Biggest Cities in the United States

+27

Level ∞

May 24, 2019

Nitpickers can rest easy. The population of San Juan has fallen considerably and would no longer appear on this even if it were counted.

+17

Level 44

Aug 10, 2019

Trump didn't throw enough paper towels...

LacsiraxAriscal

+10

Level 29

Nov 27, 2011

37... Not bad, for a Brit! Should've got Vegas, but I can live with missing the other ones. Most pleased with Long Beach...

TheQuizzler

Level 61

Mar 5, 2014

Did you seriously get Long Beach? I'm an American and even I missed that one.

Level 44

Aug 10, 2019

That's more than like 75% of America can get

mac212121

Level 37

Apr 28, 2012

44, not too bad either, missed a lot out west

tschutzer

Level 86

Jul 20, 2012

Darn you, Colorado Springs!

samiamco

+10

Level 72

May 31, 2019

For so, so many reasons.

kal413

Level 39

Aug 9, 2012

I feel like you should accept LBC

Level 44

Aug 10, 2019

Well qualified to represent the LBC

ruudsje

Level 73

Oct 15, 2012

Missed Philly but got Fresno, WTH?

nitrogenous

Level 23

Oct 27, 2020

i live in pennsylvania so i got philly but i missed mesa like i never even heard of that one

paula05

Level 41

Dec 19, 2012

22. neededa bit more time for another 10 more or so.

GameKitty

Level 45

Nov 9, 2015

I needed more time too

Level 78

Jun 27, 2018

I needed a couple more minutes, too. I tried systematically starting at one coast and thinking of all the cities in every state, but didn't make it to the other coast. Apparently that wasn't a good strategy or else my typing is just too slow.

DoctorX

Level 61

Aug 5, 2019

I think an extra minute would be fair.

ayad217

Level 28

Jan 3, 2013

50/50 on my third try..... WOOT!

lush

Level 39

Jan 22, 2013

can you plz accept astin for austin

cosmokim

+11

Level 57

Apr 29, 2015

I live in Austin. That's offensive

plattitude

+21

Level 89

Jun 4, 2015

I've driven through Austin. I found the city offensive, too.

Level 78

Jun 27, 2018

One of our daughters lives in Austin so I love Austin no matter how you spell it.

Jacktheguy

Level 84

Jun 9, 2020

I knew a guy named Austin. He was offensive.

ARandomQuizzer

Level 58

Jan 13, 2021

Arson

Level 44

Aug 10, 2019

How the hell could you spell it like that. In what world would that be pronounced Austin

mac212121

Level 37

Feb 27, 2013

Ok, I know this is not metropolitan area but still....Colombus is not bigger than Cleveland! Also its weird that Saint Louis, New Orleans, and Tampa Bay aren't on here!

sadness

Level 29

Jul 22, 2019

Mac, St. Louis's population is declining tremendously so that is why it was left off of this list. Cleveland is also on a population decline, Tampa is on this list and so is New Orleans. This is also city proper, so Tampa Bay, would include the cities of St. Petersburg, Clearwater, Largo, Sarasota, Bradenton, and the entirety Hillsborough and Pinnelas counties.

Level 78

Aug 3, 2019

The City of St. Louis is a very small geographical area, surrounded by St. Louis County and the Mississippi River which prevents expansion. The St. Louis metro area including St. Louis County and suburbs ranks 19th in the nation. The 2020 census is forecast to show a drop of around 20,000 from 2010 - about a 3.5% loss. It is a big drop from the 1950s when it ranked 8th in the nation at over 800,000, but that number is deceiving. Much of that population drop was due to people who moved to the suburbs and were still counted in the metro area, which was over 2 million in 1960. The only year the metro area showed a loss was in 1980.

Level 44

Aug 10, 2019

I also always think Tampa Bay is the name of the city. Curse you Tampa Bay Rays

fuanacdc

Level 77

Nov 5, 2019

The issue with comparing Cleveland and Columbus is the metro area. Most of northeastern Ohio is considered "Cleveland" whereas Columbus is geographically isolated.

sensfan123

Level 27

May 14, 2013

Nailed It! 50/50 and from Canada.

