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Biggest Cities in Michigan

Try to name the 20 most populous cities in Michigan. Since so many of these are suburbs, you will also be asked to name some other cities (not in the top 20) that appear on the map.
Source: 2022 Census Estimates
Based on city proper population
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Last updated: May 18, 2023
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First submittedApril 14, 2012
Times taken29,692
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Population
City
620,376
Detroit
196,908
Grand Rapids
137,107
Warren
132,567
Sterling Heights
119,875
Ann Arbor
112,537
Lansing
107,710
Dearborn
93,779
Livonia
87,201
Troy
84,037
Westland
Population
City
82,737
Farmington Hills
79,854
Flint
76,726
Wyoming
75,936
Rochester Hills
75,431
Southfield
72,873
Kalamazoo
66,372
Novi
62,258
Taylor
61,980
Dearborn Heights
61,854
Pontiac
Population
Other Cities
52,123
Battle Creek
43,477
Saginaw
42,512
Midland
38,220
Muskegon
34,006
Holland
32,268
Bay City
31,031
Jackson
29,108
Port Huron
15,702
Traverse City
13,333
Sault Ste. Marie
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Level 70
Jul 27, 2017
I got two, Detroit and Flint, mostly because of the media. Map is very well done, hope to see more in this style.
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Level 66
Jul 27, 2017
I have no important comments in particular to say about this quiz. I am not from Michigan nor have I any important Michigan stories.I went to the Detroit airport once, it was ok. Now you've wasted your time reading this comment when you could have been doing another quiz. Maybe one of mine, they're ok. Go do that instead of reading this time wasting comment. -Wolfcam
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Level 82
Jul 27, 2017
Thanks for signing your comment. Otherwise we would have no way of knowing who left it.
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Level 66
Jul 31, 2017
I was gonna sign it Anonymous but then I was like... "I'm classier than that!"
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Level 56
May 14, 2023
based
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Level 44
Jul 27, 2017
Wow, that's a tricky quiz for non Americans...got 2/20...!
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Level 82
Jul 27, 2017
Tricky for Americans, too.
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Level 73
Jun 1, 2019
Tricky for people married to people from the Detroit suburbs, too.
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Level 61
May 19, 2023
People? married to more than one?
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Level 44
Jul 16, 2022
Most of these cities are not really cities. They are suburbs of Detroit.
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Level 83
Aug 2, 2017
Too lower peninsula specific.
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Level ∞
Jun 1, 2019
I know, right? Only 97% of the state's population lives in the lower peninsula.
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Level 61
May 19, 2023
Well better than Nebraska where over 90% of the state live in the Omaha/Lincoln metro area.
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Level 87
Jun 2, 2019
Maybe a quiz of the top 20 cities in the Upper Peninsula... nah, too easy.
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Level 58
Jun 3, 2019
Sault Ste Marie is in Canada
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Level 67
Jul 16, 2019
There's one on each side of the border.
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Level 78
Jul 16, 2019
I thought Marquette was the biggest city in the UP
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Level 51
Jul 27, 2019
it definitely is, I just looked it up to make sure. this quiz is mistaken
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Level 37
Aug 14, 2019
Marquette is bigger than Sault Ste Marie, and Traverse City. Kentwood should be on here., amongst other cities.
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Level 56
May 14, 2023
I think QM might have not included Kentwood because it's a suburb of Grand Rapids. Idk tho
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Level 67
Jun 25, 2020
8/30 Im from NY, hard quiz
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Level 28
Jun 10, 2021
It’s A Hard quiz for me and I’m from Michigan! Interesting quiz never knew the city I was born in was that populated!
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Level 83
Dec 30, 2021
It's odd to me that several sources list cities of well over 70K people, yet these do not seem to appear at all in the source for this quiz. So are some sources fabricating large cities, or are other sources COMPLETELY IGNORING them? It's beyond frustrating!
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Level ∞
May 18, 2023
Those other sources are probably listing unincorporated townships which are not cities. The data on this quiz comes directly from the U.S. Census. It is accurate.
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Level 19
Apr 21, 2022
30/30 I'm from Flint and finished with 2 minutes to spare. Great quiz!
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Level 75
May 18, 2023
Flint is out of order.
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Level ∞
May 19, 2023
Fixed
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Level 24
Dec 11, 2023
adrian
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Level 21
Jun 30, 2023
does anyone else get everything but most of the suburbs?
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Level 54
Jul 6, 2023
A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I got a gal, in Kalamazoo. Thanks Glen Miller.
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Level 75
Jul 6, 2023
Just when I was hoping that Ypsilanti and Hamtramck would finally get on a quiz.
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Level 68
Jul 6, 2023
Only know some of these cities from movies lol

Skin (2016) was about Flint, I believe

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Level 66
Jul 6, 2023
Even as a Michigander, this was pretty difficult. I got 25/30. There are definitely some obscure cities in the "Other Cities" section. But the biggest issue, even for someone very familiar with MI, is sorting out which are cities and which are townships (and therefore not included). Clinton, Canton, Macomb, Shelby and Waterford are all large enough to be amongst the largest cities/townships in MI, but don't make the list as they are not cities.
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Level 60
Jul 6, 2023
Adrian is missing
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Level 24
Jul 8, 2023
got 1/30 lol, I think that's too good though knowing a city from a random subdivision of usa.
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Level 50
Jul 8, 2023
I'm from Michigan, but my mind went totally blank on all the Detroit suburbs. 16/30
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Level 77
Jul 8, 2023
Thank you Sufjan Stevens