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Can you name the 100 most populous cities in the United States?
Enter a city in the box below
Correctly named cities will show up below
Answers do not have to be guessed in order
This game contributed by
DanW
on 09/26/2009
Source:
U.S. Census Bureau (2000 census)
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Rank
City
Population
1
8,008,278
2
3,694,820
3
2,896,016
4
1,953,631
5
1,517,550
6
1,321,045
7
1,223,400
8
1,188,580
9
1,144,646
10
951,270
11
894,943
12
791,926
13
776,733
14
735,617
15
711,470
16
656,562
17
651,154
18
650,100
19
596,974
20
589,141
21
572,059
22
569,891
23
563,662
24
563,374
25
554,636
26
540,828
27
534,694
28
529,121
29
506,132
30
486,699
31
484,674
32
478,434
33
478,403
34
461,522
Rank
City
Population
35
448,607
36
441,545
37
427,652
38
425,257
39
416,474
40
407,018
41
399,484
42
396,375
43
393,049
44
390,007
45
382,618
46
371,657
47
362,470
48
360,890
49
348,189
50
344,284
51
337,977
52
334,563
53
332,969
54
331,285
55
328,014
56
313,619
57
303,447
58
292,648
59
287,151
60
277,454
61
276,393
62
276,093
63
273,546
64
260,512
65
260,283
66
256,231
67
255,166
68
248,232
Rank
City
Population
69
247,057
70
243,771
71
242,820
72
240,055
73
234,403
74
227,818
75
226,419
76
225,581
77
223,891
78
222,030
79
219,773
80
218,812
81
217,074
82
215,768
83
208,054
84
205,727
85
203,413
86
202,705
87
201,568
88
200,145
89
199,775
90
199,564
91
199,184
92
198,915
93
198,682
94
197,800
95
197,790
96
196,086
97
195,629
98
194,973
99
193,556
100
191,615
105
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There are
107 comments
for this game.
(Warning: comments may contain spoilers)
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RyanUR
:
Sep 27th, 2009 at 00:14 GMT
1 point
It's Hialeah, not Hialeigh. I'm sure it's a typo.
DanW
:
Sep 27th, 2009 at 00:27 GMT
2 points
thanks, just fixed it
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ef232623
:
Sep 27th, 2009 at 01:24 GMT
-11 points
This quiz should really use MSA's instead of direct city population. To give the impression that Grand Rapids, Michigan, for example, is larger than Knoxville, Tennessee, is pretty ridiculous. Otherwise, a pretty fun quiz
johnlk
:
Sep 27th, 2009 at 01:44 GMT
9 points
Good quiz, although you should indicate that you are using 2000 census data
mwelch13
:
Sep 27th, 2009 at 03:44 GMT
-1 points
Nice quiz, couldn't even get 50!
jmarshallg
:
Sep 27th, 2009 at 12:00 GMT
1 point
Should be Jacksonville, FL, not FA.
ipitydafoo
:
Sep 27th, 2009 at 20:41 GMT
1 point
Great quiz. I can't believe that Las Vegas has only 31 more people than Cleveland.
UnblocksSliders
:
Sep 28th, 2009 at 04:48 GMT
12 points
I think city proper population is one quiz, and metro area is another, personally. They measure different things.
ryanbounds
:
Sep 28th, 2009 at 09:11 GMT
-4 points
What about San Juan, PR?
Hurricanehink
:
Sep 28th, 2009 at 19:46 GMT
1 point
It should really allow "Saint Louis" for St. Louis, likewise for Saint/St Petersburg.
jaspa
:
Sep 28th, 2009 at 21:50 GMT
2 points
Wow, I didn't realize Anchorage was that big!
cuendillar
:
Sep 29th, 2009 at 02:17 GMT
4 points
You know you've taken the state quizzes too many times when the only one you miss is Washington, DC. Agree that San Juan, PR (421.958) and Bayamon, PR (203.499) should at least be bonuses.
