Statistics for 500 Largest U.S. Cities in 1950 (with map)

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Answer Stats

ST	Pop.	Answer	% Correct
NY	7,891,957	New York City	100%
PA	2,071,605	Philadelphia	95%
MA	801,444	Boston	90%
MI	1,849,568	Detroit	90%
DC	802,178	Washington	90%
PA	26,280	Washington	90%
IL	3,620,962	Chicago	85%
IN	427,173	Indianapolis	85%
CA	1,970,358	Los Angeles	85%
FL	249,276	Miami	85%
MN	521,718	Minneapolis	85%
ME	77,634	Portland	85%
OR	373,628	Portland	85%
WA	467,591	Seattle	85%
MO	856,796	St. Louis	85%
GA	331,314	Atlanta	80%
NY	580,132	Buffalo	80%
TX	434,462	Dallas	80%
CO	415,786	Denver	80%
MS	98,271	Jackson	80%
MI	51,088	Jackson	80%
TN	30,207	Jackson	80%
KS	129,553	Kansas City	80%
MO	456,622	Kansas City	80%
NV	24,624	Las Vegas	80%
AR	102,213	Little Rock	80%
KY	369,129	Louisville	80%
LA	570,445	New Orleans	80%
AZ	106,818	Phoenix	80%
MA	41,880	Salem	80%
OR	43,140	Salem	80%
CA	775,357	San Francisco	80%
NC	87,811	Winston-Salem	80%
NM	96,815	Albuquerque	75%
MD	949,708	Baltimore	75%
ID	34,393	Boise	75%
TX	130,485	El Paso	75%
PA	130,803	Erie	75%
TX	596,163	Houston	75%
FL	204,517	Jacksonville	75%
NE	98,884	Lincoln	75%
TN	396,000	Memphis	75%
WI	637,392	Milwaukee	75%
OK	243,504	Oklahoma City	75%
NE	251,117	Omaha	75%
FL	52,367	Orlando	75%
NV	32,407	Reno	75%
UT	182,121	Salt Lake City	75%
CA	334,387	San Diego	75%
OH	78,508	Springfield	75%
MO	66,731	Springfield	75%
IL	81,628	Springfield	75%
MA	162,399	Springfield	75%
FL	124,681	Tampa	75%
AZ	45,454	Tucson	75%
TX	132,459	Austin	70%
CA	34,784	Bakersfield	70%
NC	24,560	Burlington	70%
IA	30,613	Burlington	70%
VT	33,155	Burlington	70%
SC	70,174	Charleston	70%
WV	73,501	Charleston	70%
NC	134,042	Charlotte	70%
WY	31,935	Cheyenne	70%
OH	503,998	Cincinnati	70%
OH	914,808	Cleveland	70%
CO	45,472	Colorado Spriings	70%
MO	31,974	Columbia	70%
SC	86,914	Columbia	70%
OH	375,901	Columbus	70%
GA	79,611	Columbus	70%
IA	177,965	Des Moines	70%
CT	177,397	Hartford	70%
TN	174,307	Nashville	70%
PA	676,806	Pittsburgh	70%
RI	248,674	Providence	70%
NC	65,679	Raleigh	70%
VA	230,310	Richmond	70%
IN	39,539	Richmond	70%
CA	99,545	Richmond	70%
MN	29,885	Rochester	70%
NY	332,488	Rochester	70%
CA	137,572	Sacramento	70%
MN	311,349	St. Paul	70%
FL	27,237	Tallahassee	70%
OH	303,616	Toledo	70%
OK	182,740	Tulsa	70%
KS	168,279	Wichita	70%
TX	68,042	Wichita Falls	70%
TX	74,246	Amarillo	65%
GA	71,508	Augusta	65%
LA	125,629	Baton Rouge	65%
OH	243,872	Dayton	65%
