Can you name the states that have at least one city with a population of over 500,000? by kristen58

Can you name the states that have at least one city with a population of over 500,000?

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Name the states that contain one or more cities with a population of over 500,000. These are the city populations, not the metro area populations.
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Number of cities over 500,000	State	Cities
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2		Phoenix, Tucson
2		Memphis, Nashville
1		Denver
1		Jacksonville
1		Atlanta
1		Chicago
1		Indianapolis
1		Louisville
1		Baltimore
1		Boston

Number of cities over 500,000	State	Cities
1		Detroit
1		Las Vegas
1		Albuquerque
1		New York City
1		Charlotte
1		Columbus
1		Oklahoma City
1		Portland
1		Philadelphia
1		Seattle
1		Milwaukee

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States with 500,000+ Pop. Cities Quiz

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Created Mar 18, 2010 in Geography
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	kristen58:	Mar 18th, 2010 at 06:40 GMT		3 points
	Let me know if you think there's too little time. I was trying to make sure it wasn't one of those states quizzes where you actually have enough time to type every single state...but let me know if I went too far the other way and cut it too short.

	thunderman99:	Mar 18th, 2010 at 07:32 GMT		4 points
	I liked the time exactly how it is. I like to achieve perfection, but at least have a relative challenge to do so. Got it with 7 seconds to spare, with a few long shot guesses. Keep the alphabetical too.

	gqb:	Mar 18th, 2010 at 13:02 GMT		2 points
	I didn't even notice it was alphabetical or I might have gotten the two I missed. I got hung up on the east coast and missed Colorado and NM. The time is right - otherwise, someone could just start randomly listing states.

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	deej:	Mar 18th, 2010 at 15:55 GMT		1 point
	I think the time is good. I missed two but I spent the last 10 seconds trying to think of them, so I think it works. I would also un-alphabetize them - makes it a little too easy to guess. Great idea for a quiz!

	kristen58:	Mar 18th, 2010 at 23:30 GMT		7 points
	@springybawb: No, it's not. Miami has a population of about 400,000 and Tampa is about 340,000. These numbers are from the last census. I even looked on several different websites to make sure. This quiz uses the city populations, not the metro area populations.

	newenglander:	Mar 19th, 2010 at 00:21 GMT		0 points
	i like how you use the actual city populations and not the metros. i dont see an of it on this message board, but a lot of times when people dont use metros, there are a lot of amusing angry sporclers beside themselves that anyone would ever consider not using the metro

	kaskaid:	Mar 19th, 2010 at 06:42 GMT		1 point
	Good quiz and good amount of time. I was short four but maybe if I didn't take it at 2:40am, ha. A similar quiz based on metros would be interesting too.

	coulraphobic123:	Apr 14th, 2010 at 14:34 GMT		1 point
	As of the latest Census estimates, Fresno does not yet have over 500,000.

	kristen58:	Apr 14th, 2010 at 17:56 GMT		1 point
	@coulraphobic123: Hmm... Upon doing further research, I see that the first number I had (505,479) was actually the 2010 census projected population. The 2009 number is actually 495,913. Do you think I should use the 2009 number and take it off, or since it is 2010, should I use the projected number? I'm not sure...

	coulraphobic123:	Apr 20th, 2010 at 03:59 GMT		2 points
	Depends I guess...because there are a few other cities that will probably pass the 500,000 mark for the 2010 Census. I know Kansas City, Missouri is really close too.

	rockhopperlad:	Sep 10th, 2010 at 14:16 GMT		2 points
	It's always interesting to see how populations of cities are different in different parts of the country, compared to metros. Boston and El Paso are comparable in actually city population, but Boston's metro is huge, while El Paso's in relatively minor. Of course, Boston occupies a mere 45 or so square miles (which is considered very large by Massachusetts standards).

	SomeoneRandom:	Nov 28th, 2011 at 13:46 GMT		8 points
	According to the 2010 census, Atlanta actually has only about 420,000 people. Therefore, Georgia shouldn't be on this quiz.

	BoomRShine:	Nov 28th, 2011 at 15:56 GMT		-1 points
	Regarding Fresno, the actually 2010 Census does put the city over 500,000.

	BoomRShine:	Nov 28th, 2011 at 16:03 GMT		3 points
	@rockhopperlad, an extreme example is Anchorage and Providence. Anchorage has a population of 291,826, much larger than Providence at 178,042. However, Anchorage covers 1,697 square miles, and Providence only 19. Anchorage has metro population of just 380,821, dwarfed by Providence's metro population of 1,600,852. So, sometimes it is more ideal to rank cities by their metro population. This is a good quiz, though.

	quizer500:	Nov 28th, 2011 at 21:45 GMT		3 points
	Here is a non wiki source with an accurate 2010 census: http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0763098.html. Fresno: 494,665. Atlanta: 420,003.

	Dralcoffin:	Nov 29th, 2011 at 01:39 GMT		2 points
	I find it pretty ironic that a New Englander is complaining about using metro areas instead of city limits, when New England cities are among the most under represented by city proper populations.

	Q11:	Nov 13th, 2012 at 04:26 GMT		1 point
	I typed Louisiana 5 times. I thought I was spelling it wrong. I was sure that New Orleans had 500,000, now that I looked it up. I see it lost population after Katrina.

	aenimafist:	Nov 13th, 2012 at 04:48 GMT		2 points
	I missed wisconsin on purpose.