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10 Biggest Urban Areas by U.S State

Guess the 10 Biggest Urban Areas of each State in the United States
Urban Areas in multiple States have been assigned to the State where the Central City is located
Data from https://citypopulation.de/en/usa/
Numbers from the 2020 census
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Alabama
774,956
Birmingham
329,066
Huntsville
321,907
Mobile
254,348
Montgomery
156,450
Tuscaloosa
100,842
Auburn
78,925
Florence
78,302
Anniston-Oxford
76,807
Fairhope-Daphne
72,423
Dothan
 
 
Alaska
249,252
Anchorage
71,396
Fairbanks
53,444
Wasilla
29,561
Anchorage Northeast
24,756
Juneau
11,975
Ketchikan
9,530
Kodiak-Mill Bay
8,642
Kenai
7,668
Sitka
5,097
Bethel
 
 
Arizona
3,976,313
Phoenix
875,441
Tucson
419,946
Goodyear-Avondale
135,717
Yuma
92,427
Prescott
79,842
Flagstaff
59,017
Lake Havasu City
57,771
Maricopa
54,396
Bullhead City
54,274
Sierra Vista
 
 
Arkansas
461,864
Little Rock
373,687
Fayetteville-Springdale
125,811
Fort Smith
73,781
Jonesboro
66,619
Conway
59,133
Hot Springs
46,683
Pine Bluff
31,870
Russellville
26,652
Searcy
25,089
Paragould
 
 
California
12,237,376
Los Angeles
3,269,385
San Francisco
3,070,300
San Diego
2,276,703
Riverside-San Bernardino
1,946,618
Sacramento
1,837,446
San Jose
717,589
Fresno
646,843
Mission Viejo
570,235
Bakersfield
538,583
Concord-Walnut Creek
 
 
Colorado
2,686,147
Denver
632,494
Colorado Springs
326,332
Fort Collins
137,222
Greeley
135,973
Grand Junction
120,828
Boulder
120,642
Pueblo
100,776
Longmont
96,485
Lafayette-Erie-Louisville
85,350
Castle Rock
 
 
Connecticut
977,158
Hartford
916,408
Bridgeport-Stamford
561,456
New Haven
199,317
Waterbury
171,680
Danbury
167,432
Norwich-New London
35,212
Torrington
34,582
Putnam-Killingly
25,683
Ridgefield
24,332
Willimantic
 
 
Delaware
123,101
Dover
41,851
Middletown
39,681
Lewes-Rehoboth Beach
29,147
Seaford-Laurel-Bridgeville
20,169
Long Neck
18,025
Ocean View
17,754
Milford
9,921
Georgetown
9,844
Millsboro
4,943
Harrington
 
 
Florida
6,077,522
Miami-Fort Lauderdale
2,783,045
Tampa-St. Petersburg
1,853,896
Orlando
1,247,374
Jacksonville
779,075
Sarasota
599,242
Cape Coral-Fort Myers
510,675
Palm Bay-Melbourne
437,745
Port St. Lucie
425,675
Bonita Springs-Estero
418,404
Kissimmee-St. Cloud
 
 
Georgia
4,999,259
Atlanta
431,480
Augusta
309,466
Savannah
267,746
Columbus
265,218
Gainesville
143,213
Athens
141,132
Warner Robins
140,111
Macon
85,960
Albany
76,769
Valdosta
 
 
Hawaii
853,252
Honolulu
118,092
Kailua-Kaneohe
57,905
Kahului-Wailuku
41,410
Hilo
33,024
Kailua-Holualoa
26,878
Kihei
23,305
Pukalani
21,398
Lahaina
18,212
Kapaa
15,885
Lihue
 
 
Idaho
433,180
Boise-Meridian
177,561
Nampa-Caldwell
121,831
Coeur d'Alene
105,132
Idaho Falls
72,211
Pocatello
58,808
Twin Falls
54,798
Lewiston
41,330
Rexburg
25,914
Moscow
23,565
Kuna
 
