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Southernmost Major Cities in the U.S.

Name the southernmost metro areas in the United States with a population above 1,000,000.
Not including Puerto Rico!
2021 census estimates
Entries in blue are metro areas (MSAs) that are part of the same CSA
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First submittedSeptember 15, 2014
Times taken32,918
Average score70.0%
Rating4.35
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Latitude
Population
City
21.30°
1.00 mil
Honolulu
25.79°
6.10 mil
Miami
27.95°
3.22 mil
Tampa
28.42°
2.69 mil
Orlando
29.42°
2.60 mil
San Antonio
29.76°
7.21 mil
Houston
29.96°
1.26 mil
New Orleans
30.25°
2.35 mil
Austin
30.34°
1.64 mil
Jacksonville
32.22°
1.05 mil
Tucson
Latitude
Population
City
32.72°
3.29 mil
San Diego
32.78°
7.76 mil
Dallas
33.45°
4.95 mil
Phoenix
33.65°
1.11 mil
Birmingham
33.76°
6.14 mil
Atlanta
33.95°
4.65 mil
Riverside
34.05°
13.0 mil
Los Angeles
35.11°
1.34 mil
Memphis
35.22°
2.70 mil
Charlotte
35.48°
1.44 mil
Oklahoma City
TenThousand
+11
Level 76
Sep 15, 2014
What the hell is Riverside???? Sounds like a suburb of somewhere bigger.
cpgatbyu
+2
Level 85
Sep 15, 2014
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inland_Empire
buck1017
+6
Level 77
Sep 16, 2014
I always thought it was a suburb of Los Angeles. The only reason I have heard of is because of the University of California Riverside. That's also the only reason I have heard of Irvine as well.
bluesdjben
+4
Level 74
Oct 18, 2014
It really is a suburb of L.A. The Census Bureau just counts Riverside-San Bernardino as a separate urban area for statistical purposes, which then leads to confusion during geography trivia quizzes.
englishsystem
+9
Level 68
Dec 11, 2015
You have to drive through the entire eastern portion of Los Angeles county and the northern top of Orange county before you even hit San Bernadino county, then drive for 30 minutes east to hit Riverside. I could understand this constituting as a suburb in a less dense region but not in Southern California. It's a very separate area.
cpgatbyu
+3
Level 85
Nov 24, 2016
@Joamesgoatcher

The maps and satellite images seem to indicate that there is a several-mile-wide corridor of regular city blocks extending from L.A. to Riverside.

