Statistics for 250 Cities in the United States Everyone Should Know

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State	Population	Description	City	% Correct
NY	8,804,190	Home to the Statue of Liberty, World Trade Center, Empire State Building, etc.	New York City	97%
CA	3,898,747	The second-largest city in the nation, center of the nation's film industry	Los Angeles	96%
TX	2,304,580	Mission control of NASA	Houston	95%
CA	873,965	The financial center of California and home to the Golden Gate Bridge	San Francisco	95%
IL	2,746,388	"The Windy City"	Chicago	94%
TX	1,304,379	Principle city in the DFW metroplex where JFK was assassinated	Dallas	94%
FL	442,241	Known for its beaches and Cuban culture	Miami	94%
AZ	1,608,139	Capital of Arizona with a sprawling metro known as Valley of the Sun	Phoenix	94%
WA	737,015	Hometown of Starbucks, the Space Needle & Microsoft	Seattle	94%
NV	641,903	"Sin City"	Las Vegas	93%
TX	961,855	State capital of Texas which hosts great live music venues	Austin	92%
MA	675,647	Home to a famous marathon, tea party, and Fenway Park	Boston	92%
PA	1,603,797	Home of the Liberty Bell and Deceleration of Independence	Philadelphia	92%
CA	1,386,932	Home to many famous zoos and borders Tijuana, Mexico	San Diego	92%
DC	692,683	Location of the White House and the Pentagon	Washington	92%
CO	715,522	"Mile High City"	Denver	90%
MI	639,111	"Motor City"	Detroit	90%
LA	383,997	Melting pot of French, African and American cultured city where Mardi Gras takes place	New Orleans	90%
OR	652,503	Largest city in Oregon known as a bastion of counter-culture	Portland	90%
ME	68,408	Center of gentrification and second largest port in New England	Portland	90%
GA	498,715	Hometown of Piedmont Park, Coca-Cola & CNN	Atlanta	89%
HI	350,964	Home to top surfing destinations and Pearl Harbor	Honolulu	89%
MS	153,701	Capital and largest city of Mississippi	Jackson	89%
TN	689,447	Home of the Country Music Hall of Fame and the Grand Ole Opry House	Nashville	89%
FL	307,573	Lays fame to many theme parks like Walt Disney World	Orlando	88%
IN	887,642	"Crossroads of America"	Indianapolis	87%
OK	681,054	Largest city in the Great Plains and site of the 1995 bombing	Oklahoma City	87%
CA	524,943	Gold rush city and capital of California	Sacramento	87%
MO	508,090	Known for the historic Jazz District and called the "Barbecue Capital"	Kansas City	86%
UT	199,723	Winter Olympics city founded by Brigham Young	Salt Lake City	86%
AK	291,247	Largest city in Alaska, 10 hours away from 90% of the industrial world	Anchorage	85%
MN	429,954	Twin City where the George Floyd protests started	Minneapolis	85%
TX	1,434,625	Home of the Alamo	San Antonio	85%
FL	949,611	Largest city in Florida on the banks of the St. Johns River	Jacksonville	84%
FL	384,959	Major city on a bay of the same name home of Ybor City	Tampa	84%
OH	905,748	Capital and largest city in Ohio	Columbus	83%
TN	633,104	Home of blues, birthplace of rock 'n' roll, gospel, jazz, R&B, rap & soul	Memphis	83%
OH	372,624	Location of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and river that commonly set on fire	Cleveland	82%
PA	302,971	"Steel City"	Pittsburgh	82%
TX	678,815	Borders Juarez Mexico and is known as "Sun City"	El Paso	81%
MO	301,578	Location of the Gateway Arch giving the nickname "Gateway to the West"	St. Louis	81%
NM	564,559	This city center contrasts with historic adobe buildings and modern high rises	Albuquerque	80%
MD	585,708	Has the most buildings designated in the National Register & where Star-Spangled Banner was written	Baltimore	80%
ID	235,684	Principal city of Treasure Valley and capital of Idaho	Boise	80%
NC	874,579	Home of the NASCAR Hall of Fame	Charlotte	80%
NY	278,349	Terminus of the Erie Canal & close to the Niagara Falls	Buffalo	79%
OH	309,317	City founded in 1788 that is home to the first baseball team in America	Cincinnati	79%