Check out some other cool american geography quizzes I made!

tlebo

Level 33

Jun 26, 2013

Norfolk should be accepted for virginia beach because they're basiccly the same city.

Level 81

Jul 15, 2013

Or Newport News or Hampton. All part of the same huge metro area. Except that, as the quiz clearly states, they are going by "city proper" populations which means they are only counting population within a defined municipal area. This isn't really a good reflection of the reality of present-day cities, which have often becoming sprawling metro areas in which one "city" bleeds into another completely and the two are more or less inseparable except maybe in terms of government, but there are lots of quizzes on the site that use metro areas so having one that focuses on city proper isn't a bad thing.

beetboy12

Level 44

Aug 4, 2014

Norfolk and Virginia Beach are two very separate cities with two very separate urban centers. They are adjacent, yes, but so are Minneapolis and St. Paul. And it takes at least 30-45 minutes to get from downtown Norfolk to downtown Va Beach. Now if you were to call Norfolk and Portsmouth the same city, you'd have a much better argument.

Level 81

Jun 15, 2015

A 30 minute drive does not impress me after spending a lot of time in Manila, Bangkok, Riyadh, Seoul, Tokyo and Istanbul... each of which can take several hours to drive from one end of the city to the other. 30 minutes is nothing. And it's not like there are some massive forests or huge swaths of farmland separating them. They're the same urban area as far as I'm concerned.

Fishbone

Level 52

Jun 9, 2020

beetboy, having lived in both cities, I can tall you that you are correct. Kal may think they are close together, but they are still quite separate and distinct. Kal, by the same logic you are using, would you lump Baltimore and Washington together into one urban area? I live in downtown Baltimore new and can easily get to Washington in 45 minutes. There are not massive forests or huge swaths of farmland separating these two places. Should the quiz combine these two or is it obvious that they are two separate, distinct areas that happen to be somewhat close to each other?

Level 81

Jun 10, 2020

Fishbone: they often are lumped together into a single urban area. I don't think of them that way. They are much more distinct and different cities in my mind, there is a lot more green and relatively undeveloped space between Baltimore and Washington than there is between Norfolk and Virginia Beach, and if you look at a map you can see the city centers are also about 3x farther apart.

(but, all that being said, as mentioned, they often *are* considered to be the same urban area)

ixn

Level 23

Jul 20, 2013

I missed long beach -.-

tschutzer

Level 86

Aug 14, 2013

Clearly you've never been to Long Beach. You wouldn't miss it once you left.

Level 65

Jul 5, 2015

Ha. Burn!

someone2018

Level 83

May 27, 2019

Look for the big boat painted up in Third Reich colors.

Randomguy87

Level 49

Nov 9, 2013

If I had 3 more minutes I could've gotten 48/50 :(

CalmDownItsOnlyAGame

Level 74

Aug 4, 2016

If I were doing this using a physical keyboard instead of a bloody phone, likewise!

BackOffHaters

Level 56

Dec 30, 2018

Wouldn't you have gotten 50/50 in that matter?

Level 67

Apr 21, 2019

Why, he wouldnt have suddenly become psychic. If you dont know them, more time wouldnt do a thing (unless you are a cheater and use the time to look things up..)

chesterraven

Level 22

Dec 2, 2013

45/50, and im canadian. I missed Denver, San Jose, Omaha, Colorado Springs and Mesa

ShaunaMahana

Level 38

Jul 24, 2015

Well, Mesa is where half of the Canadian snowbirds come during the winter!

brettski

Level 43

Aug 7, 2019

you mean canada geese. if they were canadian "snowbirds" they'd stay in canada for the winter.

chesterraven

Level 22

Dec 9, 2013

47/50 for a canadian

spiderM98

Level 37

Dec 11, 2013

49/50 Forgot Fresno

Gyrenaica

Level 37

Dec 18, 2013

I got 100 and don't even have an electronic and don't know what a city is!

Freddy47

Level 21

Jun 25, 2015

Then how did you take the quiz?

leviOsa

Level 40

Aug 3, 2019

wooosh

TomatosRaafatos

Level 71

Apr 6, 2016

And what the hell is "an electronic" ?

DonTheLamplighter

Level 80

Sep 7, 2016

And what's the capital of Assyria?

