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Biggest U.S. Cities Starting with D

Try to name the most populous cities in the United States that start with the letter D.
Cities proper, not metro areas
2024 U.S. census estimates
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First submittedFebruary 9, 2012
Times taken104,164
Average score47.1%
Rating4.15
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Population
State
Hint
City
1,326,087
Texas
"The Big D"
Dallas
729,019
Colorado
Elevation: 5,280 feet
Denver
645,705
Michigan
"The Motor City"
Detroit
301,870
North Carolina
Next door to Raleigh
Durham
213,096
Iowa
Biggest city in its state
Des Moines
165,998
Texas
University of North Texas
Denton
136,346
Ohio
Balkan peace accords
Dayton
112,052
Florida
Miami suburb
Davie
109,368
California
Birthplace of Taco Bell
Downey
106,377
Michigan
Ford headquarters
Dearborn
101,418
California
Just south of San Francisco
Daly City
100,938
Iowa
One of the Quad Cities
Davenport
100,513
Florida
On Lake Monroe
Deltona
90,507
Florida
Miami suburb
Deerfield Beach
88,692
Connecticut
Former center of the hat industry
Danbury
87,986
Minnesota
Lake Superior port
Duluth
86,015
Florida
Hosts the most famous NASCAR race
Daytona Beach
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47 Comments
theLAYTshow
+3
Level 42
Mar 23, 2012
Haha, I did the huge score of 4, I could spell Des Moines... Ashamedly though, I only know that as I watched 'The Roomate' with subtitles, and they mention Des Moines... I also haven't heard of the others, so I'm gonna go ahead and assume me and @mal got the same ones
tman21
+4
Level 25
Mar 23, 2012
Spelled Duluth D-E-L-U-T-H.
sierraistheshiz
+5
Level 19
Oct 11, 2012
Got Dallas and Denver, yay!
baconator3000
+3
Level 44
Feb 25, 2013
Only got the top 6. Never heard of the others.
thisisnotanaccount1234567
+2
Level 45
Apr 16, 2018
I got 4, only know 3. I heard "Peace Accords" and suddenly thought Dayton because I've probably heard "Dayton Peace Accords" at least one before.
ohiostatefan
+2
Level 14
Apr 13, 2015
go 5 couldve gotten 6
dasubergeek
+5
Level 78
Jul 23, 2015
Hooray for useless knowledge of aging Los Angeles suburbs!
Austin1229
+2
Level 30
Dec 19, 2016
this was a fairly easy quiz, i got 13/13 with 1:07 minutes remaining.
ChaosLord
+5
Level 78
Aug 21, 2022
Congratulations, you're an American.
Algernon
+5
Level 74
Dec 5, 2017
Tough quiz.

Another where I'd love to see a split between the scores of Americans and non Americans, just to see how my 6 stacks up.