 
Illinois
8,671,746
Chicago
276,443
Rockford
261,835
Northwest Chicago
259,781
Peoria
159,265
Springfield
147,452
Champaign-Urbana
134,100
Bloomington-Normal
86,287
Decatur
79,260
Alton
66,530
Kankakee
 
 
Indiana
1,699,881
Indianapolis
335,934
Fort Wayne
278,921
South Bend
206,855
Evansville
157,100
Lafayette
148,199
Elkhart
110,103
Bloomington
84,382
Muncie
79,862
Terre Haute
79,517
Anderson
 
 
Iowa
542,486
Des Moines
285,211
Davenport
192,844
Cedar Rapids
126,810
Iowa City
114,139
Waterloo
113,066
Sioux City
70,332
Dubuque
66,342
Ames
31,126
Clinton-Fulton
28,447
Burlington
 
 
Kansas
500,231
Wichita
148,956
Topeka
94,998
Lawrence
60,454
Manhattan
47,570
Leavenworth
46,547
Salina
42,475
Hutchinson
40,723
Junction City
30,976
Garden City
27,702
Dodge City
 
 
Kentucky
974,397
Louisville
315,631
Lexington-Fayette
97,814
Bowling Green
76,441
Elizabethtown-Radcliff
76,433
Owensboro
50,833
Paducah
42,999
Richmond
38,912
Georgetown
37,844
Frankfort
36,861
London-Corbin
Louisiana
914,531
New Orleans
631,326
Baton Rouge
288,052
Shreveport-Bossier City
227,316
Lafayette
162,501
Lake Charles
145,482
Houma
119,964
Monroe
113,763
Mandeville-Covington
91,587
Slidell
78,305
Alexandria
 
 
Maine
205,356
Portland
61,539
Bangor
60,743
Lewiston
31,361
Brunswick
25,529
Waterville
24,005
Augusta
15,067
Sanford
10,271
North Windham
9,868
Rockland
5,585
Rumford
 
 
Maryland
2,212,038
Baltimore
214,647
Bel Air-Aberdeen
197,557
Hagerstown
176,456
Frederick
118,601
Waldorf-St. Charles
78,075
Salisbury
62,352
Lexington Park-California
46,296
Cumberland
40,040
Westminster
37,946
Ocean Pines-Ocean City
 
 
Massachusetts
4,382,009
Boston
482,085
Worcester
442,145
Springfield
303,269
Barnstable Town
155,491
New Bedford
111,790
Leominster-Fitchburg
90,570
Amherst-Northampton
50,720
Pittsfield
25,432
North Adams
22,294
Greenfield
 
 
Michigan
3,776,890
Detroit
605,666
Grand Rapids
318,300
Lansing
317,689
Ann Arbor
298,964
Flint
204,562
Kalamazoo
166,414
Muskegon-Norton Shores
145,963
South Lyon-Hamburg-Genoa
116,058
Saginaw
107,034
Holland
 
 
Minnesota
2,914,866
Minneapolis-St. Paul
121,587
Rochester
119,411
Duluth
117,638
St. Cloud
60,206
Mankato
31,474
Stillwater
29,633
Winona
26,278
Owatonna
25,479
Austin
24,013
Faribault
 
 
Mississippi
347,693
Jackson
236,344
Gulfport-Biloxi
80,821
Hattiesburg
51,454
Pascagoula-Goutier
40,233
Tupelo
33,809
Meridian
33,518
Oxford
32,812
Starkville
29,267
Greenville
26,895
Columbus
 
 
Missouri
2,156,323
St. Louis
1,674,218
Kansas City
282,651
Springfield
141,831
Columbia
91,960
Lee's Summit
86,679
Joplin
77,187
St. Joseph
55,546
Cape Girardeau
50,775
Jefferson City
32,804
Farmington
 
 
Montana
128,787
Billings
88,109
Missoula
67,097
Great Falls
59,080
Bozeman
52,380
Helena
36,131
Kalispell
30,258
Butte-Silver Bow
18,534
Belgrade
9,826
Havre
9,350
Livingston
 
