State Capitals That Beat Phoenix

For each category, name any U.S. state capital that ranks higher than Phoenix, Arizona. Have fun!

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Rank	Category	State Capital
10	Fastest-growing population (metro area, 2010–2020)	Austin \| Raleigh \| Boise \| Nashville \| Bismarck \| Des Moines \| Olympia \| Denver \| Salt Lake City
9	Closest to Denver	Cheyenne \| Santa Fe \| Salt Lake City \| Pierre \| Lincoln \| Topeka \| Oklahoma City \| Bismarck
8	Westernmost	Honolulu \| Juneau \| Salem \| Olympia \| Sacramento \| Carson City \| Boise
7	Most common as a first name in the United States	Austin \| Madison \| Jackson \| Lincoln \| Cheyenne \| Trenton
7	Closest to the Pacific Ocean	Honolulu \| Olympia \| Juneau \| Salem \| Sacramento \| Carson City
7	Southernmost	Honolulu \| Austin \| Tallahassee \| Baton Rouge \| Jackson \| Montgomery
6	Most populous in 1960	Boston \| Denver \| Atlanta \| Indianapolis \| Columbus
6	Closest to an international border	Juneau \| Montpelier \| Lansing \| Augusta \| Olympia
4	Most guessed on the JetPunk state capitals quiz	Sacramento \| Denver \| Honolulu \| Atlanta (t)
4	Largest land area (city proper)	Juneau \| Oklahoma City \| Nashville
3	Farthest from another state capital	Honolulu \| Juneau
3	Busiest airport	Atlanta \| Denver
2	Farthest from the state border or the sea	Austin
2	Hottest average yearly temperature	Honolulu

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27 Comments

Level 60

Feb 18, 2022

Cool, it got featured!

+10

Level 67

Feb 18, 2022

Honolulu is an answer to nearly half of them!

Level 67

Feb 18, 2022

6 out of 14 is pretty normal for a quiz like this, some state capitals are just more similar on paper than others.

Level 88

Feb 18, 2022

Austin, Honolulu, Juneau will answer 11 of these questions

Level 60

Feb 18, 2022

Shhhhhhh

Level 76

Feb 22, 2022

Honolulu, Juneau, Atlanta, and Austin give you all but one.

Level 92

Feb 27, 2024

Yet in spite of that, there are 33 distinct capitals that are valid answers in the quiz. Pretty diverse, really.

Level 87

Feb 18, 2022

"Westernmost" and "Closest to the Pacific Ocean" are *almost* the same question. Might be nice to replace one of them with something else.

Cool quiz overall, though :)

Level 72

Feb 22, 2022

Wow, I never knew Des Moines was growing so quickly! Or growing at all!

Also crazy that if you go back just ten years to 1950, Phoenix goes down to 19th.

Level 72

Feb 22, 2022

Well, I looked it up, and it looks like Des Moines only grew by 5.3% last year, definitely less than Phoenix. Are you sure that’s right?

Level ∞

Feb 22, 2022

That looked weird to me too. Don't know why I didn't double-check. @Geographystar can you check the rest of the population numbers for accuracy?

Level 67

Feb 22, 2022

I used this wikipedia page

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_statistical_area

And it says that the population of Des Moines was 606,475 in 2010, and 709,466 in 2020. So, if there is an error, then it must be a problem in wikipedia, I'll look into it.

Level 67

Feb 22, 2022

Wikipedia claims Des Moines grew by almost 17% in the last decade, and Phoenix grew about 15.5%, so maybe the definition of the Des Moines metro changed?

Level ∞

Feb 22, 2022

Okay. I would have assumed city proper population unless metro was stated. I'll add metro area to the clue.

Level 67

Feb 22, 2022

Also, this news article,

https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/2018/09/21/des-moines-west-des-moines-metro-polk-county-jasper-county-dallas-county-census-bureau-growth/1380120002/

claims that Jasper county, with a population of 37,813, was added in 2020, so that seems to be a factor.

Level 68

Feb 22, 2022

Honolulu’s time to shine!

Level 46

Feb 22, 2022

Maybe there should've just been more diverse questions, because then if you give it away in the comments, it kind of just destroys the whole point of the quiz

Level 67

Feb 22, 2022

I would love to make more interesting questions, but there just aren't that many things that only capitals in New England beat Phoenix in, for example, thanks though!

Level 87

Feb 23, 2022

Really, Trenton and Cheyenne are more common first names than Helena? (OK, I'll believe they beat Oklahoma City, but...)

Level 67

Feb 23, 2022

In case you're curious,

Trenton: 55,585

Cheyenne: 70,536

Helena: 24,549

Hope this helps!

Level 56

Sep 13, 2022