TX	278,778	Fort Worth	65%
CA	91,669	Fresno	65%
PA	89,544	Harrisburg	65%
FL	26,433	Key West	65%
AL	106,525	Montgomery	65%
NJ	438,776	Newark	65%
OH	34,275	Newark	65%
CA	384,575	Oakland	65%
TX	408,442	San Antonio	65%
GA	119,638	Savannah	65%
SD	52,696	Sioux Falls	65%
WA	161,721	Spokane	65%
KS	78,791	Topeka	65%
OH	274,605	Akron	60%
NY	134,995	Albany	60%
GA	31,155	Albany	60%
MT	31,834	Billings	60%
AL	326,037	Birmingham	60%
TX	35,086	Brownsville	60%
NH	27,988	Concord	60%
ND	38,256	Fargo	60%
FL	36,328	Fort Lauderdale	60%
WI	52,735	Green Bay	60%
NJ	299,017	Jersey City	60%
TN	124,769	Knoxville	60%
PA	63,774	Lancaster	60%
OH	24,180	Lancaster	60%
TX	51,910	Laredo	60%
WI	96,056	Madison	60%
AL	129,009	Mobile	60%
CT	164,448	New Haven	60%
NM	27,998	Santa Fe	60%
WA	143,673	Tacoma	60%
NC	45,043	Wilmington	60%
DE	110,356	Wilmington	60%
NY	152,798	Yonkers	60%
GA	28,180	Athens	55%
ME	31,558	Bangor	55%
MA	120,740	Cambridge	55%
TX	108,287	Corpus Christi	55%
NC	71,311	Durham	55%
MI	163,143	Flint	55%
IN	133,607	Fort Wayne	55%
MI	176,515	Grand Rapids	55%
NC	74,389	Greensboro	55%
MS	29,936	Greenville	55%
SC	58,161	Greenville	55%
MO	25,099	Jefferson City	55%
LA	33,541	Lafayette	55%
IN	35,558	Lafayette	55%
MI	92,129	Lansing	55%
KY	55,534	Lexington	55%
NH	82,732	Manchester	55%
RI	37,564	Newport	55%
KY	31,044	Newport	55%
VA	213,513	Norfolk	55%
UT	28,937	Provo	55%
CA	46,764	Riverside	55%
NY	220,583	Syracuse	55%
TX	84,706	Waco	55%
MA	203,486	Worcester	55%
CT	158,709	Bridgeport	50%
TN	131,041	Chattanooga	50%
IA	74,549	Davenport	50%
MN	104,511	Duluth	50%
WI	36,058	Eau Claire	50%
NJ	112,817	Elizabeth	50%
NC	34,715	Fayetteville	50%
ND	26,836	Grand Forks	50%
WV	86,353	Huntington	50%
CA	250,767	Long Beach	50%
TX	71,747	Lubbock	50%
GA	70,252	Macon	50%
TX	29,495	Odessa	50%
NJ	139,336	Paterson	50%
PA	109,320	Reading	50%
CA	63,058	San Bernardino	50%
CA	95,280	San Jose	50%
CA	44,854	Santa Barbara	50%
LA	127,207	Shreveport	50%
CT	74,293	Stamford	50%
NJ	128,009	Trenton	50%
NY	72,311	Troy	50%
PA	59,953	York	50%
OH	168,330	Youngstown	50%
LA	34,913	Alexandria	45%
VA	61,787	Alexandria	45%
PA	106,756	Allentown	45%
NJ	61,657	Atlantic City	45%
IL	34,163	Bloomington	45%
IN	28,160	Bloomington	45%
FL	30,187	Daytona Beach	45%
OR	35,879	Eugene	45%
IN	128,636	Evansville	45%
IN	133,911	Gary	45%
MT	39,214	Great Falls	45%
MA	80,536	Lawrence	45%
NY	90,872	Niagara Falls	45%
CA	104,577	Pasadena	45%
FL	43,479	Pensacola	45%