DeusCaritasEst

Level 58

Dec 22, 2016

I don't know that! AAAAaaauuuughhhhhhhhhhhhh

ILikeQuizes

Level 65

Feb 6, 2017

Nineveh. Duh

DonTheLamplighter

Level 80

Feb 7, 2017

Monty Python. Duh

Jehovia

Level 58

Apr 23, 2020

And WHAT is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?

DeusCaritasEst

Level 58

Jun 12, 2016

So many questions...

Gyrenaica

Level 37

Feb 18, 2014

100%

Malbaby

Level 70

Dec 27, 2015

So you said!

CmdrKeen

Level 33

Mar 9, 2014

Even living in Texas, I was surprised that Arlington made the list.

GreenEarth20

Level 31

Apr 6, 2017

ditto my dude

GreenEarth20

Level 31

Apr 6, 2017

btw do you play quake or tribes?

CoolDood

Level 20

Mar 21, 2014

No cincinnati or st Louis? That's weird

Level 78

Jun 27, 2018

Once again, the city of St. Louis is confined to a small boundary and cannot annex. It is surrounded by St. Louis County which has over a million people, and the metro area is around three million, putting it currently at #21.

travelfan

Level 71

Apr 22, 2014

I always miss those Texas and Arizona cities. But I can't believe I forgot Vegas and Oklahoma/Kansas City.

determinedtobeatthis

Level 68

Apr 27, 2014

only 17/50... I kept thinking of capitals, but most of those actually aren't that large. But hey, I spelled Albuquerque correctly, so I guess I feel sort of accomplished... lol

someone2018

Level 83

May 27, 2019

My predictive text knew how to spell it. Someday I won't even have to remember.

Cahill2

Level 37

May 27, 2014

Only missed Long Beach, dammit.

AdyXD

Level 25

Jul 3, 2014

50/50 Romania! 15 years old.

Quizzology

Level 53

Jul 6, 2014

13 y-o from Serbia got 38/50. Not bad.

kolovozzz

Level 33

Mar 12, 2017

14y old from neighbouring Croatia got 40/50

jw79

+25

Level 37

Aug 1, 2017

2 yr old from Sesame Street got 54/50

WolfCam

+11

Level 62

Oct 15, 2017

673 y-o from Narnia. I got 48/50

milehigh12

+13

Level 25

Sep 5, 2017

i managed to get 155 right in 3 secs. And im only a cell

CliveDexter

Level 70

Dec 2, 2017

50yo from New York. Got 1/50. Thank you, Arlington!

beastloader

Level 32

Jul 14, 2014

Good for you guys!!! I'll get ya'll a prize!

Jae67

Level 17

Jul 17, 2014

I forgot Oklahoma City &tucson

Jonathan

Level 31

Nov 11, 2014

Honolulu?

plattitude

Level 89

Jun 4, 2015

Currently #55

Dhian12

Level 26

Nov 30, 2014

24/50! not bad for a 12 year old brit

mightythor

Level 66

Jan 21, 2015

If you are going to take this quiz, might as well go all the way.

KingCR7

Level 13

Jan 24, 2015

I am six years old blind and deaf and I don't have hands and I got 50 out of 50

RedZombieAngel

Level 40

Apr 11, 2017

How Can you be 6 and Old?

kogatora

Level 83

May 24, 2019

he's blind, he won't see your comment.

bomber184

Level 21

Feb 7, 2015

San Juan-389,714.

jetpunkiscool

Level 14

Feb 18, 2015

Thats impossible king.

cyninoregon

Level 37

Feb 21, 2015

after 2 hours retyping this list, I can say I have them thoroughly memorized. No logic to them, each much possess attributes on its own to attract settlers (or secure wanton reproduction?), or industries that provide jobs, or a climate that's great, or a spirit people love, none related to another. Very hard to use memory aids, etc. But finally they are in my head.

Geoguy

Level 67

Feb 25, 2015

I got 32/50 on my first go, and managed to somehow forget Washington DC, but I did get Wichita and Colorado Springs.

Geoguy

Level 67

Feb 25, 2015

I got higher than average and I'm from a certain country that isn't the USA and I'm younger than 18 and that is not that bad.

