Can you name the most populous U.S. Counties?

Population	County	State
9,878,554		California
5,285,107		Illinois
4,011,475		Texas
3,990,181		Arizona
2,997,033		California
2,974,859		California
2,528,050		New York
2,387,170		Florida
2,366,511		Texas
2,270,338		New York
2,073,571		California
2,007,800		California
1,985,101		Michigan
1,859,284		Washington
1,836,333		Nevada

Population	County	State
1,759,591		Florida
1,748,976		California
1,717,435		Texas
1,620,867		New York
1,594,493		Texas
1,473,416		Massachusetts
1,464,202		California
1,453,229		New York
1,449,634		Pennsylvania
1,386,667		California
1,373,659		New York
1,306,533		New York
1,295,958		Ohio
1,266,451		Florida
1,219,210		Pennsylvania

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Most Populous U.S. Counties Quiz

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Created by: weizenugb -
Published: April 10th, 2009
Category: Geography
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Tags: Population Quizzes, State Quizzes, populous, US Counties, county

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	ted:	Apr 10th, 2009 at 16:29 GMT	5 points
	Great quiz. I always forget how to spell Cuyahoga.

	Kicking222:	Apr 10th, 2009 at 16:32 GMT	3 points
	Yeesh, that was rough. I got 11, which I see is pretty good (compared to the average), and I still feel stupid. The only two I got that were particularly tough (out of the top ten most-guessed at the moment) were Houston's, which was a guess, and the one in Massachusetts, where I used to live. Still, I liked this one- not every quiz can be simple, and not every quiz should be.

	Gravey:	Apr 10th, 2009 at 16:38 GMT	4 points
	Fun quiz! Now let's get Least Populous, so we can get some Nebraska counties on there. I think our Arthur County has about 400 people. Of course, that quiz would be impossible because no one has ever heard of those counties.

	Kicking222:	Apr 10th, 2009 at 16:40 GMT	5 points
	And on a completely unrelated note: I like what you've done with the simple public profiles and stats, Sporcle gods. It's a very nice touch. Next step- naturally, since I always whine about it- is letting me make quizzes. But still, good job.

	toadturtle3:	Apr 10th, 2009 at 17:05 GMT	5 points
	I had no hope at these if a. the large nearby city didn't have the same name as the county or b. there wasn't a popular tv show featuring the county. Using that logic you can still get half of them.

	SowCrates:	Apr 10th, 2009 at 17:12 GMT	2 points
	Orange, Bronx and Cook were the only ones I know. The rest I just guessed major cities. So long as county names having nothing to do with mailing addresses and you only see about a 50-mile radius of county names on weather radar for storm alerts, I don't imagine people will do that well on this quiz

	soluie:	Apr 10th, 2009 at 17:37 GMT	21 points
	Oh God, I didn't get the county I LIVE IN CURRENTLY. I'm going to hide in shame.

	mungar:	Apr 10th, 2009 at 17:38 GMT	2 points
	Anyone else get Miami-Dade thanks to sports?

	klogg:	Apr 10th, 2009 at 17:39 GMT	6 points
	Darn, only got the NY ones. Ah, Staten Island..the forgotten borough. Oh well, at least this quiz wasn't as alienating as the zip code quiz.

	davidr:	Apr 10th, 2009 at 17:51 GMT	4 points
	@mungar: I got it due to the 2000 Presidential election...

	JohnJF:	Apr 10th, 2009 at 17:59 GMT	1 point
	@soluie: I admire your honesty. Got 20...I somehow missed New York (I thought it was Manhattan County) and San Diego.

	Denzil:	Apr 10th, 2009 at 18:08 GMT	-1 points
	25/30, I missed Sacramento, Harris, Riverside, Palm Beach & Tarrant...

	ArtVandaley:	Apr 10th, 2009 at 18:19 GMT	2 points
	@mungar, I got the oakland one because of sports. i got the arizona one because of the movie "raising arizona". The moving starts out in the __________ county correctional facility.

	springmom:	Apr 10th, 2009 at 18:32 GMT	0 points
	I also vote for least populous counties....we have some in West Texas that have about 25 people living in them.....more cattle than people. Yeehaw!

