Can you name the largest state capitals?

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Largest US Capitals Quiz

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Created Oct 6, 2009 in Geography
Featured Nov 22, 2012
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	Geo1:	Nov 22nd, 2012 at 17:58 GMT		15 points
	I tried Montpelier to see what would happen.

	Josephklimp:	Nov 22nd, 2012 at 20:32 GMT		4 points
	Was gonna guess OK City but stopped myself...all too soon.

	NS7:	Nov 22nd, 2012 at 21:06 GMT		18 points
	I always think Atlanta is way more populated than it is.. still made it but barely

	cheesyjon:	Nov 22nd, 2012 at 23:13 GMT		-1 points
	10/10 in 2mins 0sec... oh, Oklahoma City, you do cut it close :P

	Dralcoffin:	Nov 22nd, 2012 at 23:15 GMT		15 points
	@NS7: Atlanta has the second largest metro population of any of these cities (behind Boston). 5.2 million people live in Greater Atlanta; that is one of the most uneven city/suburban splits in the country.

	greenday61892:	Nov 23rd, 2012 at 03:15 GMT		1 point
	Was I the only one humming Wacko's capitals song?

	chriskotx:	Nov 23rd, 2012 at 03:25 GMT		1 point
	I thought about Sacramento..twice...and decided it wasnt over 400k.

	bamber:	Nov 23rd, 2012 at 09:16 GMT		4 points
	As a Brit, I'm pretty pleased with my score on this one. I only missed Nashville and OK City. I expected Atlanta to have been the biggest.

	RonB:	Nov 23rd, 2012 at 10:33 GMT		0 points
	The pattern seems to be capitals that are in big states, and capitals that are the largest cities in smaller states.

	bishkek:	Nov 23rd, 2012 at 15:41 GMT		2 points
	As a foreign, I can't understand why the capitals of each state are not the most populated cities. Can someone explain this to me?

	Shomensky:	Nov 23rd, 2012 at 16:37 GMT		4 points
	@bishkek: It is different reasons for each state. For example the two largest cities in Pennsylvania are Philadelphia and Pittsburgh but they are on opposite sides of the states. Therefore they made the capital in the center of the state at Harrisburg.

	teddy144:	Nov 23rd, 2012 at 17:03 GMT		1 point
	@Dralcoffin Its's the same deal for Miami only about 400,000 people live there and in the surrounding suburbs of Miami over 2.5 million people live there

	chriswbennett:	Nov 24th, 2012 at 05:13 GMT		4 points
	@bishkek - Capital cities tend to be toward the geographic center of the state as they were established when state legislators would be traveling to the capital by horseback. Also, what was a major city in the 19th century when the capital was decided may no longer be such.

	steel03:	Nov 24th, 2012 at 21:42 GMT		2 points
	I'd be very interested in a longer quiz based on MSA populations rather than city populations.

	jseve001:	Nov 25th, 2012 at 19:31 GMT		1 point
	I would have thought Raleigh, North Carolina be on this list. I am almost positive it has more than 400,000 people.

	bishkek:	Nov 27th, 2012 at 16:12 GMT		1 point
	@Shomensky,@chriswbennett: Thanks for the explanation!

	Statto2:	Dec 27th, 2012 at 11:38 GMT		0 points
	Once again succumbed to my Indianapolis blind spot.