Statistics for Every U.S. City that Has Ever Been the Largest In Its State

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State	Years	City	% Correct
California	1920–	Los Angeles	97%
Florida	1950–1960	Miami	95%
California	1850–1910	San Francisco	94%
Illinois	1840–	Chicago	93%
Colorado	1880–	Denver	93%
New York	1790–	New York City	93%
Arizona	1920–	Phoenix	93%
Georgia	1880–	Atlanta	92%
Massachusetts	1790–	Boston	91%
Hawaii	1960–	Honolulu	90%
Nevada	1960–	Las Vegas	90%
Texas	1890	Dallas	89%
Texas	1930–	Houston	89%
Indiana	1860–	Indianapolis	89%
Mississippi	1910–	Jackson	89%
Missouri	1990–	Kansas City	88%
Kansas	1890–1940	Kansas City	88%
Michigan	1840–	Detroit	87%
Louisiana	1820–	New Orleans	87%
Pennsylvania	1790–	Philadelphia	87%
Alaska	1960–	Anchorage	86%
Oregon	1860–	Portland	86%
Maine	1820–	Portland	86%
Minnesota	1880–	Minneapolis	84%
Utah	1900–	Salt Lake City	84%
Oklahoma	1910–	Oklahoma City	83%
Florida	1870, 1900–1940, 1970–	Jacksonville	82%
Tennessee	1830–1850, 2016–	Nashville	82%
Idaho	1890–	Boise	81%
Arkansas	1840–	Little Rock	81%
Washington	1890–	Seattle	81%
Ohio	1900–1980	Cleveland	80%
Ohio	1990–	Columbus	80%
Maryland	1790–	Baltimore	79%
New Mexico	1920–	Albuquerque	77%
Iowa	1880–	Des Moines	77%
Tennessee	1860–2015	Memphis	77%
Ohio	1810–1890	Cincinnati	76%
Missouri	1830–1980	St. Louis	76%
North Carolina	1910–	Charlotte	75%
Texas	1900–1920	San Antonio	75%
Alabama	1910–2019	Birmingham	74%
Connecticut	1930–1970	Hartford	73%
Rhode Island	1800–	Providence	73%
Kentucky	1800–	Louisville	72%
Minnesota	1860–1870	St. Paul	72%
Virginia	1790, 1810–1940	Richmond	71%
South Carolina	1790–1940, 2016–	Charleston	70%
West Virginia	1960, 1980–	Charleston	70%
Wisconsin	1850–	Milwaukee	69%
Nebraska	1860–	Omaha	68%
Nevada	1900–1950	Reno	68%
Wyoming	1900–1970, 1990–,	Cheyenne	64%
Montana	1890	Helena	63%
New Jersey	1810–	Newark	63%
Nevada	1870–1890	Carson City	61%
Georgia	1790–1870	Savannah	60%
Alabama	1820–1900	Mobile	59%
South Carolina	1950–2015	Columbia	54%
North Dakota	1890–	Fargo	54%
Kansas	1950–	Wichita	54%
Virginia	1990–	Virginia Beach	53%
Montana	1980–	Billings	52%
Connecticut	1810–1920	New Haven	51%
South Dakota	1890–	Sioux Falls	51%
Vermont	1800–1820	Montpelier	50%
Delaware	1790–	Wilmington	49%
North Carolina	1800–1900	Wilmington	49%
Vermont	1830–	Burlington	40%
New Hampshire	1850–	Manchester	39%
Connecticut	1980–	Bridgeport	37%
Alabama	2020–	Huntsville	36%
Virginia	1800, 1950–1980	Norfolk	31%
Rhode Island	1790	Newport	27%
Wyoming	1980	Casper	26%
Montana	1900–1950	Butte	22%
Iowa	1870	Davenport	21%
Texas	1850–1880	Galveston	18%
Florida	1880–1890	Key West	18%
Florida	1850–1860	Pensacola	17%
West Virginia	1930–1950, 1970	Huntington	15%
West Virginia	1870–1920	Wheeling	15%
New Hampshire	1790–1840	Portsmouth	14%
Montana	1950–1970	Great Falls	13%
Iowa	1850–1860	Dubuque	12%
Connecticut	1800	New London	12%
Connecticut	1790	Norwalk	7%
Mississippi	1820–1900	Natchez	6%
Kansas	1870–1880	Leavenworth	4%
Indiana	1830–1850	New Albany	3%