Alabama
|
216,963
|
Huntsville
|
198,665
|
Montgomery
|
|
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Alaska
|
288,121
|
Anchorage
|
32,702
|
Fairbanks
|
31,973
|
Juneau
|
|
|
Arizona
|
1,624,569
|
Phoenix
|
|
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Arkansas
|
201,998
|
Little Rock
|
|
|
California
|
3,849,297
|
Los Angeles
|
1,381,611
|
San Diego
|
983,849
|
San Jose
|
815,201
|
San Francisco
|
544,510
|
Fresno
|
525,041
|
Sacramento
|
|
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Colorado
|
711,463
|
Denver
|
|
|
Connecticut
|
148,333
|
Bridgeport
|
136,309
|
Stamford
|
135,081
|
New Haven
|
120,576
|
Hartford
|
|
|
Delaware
|
70,750
|
Wilmington
|
38,992
|
Dover
|
|
|
Florida
|
954,614
|
Jacksonville
|
439,890
|
Miami
|
387,050
|
Tampa
|
309,154
|
Orlando
|
258,201
|
St. Petersburg
|
220,490
|
Hialeah
|
217,523
|
Port St. Lucie
|
204,510
|
Cape Coral
|
197,102
|
Tallahassee
|
|
|
Georgia
|
496,461
|
Atlanta
|
|
|
Hawaii
|
345,510
|
Honolulu
|
|
|
Idaho
|
237,446
|
Boise
|
|
|
Illinois
|
2,696,555
|
Chicago
|
179,266
|
Aurora
|
150,372
|
Joliet
|
149,104
|
Naperville
|
147,711
|
Rockford
|
113,911
|
Elgin
|
113,394
|
Springfield
|
|
|
Indiana
|
882,039
|
Indianapolis
|
|
|
Iowa
|
212,031
|
Des Moines
|
|
|
Kansas
|
395,699
|
Wichita
|
197,106
|
Overland Park
|
154,545
|
Kansas City
|
143,014
|
Olathe
|
125,963
|
Topeka
|
|
|
Kentucky
|
628,594
|
Louisville
|
321,793
|
Lexington
|
73,529
|
Bowling Green
|
60,011
|
Owensboro
|
40,837
|
Covington
|
37,730
|
Georgetown
|
35,756
|
Richmond
|
32,132
|
Florence
|
31,931
|
Elizabethtown
|
31,490
|
Nicholasville
|
30,683
|
Hopkinsville
|
28,920
|
Independence
|
28,671
|
Jeffersontown
|
28,595
|
Frankfort
|
|
|
Louisiana
|
376,971
|
New Orleans
|
222,185
|
Baton Rouge
|
|
|
|
Maine
|
68,313
|
Portland
|
36,617
|
Lewiston
|
31,921
|
Bangor
|
26,993
|
South Portland
|
24,033
|
Auburn
|
22,569
|
Biddefort
|
22,135
|
Sanford
|
20,669
|
Saco
|
20,572
|
Westbrook
|
18,968
|
Augusta
|
|
|
Maryland
|
576,498
|
Baltimore
|
79,588
|
Frederick
|
69,101
|
Gaithersburg
|
67,139
|
Rockville
|
57,644
|
Bowie
|
43,487
|
Hagerstown
|
40,687
|
Annapolis
|
|
|
Massachusetts
|
654,776
|
Boston
|
|
|
Michigan
|
632,464
|
Detroit
|
196,416
|
Grand Rapids
|
138,130
|
Warren
|
133,269
|
Sterling Heights
|
121,536
|
Ann Arbor
|
112,684
|
Lansing
|
|
|
Minnesota
|
425,336
|
Minneapolis
|
307,193
|
St. Paul
|
|
|
Mississippi
|
149,761
|
Jackson
|
|
|
Missouri
|
508,394
|
Kansas City
|
293,310
|
St. Louis
|
169,724
|
Springfield
|
126,853
|
Columbia
|
122,088
|
Independence
|
102,781
|
Lee's Summit
|
93,644
|
O'Fallon
|
71,602
|
St. Joseph
|
70,820
|
St. Charles
|
59,430
|
Blue Springs
|
58,129
|
St. Peters
|
52,003
|
Florissant
|
51,846
|
Joplin
|
49,703
|
Chesterfield
|
45,452
|
Wentzville
|
42,772
|
Jefferson City
|
|
|
Montana
|
117,445
|
Billings
|
74,822
|
Missoula
|
60,403
|
Great Falls
|
54,539
|
Bozeman
|
34,768
|
Butte-Silver Bow
|
33,120
|
Helena
|
|
|
Nebraska
|
487,300
|
Omaha
|
292,657
|
Lincoln
|
|
|
Nevada
|
646,790
|