WI	577,222	Known for its beer breweries and the Harley-Davidson Museum	Milwaukee	79%
CA	1,013,240	Center of Silicon Valley in the Bay Area	San Jose	79%
LA	227,470	Louisiana capital where the USS Kidd resides	Baton Rouge	78%
TX	918,915	Twin city in the DFW metroplex at the end of Chisholm Trail	Fort Worth	78%
NC	467,665	Center of the Research Triangle and capital of North Carolina	Raleigh	78%
FL	196,169	Capital of Florida	Tallahassee	78%
OR	175,535	Capital city of Oregon nicknamed the "Cherry City"	Salem	77%
MA	44,480	Known for its witch trials	Salem	77%
MN	311,527	Twin City and capital of Minnesota	St. Paul	76%
NY	99,224	State capital home to the Empire State Plaza	Albany	75%
AK	32,255	Isolated capital of Alaska	Juneau	75%
AR	202,591	Capital and largest city in Arkansas almost directly in the center of the state	Little Rock	75%
KY	633,045	The namesake of a baseball bat and home to the Kentucky Derby	Louisville	75%
VA	226,610	Capital of Virginia and former capital of the Confederate States	Richmond	75%
WV	48,864	Capital of West Virginia	Charleston	74%
SC	150,227	Where the first shots of the Civil War were fired	Charleston	74%
MO	169,176	"Queen City" of the Ozarks	Springfield	74%
IL	114,394	State capital of Illinois location of Abraham Lincoln's restored home	Springfield	74%
IA	214,133	Capital of Iowa thats a major center of the insurance industry	Des Moines	73%
NE	291,082	State capital of Nebraska	Lincoln	73%
NV	264,165	"The Biggest Little City in the World"	Reno	73%
AZ	542,629	Second largest city in Arizona known as "The Old Pueblo"	Tucson	73%
AL	200,733	Birthplace of the Veteran's Day and largest metro in Alabama	Birmingham	72%
NM	87,505	Capital of New Mexico full of Pueblo-style architecture	Santa Fe	72%
NE	486,051	Known for a famous steakhouse and the headquarters of Berkshire Hathaway	Omaha	71%
RI	190,934	Capital of Rhode Island founded by Roger Williams	Providence	71%
WI	269,840	Capital of Wisconsin with a lakefront convention center designed by Frank Lloyd Wright	Madison	70%
CA	440,646	Twin city in the Bay Area home to Jack London Square	Oakland	70%
CO	478,961	Near Pikes Peak and home of the US Air Force Academy	Colorado Springs	69%
AL	200,603	Where Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat	Montgomery	69%
OK	413,066	Used to be the "Oil Capital of the World" in the 20th century	Tulsa	69%
GA	202,081	City on the South Carolina border known for its golf courses	Augusta	68%
NJ	311,549	Has the largest collection of cherry blossom trees in the nation	Newark	67%
FL	26,444	Florida's southernmost point known for its conch-styled homes and coral reefs	Key West	66%
ND	73,622	Capital city of North Dakota and location of the state's tallest building	Bismarck	65%
SC	136,632	Capital of South Carolina nicknamed "Soda City"	Columbia	65%
WA	55,605	State capital of Washington State	Olympia	65%
KS	126,587	Capital of Kansas where racial segregation in public schools were declared unconstitutional	Topeka	65%
VA	459,470	Where the remains of Jamestown is located	Virginia Beach	65%
CA	346,824	Home of Disneyland Resort	Anaheim	64%
CT	121,054	Home to the Mark Twain House & Museum	Hartford	64%
MI	112,644	Capital of Michigan known as "L-Town"	Lansing	64%
NV	58,639	Capital of Nevada bordering Lake Tahoe	Carson City	62%
WY	65,132	Capital city of Wyoming founded on the Fourth of July	Cheyenne	62%
CA	542,107	Around the center of California with an underground garden	Fresno	62%
AL	187,041	City owned by the French, British and Spanish and original capital of Louisiana	Mobile	62%
NJ	90,871	Capital of New Jersey known for a famous steel company	Trenton	62%
KS	397,532	Largest city in Kansas known as "Cowtown"	Wichita	62%
DE	39,403	Capital of Delaware	Dover	61%
NY	211,328	Birthplace of the Kodak and Xerox companies	Rochester	61%
GA	147,780	The original settlement in Georgia	Savannah	61%