What the average comment on this quiz looks like

shuriken15

Level 33

Feb 26, 2015

This should get a minute more of time.

dewey1971

Level 64

Apr 4, 2015

Using the metric system, I got 72

ketchupkawawa

Level 53

Jul 18, 2017

There's a metric population system?

azteque316

Level 67

Apr 29, 2015

As a non-American, it was a surprise to not see cities like New Orleans, StLouis and Buffalo in a Top 50 of the biggest US cities.

Level 81

Jul 5, 2015

It looks like New Orleans just barely made it back on with the latest update. St Louis meanwhile is half the size it was 100 years ago and probably isn't going to recover.

Level 78

Jul 5, 2015

The St. Louis County and metro area would have made it with nearly 3,000,000, but the City of St. Louis is a fairly small area with a little over 300,000 people.

lightstream

Level 65

May 29, 2015

New Orleans replaced Arlington Texas, but no other changes?

Level ∞

May 30, 2015

That's correct. But it's crazy to see how quickly Detroit is falling. They are still losing 10,000+ per year while Seattle and Denver are gaining around 15,000+ per year.

Roxy7699

Level 30

Jul 5, 2015

I don't know how people handle Denver. I got sick from my month long visit there. Not only is the oxygen level lower than I'm used to due to the higher elevation but the city is smoggy too.

seabird

Level 61

Oct 25, 2018

Seattle is getting too crowded. I wish so many people didn't want to move here.

spiderM98

Level 37

Jun 1, 2015

23 sec left

Jerry928

Level 74

Jun 14, 2015

Why omit Puerto Rico? Leaving out San Juan seems arbitrary.

Level 81

Jul 5, 2015

It happens a lot on this site. QuizMaster's father was killed by some Puerto Rican guy.

Level 78

Jun 27, 2018

I thought it was a Belgian, but my guess is that San Juan isn't reported in the statistics of largest cities of the US because it isn't a state. It would appear in the list of largest cities of the US including territories. Would you expect Papeete to be included on a quiz about towns and cities in France?

Level 81

Jun 27, 2018

The culprit may have been of mixed heritage.

Roxy7699

Level 30

Jul 5, 2015

Missed Baltimore, Mesa, and Raleigh.

brandybuck96

Level 78

Sep 27, 2015

The only reason I'd heard of Baltimore is because it was in a Jules Verne book. (Most of my US geography is thanks to Verne, which is odd because he was French.)

Quizzer3443

Level 13

Jul 5, 2015

48/50 missed Fort Worth and Oakland

epicdjyoshi

Level 31

Jul 10, 2015

So difficult. Only got 17

lightstream

Level 65

Aug 19, 2015

This quiz page seems to be a new design. I like it, especially the new statistic "Your best time". Would it be possible to add another statistic - How many times you've taken this quiz?

Level ∞

Aug 20, 2015

We do plan on making more stats available, but probably not on the quiz page, which is already fairly crowded.

Level 81

Aug 20, 2015

I can't imagine why anyone would even want to access this site on a mobile device. ...but... I think the new design works fine, actually.

Level ∞

Aug 20, 2015

Glad you like the new design. The problem with the comments has been fixed.

Level 67

Apr 21, 2019

Why wouldnt they? Quizes are fun to take everywhere, not just from the comfort of your home

Level 81

Apr 21, 2019

not fun for me trying to scroll down, scroll up, scroll down, scroll up, scroll down on a tiny little screen attempting to type answers on the tiny fake keyboard on my phone.

Djilas

Level 78

May 24, 2019

Sometimes I'd like to take a quiz but don't want to wait till I come home and can use a computer. No need to scroll quite often. In this quiz you just type the biggest cities, they're not alphabetic so scrolling down will only tell you if you missed some obvious/biggest ones. And there's no need to type, you can swipe and autocorrect does the rest.

Level 81

Aug 3, 2019

bleh

bxrbr

Level 14

Aug 27, 2015

32, good considering I'm British?!

Level 67

Apr 21, 2019

you are not sure if you are brittish or not?

manchesterutd10

Level 53

Sep 29, 2015

I am 3 y/o from Kiribati. I got 51/50.

