Can you name the top city-starting letters by total population for each state?

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  • Enter a postal abbreviation and letter in the box below
  • Correctly named lists of cities will show up below
  • Answers do not have to be guessed in order
  • Due to technical restrictions, guesses must be entered as 3 letters: the postal abbreviation and the letter being guessed. For example, to guess Z for Alabama, type "AL Z".
  • Source: United States Census Bureau 2009 population estimates, incorporated places (*includes two CDPs)
  • Example: For the United States as a whole, the top city-starting letter is S, with a total population of 21,042,912. This is the total population of all 1,789 cities starting with S: San Antonio, San Diego, San Jose, San Francisco, Seattle, and so on, all the way down to Sarles, North Dakota (population 19) and S.N.P.J., Pennsylvania (population 0). The next most populous letter is C, total population 18,023,789: Chicago, Columbus, Charlotte, Cleveland, Colorado Springs, …, Cottonwood (South Dakota; population 6).
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Alabama (AL)
543,783 
363,377 
311,225 
Alaska (AK)
290,983 
35,252 
30,796 
Arizona (AZ)
1,893,923 
740,926 
550,723 
Arkansas (AR)
229,936 
192,934 
179,751 
California (CA)
7,097,999 
5,743,179 
2,206,378 
Colorado (CO)
654,078 
645,911 
459,196 
Connecticut (CT)
374,336 
199,124 
162,363 
Delaware (DE)
74,709 
40,581 
36,541 
District of Columbia (DC)
599,657 
Florida (FL)
1,130,693 
1,044,783 
894,511 
Georgia (GA)
1,064,461 
456,456 
449,138 
Hawaii (HI)
374,701 
Idaho (ID)
236,637 
124,246 
106,322 
Illinois (IL)
3,611,393 
700,907 
663,746 
Indiana (IN)
809,512 
395,789 
326,208 
Iowa (IA)
404,325 
390,880 
216,681 
Kansas (KS)
412,422 
331,847 
271,108 
Kentucky (KY)
940,211 
131,960 
131,633 
Louisiana (LA)
415,640 
371,326 
291,919 
Maine (ME)
77,450 
72,061 
42,180 
Maryland (MD)
728,380 
98,621 
92,513 
Massachusetts (MA)
824,508 
385,431 
304,817 
Michigan (MI)
1,080,624 
473,338 
406,723 
Minnesota (MN)
751,096 
678,278 
419,436 
Mississippi (MS)
176,974 
158,881 
141,692 
Missouri (MO)
876,681 
558,071 
366,373 
Montana (MT)
194,537 
81,023 
67,248 
Nebraska (NE)
471,234 
288,332 
94,034 
Nevada (NV)
569,479 
256,445 
224,387 
New Hampshire (NH)
109,395 
87,735 
55,426 
New Jersey (NJ)
500,236 
454,384 
298,188 
New Mexico (NM)
583,775 
148,490 
143,078 
New York (NY)
8,665,888 
441,032 
410,646 
North Carolina (NC)
1,112,453 
562,555 
528,906 
North Dakota (ND)
98,933 
72,800 
63,789 
Ohio (OH)
1,962,116 
585,945 
504,182 
Oklahoma (OK)
613,251 
445,769 
241,637 
Oregon (OR)
605,925 
316,575 
199,600 
Pennsylvania (PA)
2,050,420 
359,971 
326,520 
Rhode Island (RI)
243,862 
128,132 
98,842 
South Carolina (SC)
336,453 
180,181 
176,836 
South Dakota (SD)
183,386 
71,057 
47,152 
Tennessee (TN)
966,964 
629,050 
520,921 
Texas (TX)
2,721,942 
2,157,708 
1,775,930 
Utah (UT)
595,870 
300,040 
218,917 
Vermont (VT)
51,070 
27,804 
16,630 
Virginia (VA)
458,448 
435,679 
329,413 
Washington (WA)
1,129,754 
400,702 
248,703 
West Virginia (WV)
84,217 
83,000 
78,569 
Wisconsin (WI)
1,165,830 
411,956 
306,398 
Wyoming (WY)
123,403 
46,801 
43,340 
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Most populous city letters by state Quiz

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