Can you name the most populous metro areas relative to their state's population? by DJC83

Can you name the most populous metro areas relative to their state's population?

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Source: US Census Bureau
Enter largest city in the state which is part of the metro -- %'s are pop. of the metro (the part lying w/in the state) div. by state pop. -- Some cities belong to a metro centered outside the state
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% of State Pop.	Largest City (in State) in Metro Area
100.00%
73.34%
71.75%
70.26%
67.45%
65.87%
64.54%
63.15%
60.66%
59.52%
55.51%
53.14%
51.07%
50.75%
47.34%
46.75%
44.24%
42.63%
40.77%
40.26%
39.53%

% of State Pop.	Largest City (in State) in Metro Area
39.36%
39.05%
35.93%
35.02%
34.00%
33.55%
33.11%
32.02%
31.86%
31.27%
30.55%
29.61%
29.54%
28.96%
27.53%
26.90%
25.90%
25.71%
25.56%
25.15%
100.00%

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Metro vs. State Population (US) Quiz

by DJC83

Created Mar 5, 2010 in Geography
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	DJC83:	Mar 5th, 2010 at 04:13 GMT		3 points
	Hi folks! Let me know if I haven't explained this quiz clearly enough.

	Onno:	Mar 5th, 2010 at 07:44 GMT		5 points
	Good quiz. But do we really need to enter the largest city when the metro is not anchored in the state? I thought about the part of Washington Metro in Maryland but couldn't think of the largest city there. I also thought about Kansas City for both states but it didn't occur to me to try Overland Park, because it happens to be a tad bigger than Kansas City, KS.

	DJC83:	Mar 5th, 2010 at 13:06 GMT		1 point
	@Onno: Well, it _is_ supposed to be a challenge. But if I get too many objections like yours, I'll change the quiz accordingly.

	brdecker:	Mar 5th, 2010 at 21:50 GMT		1 point
	Why do you list two cities for Maryland (Baltimore and Rockville) and Oklahoma (OKC and Tulsa)? Also, one way you could get around the problem of the metro being centered outside the state is to only count that portion of the metro that is in the state. Or have I misunderstood and that is what you are doing?

	DJC83:	Mar 6th, 2010 at 00:23 GMT		3 points
	The Baltimore metro area (which is included entirely within MD) constitutes (as of 2008) 47.34% of the total population of Maryland. The portion of the Washington metro area (which encompasses DC and parts of MD, VA, and WV) that lies within Maryland constitutes an additional 39.53% of the total popuation of Maryland. And the biggest city in Maryland that is within the Washington metro area is Rockville. Does this make more sense now?

	Fidelio:	May 17th, 2010 at 05:34 GMT		2 points
	When you begin the instructions by saying, "Enter the largest city in the state..." it makes it sound like you're looking for only one per state.

	Geo_Crazy:	Feb 28th, 2011 at 23:37 GMT		2 points
	San Juan, Puerto Rico could be a bonus, since DC is included as a bonus.

	afen:	Apr 13th, 2011 at 21:51 GMT		2 points
	I think you probably should accept multiple cities in a metro that is not anchored in their state, especially given differences in metro area delineation as mentioned above.