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	mkgrenwel:	Apr 10th, 2009 at 19:18 GMT	12 points
	Can someone explain to me why people avoid naming answers in their comments? We all know that the comments will contain spoilers, so if we don't want to see them, we read them after the quiz. And those of us who want to cheat have plenty of other ways to cheat. So what gives? It's obnoxious to read a comment that says "I was surprised by #23" and have to jump to the top to see what they're referring to. [stepping off my soapbox]

	RobH:	Apr 10th, 2009 at 19:26 GMT	0 points
	@Ben, here you go: http://lmgtfy.com/?q=US+county&l=1

	santinit:	Apr 10th, 2009 at 20:05 GMT	0 points
	Cue the "too-US-centric" complainers...

	kea718:	Apr 10th, 2009 at 20:08 GMT	0 points
	this was alot harder then I expected. At least I got all the FL counties.... Go MIAMI-DADE county!!!

	flinty:	Apr 10th, 2009 at 21:02 GMT	1 point
	@tom: do i form an orderly line or is it free for all?

	AntieAnnie:	Apr 10th, 2009 at 22:26 GMT	1 point
	I thought it would be quite funny to call this "too US centric." It helped to live in California, but not much!

	marpocky:	Apr 10th, 2009 at 22:27 GMT	0 points
	Hooray, they used my idea! (even if I apparently wasn't the first one to have it)

	The_Snakes:	Apr 10th, 2009 at 23:19 GMT	0 points
	Where is Hazzard county, Kentucky?

	tcalleen:	Apr 11th, 2009 at 00:33 GMT	0 points
	And now I'm curious how many people can actually pronounce the counties (particularly since most national news sources have trouble with several of these!)

	Statto2:	Apr 11th, 2009 at 00:36 GMT	-2 points
	I also got Miami-Dade because of the 2000 election shenanigans. Isn't Wayne County now called Jayne County?

	clavinfield:	Apr 11th, 2009 at 00:46 GMT	1 point
	Thanks to Dexter, I got Miami-Dade county. Other than that, most of my correct guesses were major cities and New York City boroughs.

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	zimdelinvasor:	Apr 11th, 2009 at 02:05 GMT	1 point
	I could only think of Sacramento and Orange. Then, just for the heck of it, I typed in the county I live in. ...It's the second most populous in the country.

	rockhopperlad:	Apr 11th, 2009 at 02:10 GMT	-2 points
	26/30. I missed four of the California counties. I was born in Middlesex (MA), currently live in Harris (TX) and used to live in Wayne (MI).

	WCRoentgen:	Apr 11th, 2009 at 12:33 GMT	0 points
	Got 27. Used to live in TX (Harris Co.) but never knew Fort Worth's county. After hearing San Antonio's county by name on the TV news several times, I was shocked the first time I learned how it was spelled! I would have guessed some of the northern NJ counties near NYC would have been up there but apparently they're not even close.

	pbrown:	Apr 11th, 2009 at 12:34 GMT	1 point
	Many counties in the west are much larger than those in the east which is why the msjority of the most populous counties are in the west

	EasilyConfused:	Apr 11th, 2009 at 15:26 GMT	2 points
	I was amazed by Middlesex being in. I live there and had no idea!

	LB1973:	Apr 11th, 2009 at 16:56 GMT	-1 points
	oh damn I even put in dade and Miami but not both together lol.

	Bretzky:	Apr 11th, 2009 at 19:04 GMT	1 point
	@ The Snakes: If you are referring to the Hazzard County from "The Dukes of Hazzard," then that's in Georgia. Unfortunately there is no actual Hazzard County in the US. The one from the tv show was fictional.

	Bretzky:	Apr 11th, 2009 at 19:12 GMT	1 point
	Just out of curiosity, how is Bexar County pronounced? Those here commenting on it seem to be saying it's not pronounced as you would think from the spelling. My guess would be "BECKS are", or perhaps "throat wobbler mangrove." Sorry, I had to do that; but I am actually curious about the pronunciation.

	weizenugb:	Apr 11th, 2009 at 19:34 GMT	1 point
	@ Bretzky: I believe it's pronounced by native San Antonians just like the word "Bear," although the original Spanish pronunciation was probably something more like "BAY-har"

	milkmeister:	Apr 12th, 2009 at 06:08 GMT	1 point
	Small thing I noticed, that when you're doing the quiz instead of it saying x/y counties correct, it says x/y countRies correct :-) Not that I am blaming that for 5/30...

	zalagreensbury:	Apr 13th, 2009 at 00:22 GMT	1 point
	Yey! Nassau county made it, eww Suffolk is wack! (inside joke)

	acroarcs:	Apr 13th, 2009 at 15:31 GMT	-1 points
	@Bretzky: Having grown up in central Texas, I can confirm that weizenugb's got the right pronunciation, although it can also slide to have a bit of a y sound in it, somewhere between "bear" the animal and "Bayer" the pain medication. The Spanish word was Bejar and it got anglicized to an x (don't ask me why, but that's what happens, just look at Tejas -> Texas) and so "BAY-har" is indeed the original Spanish pronunciation.