| State | Year | Population (2020) | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona | 1889/1912- | 1,608,139 | Phoenix | 94%
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| California | 1854- | 524,943 | Sacramento | 92%
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| Alaska | 1912/1959- | 32,255 | Juneau | 90%
|
| Arkansas | 1821/1836- | 202,591 | Little Rock | 89%
|
| Colorado | 1861/1867/1876- | 715,522 | Denver | 88%
|
| Alabama | 1846- | 200,603 | Montgomery | 88%
|
| Georgia | 1868- | 498,715 | Atlanta | 87%
|
| New York | 1776/1788 | 8,804,190 | New York | 86%
|
| Massachusetts | 1776- | 675,647 | Boston | 85%
|
| Hawaii | 1898 / 1959- | 350,964 | Honolulu | 85%
|
| Indiana | 1825 | 887,642 | Indianapolis | 85%
|
| New York | 1797- | 99,224 | Albany | 84%
|
| Mississippi | 1821- | 153,701 | Jackson | 84%
|
| Louisiana | 1812 / 1831 / 1865 | 383,997 | New Orleans | 84%
|
| Illinois | 1839- | 114,394 | Springfield | 84%
|
| Florida | 1824/1845- | 196,169 | Tallahassee | 84%
|
| Texas | 1839/1845- | 961,855 | Austin | 83%
|
| Louisiana | 1849 / 1882- | 227,470 | Baton Rouge | 83%
|
| Idaho | 1865/1890- | 235,684 | Boise | 83%
|
| Ohio | 1816 | 905,748 | Columbus | 83%
|
| Iowa | 1857 | 214,133 | Des Moines | 83%
|
| Utah | 1858/1896- | 199,723 | Salt Lake City | 83%
|
| Connecticut | 1776/1875- | 121,054 | Hartford | 82%
|
| Tennessee | 1812/1826- | 689,447 | Nashville | 82%
|
| Oklahoma | 1910 | 681,054 | Oklahoma City | 82%
|
| Pennsylvania | 1776 | 1,603,797 | Philadelphia | 82%
|
| Michigan | 1837 | 639,111 | Detroit | 81%
|
| Georgia | 1778 / 1781 / 1786 | 202,081 | Augusta | 80%
|
| Maine | 1832- | 18,899 | Augusta | 80%
|
| Nevada | 1861/1864- | 58,639 | Carson City | 80%
|
| Delaware | 1777- | 39,403 | Dover | 80%
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| Texas | 1837 | 2,304,580 | Houston | 80%
|
| Maine | 1820 | 68,408 | Portland | 80%
|
| Rhode Island | 1776/1854/1900/2020 | 190,934 | Providence | 80%
|
| Minnesota | 1849/1858- | 311,527 | St. Paul | 80%
|
| South Carolina | 1776 | 150,227 | Charleston | 79%
|
| West Virginia | 1870/1885- | 48,864 | Charleston | 79%
|
| Nebraska | 1867- | 291,082 | Lincoln | 79%
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| Virginia | 1780 | 226,610 | Richmond | 79%
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| North Carolina | 1794 | 467,665 | Raleigh | 78%
|
| New Mexico | 1850/1912 | 87,505 | Santa Fe | 78%
|
| Kansas | 1856 / 1861 | 126,587 | Topeka | 78%
|
| Montana | 1875/1889- | 32,091 | Helena | 77%
|
| Michigan | 1847 | 112,644 | Lansing | 77%
|
| New Jersey | 1784- | 90,871 | Trenton | 77%
|
| Arizona | 1867 | 542,629 | Tucson | 77%
|
| Maryland | 1776- | 40,812 | Annapolis | 76%
|
| North Dakota | 1883/1889 | 73,622 | Bismarck | 76%
|
| Wyoming | 1869/1890 | 65,132 | Cheyenne | 76%
|
| Wisconsin | 1838/1848 | 269,840 | Madison | 76%
|
| Oregon | 1851/1859- | 175,535 | Salem | 76%
|
| Pennsylvania | 1812 | 50,099 | Harrisburg | 75%
|
| Washington | 1853/1889 | 55,605 | Olympia | 75%
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| Nebraska | 1854 | 486,051 | Omaha | 75%