vermiciousknid
+1
Level 91
Sep 29, 2022
American here, I got 10 right. I nearly got the bay area city but misspelled it, and I maybe could have gotten the Connecticut city if I had thought about it for longer. I'm not familiar with the other three I missed.
Algernon
+2
Level 74
Oct 6, 2023
Nearly six years later and I got 5. Learning all the time…..ish.
bburroughs
+6
Level 60
Jan 24, 2018
Hmm never thought I would see a quiz with my home town on here in Davenport Iowa. For those that don't know Davenport is third largest city in Iowa and sits right on Mississippi River, the only place where the Mississippi River goes east west and not north south. Common joke there is the Illinois side is the snot of Iowa because the area looks like a nose and the Illinois side is under the nose.
kalbahamut
+3
Level 80
Dec 26, 2018
Damn. Should have gotten Davie. Had something memorable happen there recently.
jtb77
+27
Level 35
Mar 20, 2019
Lost your virginity there?
kalbahamut
+7
Level 80
May 22, 2019
That happened in Centreville Virginia and it wasn't recently.
evilcheeser
+6
Level 76
Apr 23, 2022
Lost your virginity in the center of Virginia? There's some strong song potential in that.
kalbahamut
+3
Level 80
Jul 2, 2022
Centreville is not in central Virginia.
StealthyNinja
+3
Level 32
Jul 31, 2019
Goteem
GeoDude
+2
Level 47
Jan 25, 2019
I never heard of Daly City, Downey, or Davie (American here)
SpencerGT
+1
Level 67
Mar 8, 2021
Hey, I'm from Daly City!
RuthlessCosmo
+1
Level 77
Aug 21, 2022
Malvina Reynolds wrote "Little Boxes" about Daly City. Not exactly a love song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZ8HEbcQG-U.
tzhg
+3
Level 58
May 22, 2019
I only got Dallas, Detroit, Denver and Des Moines. I've never heard of the others.
drlancy
+2
Level 57
Jun 3, 2019
Hadn't heard of Downey. Did a little research and still didn't come up with it. Definitely need to improve the clue... although that wouldn't have help me.
Coyuznik
+5
Level 85
Jun 4, 2019
How is Del Boca Vista not on this list?
loganite
+3
Level 93
Jun 26, 2019
I know, there aren't any units left! They sold like hotcakes!!!
kalbahamut
+3
Level 80
Jul 31, 2019
Missed Denton and Deltona. Daly City was easy but I used to live in the Bay area.
MCdoesgeography
+5
Level 74
Sep 26, 2023
Nobody cares
Aimac
+2
Level 69
Jul 31, 2019
Got the first 5, then the last because is Bob Dylan's hometown, lot of middle to America...
kalbahamut
+4
Level 80
Jul 31, 2019
Maybe accept Deerborn as a type-in for Dearborn?
Yamanote
+6
Level 37
Sep 1, 2019
I was actually hoping there's gonna be Dubuque , Iowa.
Xenobiologista
+2
Level 59
Jan 27, 2021
Can't believe my state has two on one of these quizzes.
MalyJacus
+2
Level 60
Nov 9, 2021
Probably does not need as much time, cut back by 1 minute.
Sheepyboy
+1
Level 61
Nov 14, 2021
I only know deltona because i went there visiting my grandma
mf3
+3
Level 90
May 31, 2022
I think a better clue for the Connecticut city would be "Home of the John Oliver Memorial Sewer Plant".
FNWY4life
+1
Level 73
Jun 23, 2022
BULL CITY! GO DURHAM!
AlexThirkell
+1
Level 74
Aug 21, 2022
Got the top 3 and Des Moines (thanks Bill Bryson) then could only think of Dodge City, which I thought was a real place.
PumpkintheNerd
+1
Level 39
Aug 28, 2022
Love Bill Bryson! Thunderbolt Kid is my personal favorite.
AlmostAGenius
+3
Level 88
May 16, 2025
It is a real place, but it’s a pretty small town in western Kansas.
Leafsnationguy
+1
Level 55
Aug 21, 2022
I got Durham Detroit Denver Dallas Des Moines and Dearborn
muricaaaaa
+1
Level 55
Mar 4, 2025
Connecticut mentioned!
GMG11
+1
Level 69
May 16, 2025
Denton and University of North Texas mentioned and made my day!

GMG!

Hawke
+2
Level 85
May 16, 2025
Hey, I'm from Deerfield Bch! First time I've seen it on a quiz :)
Zupity
+1
Level 67
May 17, 2025
'Former center of the hat industry' has to be the most amusing clue I've ever read. Still don't know how Americans define 'city'.
offagato
+1
Level 56
Sep 30, 2025
As a Floridian, Davie and Deerfield Beach being Miami suburbs threw me off, but using logic, it made more sense after seeing the answer because I also think of small cities in a metro area in another state are suburbs of that. just something i wanted to point out
Mapsarefun
+1
Level 31
Oct 26, 2025
I like Dallas, but I don't like the nickname "Big D" bc it feels like the d-word...
hwes
+1
Level 89
Oct 26, 2025
One of the best names for a minor league hockey team -- the Mad Hatters.
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