SaturnTheQuizzer

Level 67

Oct 1, 2017

Seems legit

CorkSpork

Level 71

Oct 7, 2015

Always, always, always forget about Wichita.

happyviolinist1

Level 33

Oct 22, 2015

New York City

Los Angeles

Chicago

Miami

Dallas

San Francisco

Houston

Seattle

100%

1,560,297 Philadelphia 81%

100%

658,893 Washington 81%

100%

1,381,069 San Diego 80%

100%

456,002 Atlanta 78%

100%

680,250 Detroit 77%

100%

1,537,058 Phoenix 75%

100%

613,599 Las Vegas 74%

100%

663,862 Denver 73%

100%

384,320 New Orleans 72%

100%

619,360 Portland, OR 69%

100%

912,791 Austin 68%

100%

407,207 Minneapolis 61%

100%

485,199 Sacramento 60%

100%

470,800 Kansas City, MO 58%

100%

644,014 Nashville 58%

100%

622,793 Baltimore 56%

100%

656,861 Memphis 52%

100%

1,015,785 San Jose 48%

100%

439,896 Raleigh 37%

100%

446,599 Omaha 30%

100%

388,413 Wichita

happyviolinist1

Level 33

Oct 22, 2015

My previous comment ignore the numbers in it

Level 67

Apr 21, 2019

is it ok if i ignore it all? Makes my head hurt

CorkSpork

Level 71

Nov 13, 2015

OMAHA! I have finally remembered you

ChocolateMoose

Level 35

Nov 22, 2015

Everyone knows Detroit's population is dropping...

jtb77

Level 43

Apr 13, 2019

And?

ChocolateMoose

Level 35

Nov 22, 2015

This quiz uses Wikipedia. I just went to Wikipedia and got all the answers. Helpful?

Carry

Level 64

Jan 21, 2016

So you can copy and paste. You deserve a medal.

Level 78

Jun 27, 2018

Yes, it tells us a lot about your character.

Aldredge

Level 34

Dec 7, 2015

For a shorter quiz try this link: http://www.jetpunk.com/user-quizzes/166179/15-most-populous-us-cities-in-2014

MrArTiStIxZERO

Level 34

Jan 1, 2016

Lol only got Albuquerque because of Breaking Bad

sombat92

Level 22

Feb 28, 2016

new york should have 22 million.

bridog8456

Level 50

Jul 30, 2017

Read the description, it's city proper population. Not metro population.

joeythelemur

Level 84

Jun 6, 2016

How do I always miss Atlanta on these city quizzes? It's like a blind spot for me.

brandybuck96

Level 78

Aug 10, 2016

My blind spot tends to be Phoenix. When I imagine a map of the US, I just sort of miss out Arizona. (Sorry, Arizona.)

jlbrill

Level 66

Sep 4, 2016

Could I asked for a type in for Tucson as I always seem to think it is Tuscon...

puzzlemaster

Level 59

Sep 9, 2016

49/50 Forgot El Paso :(

Gildarts

Level 57

Sep 15, 2016

50/50 and I'm 3 years old from Tibet!

DonStar

Level 44

Oct 13, 2016

Not from the States but gave it a good bash there were a few that I'd never would have got

chefkoch07

Level 56

Oct 21, 2016

Liked the quiz!

But... :D

You (falsely) list Kansas City as being in Kansas. There is Kansas City, Kansas, which hast roughly 150.000 inhabitants, but you are referring to Kansas City, Missouri with about 450.000 people living there.

Those are two distinct cities righ next to each other with identical names ;).

Level 78

Jun 27, 2018

The quiz must have been redone because I don't see a state appearing for any of them.

AyushKarthick

Level 44

Dec 5, 2016

43/50. I am sitting in Boston right now, and I missed it. I always seem to miss Indianapolis on these quizzes too.

DaffyDucktheWizard

Level 62

Dec 7, 2016

Orlando and Tampa??

Level 78

Jun 27, 2018

City proper numbers take them out of the running. Metro area would include them.

