Can you name the U.S. cities with the highest population A-Z?

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Correctly named cities will show up below
Answers do not have to be guessed in order
Source: Census 2008 Estimates
Our apologies to the fine folks in Xenia, Ohio, but there were not enough other 'X' cities to make the list.
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A
757,688
537,958
521,999
374,417
335,288

B
636,919
609,023
321,078
270,919
228,798

C
2,853,114
754,885
687,456
433,748
380,307

D
1,279,910
912,062
598,707
223,284
197,052

E
613,190
150,104
137,103
133,003
124,755

F
703,073
476,050
251,591
202,867
184,984

G
251,522
250,642
218,577
216,449
197,176

H
2,242,193
374,676
252,064
210,542
192,620

I
798,382
207,500
201,358
112,714
110,440

J
807,815
241,114
173,861
146,125
63,960

K
451,572
184,802
142,562
116,934
96,950

L
3,833,995
558,383
557,224
463,789
282,114

M
669,651
604,477
463,552
413,201
382,605

N
8,363,710
596,462
311,853
278,980
234,220

O
551,789
438,646
404,155
230,519
185,717

P
1,567,924
1,447,395
557,706
310,037
267,480

Q
92,339
39,983
24,361
8,643
6,858

R
392,552
295,357
217,016
206,886
202,002

S
1,351,305
1,279,329
948,279
808,976
598,541

T
541,811
385,635
340,882
293,201
197,181

U
72,123
72,091
62,183
58,082
38,369

V
433,746
163,186
121,040
114,729
110,318

W
591,833
366,046
217,600
175,011
133,939

Y
201,588
90,041
84,074
72,925
61,226

Z
25,161
25,129
14,252
13,655
13,152

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Alphabetical Cities (U.S.) Quiz

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Created by: Ben -
Published: October 23rd, 2009
Category: Geography
Plays: 131,800

Tags: Letter Quizzes, City Quizzes, Population Quizzes, alphabetical, highest, a-z

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	Octoman:	Oct 23rd, 2009 at 19:13 GMT	17 points
	This is a good idea for a quiz.

	Massagraf:	Oct 23rd, 2009 at 19:23 GMT	28 points
	This is great! Maybe an European version in the same style up next?

	erikjc:	Oct 23rd, 2009 at 19:25 GMT	3 points
	ugh I should have gotten Zephyrhills! I went skydiving there... no one has gotten it yet.

	Ben:	Oct 23rd, 2009 at 19:25 GMT	6 points
	working on it already :) and glad you guys enjoyed it

	elnok:	Oct 23rd, 2009 at 19:29 GMT	4 points
	Love it! Would also love a minute or two more. Oh, and Jonesboro is in Arkansas (AR) not Alaska (AK).

	ironsij0287:	Oct 23rd, 2009 at 19:32 GMT	3 points
	Great quiz. I'm glad I remembered almost all of the answers to my A-Z highest populated quiz. Well, except Yonkers, I couldn't think of it.

	Sneuticles:	Oct 23rd, 2009 at 19:34 GMT	6 points
	this was great. definitely front-page material. a different way of processing my sporcle-accumulated geography knowledge. and living 3,000 miles away from california made it particularly challenging.

	lznyc212:	Oct 23rd, 2009 at 19:35 GMT	2 points
	@erikjc: I got Zephyrhills, but when I checked the stats afterward, it said 0%. Hmm...

	Raipier:	Oct 23rd, 2009 at 19:39 GMT	1 point
	I didnt' even get half, close though.

	redsxfenway:	Oct 23rd, 2009 at 19:44 GMT	1 point
	@Iznyc212: the quiz has been taken more than 1,000 times. If you're the only one than less than .1% have gotten it, thus it registers at 0%. I should have gotten Zephyrhills too; I pass by it all the time when I go to and from Tampa.

	Robert_Seth:	Oct 23rd, 2009 at 19:46 GMT	1 point
	zephyrhills is broken. it does not register when you get it. i got it and then went I went to the stats page it says I did not.

	Robert_Seth:	Oct 23rd, 2009 at 19:47 GMT	1 point
	after some experimenting, I determined that when you guess zephyrhills, it registers as Zionsville, IN.

	chaotic8512:	Oct 23rd, 2009 at 19:50 GMT	2 points
	I got Zephyrhills, and the box around it was gray, not green. It said I got two different Z cities that I didn't really get. Great quiz!