Las Vegas
|
322,178
|
Henderson
|
274,133
|
North Las Vegas
|
268,851
|
Reno
|
109,796
|
Sparks
|
58,993
|
Carson City
|
|
|
New Hampshire
|
115,462
|
Manchester
|
91,124
|
Nashua
|
44,006
|
Concord
|
|
|
New Jersey
|
307,220
|
Newark
|
283,927
|
Jersey City
|
157,794
|
Paterson
|
135,407
|
Elizabeth
|
90,457
|
Trenton
|
|
|
New Mexico
|
562,599
|
Albuquerque
|
112,914
|
Las Cruces
|
105,834
|
Rio Rancho
|
88,193
|
Santa Fe
|
|
|
New York
|
New York
|
8,467,513
|
New York
|
276,807
|
Buffalo
|
210,606
|
Rochester
|
209,530
|
Yonkers
|
146,103
|
Syracuse
|
98,617
|
Albany
|
|
|
North Carolina
|
879,709
|
Charlotte
|
469,124
|
Raleigh
|
|
|
|
|
|
North Dakota
|
126,748
|
Fargo
|
74,138
|
Bismarck
|
|
|
Ohio
|
906,528
|
Columbus
|
|
|
Oklahoma
|
687,725
|
Oklahoma City
|
|
|
Oregon
|
641,162
|
Portland
|
177,723
|
Salem
|
|
|
Pennsylvania
|
1,576,251
|
Philadelphia
|
300,431
|
Pittsburgh
|
125,944
|
Allentown
|
94,844
|
Reading
|
93,999
|
Erie
|
75,874
|
Scranton
|
75,624
|
Bethlehem
|
57,503
|
Lancaster
|
50,135
|
Harrisburg
|
|
|
Rhode Island
|
189,692
|
Providence
|
|
|
South Carolina
|
151,612
|
Charleston
|
137,541
|
Columbia
|
|
|
South Dakota
|
196,528
|
Sioux Falls
|
76,184
|
Rapid City
|
28,324
|
Aberdeen
|
23,577
|
Brookings
|
22,722
|
Watertown
|
15,631
|
Mitchell
|
15,453
|
Yankton
|
14,231
|
Huron
|
14,000
|
Pierre
|
|
|
Tennessee
|
678,851
|
Nashville
|
|
|
Texas
|
2,288,250
|
Houston
|
1,451,853
|
San Antonio
|
1,288,457
|
Dallas
|
964,177
|
Austin
|
|
|
Utah
|
200,478
|
Salt Lake City
|
|
|
Vermont
|
44,781
|
Burlington
|
20,282
|
South Burlington
|
15,851
|
Rutland
|
10,748
|
Essex Junction
|
8,457
|
Barre
|
8,330
|
Winooski
|
8,002
|
Montpelier
|
|
|
Virginia
|
457,672
|
Virginia Beach
|
251,269
|
Chesapeake
|
235,089
|
Norfolk
|
226,604
|
Richmond
|
|
|
Washington
|
733,919
|
Seattle
|
229,071
|
Spokane
|
219,205
|
Tacoma
|
192,169
|
Vancouver
|
149,440
|
Bellevue
|
134,835
|
Kent
|
110,812
|
Everett
|
105,905
|
Spokane Valley
|
105,179
|
Renton
|
99,037
|
Federal Way
|
96,578
|
Yakima
|
92,289
|
Bellingham
|
92,107
|
Kirkland
|
85,699
|
Auburn
|
84,488
|
Kennewick
|
78,871
|
Pasco
|
76,354
|
Redmond
|
71,144
|
Marysville
|
66,630
|
Sammamish
|
66,200
|
South Hill
|
63,331
|
Lakewood
|
61,929
|
Richland
|
57,918
|
Shoreline
|
55,919
|
Olympia
|
|
|
West Virginia
|
48,018
|
Charleston
|
|
|
Wisconsin
|
569,330
|
Milwaukee
|
269,196
|
Madison
|
|
|
Wyoming
|
65,051
|
Cheyenne
|
|
|
|
As for the difficulty, I feel like part of the fun with this quiz is that some states has a lot of cities while others don't have any. It is simply not enough to know all the big ones or all the ones in just one specific area.
Also Aurora is not highlighting but overall great quiz :)
Most sources list it as just Essex.
Can you double-check the location of the dot for Bowie, Maryland? In general, Bowie is basically due west of Annapolis and very close to Washington, not a suburb of Baltimore. Your dot might be correct and it just might be a vagary of dealing with a small state on a map. Thanks