Can you name the US states whose neighboring states have the largest total population?

Neighbor Population	State	Neighbor States
42,043,593
38,736,894		Illinois, Ohio, Michigan, Kentucky
37,720,498
37,615,430
35,131,497
33,031,342		New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware
32,427,979
32,046,141
31,154,206		Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Iowa
30,623,748		Texas, Mississippi, Arkansas
0	Texas, Mississippi, Arkansas
0	Texas, Mississippi, Arkansas

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US States With Tons of Neighbors! Quiz

Rating:	Nominate Report game
Created by: Unidentifiedkiwi -
Contributed: February 28th, 2010
Category: Geography
Plays: 3,975

Tags: Population Quizzes, State Quizzes, largest, neighborhood, ton, neighboring, total

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	Unidentifiedkiwi:	Feb 28th, 2010 at 04:09 GMT	13 points
	It seemed like you all enjoyed my last quiz, so here's a similar one! And just like last time, for anyone who's curious, the state with the lowest neighbor population is Maine, which only borders New Hampshire.

	adamnvillani:	Feb 28th, 2010 at 06:23 GMT	0 points
	Well, Alaska and Hawaii don't border any other states. I suppose you could maybe do an alternate version of this where you include bordering Mexican states and Canadian provinces.

	rockgolf:	Feb 28th, 2010 at 17:24 GMT	4 points
	@Kiwi: You know what? This would be a great candidate for the "Hide Next Clue" quiz. Otherwise if you can enter all 50 States in 3 minutes you can sail thru this quiz. Only problem is when you "give up" the third column appears. Still might be worth a shot here, but up the time to 4 or 5 minutes.

	micah:	Feb 28th, 2010 at 19:35 GMT	10 points
	I like how the top answer doesn't border on any of the 4 most populated states--it just hits a whole bunch of reasonably high-population states.

	midlifecrisis:	Feb 28th, 2010 at 19:55 GMT	5 points
	good quiz

	horseydeucey:	Feb 28th, 2010 at 21:03 GMT	15 points
	Look at Kentucky, finally getting first place in a non-negative category.

	Illini13:	Feb 28th, 2010 at 23:04 GMT	2 points
	i tried canada but it didnt accept it?

	RLthehammer:	Mar 1st, 2010 at 00:04 GMT	7 points
	The Alaska bonus was funny :)

	Unidentifiedkiwi:	Mar 1st, 2010 at 02:31 GMT	6 points
	@rockgolf: I see where you're coming from but I think that this quiz is better served by staying as it is. For example, people would start by guessing states bordering California(for good reason) but run up against a wall with Kentucky and probably spend a while wildly guessing, just to name one potential problem. And like so many other people, I would miss seeing the missed answers. I do have something utilizing the new format in the works, though, so I haven't completely written it off.

	Geebs3906:	Mar 1st, 2010 at 04:10 GMT	3 points
	Whoops...missed my own home state...

	TheBigE1980:	Mar 3rd, 2010 at 03:51 GMT	4 points
	I am so embarrassed. The only one I missed is the state in which I live (Arizona).

	Masternachos:	Mar 8th, 2010 at 03:46 GMT	4 points
	I liked your bonus answers. How about adding Puerto Rico, something like, "Even if Puerto Rico WERE a state, which it is not, it is still an island." I'd also be interested in seeing how DC fares, border population-wise.

	Unidentifiedkiwi:	Mar 13th, 2010 at 21:24 GMT	2 points
	DC borders Virginia and Maryland , so it would be around 13 million. And I'm liking your bonus idea.

	Apollo846:	Apr 16th, 2010 at 05:34 GMT	4 points
	Love it! is there any source for state populations that more reliable than Wikipedia though?

	staircase:	Jul 26th, 2010 at 23:51 GMT	2 points
	@rockgolf - If people were able to get past Kentucky without being to frustrated, almost no one will get past the first column. Besides that, I generally dislike "hide the next clue" quizzes. Also, (unrelated) I liked seeing the bordering states right next to the answers.