	Robd75:	Oct 23rd, 2009 at 19:55 GMT	1 point
	Very nice quiz

	Ben:	Oct 23rd, 2009 at 20:00 GMT	9 points
	Added a few more mins, fixed the stats as well... minor error... sorry!

	cmkeller:	Oct 23rd, 2009 at 20:17 GMT	12 points
	Fun quiz, but should have included X, even if the cities are obscure. The USA is a big country, Xenia Ohio can't be the only X city.

	foobar:	Oct 23rd, 2009 at 20:19 GMT	2 points
	ft wayne should work for fort wayne. (just like ft worth) great quiz

	Txagsforever:	Oct 23rd, 2009 at 20:21 GMT	2 points
	I am proud of myself for getting all of the "S" cities. I guessed all of the "San's" that I could think of.

	dstern1724:	Oct 23rd, 2009 at 20:22 GMT	2 points
	excellent!

	thisisaname:	Oct 23rd, 2009 at 20:49 GMT	8 points
	One of the perils of going state-by-state and naming all the largest cities is that one may forget Washington, DC. Which I did.

	kthejoker:	Oct 23rd, 2009 at 20:50 GMT	5 points
	Urbana, Illinois is listed as having a population of 39,641 in 2008.

	cocky:	Oct 23rd, 2009 at 20:54 GMT	8 points
	I thought it was funny three of the Q cities are named quincy. I agree the X cities should be up there, no matter how small they might be.

	motomoto:	Oct 23rd, 2009 at 20:57 GMT	2 points
	76/125 - guess I need to travel even more. This was an AWESOME quiz - thanks for putting it up!

	candyman81cb:	Oct 23rd, 2009 at 21:05 GMT	3 points
	yea worcester mass getting some love!

	DrumBum88:	Oct 23rd, 2009 at 21:08 GMT	7 points
	you gotta show some love for xenia, ohio...at least as a bonus

	ajsobotz:	Oct 23rd, 2009 at 21:08 GMT	2 points
	fantastic quiz

	TIMTEBOW15:	Oct 23rd, 2009 at 21:17 GMT	0 points
	Yeah I got zephyrhills

	bigal4:	Oct 23rd, 2009 at 21:27 GMT	6 points
	This format could and should be made into lots of different quizes, like a european cities one or a most visited websites one

	Starstruck:	Oct 23rd, 2009 at 21:30 GMT	2 points
	Love it! Thanks for this. I got 82/125 with the first try. Not bad for a Finn...

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	FliryVorru:	Oct 23rd, 2009 at 21:34 GMT	3 points
	Epic quiz!

	chikka2:	Oct 23rd, 2009 at 22:52 GMT	1 point
	great quiz...in 90%'s so not bad for a Canadian. Support the idea of a similar one for Europe

	Zachary:	Oct 23rd, 2009 at 23:13 GMT	3 points
	This was tough but fun.

	MghtyRoach:	Oct 23rd, 2009 at 23:41 GMT	5 points
	As much as I'd love to agree with the X-ophiles, I could only find one other incorporated place in the United States that started with X. It's in Illinois, and is also called "Xenia."

	JohnJF:	Oct 23rd, 2009 at 23:48 GMT	2 points
	@thisisaname: I find the coast-to-coast strategy extremely effective. Except for Washington. It's odd, because I'm pretty sure if I wasn't from the U.S. I could have gotten Washington DC. Then again I probably wouldn't have gotten Bakersfield.

	GeoExpert:	Oct 24th, 2009 at 01:07 GMT	2 points
	Good quiz. Funny how you get three results for Quincy!

	mokos:	Oct 24th, 2009 at 03:03 GMT	1 point
	Google Xanadu, Utah and Xavier. There is no reason not to include X.

	mokos:	Oct 24th, 2009 at 03:05 GMT	0 points
	http://www.fallingrain.com/world/US/a/X/

	madhatter22:	Oct 24th, 2009 at 03:35 GMT	4 points
	I'm from California, and I thought it was funny how many towns that I think of as being out in the boonies were on the list. There are some states that don't have ANY towns as populous as these "little" places. Very interesting. Also interesting that Texas tops the list for so many letters. Everything really is bigger I guess. :)

	bubble:	Oct 24th, 2009 at 04:36 GMT	4 points
	Even if there are not enough entries for four spots for X, there should still be X entries. They didn't take Qatar out of the quiz that features each alphabetically last country per letter just because it was the only country beginning with Q.