WI	107,395	Smallest city with a major sports team	Green Bay	60%
TX	317,863	Largest coastal city in Texas known for its high wind speeds	Corpus Christi	59%
ND	125,990	Shares the name of a famous movie and financial services company	Fargo	59%
NJ	292,449	City that surrounds the Statue of Liberty	Jersey City	59%
SD	192,517	Nicknamed, "Queen City", it was one of the most famous places to be divorced in the United States	Sioux Falls	59%
OH	270,871	The "Glass City" was fought over between Michigan and Ohio	Toledo	59%
MD	40,812	Capital of Maryland, nicknamed the "Sailing Capital of the World"	Annapolis	58%
AK	32,515	Home to the University of Alaska	Fairbanks	58%
PA	50,099	Capital of Pennsylvania that played a major role in Westward Expansion, the Civil War and the Industrial Revolution	Harrisburg	58%
SD	14,091	Second smallest state capital in the United States	Pierre	58%
WA	228,989	Home of Gonzaga thats characterized with a romanesque skyline and Riverfront Park	Spokane	58%
NY	148,620	Named after an ancient Greek city	Syracuse	58%
NH	43,976	State capital of New Hampshire	Concord	56%
PA	94,831	Named for a Great Lake and nicknamed the "Flagship City"	Erie	56%
KY	322,570	Known for its horse farms & racetracks like Keeneland	Lexington	56%
NH	115,644	Largest city in New Hampshire named after the first industrialized city in the world	Manchester	56%
NJ	38,497	Home of the Miss America pageant and inspired the famous board game, Monopoly	Atlantic City	55%
OH	190,469	Former headquarters of Firestone, Goodrich & Goodyear that gave it the name "Rubber Capital of the World"	Akron	54%
CA	403,455	This city situated along Kern River grew rapidly from Dust Bowl refugees	Bakersfield	54%
MT	117,116	"Magic City"	Billings	54%
TN	181,099	"Choo Choo"	Chattanooga	54%
MO	43,228	State capital known for the Missouri State Prison	Jefferson City	54%
TN	190,740	Known as the "Marble City" and where James White's Fort is located	Knoxville	54%
CA	466,742	Has the second busiest port in the USA over an oilfield	Long Beach	54%
VT	8,074	Least populous state capital in the nation	Montpelier	54%
KY	28,602	Capital of Kentucky	Frankfort	53%
CT	134,023	Home to Yale University	New Haven	53%
CO	108,250	Home of the University of Colorado	Boulder	52%
MI	198,917	In the top five cities in the world for its furniture production	Grand Rapids	52%
FL	258,308	Known as the "Sunshine City"	St. Petersburg	52%
TX	200,509	Largest city in the Texas Panhandle and popular stop along Route 66	Amarillo	51%
MI	123,851	Home of the University of Michigan	Ann Arbor	51%
GA	127,315	Known as the "Classic City", home to the University of Georgia	Athens	51%
OR	176,654	Hipster city at the south end of Willamette Valley	Eugene	51%
IN	263,886	Second largest city in Indiana that grew exponentially after the Wabash and Erie canals were completed	Fort Wayne	51%
WA	219,346	Home of the infamous "Galloping Gertie" bridge	Tacoma	51%
NC	299,035	Used to be one of the only textile towns in the South, now the third largest metro in the state	Greensboro	50%
PA	76,328	Industrial city known for the show, "The Office"	Scranton	50%
MI	81,252	Nobody drunk the water here from 2014 to 2019	Flint	49%
IN	69,093	Used to be the largest company city in the nation and birthplace of the Jackson Family	Gary	49%
UT	115,162	Home of BYU and a tall peak of the same name	Provo	49%
DE	70,898	Cultural and economic hub of Delaware	Wilmington	49%
MA	118,403	Home to Harvard University	Cambridge	48%
VA	238,005	Central city in the Hampton Roads metropolitan area with the largest naval base in the world	Norfolk	48%
CA	314,998	Principal city of the Inland Empire metropolitan area	Riverside	48%
MN	86,697	Known for the Aerial Lift Bridge and the Minnesota Point	Duluth	46%
TX	53,695	City of the Gulf Coast of Texas that has been ravaged by hurricanes	Galveston	46%
