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| New Hampshire | Major cities along the Merrimack River | Nashua | 38%
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| Connecticut | Cities starting with "New" | New London | 38%
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| South Carolina | Urban centers of the Upstate region | Spartanburg | 38%
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| Florida | Principal cities of the Tampa Bay area | Clearwater | 36%
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| Wisconsin | Primary urban centers along the Fox River | Appleton | 33%
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| Maryland | Cities in the Maryland Panhandle | Hagerstown | 33%
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| Pennsylvania | Primary cities of the Lehigh Valley metropolitan area | Bethlehem | 31%
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| Nebraska | The "Tri-Cities," biggest in the central part of the state | Grand Island | 31%
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| Utah | Cities named for prophets from the Book of Mormon | Lehi | 31%
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| Wisconsin | Primary urban centers along the Fox River | Oshkosh | 31%
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| Arkansas | Urban centers on the Arkansas River with two-word names | Pine Bluff | 31%
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| Wyoming | Major cities west of the Continental Divide | Evanston | 29%
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| Kansas | Former territorial capitals starting with L | Leavenworth | 29%
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| Kentucky | Primary cities on the Ohio River below Louisville | Owensboro | 29%
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| Nevada | Cities starting with W (all three are on I-80) | Winnemucca | 29%
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| Maryland | Cities in the Maryland Panhandle | Cumberland | 26%
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| North Dakota | Major western cities ending in -N | Williston | 26%
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| New Mexico | County seats starting with A | Alamagordo | 24%
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| West Virginia | Cities over 10k ending in "-burg" | Martinsburg | 24%
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| Oklahoma | Oklahoma City suburbs starting with M | Moore | 24%
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| West Virginia | Cities over 10k ending in "-burg" | Parkersburg | 24%
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| South Dakota | Primary cities in the northeast (also the three biggest one-word cities) | Aberdeen | 21%
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| Arizona | Phoenix suburbs ending in "-dale" | Avondale | 21%
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| Indiana | Cities on the St. Joseph River (tributary of Lake Michigan) | Elkhart | 21%
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| Nebraska | The "Tri-Cities," biggest in the central part of the state | Kearney | 21%
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| Rhode Island | Cities directly adjacent to Providence | Pawtucket | 21%
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| Wyoming | Major cities west of the Continental Divide | Rock Springs | 21%
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| Vermont | Cities in the vicinity of Burlington | South Burlington | 21%
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| Michigan | Two-word cities over 100k population | Sterling Heights | 21%
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| South Dakota | Primary cities in the northeast (also the three biggest one-word cities) | Watertown | 21%
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| Rhode Island | Cities directly adjacent to Providence | East Providence | 19%
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| Washington | The "Tri-Cities" at the confluence of the Yakima, Snake, and Columbia Rivers | Kennewick | 19%
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| Washington | The "Tri-Cities" at the confluence of the Yakima, Snake, and Columbia Rivers | Richland | 19%
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| Rhode Island | Cities directly adjacent to Providence | Cranston | 17%
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| North Dakota | Major western cities ending in -N | Dickinson | 17%
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| Massachusetts | One-word cities west of the Connecticut River ending in "-field" | Greenfield | 17%
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| Wyoming | Major cities west of the Continental Divide | Green River | 17%
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| North Dakota | Major western cities ending in -N | Mandan | 17%
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| Maine | Southern cities starting with S | South Portland | 17%
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| Massachusetts | One-word cities west of the Connecticut River ending in "-field" | Westfield | 17%
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| South Carolina | Urban centers of the Upstate region | Anderson | 14%
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| South Dakota | Primary cities in the northeast (also the three biggest one-word cities) | Brookings | 14%
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| Delaware | County seats of the state's three counties | Georgetown | 14%
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| Nebraska | The "Tri-Cities," biggest in the central part of the state | Hastings | 14%
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| Indiana | Cities on the St. Joseph River (tributary of Lake Michigan) | Mishawaka | 14%
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| Connecticut | Cities starting with "New" | New Britain | 14%
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| Mississippi | Primary urban centers on the Gulf Coast | Pascagoula | 14%
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| Washington | The "Tri-Cities" at the confluence of the Yakima, Snake, and Columbia Rivers | Pasco | 14%
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| Nevada | Cities starting with W (all three are on I-80) | West Wendover | 14%
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| West Virginia | Cities over 10k ending in "-burg" | Clarksburg | 12%
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| Pennsylvania | Primary cities of the Lehigh Valley metropolitan area | Easton | 12%
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| Kentucky | Primary cities on the Ohio River below Louisville | Henderson | 12%
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| Hawaii | Seats of the three county governments outside Honolulu | Līhuʻe | 12%
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| Oklahoma | Oklahoma City suburbs starting with M | Midwest City | 12%
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| Utah | Cities named for prophets from the Book of Mormon | Nephi | 12%
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| Massachusetts | One-word cities west of the Connecticut River ending in "-field" | Pittsfield | 12%
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| Idaho | Cities on the Snake River with names ending in "Falls" | American Falls | 10%
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| Vermont | Cities in the vicinity of Burlington | Essex Junction | 10%
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| Maryland | Cities in the Maryland Panhandle | Frostburg | 10%
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| Utah | Cities named for prophets from the Book of Mormon | Moroni | 10%
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| Oklahoma | Oklahoma City suburbs starting with M | Mustang | 10%
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| Vermont | Cities in the vicinity of Burlington | Winooski | 10%
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| New Mexico | County seats starting with A | Aztec | 7%
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| Puerto Rico | San Juan suburbs over 100k population | Bayamón | 7%
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| Kansas | Former territorial capitals starting with L | Lecompton | 7%
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| Maine | Southern cities starting with S | Saco | 7%
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| Maine | Southern cities starting with S | Sanford | 7%
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| Hawaii | Seats of the three county governments outside Honolulu | Wailuku | 7%
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| Nevada | Cities starting with W (all three are on I-80) | Wells | 7%
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| Puerto Rico | San Juan suburbs over 100k population | Carolina | 5%
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| New Jersey | Atlantic County coast cities with names ending in "City" | Margate City | 2%
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| New Jersey | Atlantic County coast cities with names ending in "City" | Ventnor City | 2%
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| Puerto Rico | San Juan suburbs over 100k population | Guaynabo | 0%
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