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Biggest Two-Word U.S. Cities

Guess the most populous U.S. cities whose names consist of two words.
By city proper population. 2023 estimates.
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First submittedNovember 29, 2012
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Population
City
8,258,035
New York
3,820,914
Los Angeles
1,495,295
San Antonio
1,388,320
San Diego
978,468
Fort Worth
969,655
San Jose
808,988
San Francisco
702,767
Oklahoma City
678,958
El Paso
660,929
Las Vegas
510,704
Kansas City
488,664
Colorado Springs
453,649
Virginia Beach
449,468
Long Beach
364,136
New Orleans
342,259
San Juan
316,595
Corpus Christi
310,539
Santa Ana
303,820
St. Paul
291,657
Jersey City
281,754
St. Louis
274,333
Chula Vista
269,994
Fort Wayne
263,553
St. Petersburg
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101 Recent Comments
Salonegal
+5
Level 23
Feb 11, 2013
No New Haven?
jon12
+4
Level 57
May 2, 2013
thats what i thought... what is happening in the world these days???
fakeplastictrees
+8
Level 51
Feb 16, 2019
Too small, only 129 000 people.
Shiloh376
+4
Level 76
Feb 12, 2013
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Kansas City, Kansas. Colorado City, Colorado

Florida City, Florida. Arizona City Arizona, etc., etc.

ThirdParty
+22
Level 44
Feb 13, 2013
Actually, it's Kansas City, Missouri.
jon12
+11
Level 57
May 2, 2013
isnt there another one in kansas too?
Kcmowreckem
+15
Level 59
Oct 14, 2014
There is a Kansas City, Kansas, but it is part of the much larger metropolitan of Kansas City, Missouri, just like any other small city near it.
ander217
+7
Level 73
May 9, 2018
Kansas City, MO came first. It was named for the Kansas River.
TurkeyCookTime
+5
Level 85
Dec 13, 2019
Panama City, Florida (yes, it's a real place)
Di66
+3
Level 55
Jun 24, 2024
Colorado City has about 100 people lol
summerv68
+10
Level 71
Apr 22, 2014
Virginia City (Nevada)
ander217
+8
Level 73
Mar 8, 2016
Arkansas City, KS
TheOliveOiler
+1
Level 38
Jun 28, 2025
Oregon City, California
DeusCaritasEst
+9
Level 54
Mar 9, 2016
^ You guys are great. :)
PrinceEric
+7
Level 56
Mar 22, 2016
London, Kentucky. Paris, Kentucky. Versailles, Kentucky.
j70p081wn9
+2
Level 54
Jun 23, 2024
Berlin, NH; Moscow, ID; Belgrade, MT; Hamburg, AR; Tokio, TX; New Bern, NC; Lyon, MS; Hanover, NH; New Ulm, MN; Rome, NY; Vienna, VA; Athens, GA; Paris, TX; San Marino, CA; Lisbon, OH; Manila, UT; Odessa, TX; Prague, OK; Cologne, MN; Dublin, CA; Bergen County, NJ; Strasbourg, PA
KiloNova
+1
Level 62
Jun 23, 2024
There's an actual Rome in Georgia
nations12345eat
+1
Level 49
Jun 23, 2024
emphasis on the word "new" in a few of them
JBlouw1850
+12
Level 43
Oct 19, 2016
Michigan City, Indiana
ander217
+7
Level 73
May 9, 2018
Missouri City, Texas.
TheOliveOiler
+1
Level 38
Jun 28, 2025
Nevada Ciry, California
seabird
+9
Level 69
Nov 19, 2018
Indiana, PA
ebarky
+7
Level 55
Sep 5, 2019
Peru, Indiana; Brazil, Indiana; Valparaiso, Indiana; Santa Claus, Indiana; Russiaville, Indiana.
TurkeyCookTime
+15
Level 85
Mar 2, 2020
I know this is kind of unrelated, but on the Kiritimati atoll in Kiribati, there are cities named Poland, London, Paris, and Banana.
Wistful
+5
Level 72
May 17, 2024
Couple more fun facts:

The island is named after Christmas. The letters TI make the S sound in Gilbertese, so "Kiritimati" is pronounced similar to "Christmas".

In order of population, its villages are Tabwakea (3,001), London (1,895), Banana (1,209), Poland (351), and Paris, which is in ruins and has a population of zero.