KevinF

Level 48

Dec 14, 2016

this should be metropolitan areas. Mesa, Wichita, Long Beach, but no Cleveland, Cinncinnati, Buffalo, Rochester. silly

bridog8456

Level 50

Jul 30, 2017

If you look in the description, there's a link for a quiz for metro areas. Silly.

azzyclark

Level 67

Dec 22, 2016

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_cities_by_population

Level 65

Dec 22, 2016

For once, indiscriminately typing "Springfield" did me no favors.

idontlikeit2

Level 71

Dec 23, 2016

I used to live in San Jose and I didnt think of putting it in.

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LongHistory3

Level 24

Feb 10, 2017

missed charlotte jackson colombus milwaukee oakland el paso albuquerque fort worth louisville tucson tulsa fresno virginia beach long beach boston omaha san antonia

JBlouw1850

Level 47

Feb 21, 2017

Guessed some close calls that didn't make the cut (Cleveland, Tampa, Riverside, St. Louis, Pittsburgh, and Cincinnati are all guessed by me but are within 100K people of Arlington).

kolovozzz

Level 33

Mar 12, 2017

How about Honolulu?

bridog8456

Level 50

Oct 2, 2017

351,792<389,902

bezz

Level 65

Apr 19, 2017

This is a great quiz! Surprised only Columbus OH showed up - no Cleveland, Toledo or Cincinnati.

NINJAQKk

Level 62

Jun 15, 2017

i got Oakland but missed San Francisco and Miami even though my sister was watching a show that took place in Miami behind me. -_-

AkshayTennis

Level 25

Jul 13, 2017

I'm from Frankfurt and I got 44 I'm proud

Level 78

Jun 9, 2020

Good for you. I'm from Missouri and that's four more than my score.

Tomtrific

Level 74

Jul 21, 2017

Wow, things have changed since I was a kid--no Cleveland, Cincinnati, St Louis, Buffalo or Pittsburgh. But now Mesa, Arlington, Sacramento, Fresno, Virginia Beach. I'm a fossil.

Level 78

Jun 9, 2020

Have I mentioned that city proper versus metro area makes a difference?

RPHXX

Level 68

Sep 3, 2017

I got the Population Badge !

mightythor

Level 66

Nov 9, 2017

Here is one with the top 307 (as of 2016).

Level 62

Dec 11, 2017

I thought number five would be Manila.

Level 62

Dec 11, 2017

Actually I meant number six.

Level 62

Dec 11, 2017

Wait that's the wrong Philly.

Level 62

Dec 11, 2017

I hope I NEVER confuse Philly-delphia with Philly-ppines again.

Level 65

Jun 9, 2020

This thread was quite the emotional roller coaster.

Adree

Level 61

Dec 26, 2017

Ah, sad to learn that the charmless sprawl that is Phoenix has knocked the historically, culturally and architecturally interesting city of Philadelphia out of the Top 5.

Level 62

Jan 7, 2018

Phoenix is great! Though there's a chance Scottsdale, Tempe, and Mesa might have a little more to offer, Phoenix is a really cool city, close to lots of cool attractions and scenery. Philadelphia might be more interesting historically, but Phoenix is certainly not a charmless sprawl.

Level 78

Jun 27, 2018

Sorry, Guam, but one of our daughters lived in Phoenix and although it seemed a good place to live in many ways, I couldn't stand the heat or the blowing sand of the desert when we visited her. I was glad when she moved.

ShravanBalaji1

Level 19

Feb 1, 2018

I got 37/50 first try!

TheNewYork

Level 37

Feb 16, 2018

How did I get Columbus but miss New Orleans?

Anshul

Level 40

Mar 2, 2018

Initially got 23, after a month, 26

mynameisxyz

Level 45

Mar 25, 2018

Cleveland?

loganite

Level 83

Jun 27, 2018

388,072, making it the 51st largest city and JUST missing this quiz.