VA	80,039	Portsmouth	45%
OH	36,798	Portsmouth	45%
SD	25,310	Rapid City	45%
VA	91,921	Roanoke	45%
IL	92,927	Rockford	45%
NM	25,738	Roswell	45%
MI	92,918	Saginaw	45%
CA	45,533	Santa Ana	45%
PA	125,536	Scranton	45%
IA	83,991	Sioux City	45%
IN	115,911	South Bend	45%
CA	70,853	Stockton	45%
FL	96,738	St. Petersburg	45%
IN	64,214	Terre Haute	45%
WA	41,664	Vancouver	45%
MI	42,653	Warren	45%
OH	49,856	Warren	45%
CT	104,477	Waterbury	45%
PA	76,826	Wilkes-Barre	45%
WA	38,486	Yakima	45%
TX	45,570	Abilene	40%
PA	77,177	Altoona	40%
MI	48,251	Ann Arbor	40%
WI	34,010	Appleton	40%
IL	50,576	Aurora	40%
WA	34,112	Bellingham	40%
PA	66,340	Bethlehem	40%
MS	37,425	Biloxi	40%
NY	80,674	Binghamton	40%
NJ	124,555	Camden	40%
OH	116,912	Canton	40%
IA	72,296	Cedar Rapids	40%
IA	49,671	Dubuque	40%
WA	33,849	Everett	40%
MA	45,982	Everett	40%
AR	47,942	Fort Smith	40%
MO	36,963	Independence	40%
NY	29,257	Ithaca	40%
IL	51,601	Joliet	40%
MA	97,249	Lowell	40%
WV	25,525	Morgantown	40%
VA	42,358	Newport News	40%
OK	27,006	Norman	40%
ID	26,131	Pocatello	40%
CO	63,685	Pueblo	40%
WI	71,193	Racine	40%
NY	91,785	Schenectady	40%
AL	46,396	Tuscaloosa	40%
NY	101,531	Utica	40%
WV	58,891	Wheeling	40%
NC	53,000	Asheville	35%
TX	94,014	Beaumont	35%
CA	113,805	Berkeley	35%
CT	35,961	Bristol	35%
MT	33,251	Butte	35%
IL	39,563	Champaign	35%
CT	30,337	Danbury	35%
IN	35,646	Elkhart	35%
FL	26,861	Gainesville	35%
TX	66,568	Galveston	35%
OH	57,951	Hamilton	35%
IA	27,212	Iowa City	35%
WI	54,368	Kenosha	35%
WI	47,535	La Crosse	35%
LA	41,272	Lake Charles	35%
ME	40,974	Lewiston	35%
FL	46,282	Miami Beach	35%
LA	38,572	Monroe	35%
NH	34,669	Nashua	35%
MA	109,189	New Bedford	35%
CT	49,460	Norwalk	35%
UT	57,112	Ogden	35%
WI	41,084	Oshkosh	35%
FL	25,814	Panama City	35%
RI	81,436	Pawtucket	35%
IL	111,856	Peoria	35%
NY	41,023	Poughkeepsie	35%
IL	41,450	Quincy	35%
MA	83,835	Quincy	35%
GA	29,615	Rome	35%
NY	41,682	Rome	35%
MS	27,948	Vicksburg	35%
FL	43,162	West Palm Beach	35%
NY	36,722	Auburn	30%
CA	78,577	Burbank	30%
VA	25,969	Charlottesville	30%
IA	45,429	Council Bluffs	30%
KY	64,452	Covington	30%
MI	94,994	Dearborn	30%
IL	66,269	Decatur	30%
IL	44,223	Elgin	30%
MA	111,963	Fall River	30%
NJ	50,676	Hoboken	30%
MO	38,711	Joplin	30%
MI	57,704	Kalamazoo	30%
OK	34,757	Lawton	30%
VA	47,727	Lynchburg	30%
MA	99,738	Lynn	30%
IN	58,479	Muncie	30%
MI	48,429	Muskegon	30%
MI	73,681	Pontiac	30%
TX	52,093	San Angelo	30%
OH	29,375	Sandusky	30%
SC	36,795	Spartanburg	30%