 
Nebraska
819,508
Omaha
291,217
Lincoln
55,099
Grand Island
34,526
Kearney
28,292
Fremont
27,407
Norfolk
25,104
Scottsbluff
24,838
Columbus
24,807
Hastings
23,582
North Platte
 
 
Nevada
2,196,623
Las Vegas-Henderson
446,529
Reno-Sparks
61,629
Carson City
54,396
Bullhead City
37,498
Pahrump
21,695
Elko
21,338
Gardnerville
19,441
Incline Village
19,233
Fernley
19,206
Mesquite
 
 
New Hampshire
242,984
Nashua
163,289
Manchester
95,090
Portsmouth
72,391
Dover-Rochester
42,549
Concord
30,299
Lebanon
27,267
Laconia
22,687
Keene
16,165
Exeter
12,117
Durham
 
 
New Jersey
370,422
Trenton
294,921
Atlantic City-Ocean City-Villas
87,226
Vineland
35,666
Bridgeton
28,250
Hamburg-Vernon
27,234
Browns Mills
24,401
Flemington-Raritan
23,074
Mystic Island-Little Egg Harbor
17,659
West Milford-Hewitt
16,136
Clinton
 
 
New Mexico
769,837
Albuquerque
139,338
Las Cruces
94,241
Santa Fe
53,365
Los Lunas
51,763
Farmington
48,831
Roswell
44,157
Hobbs
39,314
Clovis
34,442
Carlsbad
30,801
Alamogordo
 
 
New York
19,426,449
New York
948,864
Buffalo
704,327
Rochester
593,142
Albany-Schenectady
413,660
Syracuse
314,766
Poughkeepsie-Newburgh
155,942
Binghamton
119,059
Utica
75,684
Saratoga Springs
71,582
Kiryas Joel
 
 
North Carolina
1,379,873
Charlotte
1,106,646
Raleigh
420,924
Winston-Salem
396,118
Durham
338,928
Greensboro
325,008
Fayetteville
285,776
Asheville
278,612
Concord
255,329
Wilmington
201,511
Hickory
 
 
North Dakota
216,214
Fargo
98,198
Bismarck
68,160
Grand Forks
50,925
Minot
29,510
Williston
25,674
Dickinson
15,207
Jamestown
11,290
Wahpeton
7,493
Devils Lake
6,687
Watford City
Ohio
1,712,178
Cleveland
1,686,744
Cincinnati
1,567,254
Columbus
674,046
Dayton
541,879
Akron
497,952
Toledo
320,901
Youngstown
295,319
Canton
199,067
Lorain-Elyria
93,608
Middletown
 
 
Oklahoma
982,276
Oklahoma City
722,810
Tulsa
120,191
Norman
87,464
Lawton
50,194
Enid
48,237
Stillwater
39,479
Bartlesville
35,798
Muskogee
34,245
Shawnee
25,415
Claremore
 
 
Oregon
2,104,238
Portland
270,179
Eugene
268,331
Salem
171,640
Medford
106,988
Bend
66,791
Corvallis
62,074
Albany
55,724
Grants Pass
43,484
Roseburg
43,208
Klamath Falls-Altamont
 
 
Pennsylvania
5,696,125
Philadelphia
1,745,039
Pittsburgh
621,703
Allentown-Bethlehem
490,859
Harrisburg
394,530
Lancaster-Manheim
366,713
Scranton
276,278
Reading
238,549
York
187,820
Erie
83,674
State College
 
 
Rhode Island
1,285,806
Providence
30,955
Westerly
4,348
Charlestown
None
None
None
None
None
None
None
None
None
None
None
None
None
None
 
 
South Carolina
684,773
Charleston
590,407
Columbia
387,271
Greenville
298,954
Myrtle Beach
218,443
Rock Hill
196,943
Spartanburg
159,506
Mauldin-Simpsonville
118,369
Anderson-Clemson
89,436
Florence
71,824
Hilton Head Island
 
