Can you name the largest U.S. cities whose city limits border another state? by jml1139

Can you name the largest U.S. cities whose city limits border another state?

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Source: wikipedia.org
Cities with population of at least 100,000. ... Cities that border states by way of a river are included.
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Population	City	State(s) Bordered
8,363,710		New Jersey
2,853,114		Indiana
1,540,351		New Jersey
687,456		South Carolina
669,651		Arkansas, Mississippi
613,190		New Mexico
591,833		Maryland, Virginia
557,706		Washington
557,224		Indiana
480,129		Kansas
438,646		Iowa
433,746		North Carolina
354,361		Illinois
333,336		Kentucky
293,201		Michigan

Population	City	State(s) Bordered
241,114		New York
220,111		North Carolina
209,969		District of Columbia
201,588		New Jersey
194,149		South Carolina
186,984		Alabama
171,231		Missouri
170,880		Georgia
163,186		Oregon
143,885		Maryland
142,562		Missouri
124,755		New York
119,303		New York
116,309		Kentucky
100,827		Illinois

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Largest Border Cities (U.S.) Quiz

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	thedpr:	Mar 2nd, 2010 at 23:04 GMT		2 points
	Chicago borders Indiana, and Elizabeth NJ borders Staten Island.

	conradmcmasters:	Mar 2nd, 2010 at 23:06 GMT		0 points
	Need to add the Chicago, Go Blackhawks

	midlifecrisis:	Mar 2nd, 2010 at 23:29 GMT		2 points
	Here I am thinking Phila doesn't go far south enough to touch Delaware, and forgetting that it borders my home state. Dohhh!!! Good thing I flew into Cincinatti's airport, which is actually across the state border in Kentucky. That got me two answers. I got Virginia Beach, but not Chesepeake. I guess Norfolk doesn't border NC. I was also wondering what the population of Chester PA is, as it borders Delaware.

	jml1139:	Mar 2nd, 2010 at 23:37 GMT		5 points
	Yikes! I was so careful not to include Chicago because it does not border Wisconsin that I completely forgot about Indiana. Sorry about that.

	otis89:	Mar 3rd, 2010 at 00:26 GMT		4 points
	I'm a little surprised that Providence doesn't border Massachusetts.

	jml1139:	Mar 3rd, 2010 at 01:47 GMT		4 points
	East Providence does border Massachusetts, but Providence does not.

	jonnyr12:	Mar 3rd, 2010 at 01:49 GMT		4 points
	Elizabeth seems like it is below the population threshold here, even though none is actually given... maybe a column to the left with populations might clear things up? (there are several other cities over 100,000 I thought of that meet the description but have smaller populations than all of these). Also, the city limits of New York do not border Connecticut.

	jml1139:	Mar 3rd, 2010 at 16:08 GMT		4 points
	Now expanded to all cities of at least 100,000 inhabitants. Have fun with the last few. ... Also, thanks for the catch on NYC not bordering Connecticut. My new favorite trivia question: What is the largest city in the United States that borders two states?

	coulraphobic123:	Oct 19th, 2010 at 21:44 GMT		3 points
	According to the most recent GIS data I've seen, the southeastern city limits of Sioux Falls now touch the northwestern-most corner of Iowa. I was trying to find a good source, I can't remember where I found the GIS shapefile, but it just barely does...somewhat corner-to-corner. I was unable to find a good enough map source to demonstrate how it's working, but if you read through this thread it talks a lot about how it's touching the Iowa border: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=128831&page=15

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	SomeoneRandom:	Aug 12th, 2011 at 20:58 GMT		12 points
	I think that you should include cities that touch other countries as well. This would add San Diego, Detroit, Brownsville, Buffalo, Laredo, and McAllen, and now El Paso would touch both another state and another country.

	Rocktober:	Aug 12th, 2011 at 21:11 GMT		10 points
	You forgot Fargo, North Dakota. It borders Minnesota, and has a population of 105,549.

	Rocktober:	Aug 12th, 2011 at 21:12 GMT		5 points
	Oh, never mind, this quiz was made before the 2010 census was released.

	meltingbridge:	Aug 12th, 2011 at 22:59 GMT		7 points
	Savannah, GA has a population around 130,000 and a small part of its border touches the Savannah River which is the border between Georgia and South Carolina.

	sennomulo:	Aug 13th, 2011 at 02:05 GMT		8 points
	Drat, I tried "Saint Louis" but not "St. Louis"! Please accept both!

	Colt45:	Aug 14th, 2011 at 02:57 GMT		2 points
	I had no idea Arlington had that many people

	johnlk:	Aug 15th, 2011 at 19:43 GMT		6 points
	Seems kind of ridiculous to call this "border cities" and then not include cities that border other countries like Buffalo and Detroit.

	nspyred:	Aug 16th, 2011 at 01:25 GMT		-1 points
	How does Newark NJ not qualify??

	Dralcoffin:	Aug 23rd, 2011 at 00:34 GMT		5 points
	@nspyred: Hudson County, NJ is in the way.

Population	City	State(s) Bordered
241,114		New York
220,111		North Carolina
209,969		District of Columbia
201,588		New Jersey
194,149		South Carolina
186,984		Alabama
171,231		Missouri
170,880		Georgia
163,186		Oregon
143,885		Maryland
142,562		Missouri
124,755		New York
119,303		New York
116,309		Kentucky
100,827		Illinois

	jmsr525:	Sep 8th, 2011 at 19:08 GMT		2 points
	Fargo?

	javi348:	Sep 8th, 2011 at 23:55 GMT		0 points
	Stamford CT does not border NY, unless you count crossing Long Island Sound, which is definitely not a river.

	BiloxiSean:	Sep 9th, 2011 at 19:34 GMT		1 point
	I was making a quiz called biggest land borders cities when my computer crashed. This is close to what I made. And BTW, Stamford does not border NY, but Greenwich does.

	Alexis:	Sep 10th, 2011 at 20:51 GMT		4 points
	Arlington is not legally a city. (It's a county.) "Arlington, VA" is an invention of the USPS to cover the unincorporated territory in the county.

	balatjr:	Sep 11th, 2011 at 13:03 GMT		3 points
	I guess I am the only person bothered by the fact that the District of Columbia is not a state.

	BostonMatt:	Sep 12th, 2011 at 18:51 GMT		2 points
	Stamford actually does border NY. Not to the West (Greenwich, CT), but to the North. Stamford is part of that little notch of CT that juts into NY.

	OnABoat999:	Sep 17th, 2011 at 20:27 GMT		0 points
	I wish Louisville would form its own state. Our culture is completely different from Kentucky and Indiana.

	dxdtdemon:	Oct 16th, 2011 at 08:17 GMT		1 point
	There is a large city in Idaho that is on the other side of the Columbia from Oregon.

	redpegasus:	Jan 11th, 2012 at 20:31 GMT		1 point
	@dxdtdemon The Columbia river does not form a border between Oregon and Idaho, nor is there large city on the border even if it did.

	Speedway99:	May 19th, 2013 at 22:05 GMT		1 point
	I can't believe I came up with Elizabeth and Overland Park, and still missed Charlotte.