KataJ

Level 40

Apr 12, 2018

I'm comming for that Population Badge I WILL DEFEAT THIS

MDW

Level 44

Apr 24, 2018

This shows just how dumb the technical definition of 'city' is in the USA, and how pointless the listing. Cleveland, Cincinnati and Tampa aren't even on the list, but their metro populations are WAY bigger than places like El Paso and Wichita, but just because their local government areas don't encompass the whole city they go down the list.

communisteggplant

Level 71

Jun 27, 2018

Or, more precisely, it shows how different types of incorporation and different types of technology influenced city borders. Boston is puny now, but it seemed a lot bigger in 1630 when you had to travel by foot, horse, or boat. They also didn't annex Cambridge/Somerville/Milton in the 19th century to become larger just like New York annexed Brooklyn/Staten Island/Bronx/Queens and Philly annexed...a whole lot of neighborhoods. LIkewise, southern and western cities incorporated later in areas without preexisting surrounding settlements and with road systems and cars that could increase the area of incorporation.

US city incorporation isn't stupid, it's pragmatic. (And weird.)

Level 65

Jun 27, 2018

Yeah, I lived in Boston for five years, and I didn't learn until long after I left that Somerville, Brookline, and a few other places are entirely separate cities and villages (I did know about Cambridge). I thought they were all just different neighborhoods within Boston. All my friends lived in those neighborhoods, and it took ten minutes to get from each to the other and then to downtown.

MDW

Level 44

Dec 6, 2018

Its appropriation of a word with a more general definition - city - and using it for something extremely technical. According to the American definition, London has a population of about 10,000, and El Paso is a bigger than Cleveland and Cincinnati. That's not pragmatic. Pragmatic means practical or useful.

communisteggplant

Level 71

May 26, 2019

What exactly is the "American" definition of city? Most states have different definitions of city. New York (where I live now) defines it pretty narrowly by governmental type, so the whole state has somewhere around 100 cities. North Dakota defines every incorporated place in the state as a city, so it has far more than New York.

There's no such thing as an American definition. Texas defines its cities differently than Ohio, and that definition is shaped by state governance laws, geography, and how easy it was to get around at the time that the place was incorporated. That's the very definition of pragmatic- the definitions are reasonable for the people who define it. If you don't like it, take the metro areas quiz. Especially since that concept is so incredibly well defined...

Shade9099

Level 61

Jun 27, 2018

Needs more time

emcee2

Level 21

Aug 27, 2018

Gee, must have taken the wrong turn to Albuquerque, BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Azerk

Level 28

Aug 28, 2018

34. I actually got Colorado Springs

Edit

Level 45

Sep 27, 2018

Hm.

"This is based on city proper population. For metro areas, check out this quiz

2017 estimates. Puerto Rico not included"

"Puerto Rico not included"

San Jose is on there...

Level ∞

Sep 28, 2018

San Jose...

someone2018

Level 83

May 25, 2019

No way, Jose. It's gone, Juan.

calvord

Level 66

Oct 20, 2018

The population in some cities has increased since this quiz was developed. San Antonio and Austin are much larger now.

Level ∞

Oct 20, 2018

This quiz uses the latest available data, released in June 2018.

Level ∞

May 24, 2019

Now May 2019

Disney4me

Level 77

May 24, 2019

Might be intentional, but not accepting DC for Washington DC may cause some confusion. Every other quiz accepts the abbreviation, as this one did NYC for New York.

Level ∞

May 24, 2019

Not intentional. Fixed.

cpgatbyu

Level 81

May 24, 2019

Honolulu is a consolidated city-county, so why isn't the city's official population the county's official population (~ 1 million)? I'm sure I've been stung by this on some other JetPunk quiz.

Level ∞

May 24, 2019

It's not a consolidated city-county. Honolulu (city) is an unincorporated part of Honolulu (county). Weird, I know.

sadness

Level 29

Jul 22, 2019

I'm disappointed in myself I missed Arlington, Albuquerque, Raleigh, and Sacramento. :(

jtb77

Level 43

Aug 14, 2019

We're all disappointed in you.

Findlay

Level 75

Jan 12, 2020

My sincere apologies to Denver. Somehow in my west to east listing, I completely missed the state of Colorado.

Damangio

Level 59

Feb 6, 2020

I typed "Arlington" for Arlington, Virginia, but it was Arlington, Texas.

Damangio

Level 59

Feb 6, 2020

I missed Colorado springs because I was in a hurry and typed "co springs" which wasn't accepted.

AJS

Level 74

Feb 14, 2020

Could we have a similar quiz based on the biggest metropolitan area?

Level ∞

Feb 15, 2020

Yes, here you go.