zack22
+3
Level 66
Feb 10, 2021
not only Indiana, PA, but also Wyoming, PA; Washington, PA; Idaho, PA and New Texas, PA.
CoopDaBirdNerd
+1
Level 64
Jun 23, 2024
Also California, PA.
mrputter
+1
Level 90
Mar 28, 2022
Cairo, Illinois.
TheOliveOiler
+1
Level 38
Jun 28, 2025
Milwaukie, Oregon
j70p081wn9
+1
Level 54
Jun 23, 2024
Virginia City (Montana)
nations12345eat
+1
Level 49
Jun 23, 2024
naples, florida | venice, florida | panama city, florida | saint petersburg, florida | birmingham, alabama | rome, new york | athens, georgia | rome, georgia | cairo, illinois | napoleon, ohio | napoleon, north dakota | toledo, ohio | york, pennsylvania | ontario, oregon | moscow, idaho | many copycats across the us (springfield, concord, columbia, ect.) and some city named texarkana whch is split between arkansas and texas
frognbuff
+2
Level 85
Nov 19, 2018
Colorado City is a small old neighborhood of Colorado Springs, hence it is often called Old Colorado City.
samiamco
+4
Level 67
Jun 17, 2019
Colorado City is an actual… well, I don’t think we can really say “city”, what with its teeming population of just over 2000 people, so we’ll say it’s an actual town. You go through it on I-25 on the way to the Sand Dunes in the Sangre de Cristos.
luke0lamoreaux
+1
Level 49
Mar 10, 2024
Colorado City is in Utah. Colorado Springs is in Colorado.
Jeremy
+2
Level 79
May 17, 2024
There is an unincorporated Colorado City in Colorado, but the one you're thinking of is in Arizona, not Utah.
luke0lamoreaux
+1
Level 49
Aug 4, 2024
the city im thinking is hildale which borders colorado city on the border of utah and arizona. i always get em mixed up even though i live like 45 minutes away.
beetboy12
+3
Level 36
Jul 30, 2014
This was super hard. One more minute please, or two?
Arp2600
+1
Level 89
Aug 5, 2014
Well, I found it unexpectedly easy...
walterwhite
+14
Level 49
Jan 28, 2015
Surprised Des Moines wasn't on this list
MassLumpBlockClod
+4
Level 87
Nov 5, 2022
I guessed Des Moines too. Also struck out with Cedar Rapids, Sioux Falls, and Palm Springs among others. Fun quiz.
ThatEmoShyGuy
+8
Level 90
Sep 10, 2015
No Grand Rapids?
JBlouw1850
+2
Level 43
Oct 19, 2016
I wish, but only slightly more than 200k people
JoshPen
+16
Level 77
Nov 28, 2015
New York City is three words. New York (two words) is a state. If you are not including the "City", then you need to drop Kansas City, Jersey City, and Oklahoma City.
buck1017
+28
Level 78
Nov 30, 2015
The difference is that the official name of NYC is not actually New York City. It's just New York. It's colloquially called New York City to differentiate it from the state in which it resides. On the other hand, Kansas City, Jersey City, and Oklahoma City are the official names of those cities.
DiscoBayGolfer
+9
Level 80
Jan 22, 2016
Exactly. When addressing an envelope or looking at any actual address is simply New York, New York.
richiesyxx
+2
Level 74
Jun 23, 2024
Especially when writing a letter to Frank Sinatra…
prs17
+16
Level 73
Mar 8, 2016
The town so nice, they named it twice!
Sirlandlord
+2
Level 74
Jan 22, 2016
salt lake city?
cosmokim
+16
Level 69
Mar 8, 2016
Count again!
kapulani3
+3
Level 75
Sep 5, 2019
And yet New York City is listed #1. The two word New York is a state.
emlimke
+15
Level 47
Sep 11, 2019
The official name of New York City is "New York". When writing postage to someone who lives there you will in fact write,

New York, New York. The city is added to differentiate between the state, but is not actually part of the official city name.

loganite
+6
Level 94
Mar 8, 2016
Double whammy...three words, and at just shy of 200,000 people it isn't large enough to make the list anyway.
mikeb
+4
Level 64
Mar 8, 2016
Little Rock?
Antofagasta
+6
Level 70
Jun 2, 2017
Exactly! It's too small!
TWM03
+18
Level 72
Sep 23, 2018
I tried it too. Maybe there's a reason they didn't call it Big Rock...
kogatora
+3
Level 96
Jun 18, 2019
maybe they just couldn't find a big one
KiloNova
+1
Level 62
Jun 23, 2024
XD
Diggerdog77
+3
Level 78
Mar 8, 2016
Fort Lauderdale? Or is that considered apart of Miami or whatever large city is around it?
dasubergeek
+2
Level 83
Mar 9, 2016
There's only 172,389 people in Ft. Lauderdale. Next in the list would be Fort Wayne, IN; Chula Vista, CA; Saint Petersburg, FL; Winston-Salem, NC; Baton Rouge, LA; and San Bernardino, CA.
nopassword
+2
Level 61
Jun 23, 2024
Now St Petersburg is in the quiz !

(tried Winston-Slame, Baton Rouge and San Bernardino but nope)

idontkn1
+4
Level 94
Aug 31, 2017
Not meant to be a statement about this quiz but I hate city proper questions. Using that as a baseline cities like Tucson and Fresno are 50% larger than Miami and Atlanta, the 8th and 9th largest metropolitan areas of the country.
Danno
+5
Level 67
Sep 5, 2019
For a quiz like this I prefer city proper. We are looking for population of a city not half of the state around it. Metropolitan area is way too subjective and several of the answers in this quiz wouldn't make it because they would be within another's metro area (San Jose, Jersey City and Fort Worth to name a few).
HectorVortac
+2
Level 47
May 9, 2018
California and Texas account for half of the answers.

