U.S. Cities in the Top 500 Worldwide

Can you name every urban area in the United States which make it into the top 500 most populous worldwide?

Inspired by Jakub's Continental Cities series

According to citypopulation.de, ref. date 1/1/23

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Population	Urban Area
23,100,000	New York
17,700,000	Los Angeles
9,900,000	Chicago
8,800,000	Washington, D.C.
7,950,000	San Francisco
7,850,000	Boston
7,550,000	Dallas
7,550,000	Philadelphia
7,050,000	Houston
6,450,000	Miami
6,100,000	Atlanta
5,850,000	Detroit
4,825,000	Phoenix
4,750,000	Tampa
4,625,000	Seattle

Population	Urban Area
3,950,000	Denver
3,725,000	Orlando
3,300,000	Minneapolis
3,300,000	San Diego
3,100,000	Cleveland
2,825,000	Cincinnati
2,625,000	Salt Lake City
2,575,000	Charlotte
2,500,000	Portland
2,375,000	Las Vegas
2,350,000	Saint Louis
2,325,000	San Antonio
2,175,000	Austin
2,175,000	Sacramento
2,100,000	Indianapolis

Population	Urban Area
2,100,000	Kansas City (MO)
2,075,000	Pittsburgh
2,025,000	Jacksonville
1,910,000	San Juan
1,840,000	Columbus
1,770,000	Raleigh
1,680,000	Hartford
1,660,000	Virginia Beach
1,640,000	Nashville
1,520,000	Milwaukee
1,420,000	Buffalo
1,340,000	Harrisburg
1,280,000	Stockton
1,260,000	Melbourne
1,240,000	McAllen

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Level 57

May 3, 2024

I know this is a super unoriginal/bland idea for a quiz but I made this quiz 4 years ago and just updated it with new data.

Level 65

Mar 25, 2021

Good quiz, you chose a nice shade of complimentary grey for the states without qualifying cities. It makes the map look really clean. #DDDDDD? Anyways, I enjoyed taking this and only missed Stockton and Melbourne.

Level 57

Mar 25, 2021

i used #ccc