MN	28,410	St. Cloud	30%
WI	35,325	Superior	30%
TX	24,753	Texarkana	30%
WA	24,102	Walla Walla	30%
RI	43,028	Warwick	30%
IA	65,198	Waterloo	30%
IL	38,946	Waukegan	30%
CA	64,430	Alameda	25%
IN	46,820	Anderson	25%
MI	48,666	Battle Creek	25%
NJ	77,203	Bayonne	25%
WA	27,678	Bremerton	25%
MA	62,860	Brockton	25%
PA	66,089	Chester	25%
OH	29,195	Cuyahoga Falls	25%
OK	36,017	Enid	25%
IL	73,641	Evanston	25%
IN	87,595	Hammond	25%
MS	29,474	Hattiesburg	25%
CA	46,185	Inglewood	25%
NY	28,817	Kingston	25%
FL	30,851	Lakeland	25%
OH	68,071	Lakewood	25%
OH	50,246	Lima	25%
OH	51,202	Lorain	25%
MS	41,893	Meridian	25%
CT	73,726	New Britain	25%
MA	81,994	Newton	25%
WV	29,684	Parkersburg	25%
NJ	57,702	Passaic	25%
TX	57,530	Port Arthur	25%
KS	26,176	Salina	25%
WI	42,365	Sheboygan	25%
TX	25,467	Temple	25%
TX	38,968	Tyler	25%
NJ	29,573	Vineland	25%
PA	45,047	Williamsport	25%
OH	40,517	Zanesville	25%
MI	52,523	Bay City	20%
IL	67,544	Cicero	20%
WV	32,014	Clarksburg	20%
OH	59,141	Cleveland Heights	20%
IA	30,379	Clinton	20%
CA	47,991	Compton	20%
RI	55,060	Cranston	20%
VA	35,066	Danville	20%
IL	37,864	Danville	20%
PA	35,632	Easton	20%
NY	49,716	Elmira	20%
OH	30,307	Elyria	20%
OH	41,396	Euclid	20%
AL	23,879	Florence	20%
WI	29,936	Fond du Lac	20%
AL	55,725	Gadsden	20%
CA	95,702	Glendale	20%
MA	25,167	Gloucester	20%
MD	36,260	Hagerstown	20%
NY	43,354	Jamestown	20%
TN	27,864	Johnson City	20%
PA	63,232	Johnstown	20%
IN	38,672	Kokomo	20%
PA	28,156	Lebanon	20%
OH	43,564	Mansfield	20%
IL	32,574	Moline	20%
NY	71,899	Mount Vernon	20%
OK	37,289	Muskogee	20%
CT	30,551	New London	20%
NY	59,725	New Rochelle	20%
AR	44,097	North Little Rock	20%
KY	33,651	Owensboro	20%
KY	32,828	Paducah	20%
OH	28,897	Parma	20%
MA	53,348	Pittsfield	20%
CA	41,782	San Mateo	20%
CA	71,595	Santa Monica	20%
MA	102,351	Somerville	20%
OH	35,872	Steubenville	20%
MO	78,588	St. Joseph	20%
MA	40,109	Taunton	20%
CA	26,038	Vallejo	20%
MA	37,329	Watertown	20%
NY	34,350	Watertown	20%
WI	30,386	Wausau	20%
NY	43,466	White Plains	20%
KY	31,131	Ashland	15%
OH	27,820	Barberton	15%
MD	37,679	Cumberland	15%
IN	54,263	East Chicago	15%
NJ	79,340	East Orange	15%
IL	82,295	East St. Louis	15%
NY	24,680	Freeport	15%
MI	43,555	Hamtramck	15%
MA	47,280	Haverhill	15%
NY	29,135	Hempstead	15%
NC	39,973	High Point	15%
AR	29,307	Hot Springs	15%
WI	24,899	Janesville	15%
TX	24,502	Longview	15%
IN	30,081	Marion	15%
OH	33,817	Marion	15%
OH	29,594	Massillon	15%
MA	66,113	Medford	15%
