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Biggest U.S. Cities as a Percent of Their State

Name the U.S. cities whose urban areas make up at least 25% of the total population of their state.
When you guess the city, the state will also appear.
Percentages with an asterisk are estimations as some of the urban area goes into another state.
2020 U.S. Census data.
Inspired by JPin8497's quiz which uses city proper data.
Quiz by FlabberBapper
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Last updated: June 5, 2023
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First submittedJune 4, 2023
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State
City
87.5*
Rhode Island
Providence
70.8
Nevada
Las Vegas
64.2*
New York
New York
63.4*
Illinois
Chicago
62.3
Massachusetts
Boston
58.6
Hawaii
Honolulu
55.6
Arizona
Phoenix
51.1
Minnesota
Minneapolis
46.7
Georgia
Atlanta
46.5
Colorado
Denver
46.0
Washington
Seattle
41.1*
Oregon
Portland
38.6*
Nebraska
Omaha
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State
City
37.5
Michigan
Detroit
36.4
New Mexico
Albuquerque
36.0
Utah
Salt Lake City
35.8
Maryland
Baltimore
33.9
Alaska
Anchorage
32.0*
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
31.0
California
Los Angeles
30.8*
Missouri
St. Louis
28.2
Florida
Miami
27.1
Connecticut
Hartford
25.4
Connecticut
Bridgeport
25.1
Indiana
Indianapolis
3 Comments
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Level 66
Jun 5, 2023
Two different answers for Connecticut.
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Level 74
Jun 5, 2023
Good to know your eyes work, thanks for sharing!
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Level 74
Jun 6, 2023
What's really wild is that, at least by metro areas, a higher percentage of New Jersey's population is in the NYC metro than the percentage of NY that is.