Statistics for Former State Capitals of United States - States N to W

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Year(s)	State	2010 Population	FORMER CAPITAL	% Correct
1776-1777, 1788-1797	New York	8,175,000	New York	100%
1776-1786	South Carolina	120,000	Charleston	94%
1776-1799	Pennsylvania	1,526,000	Philadelphia	88%
1796-1807, 1807-1812, 1817-1818	Tennessee	179,000	Knoxville	82%
1789-1794	North Carolina	201,000	Fayetteville	65%
1818-1826	Tennessee	109,000	Murfreesboro	59%
1776-1853 (rotating), 1854-1899 (alternating)	Rhode Island	25,000	Newport	47%
1863-1870, 1875-1885	West Virginia	28,000	Wheeling	41%
1776-1780	Virginia	14,000	Williamsburg	41%
1776-1784 (joint)	New Jersey	10,000	Burlington	35%
1777-1788	New York	33,000	Poughkeepsie	18%
1810-1812	Ohio	25,000	Zanesville	18%
1776-1853 (rotating)	Rhode Island	23,000	Bristol	12%
1907-1910	Oklahoma	10,000	Guthrie	12%
1777	New York	24,000	Kingston	12%
1807	Tennessee	6,000	Kingston	12%
1799-1812	Pennsylvania	59,000	Lancaster	12%
1776-1784 (joint)	New Jersey	51,000	Perth Amboy	12%
1776-1853 (rotating)	Rhode Island	31,000	South Kingstown	12%
1776-1853 (rotating)	Rhode Island	13,000	East Greenwich	6%
1776-1808	New Hampshire	14,000	Exeter	6%
1776-1789	North Carolina	30,000	New Bern	6%
1791-1805	Vermont	4,000	Windsor	6%
1803-1810, 1812-1816	Ohio	22,000	Chillicothe	0%
1777	New York	6,000	Hurley	0%