LA	187,593	Commercial and cultural center of the Ark-La-Tex region	Shreveport	45%
TX	257,141	Birthplace of Buddy Holly and home of the Texas Walk of Fame	Lubbock	44%
VT	44,743	Became the first city in the US to run entirely on renewable energy	Burlington	43%
AZ	76,831	Surrounded by ponderosa forests and Humphrey's Peak	Flagstaff	43%
PA	125,845	Billy Joel sang about the hardships in this city	Allentown	42%
CA	79,246	City centered in a wine region of the same name	Napa	42%
CA	88,665	City with the Santa Ynez mountains in the background and a Mediterranean-style downtown	Santa Barbara	42%
MA	206,518	Second largest city in Massachusetts that has the oldest catholic institution in New England	Worcester	42%
CO	7,004	Year-round ski resort town in the Rocky Mountains	Aspen	41%
LA	121,374	Known as the "Heart of Cajun & Creole"	Lafayette	41%
RI	25,163	City located on Aquidneck Island known for Gilded Age mansions	Newport	41%
CA	124,321	Birthplace of the 1960's Free Speech Movement	Berkeley	40%
AL	215,006	Largest city in Alabama and the original capital in the state	Huntsville	40%
TX	255,205	Largest inland port of entry in the USA	Laredo	40%
AR	93,949	"Athens of the Ozarks" and principal city in the Northwest Arkansas metropolitan area	Fayetteville	38%
CA	320,804	Home of the University of the Pacific, the oldest university in California	Stockton	38%
VA	159,467	George Washington's hometown along the Potomac River	Alexandria	37%
NM	48,422	An alleged UFO crashed here in 1947	Roswell	37%
IN	103,453	Known for the demise of the Studebaker plant	South Bend	37%
NC	94,589	City nested in the Blue Ridge Mountains	Asheville	36%
CO	169,810	Northern Colorado city home of Horsetooth Falls	Fort Collins	36%
MS	49,449	City along the Gulf of Mexico that is known for its lighthouse and casinos	Biloxi	34%
WI	69,421	Translates to "Clear Water" in French	Eau Claire	34%
MA	7,667	Site of the first Pilgrim settlement and site of the Mayflower II	Plymouth	34%
SC	35,682	Hub of the Grand Strand and vacation resort	Myrtle Beach	33%
IA	74,828	Original capital of Iowa home to the University of Iowa	Iowa City	32%
IL	113,150	Largest city on the Illinois River with a famous riverfront	Peoria	32%
AZ	95,548	City on the Colorado River that conserves a wild west era prison	Yuma	32%
SD	74,703	City close to Mount Rushmore and Black Hills National Forest	Rapid City	31%
FL	14,329	Oldest city in the nation	St. Augustine	31%
UT	95,342	In close proximity to Zion and Grand Canyon National Parks	St. George	31%
AK	4,927	Northernmost city in the United States	Utqiagvik	31%
CA	32,701	Home of the rich and famous	Beverly Hills	30%
CA	107,337	Home of Walt Disney and Warner Bros. Studio	Burbank	29%
IA	101,724	Largest of the Quad Cities metropolitan area	Davenport	29%
PA	58,039	Known for its large amount of Amish population	Lancaster	29%
NY	65,283	City that was nicknamed "Sin City" due to its organized crime and corruption	Utica	29%
MN	89,987	Suburban city home to the Mall of America	Bloomington	28%
ID	54,628	Known for a resort of the same name	Coeur d'Alene	28%
CA	26,512	Heart of Redwood Coast, where the world's tallest trees are	Eureka	28%
SC	70,720	Rapidly growing city in the center of the Upstate region	Greenville	28%
MS	72,926	Largest coastal city and second largest in Mississippi	Gulfport	28%
IL	148,655	Nicknamed the "Forest City" and notable for its output of heavy machinery and hardware	Rockford	28%
OH	60,068	Rapidly recovering steel city	Youngstown	28%
WA	151,854	Suburban city where Amazon was founded	Bellevue	27%
IL	88,302	Home to the University of Illinois	Champaign	27%
CA	30,218	Home to Cannery Row and a famous Aquarium	Monterey	27%
MS	37,923	Hometown of Elvis Presley	Tupelo	27%
VA	46,553	Home of Monticello & James Monroe's home, Highland	Charlottesville	26%
CO	65,560	Largest city in Western Colorado surrounded with canyons and monoliths	Grand Junction	26%
