Can you name the most populous U.S. city of each word length?

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Source: 2010 US Census
City lengths include all letters, but not spaces or punctuation. The most common spelling of each city's name is used; in one case, an optional "City" is omitted.
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Length	City	Rank and Population
4		#38 (463,552)
5		#42 (408,958)
6		#9 (1,197,816)
7		#1 (8,175,133)
8		#8 (1,307,402)
9		#16 (741,206)

Length	City	Rank and Population
10		#2 (3,792,621)
11		#32 (545,852)
12		#5 (1,526,006)
13		#39 (437,994)
14		#141 (165,521)
15		#41 (416,427)

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U.S. Cities by Length Quiz

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Created by: Qaqaq -
Contributed: February 24th, 2010
Published: November 25th, 2011
Category: Geography
Plays: 18,670

Tags: Population Quizzes, City Quizzes, populous, length, rank

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	pfrijiritr:	Nov 25th, 2011 at 04:22 GMT	8 points
	When I first read "cities by length" I first thought of the physical length of cities, and wondered if gerrymandering has really reached that extent.

	mneh:	Nov 25th, 2011 at 04:44 GMT	-1 points
	Surprised this was published without being updated with 2010 census figures and rankings.

	pmo09:	Nov 25th, 2011 at 05:59 GMT	-4 points
	5 letter city most populous is omaha? How about Miami

	british:	Nov 25th, 2011 at 06:13 GMT	2 points
	@pmo09: Miami is the 44th largest city in the US, Omaha is the 42nd.

	batmann:	Nov 25th, 2011 at 06:36 GMT	8 points
	sooo many of the biggest are 7 letters wow

	GurgMaster:	Nov 25th, 2011 at 11:15 GMT	2 points
	Good challenge for a dumb Aussie. I got the first five and los angeles but was convinced indianapolis would be there for 12 and would be certain saint petersburg would be the only decent 15 letter city! Wasted all my time trying different spellings of those :-S (I too thought Miami btw - but then remembered "Omaha, somewhere in middle America")

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	nxdat:	Nov 25th, 2011 at 13:05 GMT	6 points
	This should go up to 19 and include Truth or Consequences, NM!

	Patrick319:	Nov 25th, 2011 at 13:25 GMT	1 point
	Im proud to be in the 8.2% that managed to get Colorado Springs!

	geowhiz14:	Nov 25th, 2011 at 18:03 GMT	-3 points
	phoenix is now the fifth most populous city, not Philadelphia

	british:	Nov 25th, 2011 at 19:47 GMT	2 points
	@geowhiz14: false, Philadelphia has about 70,000 more people..

	NyackJohn:	Nov 25th, 2011 at 21:20 GMT	2 points
	Excellent quiz! Even though I got only 7 out of 12 (very low score for me in geography) this was a double challenge - just because a city was high in population didn't mean it would be on here (New York has 7 letters, knocking Chicago the third largest, completely out) So of the 7 I got, 6 were cities ranked between 1 and 16 in population. It was the "uncommon" ones you really had to search around for (thought the 5 letter one HAD to be Tulsa and couldn't believe I missed Omaha) and so the only one I got was ranked 141- Fort Lauderdale as I tried to think of the cities with the longest names that I could!

	Berubium:	Nov 25th, 2011 at 22:54 GMT	3 points
	@Happ_Hazzard: Keep in mind that this quiz is referring to city proper populations & not metro area populations. Miami's metro area is way bigger than Omaha's, but the city of Omaha is more populous than the city of Miami... Sporcle quizzes (at least the published ones anyway) typically differentiate from 'city' & 'metro'...

	Dralcoffin:	Nov 26th, 2011 at 14:56 GMT	3 points
	Chicago, Houston, Phoenix, Detroit, Seattle, Oakland, Wichita, Anaheim, St. Louis, so on, so on...Darn seven letter cities.

	survivorfan2000:	Nov 26th, 2011 at 16:00 GMT	-3 points
	Nice game, but what about Miami.

	jaypunkrawk:	Nov 26th, 2011 at 20:14 GMT	1 point
	That was interesting. I was surprised by the five letter but managed to guess it anyway. It wasn't my first thought. I think the time is about right on this one. I guessed them all with a little over a minute left. Nice quiz!

	cuatrodosocho:	Nov 27th, 2011 at 00:44 GMT	2 points
	Sorry, but is that a typo on the nine-letter city (741,0206)?

	K7vn:	Nov 27th, 2011 at 22:15 GMT	1 point
	Got them all and I'm from Romania...

	vtavgjoe:	Nov 28th, 2011 at 02:52 GMT	1 point
	Same as survivor fan - was wondering when Omaha became more populous than Miami?

	HectorVortac:	Nov 29th, 2011 at 00:47 GMT	2 points
	I didn't believe you so I looked it up. Yes, Omaha is bigger than Miami. And folks, not all the biggest cities are the ones with sports teams. Green Bay has a football team and Los Angeles doesn't.

	british:	Nov 29th, 2011 at 03:56 GMT	1 point
	@HectorVortac: Not having a football team doesn't matter, it's not having any professional team at all. Omaha used to have a professional basketball and baseball team I believe, but they all moved away.

	Tavix:	Dec 3rd, 2011 at 20:04 GMT	3 points
	Fun fact: The 42nd, 44th, and 46th cities are all five letters: Omaha, Miami, and Tulsa. After that, you'll find Tampa coming in at 55th.

	HectorVortac:	Dec 4th, 2011 at 01:20 GMT	1 point
	@british: I think we may be sharing the same points. Reference to Green Bay is to say Miami is not alone in be better known than some cities of higher population due to having prominent sports teams and TV shows based there. I hope this will all change this spring with CSI: Omaha.

	JimKatz:	Dec 12th, 2011 at 21:42 GMT	1 point
	Commenters are right: Miami's metropolitan area is many times larger than Omaha's. However, Miami's actual city limits only include a small fraction of that population. (This is why all city quizzes work better with metro area statistics.)

	MasterMagician:	Jan 9th, 2012 at 16:56 GMT	0 points
	this quiz is crap New York CITY should be #1 for 11 and CHICAGO should be #1 for 7 >:(