 
South Dakota
194,283
Sioux Falls
85,679
Rapid City
27,982
Aberdeen
23,674
Brookings
20,643
Watertown
16,022
Yankton
15,690
Mitchell
14,755
Pierre
14,294
Huron
13,206
Spearfish
 
 
Tennessee
1,158,642
Nashville
1,056,190
Memphis
597,257
Knoxville
398,569
Chattanooga
200,947
Clarksville
177,313
Murfreesboro
128,519
Johnson City
98,411
Kingsport
73,918
Cleveland
72,809
Jackson
 
 
Texas
5,853,575
Houston
5,732,354
Dallas-Fort Worth
1,992,689
San Antonio
1,809,888
Austin
854,584
El Paso
779,553
McAllen
504,803
McKinney-Frisco
429,461
Denton-Lewisville
402,454
The Woodlands-Conroe
339,066
Corpus Christi
 
 
Utah
1,178,533
Salt Lake City
608,857
Ogden-Layton
588,609
Provo-Orem
134,109
St. George
113,927
Logan
40,899
Cedar City
34,892
Tooele
31,132
Payson-Santaquin
25,827
Brigham City
25,059
Heber
 
 
Vermont
118,032
Burlington
20,014
Barre-Montpelier
19,550
Rutland
13,759
Bennington
11,368
St. Albans
10,285
Brattleboro
6,417
Milton
6,154
Middlebury
5,140
Springfield
4,883
St. Johnsbury
 
 
Virginia
1,451,578
Virginia Beach-Norfolk
1,059,150
Richmond
217,312
Roanoke
167,679
Fredericksburg
125,596
Lynchburg
104,191
Charlottesville
89,585
Williamsburg
83,377
Winchester
73,377
Harrisonburg
72,400
Blacksburg-Christiansburg
 
 
Washington
3,544,011
Seattle-Tacoma
447,279
Spokane
255,401
Kennewick-Richland-Pasco
224,449
Bremerton
208,157
Olympia-Lacey
160,440
Marysville
133,145
Yakima
128,979
Bellingham
78,142
Wenatchee
69,841
Longview
 
 
West Virginia
200,157
Huntington
140,958
Charleston
77,620
Morgantown
62,500
Parkersburg
57,695
Wheeling
57,468
Beckley
40,750
Bluefield
32,882
Clarksburg
31,694
Fairmont
21,569
Ranson-Charles Town
 
 
Wisconsin
1,306,795
Milwaukee
450,305
Madison
230,967
Appleton
224,156
Green Bay
134,877
Racine
125,865
Kenosha
105,475
Eau Claire
98,872
La Crosse
77,429
Wausau
76,190
Oshkosh
 
 
Wyoming
79,250
Cheyenne
67,751
Casper
34,422
Gillette
32,261
Laramie
25,853
Rock Springs
19,430
Sheridan
11,873
Green River
11,416
Evanston
11,234
Riverton
10,760
Jackson
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Level 74
Dec 26, 2023
There is no such city or town as Seaford, Maine. Was that meant to be something else? Sanford maybe?
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Level 64
Dec 27, 2023
you are correct, it is Sanford, I will change it
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Level 77
Dec 27, 2023
Can you accept "Muskegon" alone as a type in?
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Level 64
Dec 27, 2023
It was supposed to work, as I had it on my list of type-ins with the (apparently) correct configurations, so I'm unsure why it wasn't working. It should work now
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Level 45
Apr 5, 2024
this is definitely inaccurate - lake forest works as a type in for mission viejo but orange / anaheim / irvine / santa ana all don't count? the mission viejo pop is
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Level 64
Apr 6, 2024
According to the source used (citypopulation.de, the most famous Jetpunk source for population measure), Orange, Anaheim, Irvine and Santa Ana are all part of the Los Angeles Urban Area. Mission Viejo-Lake Forest-Laguna Niguel is it's own thing, just south of LA.

The population is correct for the 2020 census, as it is written in the caveat.