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Biggest U.S. Cities Starting with R

Try to name the most populous cities in the United States that start with the letter R.
Cities proper, not metro areas
2024 U.S. census estimates
Quiz by GeoPunk
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Last updated: May 17, 2025
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First submittedFebruary 9, 2012
Times taken11,276
Average score55.0%
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Population
State
Hint
City
499,825
North Carolina
Named after Sir Walter
Raleigh
323,757
California
Largest city in the Inland Empire
Riverside
281,714
Nevada
"Biggest Little City in the World"
Reno
233,655
Virginia
Capital of the Confederacy
Richmond
207,282
New York
Known as the "Flower City" and the "Flour City"
Rochester
176,675
California
Fifth biggest city in the Inland Empire
Rancho Cucamonga
163,304
California
Sacramento suburb on Interstate 80
Roseville
147,486
Illinois
Beloit neighbor
Rockford
135,359
Texas
Austin suburb, initials R.R.
Round Rock
123,624
Minnesota
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
118,221
Texas
Dallas suburb
Richardson
115,353
California
Bay Area suburb
Richmond
112,524
New Mexico
Albuquerque suburb
Rio Rancho
105,543
Washington
Seattle suburb where Jimi Hendrix is buried
Renton
104,918
California
Named after a famous bridge in Venice
Rialto
97,912
Virginia
Shares its airport with nearby Blacksburg
Roanoke
96,000
Pennsylvania
Namesake of a Monopoly railroad
Reading
93,502
California
County seat of Shasta County
Redding
92,227
Georgia
Atlanta suburb
Roswell
84,113
California
Sacramento suburb
Rancho Cordova
7 Comments
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Level 24
Jan 6, 2013
any cities below 200,000 people get harder...still got 14/20 first try. try to beat my score NOOOOOBS!
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Level 73
Sep 5, 2022
20/20 - That came back and bit you on the arse, didn’t it?
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Level 33
Jan 15, 2013
I did XD
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Level 12
Aug 8, 2014
I got 19/20 on my first try noooob @ayad217
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Level 81
Feb 19, 2020
Thought the Seattle suburb would be Redmond. Isn't that where Nintendo and Microsoft are headquartered?
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Level 68
Nov 10, 2021
Redmond was my first guess too before I remembered the other R city. Yes. Microsoft and Nintendo are there. Estimated 2020 population is around 72K not quite enough to make this quiz.
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Level 56
Jul 30, 2022
I'm a huge Cheap Trick fan and I missed Rockford.