CT	44,088	Meriden	15%
CT	29,711	Middletown	15%
OH	33,695	Middletown	15%
IN	29,346	New Albany	15%
NJ	38,811	New Brunswick	15%
PA	48,834	New Castle	15%
OH	35,001	Norwood	15%
AR	37,162	Pine Bluff	15%
MI	35,725	Port Huron	15%
MA	36,763	Revere	15%
IL	48,710	Rock Island	15%
OH	28,222	Shaker Heights	15%
MN	25,031	Winona	15%
RI	50,211	Woonsocket	15%
OH	26,161	Alliance	10%
IL	32,550	Alton	10%
IL	32,721	Belleville	10%
WI	29,590	Beloit	10%
IL	51,280	Berwyn	10%
AL	28,445	Bessemer	10%
MA	49,211	Chicopee	10%
NJ	64,511	Clifton	10%
OH	40,047	East Cleveland	10%
OH	24,217	East Liverpool	10%
WV	29,346	Fairmont	10%
MA	42,691	Fitchburg	10%
IA	25,115	Fort Dodge	10%
NJ	27,550	Garfield	10%
MI	46,393	Highland Park	10%
MA	54,661	Holyoke	10%
KS	33,575	Hutchinson	10%
IL	25,856	Kankakee	10%
NJ	39,952	Kearny	10%
MS	25,038	Laurel	10%
MA	24,075	Leominster	10%
NJ	30,644	Linden	10%
MA	59,804	Malden	10%
IA	27,980	Mason City	10%
PA	51,502	McKeesport	10%
IN	28,395	Michigan City	10%
CT	26,870	Milford	10%
IN	32,918	Mishawaka	10%
PA	38,126	Norristown	10%
MA	29,063	Northampton	10%
IL	63,529	Oak Park	10%
NJ	41,330	Perth Amboy	10%
VA	35,054	Petersburg	10%
NJ	42,366	Plainfield	10%
CA	35,405	Pomona	10%
SC	24,502	Rock Hill	10%
NC	27,697	Rocky Mount	10%
PA	26,454	Sharon	10%
NJ	55,537	Union City	10%
TX	24,275	University Park	10%
NY	26,854	Valley Stream	10%
MA	47,187	Waltham	10%
WV	24,005	Weirton	10%
CA	51,359	Alhambra	5%
PA	26,132	Aliquippa	5%
NY	32,240	Amsterdam	5%
AL	31,066	Anniston	5%
MA	28,884	Beverly	5%
CA	29,032	Beverly Hills	5%
MA	38,912	Chelsea	5%
IL	24,551	Chicago Heights	5%
NJ	23,885	Fair Lawn	5%
MI	29,675	Ferndale	5%
IL	31,425	Galesburg	5%
IL	29,465	Granite City	5%
NJ	29,219	Hackensack	5%
PA	35,491	Hazleton	5%
CA	29,450	Huntington Park	5%
NY	27,658	Lackawanna	5%
GA	25,025	LaGrange	5%
MI	29,310	Lincoln Park	5%
NY	25,133	Lockport	5%
CA	25,823	Lynwood	5%
WI	27,598	Manitowoc	5%
IL	27,473	Maywood	5%
MA	26,988	Melrose	5%
MA	24,477	Methuen	5%
NY	31,956	Newburgh	5%
PA	25,146	New Kensington	5%
NY	24,731	North Tonawanda	5%
IA	33,631	Ottumwa	5%
NY	23,970	Port Chester	5%
CA	25,226	Redondo Beach	5%
MI	46,898	Royal Oak	5%
CA	27,542	San Leandro	5%
CA	51,116	South Gate	5%
CT	27,820	Torrington	5%
MO	39,892	University City	5%
WI	33,324	Wauwatosa	5%
WI	42,959	West Allis	5%
MI	30,407	Westland	5%
NJ	37,683	West New York	5%
MA	32,690	Weymouth	5%
PA	31,418	Wilkinsburg	5%
MI	36,846	Wyandotte	5%
CA	25,475	Palo Alto	0%
CA	25,544	Redwood City	0%