VikingDevil53
:
Sep 29th, 2009 at 09:24 GMT
0 points
you should fix the comma in des moines... from des moines. iowa to des moines, iowa
Onno
:
Sep 29th, 2009 at 18:38 GMT
1 point
Of course this quiz was going to be there, but kudos to you for taking the trouble to make it. I got 84 on the first try. Pre-Sporcle I knew about 20 of these, I think.
ironsij0287
:
Sep 29th, 2009 at 21:05 GMT
0 points
MSAs follow county boundaries. They're by no means a great indicator of metro population either.
match
:
Sep 29th, 2009 at 21:15 GMT
1 point
the list for the 2010 census sure will look different. I know San Antonio is bigger than Dallas now, for example.
sporcloid
:
Sep 30th, 2009 at 22:31 GMT
2 points
Is Orlando really not big enough to be included, or does it get grouped in with another city?
DanW
:
Oct 1st, 2009 at 05:02 GMT
0 points
Orlando was ranked 107 at the 2000 census
tobinw
:
Oct 1st, 2009 at 05:39 GMT
1 point
Louisville consolidated with Jefferson County this decade and now has a population of 713,877.
DetroitRockCity
:
Oct 1st, 2009 at 05:45 GMT
0 points
add the states their in and im down
DonnyB
:
Oct 1st, 2009 at 11:03 GMT
0 points
Blew my mind that Orlando wasn't one of them.
cls121389
:
Oct 2nd, 2009 at 00:45 GMT
1 point
This quiz needs to get updated to a more recent source then needs to go to the main site.
redsox19
:
Oct 2nd, 2009 at 04:32 GMT
1 point
should probably accept ft worth
andrecb
:
Oct 3rd, 2009 at 03:44 GMT
1 point
more time please!
Granadog
:
Oct 3rd, 2009 at 23:49 GMT
2 points
Finally, Fremont gets some recognition!
micah
:
Oct 4th, 2009 at 03:02 GMT
2 points
It makes sense IMO to not include San Juan on the main list, but it'd make a good bonus...
JulieD
:
Oct 4th, 2009 at 16:16 GMT
2 points
Should accept "Saint Paul" for "St Paul".
Rycecube
:
Oct 6th, 2009 at 03:24 GMT
3 points
64. Not bad for a Canadian who hasn't ventured out of Washington or Oregon.
papilgee4evaeva
:
Oct 6th, 2009 at 03:36 GMT
2 points
90. I, like someone else who has taken too many state quizzes, missed Washington, DC. And I live near Baltimore.
Hunter14180
:
Oct 6th, 2009 at 06:23 GMT
1 point
Great quiz, I just wish it used more up to date population figures.
thisisaname
:
Oct 7th, 2009 at 00:09 GMT
1 point
Some rather surprising (for me at least) answers in this quiz. For example, I could not have imagined before taking this quiz that Hialeah or Plano would be bigger than, say, Orlando or Salt Lake City. I must say thank you to DanW for a very educational quiz!
borodino21
:
Oct 7th, 2009 at 04:37 GMT
1 point
72/100. I can't believe I missed the only one I've ever lived in... DC.
webmaestro2000
:
Oct 7th, 2009 at 05:39 GMT
1 point
Yeah, DC was hard to get going state by state!
Uzziah
:
Oct 7th, 2009 at 19:54 GMT
2 points
Ft Wayne should be accepted for Fort Wayne.
Game published: Oct 8th, 2009 at 08:15 GMT
MovieDynamic
:
Oct 8th, 2009 at 08:24 GMT
20 points
This has never been done before?! You'd think all these games of Sporcle this would have been covered earlier!
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tobinw
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Oct 8th, 2009 at 08:36 GMT
-8 points
Louisville consolidated with Jefferson County this decade and now has a population of 713,877.
brianmcp
:
Oct 8th, 2009 at 08:37 GMT
3 points
Above average? and Canadian? I'm surprised!
Redwing19
:
Oct 8th, 2009 at 08:45 GMT
8 points
Leave it to me to get Irving and forget Atlanta.
Rifsun:
Oct 8th, 2009 at 08:47 GMT
7 points
"You know Bill, I worked in Milwaukee. It's a city with over half a million people." "So, there must have been a lot of hub-bub when that cow got loose."
santosaurus
:
Oct 8th, 2009 at 08:48 GMT
3 points
Thank goodness I learned all the state capitals from the Animaniacs song... and that my parents took me on a roadtrip every summer when I was young.
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