And it took me till reading through half the comments for it to finally dawn on me why Salt Lade City wasn't working. I stubbornly tried it at least 4 times, double checking for spelling.

TurkeyCookTime
+3
Level 85
Dec 13, 2019
Even if it was right, It would be salt laKe city, not salt laDe city
frognbuff
+3
Level 85
Nov 19, 2018
How is Colorado Springs so unkown to people? Home of the US Olympic Training Center, the United States Air Force Academy and "America's Mountain" Pikes Peak
Freestatebear
+3
Level 88
Jun 17, 2019
I knew it, but because it's home to a handful of right-wing political and fundamentalist Christian groups.
frognbuff
+4
Level 85
Sep 5, 2019
So you know about it because of Focus on the Family and not because USAFA and the Olympic Training Center/US Olympic Committee? Interesting.
ChipOtley
+2
Level 72
Sep 5, 2019
Don't forget Homicide Hunter, Joe Kenda!
amm14
+2
Level 69
Jul 12, 2019
San Juan?
payel123
+1
Level 37
Aug 30, 2019
Where is Santa Fe
cherrell410
+13
Level 42
Jun 20, 2020
new mexico
xXViolaXx
+2
Level 67
Feb 19, 2023
it's not a very big city.
JackintheBox
+1
Level 82
Sep 5, 2019
What about Salt Lake City? Oh wait, it's three words...
SpartanLlama
+2
Level 79
Sep 5, 2019
Lol I didn't realize it was "U.S." until like halfway through. Like I was guessing St. Petersburg for Russia :/
parkave
+5
Level 56
Feb 5, 2021
I mean, it worked
SpartanLlama
+4
Level 79
Sep 5, 2019
BUT WHERE IS LOS SANTOS?????
frost2x
+2
Level 52
Sep 5, 2019
That's just in GTA
anna0kear
+1
Level 35
Sep 6, 2019
Order is all out of wack...
Quizmaster
+10
Level ∞
Sep 7, 2019
Okay, fixed the one city that was out of order.
payel123
+2
Level 37
Sep 27, 2019
Russian Saint Petersburg not on there.
Brollface
+1
Level 66
May 5, 2020
From the 7th least guessed I got Jersey City and Fort Wayne, should've gotten Virginia Beach, otherwise I've never heard of the 4 remaining.
ZooTuber3000
+1
Level 51
Mar 31, 2021
Since you haven't said in the caveats that commonwealths and territories are excluded, San Juan would technically work
ReAvSi9278
+2
Level 51
Jan 14, 2022
new york CITY
etfdyhw
+2
Level 30
Nov 1, 2022
new york city is three words
Quizbyquiz
+2
Level 42
Dec 30, 2022
No Salt Lake City? I though that had like 300,000 people.
bgfootball19
+1
Level 31
Feb 28, 2023
203,000 approximately
bgfootball19
+3
Level 31
Feb 28, 2023
Fun fact: The largest city in the U.S. is a 3-word city (New York City)
joedimaggio
+6
Level 75
May 29, 2024
Nope
elcampeador
+2
Level 77
Mar 8, 2023
Get Fort Wayne, miss San Francisco, that's how it goes.
WaffleWizard67
+2
Level 47
Mar 27, 2023
I tried New Amsterdam and it didn't work
AlmostAGenius
+7
Level 90
Sep 3, 2023
I suspect you were born in the 1600s, no?
FlyingG
+1
Level 68
Jun 22, 2023
St Louis and St Paul are out of order.
luke0lamoreaux
+1
Level 49
Jan 13, 2024
If your counting Oklahoma City, Kansas City, Jersey City, etc... then New York City shouldn't count. But, you could make a "Biggest Three-Word US Cities" quiz.
Jaybird77
+7
Level 47
Apr 14, 2024
Well, sir. If you had read previous messages you would have seen that the official name of New York City is actually just New York. People add city know the difference between New York City and New York State
buck1017
+5
Level 78
May 17, 2024
One day San Juan, PR is going to be included in these quizzes. It's an American city and it's 2 words. Meets the criteria if you ask me.
Speed4TheNeed
+2
Level 88
May 18, 2024
Looks like your wish your wish came true.
evilcheeser
+6
Level 77
May 21, 2024
Amazed not at how many people think that New York City is its actual name, but at how stubborn those people are not to read the many comments which might inform them otherwise.

You'd think it would get old "correcting" people without spending the most minimal possible effort making sure you were the one who was correct.

SpartanLlama
+1
Level 79
Jun 25, 2024
17
fierceliondude
+1
Level 61
Jun 25, 2024
I thought the whole name was New York City? Pretty sure New York is the state.
sumguy
+1
Level 88
Aug 28, 2025
Let's try looking it up. What does Wikipedia say?

"New York, often called New York City (NYC), is the most populous city in the United States."

The city seems to be called New York.

Texas123abc
+1
Level 61
Jun 29, 2025
Nobody:

Me sitting in Fort Worth and forgetting to type it in.

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