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| Kentucky | 1792 | 28,602 | Frankfort | 74%
|
| South Carolina | 1786 | 136,632 | Columbia | 73%
|
| Texas | 1836 | 3,644 | Columbia | 73%
|
| Missouri | 1826- | 43,228 | Jefferson City | 73%
|
| Vermont | 1805- | 8,074 | Montpelier | 73%
|
| New Hampshire | 1808- | 43,976 | Concord | 71%
|
| Georgia | 1776 / 1782 / 1784 | 147,780 | Savannah | 71%
|
| South Dakota | 1889- | 14,091 | Pierre | 69%
|
| California | 1850 | 1,013,240 | San José | 66%
|
| Connecticut | 1776 | 134,023 | New Haven | 62%
|
| Tennessee | 1791/1796/1807/1817 | 190,740 | Knoxville | 59%
|
| Alabama | 1819 | 215,006 | Huntsville | 54%
|
| Louisiana | 1863 | 187,593 | Shreveport | 49%
|
| Colorado | 1862 | 2,237 | Colorado City | 48%
|
| Georgia | 1864 | 157,346 | Macon | 47%
|
| Iowa | 1841/1846 | 74,828 | Iowa City | 41%
|
| Iowa | 1838 | 23,982 | Burlington | 37%
|
| New Jersey | 1776 | 9,743 | Burlington | 37%
|
| Alabama | 1826 | 99,600 | Tuscaloosa | 36%
|
| Rhode Island | 1776/1854 | 25,163 | Newport | 34%
|
| North Carolina | 1789 | 208,501 | Fayetteville | 30%
|
| West Virginia | 1863/1875 | 27,052 | Wheeling | 27%
|
| Georgia | 1796 | 2,381 | Louisville | 26%
|
| Pennsylvania | 1799 | 58,039 | Lancaster | 22%
|
| Mississippi | 1802 | 1,334 | Washington | 22%
|
| Georgia | 1780 | 3,754 | Washington-Wilkes | 22%
|
| Tennessee | 1818 | 152,769 | Murfreesboro | 21%
|
| Texas | 1836 | 53,695 | Galveston | 15%
|
| Arizona | 1864/1877 | 45,827 | Prescott | 15%
|
| New York | 1777 | 31,577 | Poughkeepsie | 14%
|
| Virginia | 1776 | 15,425 | Williamsburg | 14%
|
| Oregon | 1855 | 59,922 | Corvallis | 12%
|
| Mississippi | 1798/1817 | 14,520 | Natchez | 12%
|
| Delaware | 1776 | 5,551 | New Castle | 11%
|
| Rhode Island | 1776 | 22,493 | Bristol | 10%
|
| New York | 1777 | 24,069 | Kingston | 9%
|
| Tennessee | 1807 | 5,953 | Kingston | 9%
|
| Ohio | 1778 | 13,385 | Marietta | 9%
|
| North Carolina | 1776 | 31,291 | New Bern | 8%
|
| Missouri | 1821 | 70,493 | St. Charles | 8%
|
| Idaho | 1863 | 34,203 | Lewiston | 7%
|
| Oregon | 1848 | 37,572 | Oregon City | 7%
|
| California | 1852 | 126,090 | Vallejo | 7%
|
| Ohio | 1810 | 24,765 | Zanesville | 7%
|
| Colorado | 1862 | 20,399 | Golden | 6%
|
| Georgia | 1807 / 1865 | 17,070 | Milledgeville | 6%
|
| Ohio | 1800/1812 | 22,059 | Chillicothe | 5%
|
| New Jersey | 1776 | 55,436 | Perth Amboy | 5%
|
| South Dakota | 1861 | 15,411 | Yankton | 5%
|
| California | 1853 | 27,131 | Benicia | 4%
|
| Oklahoma | 1889/1907 | 10,749 | Guthrie | 4%
|
| Illinois | 1820 | 7,458 | Vandalia | 4%
|
| Indiana | 1800 | 16,759 | Vincennes | 4%
|
| Indiana | 1813/1816 | 3,153 | Corydon | 3%
|
| Rhode Island | 1776 | 14,312 | East Greenwich | 3%
|
| New Hampshire | 1776 | 10,109 | Exeter | 3%
|
| Kansas | 1856 | 588 | Lecompton | 3%
|
| Rhode Island | 1776 | 31,931 | South Kingstown | 3%
|
| Vermont | 1777/1791 | 2,139 | Windsor | 3%
|
| Louisiana | 1830 | 6,695 | Donaldsonville | 2%
|
| Utah | 1850 | 2,592 | Fillmore | 2%
|
| Louisiana | 1862 | 15,786 | Opelousas | 2%
|
| Wisconsin | 1836 | 989 | Belmont | 1%
|
| Nevada | 1861 | 1,343 | Genoa | 1%
|
| New York | 1777 | 3,346 | Hurley | 1%
|