Can you name the US state when given its most populated county?

County	State	Population
Los Angeles		9,862,049
Cook		5,294,664
Harris		3,984,349
Maricopa		3,954,598
Kings		2,556,598
Miami-Dade		2,398,245
Wayne		1,949,929
King		1,875,519
Clark		1,865,746
Middlesex		1,482,478
Philadelphia		1,447,395
Cuyahoga		1,283,925
Hennepin		1,140,988
Salt Lake		1,022,651
Fairfax		1,015,302
Fulton		1,014,932
St. Louis		991,830
Milwaukee		953,328
Montgomery		950,680
Shelby		906,825
Honolulu		905,034
Fairfield		895,030
Bergen		894,840
Mecklenburg		890,515
Marion		880,380

County	State	Population
Multnomah		714,567
Jefferson		713,877
Oklahoma		706,617
Jefferson		659,503
Bernalillo		635,139
Providence		626,150
Denver		598,707
Johnson		534,093
New Castle		529,641
Douglas		502,032
Greenville		438,119
Jefferson		436,181
Polk		424,778
Hillsborough		402,042
Ada		380,920
Pulaski		376,797
Anchorage		279,243
Cumberland		276,047
Hinds		247,650
Kanawha		191,018
Minnehaha		179,180
Chittenden		152,782
Yellowstone		142,348
Cass		139,918
Laramie		87,542

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State by Largest County Quiz

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	pfrijiritr:	Dec 24th, 2011 at 04:17 GMT		20 points
	To be fair, 48 counties, 1 parish, 1 borough.

	Patteroast:	Dec 24th, 2011 at 04:44 GMT		3 points
	I'm surprised to see my county (Hennepin) so high on this list. Then again, it does have more than a fifth of my state's population, so maybe not so surprising...

	fraac:	Dec 24th, 2011 at 04:47 GMT		4 points
	Surprised Clark County at only 38%. CSI is syndicated globally.

	rockhopperlad:	Dec 24th, 2011 at 05:27 GMT		22 points
	Only 87% knew what state Oklahoma County was in! Amazing!

	Wes_Mantooth:	Dec 24th, 2011 at 05:54 GMT		4 points
	I wonder if I'm the only one who knew Hennepin County because Lucy Van Pelt was once named "Outstanding Fussbudget of Hennepin County."

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	highbad:	Dec 24th, 2011 at 08:55 GMT		11 points
	It would be easier to get each of the Jeffersons if you also put their first names -- George, Louise, Lionel etc.

	grumpygrouper:	Dec 24th, 2011 at 12:11 GMT		0 points
	@pfrijiritr new york state has counties, which include and are distinct from the five boroughs of new york city. (i.e. borough of brooklyn is kings county, manhattan is new york county)

	Zak6009:	Dec 24th, 2011 at 12:41 GMT		1 point
	What really Middlesex is larger than Suffolk? Never knew I lived in my state's largest county...

	granitrocmonster:	Dec 24th, 2011 at 13:41 GMT		11 points
	@grumpygrouper, I believe the borough he was referring to was Anchorage (which technically is called a municipality; the rest of Alaska is split into boroughs rather than counties).

	RobtheHob:	Dec 24th, 2011 at 14:13 GMT		3 points
	Didn't know Rhode Island had multiple counties until this quiz. Just looked it up and Providence county holds 60% of the state's population, though

	nick5:	Dec 24th, 2011 at 15:06 GMT		-3 points
	more time is needed

	SomeoneRandom:	Dec 24th, 2011 at 16:29 GMT		3 points
	For the 2010 census, El Paso County surpassed Denver County in CO.

	nwtider:	Dec 24th, 2011 at 16:57 GMT		-4 points
	Shouldn't either of the three states that have Jefferson as their largest county be an acceptable answer for each time Jefferson is listed? Beyond that minor quibble, this is an excellent quiz.

	eab21:	Dec 24th, 2011 at 17:42 GMT		4 points
	15% of people missed Oklahoma? Really?

	Hominid:	Dec 24th, 2011 at 20:12 GMT		-1 points
	@Zak6009: That's probably because Suffolk County only includes a few (relatively small) cities besides Boston.

	QuintFan:	Dec 24th, 2011 at 23:01 GMT		-3 points
	How did 57.7% know Laramie County is Wyoming???? I'm happy with 50th percentile on this, you're a true nerd if you know all of this stuff.

	midlifecrisis:	Dec 24th, 2011 at 23:13 GMT		1 point
	Middlesex County in NJ (809,858)is only slightly smaller than Bergen County.

	_the_doctor_:	Dec 25th, 2011 at 02:31 GMT		-4 points
	Hah! I got Mississippi! I am better than all of you! I may have had a residential advantage...

	_the_doctor_:	Dec 25th, 2011 at 02:33 GMT		5 points
	@QuintFan No one knows that Laramie county is in Wyoming. What they do know is that no one lives in Wyoming.

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	pokerboy77:	Dec 26th, 2011 at 16:52 GMT		2 points
	Those with a history of arrests would do better because of the county court system :)

	tunnel:	Jan 7th, 2012 at 18:30 GMT		-1 points
	Suggestion: re-do this quiz using percentage of the state's population instead of actual population.

	hujkiol188:	Feb 19th, 2012 at 17:22 GMT		0 points
	I did really good because I have lived in a lot of places

	ChicagoGuy88:	Feb 21st, 2012 at 11:34 GMT		3 points
	Hujkiol188, I doubt that. Also I had a hunch that the least populated states would be on the back of the list. Great quiz too!

	freerice:	Mar 16th, 2012 at 18:07 GMT		1 point
	I did well. I am a county collector.

	pmclellan:	Jul 26th, 2012 at 21:45 GMT		1 point
	I think you should make a note that the quiz includes county-equivalents. I figured Louisiana wouldn't be represented because they have parishes, not counties.

	ClintT13:	Feb 4th, 2013 at 19:43 GMT		1 point
	I got Wyoming because I knew Laramie was home to the University of Wyoming. But here's where it gets weird: Laramie isn't even in Laramie County. It's in the county next door.

	abbjar1:	Apr 27th, 2013 at 04:23 GMT		1 point
	Fun fact of the day, Hawaii only has five counties, despite having eight islands.