tshalla
+3
Level 75
Aug 21, 2017
Yup - you don't leave the city when you drive to/through Riverside from downtown-ish L.A.
kalbahamut
+2
Level 82
Nov 24, 2016
My 2nd gf was born there.
fakeplastictrees
+2
Level 53
Sep 4, 2018
I typed San Bernardino and it didn't recognize as Riverside-San Bernardino. Should probably be changed to recognize as that's the only one I missed...
Quizmaster
+7
Level ∞
Sep 5, 2018
San Bernardino will work now
beetboy12
+4
Level 37
Oct 18, 2014
Riverside is 60 miles away from L.A. which I think is sufficient to qualify as its own urban center. However, West Palm Beach is 70 miles away from Miami and Palm Beach County has a population of 1.3 million, so I'm not sure why that wouldn't qualify as its own urban center.
Quizmaster
+6
Level ∞
Oct 19, 2014
I don't know, these are metro areas defined by the Census Bureau.
englishsystem
+2
Level 68
Dec 11, 2015
Gerrymandering.
Quizmaster
+6
Level ∞
Jun 8, 2016
Not really. Gerrymandering is done by the states.
bsmith0821
+2
Level 68
Mar 8, 2016
The city of Riverside is in Riverside county. Nothing to do with Los Angeles at all. Not a suburb of anything.
grantdon
+6
Level 73
May 10, 2017
Yes but if you lived there and were interstate or overseas, I'd bet you'd say you were from LA
Neptune777
+2
Level 70
Jul 21, 2016
Missed only Riverside, surprised more people got it than LA, San Diego or Tampa.
DaveM
+2
Level 74
Sep 1, 2016
Less than half of people get LA but Birmingham is 84%? Weird...
cockybra
+3
Level 47
Aug 21, 2019
If people have the same strategy as me, I knocked out Hawaii and moved to Florida. From there I spread out North and eventually west. Alabama and Georgia are due North of Florida.
Instrumental
+2
Level 47
Nov 24, 2016
Yeah how the hell is Birmingham so high. Only one I missed!
bserbvb23
+2
Level 79
Nov 24, 2016
what is up with the percentages???
PjotrL
+3
Level 74
Aug 19, 2018
Looks like most quiz-takers believe the Southeast+Texas is further south than California. Both San Diego and Los Angeles are relatively low/late guesses.
scratchdj719
+3
Level 33
Nov 24, 2016
Honestly I think El Paso should also be in the list, even though its metro population is 830,735. It's unfortunate that most people don't see my hometown as a big city, but I'm just saying...
ander217
+4
Level 75
Nov 24, 2016
I tried it, if that makes you feel better. We used to drive through it on our way to visit our daughter in Phoenix. My husband liked to buy his cowboy boots there. :)
kiwiquizzer
+3
Level 68
Aug 21, 2019
I tried it, and I live in New Zealand :-)
HydratedMite
+1
Level 65
Feb 2, 2024
If you count Juárez, it's well over a million, but international metro areas don't count here I think
KirstenB
+2
Level 65
Nov 24, 2016
where's Nashville?
sparty32
+5
Level 55
Nov 24, 2016
in Tennessee
Jacktheguy
+6
Level 89
Aug 21, 2019
In North America
Sulps
+6
Level 56
Aug 21, 2019
On the planet Earth
kiwiquizzer
+5
Level 68
Aug 21, 2019
In the Solar System
donRicky
+6
Level 50
Aug 21, 2019
In the Local Interstellar Cloud
trombonekid98
+6
Level 71
Aug 21, 2019
In the Orion Arm
TurkeyCookTime
+5
Level 76
Jan 27, 2020
In the Milky Way Galaxy
mirtaxsisko
+1
Level 75
Dec 26, 2022
In space
HydratedMite
+1
Level 65
Feb 2, 2024
In the Local Group
Jato
+1
Level 71
Feb 10, 2024
in the universe
rgc1600
+2
Level 73
Nov 24, 2016
I tried San Bernardino, which seems to be a logical answer to Riverside-San Bernardino.
SkyTitan46
+2
Level 32
Nov 30, 2016
What is Tucson? Don't you mean Tuscon?
kalbahamut
+6
Level 82
Aug 21, 2019
Tucson is a major city in Arizona. What's Tuscon? Isn't that where the sand people of Tatooine come from?
Thaxted
+2
Level 63
Aug 21, 2019
Tuscon is a car by Hyundai i think
kalbahamut
+3
Level 82
Aug 22, 2019
No that's also the Hyundai Tucson. He might also be thinking of Tuscany. But more than likely he's simply confused about the spelling and didn't bother looking it up before commenting.
HydratedMite
+1
Level 65
Feb 2, 2024
My dad once did the reverse, and confused Tuscan with Tucson
ingriddurden
+2
Level 60
Oct 10, 2017
typed Miami at least 4 times but it did not work... strange thing. I was sure it should be in there
Quizmaster
+4
Level ∞
Sep 5, 2018
It's #2 to on the list.
edsanville
+3
Level 20
Aug 21, 2019
Albuquerque should be on this list. It's at around 35.08 degrees N.
loganite
+2
Level 88
Aug 22, 2019
The 2018 Census estimates put the metro population at just over 915,000 so it's about 35,000 people shy of making this quiz.
loganite
+1
Level 88
Jul 8, 2022
2022 update: Albuquerque's metro population on the 2020 census was 916,528. Apparently the population requirement to make this quiz has gone up from 950,000 to 1,000,000, so Albuquerque is even farther from making the cut :(
chelsea97
+8
Level 78
Aug 21, 2019
"Not including Puerto Rico" - Story of Puerto Rico's life...
cockybra
+2
Level 47
Aug 21, 2019
I missed two. Glad I got the lowest percentage one. A lot of people don't realize Charlotte and Raleigh North Carolina are actually big cities that are among the fastest growing major cities.
HydratedMite
+1
Level 65
Feb 2, 2024
i think it's more so people not realizing how far south NORTH Carolina is
calvord
+2
Level 63
Aug 22, 2019
Houston has the highest population in Texas. The data listed on this quiz displays Dallas having a higher population than Houston.
JeromesNiece
+3
Level 72
Sep 17, 2020
The populations listed here are for the metropolitan areas. Houston may be larger than Dallas in terms of city proper population, but the Dallas-Ft Worth metro area is larger than the Houston metro area
HydratedMite
+1
Level 65
Feb 2, 2024
As a Texan, too many people think that Houston is bigger than DFW and I hate it
littlemonte
+1
Level 88
May 12, 2022
Instructions say "northernmost."
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
May 12, 2022
Fixed
Raffles
+1
Level 68
Jun 12, 2022
No El Paso or Charleston?
HydratedMite
+1
Level 65
Feb 2, 2024
Too small and DEFINITELY too small
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