WI	99,986	Bedroom community for two major cities home to many colleges	Kenosha	26%
MA	115,554	Famous for its "Mill Girls" in the Industrial Revolution	Lowell	26%
CA	93,611	Home to Sundial Bridge and near Shasta State Historic Park	Redding	26%
AL	17,791	Starting city of the voting rights movement that marched to the capital in 1965	Selma	26%
KS	27,788	Famous as a wild frontier town of the Old West	Dodge City	25%
CA	68,572	Home of Stanford University and Headquarters of Tesla & Skype	Palo Alto	25%
NJ	71,791	Its police force was abolished in 2012 and replaced with the county police	Camden	23%
WA	110,629	Puget Sound city home to the largest building in the world by volume	Everett	23%
NC	7,656	Where the first flight was taken in the world	Kill Devil Hills	23%
VA	15,425	Known as the premier center of American colonial history	Williamsburg	23%
TX	115,282	City founded through Spindletop Oil Field	Beaumont	22%
WV	269	John Brown raided this place in 1859	Harper's Ferry	22%
AR	54,164	Birthplace of Walmart	Bentonville	21%
KS	94,934	Anti-slavery city that was sacked that kick started Bleeding Kansas	Lawrence	21%
FL	19,115	Known for its high end shopping and pier of the same name	Naples	21%
NH	21,956	Oldest city in New Hampshire founded in 1623	Portsmouth	21%
MO	12,638	Ozark town known for its entertainment on 76 Country Boulevard	Branson	20%
AK	8,458	Originally called "New Archangel" and original capital of Alaska Territory	Sitka	20%
IL	38,336	A "Free Library" was founded in 1874 named for the city	Urbana	20%
MS	21,573	Site of an important siege for the Union troops in the Civil War	Vicksburg	20%
IA	59,667	Iowa's oldest city situated on the Mississippi River	Dubuque	19%
MO	51,762	Hub of southwest Missouri thats the lead and zinc capital of the world	Joplin	19%
WV	27,052	Original capital of West Virginia known as the "nail capital of the world"	Wheeling	19%
OR	85,824	Largest city in southern Oregon	Medford	18%
MA	101,079	Has a high concentration of Portuguese Americans and setting of Moby Dick	New Bedford	18%
MI	20,629	Major port for shipping iron ore located in the Upper Peninsula	Marquette	17%
UT	5,366	Town situated around Arches National Park	Moab	17%
NM	6,474	Home to a world heritige site thats been inhabited by Native Americans for centuries	Taos	17%
TN	3,577	Resort town referred to as the "Gateway to the Smoky Mountains"	Gatlinburg	16%
NJ	60,419	Birthplace of baseball and Frank Sinatra	Hoboken	16%
MI	44,202	Famous inlet of Lake Huron and former thriving lumber town	Saginaw	16%
AZ	9,684	Town surrounded by buttes and Red Rock State Park	Sedona	16%
CO	20,399	Former capital of Colorado and location of Coors Brewing Company	Golden	15%
MO	72,473	Starting point of the Pony Express	St. Joseph	15%
IN	44,595	City home to Purdue University that is twinned with a larger city without a cardinal name	West Lafayette	15%
OR	10,181	Oldest city in Oregon founded by a fort	Astoria	14%
ME	37,121	Home to the largest French speaking population in the nation	Lewiston	14%
KY	60,183	Located on the Ohio River and a self-proclaimed BBQ capital of the world	Owensboro	13%
MI	34,378	Tulips bloom in this town with the Big Red Lighthouse	Holland	12%
GA	15,210	Its port handles 10% of all U.S. roll on/off trade, third in the USA	Brunswick	11%
LA	33,334	Known for its Cajun culture and dance halls	Houma	11%
PA	18,411	Thriving industrial city until a dam bursted here in 1889	Johnstown	11%
NY	28,491	"Queen of the Spas"	Saratoga Springs	11%
TX	51,898	City founded by 3 duck hunters that suffered a major explosion in 1947	Texas City	11%
NV	14,885	Lake Mead and Hoover Dam serve as major tourist attractions	Boulder City	10%
NE	14,436	Largest city on the Nebraska Panhandle, served as a mounument on the Oregon Trail	Scottsbluff	10%
ME	7,396	Once was the largest potato shipping hub in the world	Caribou	9%
MN	44,505	Largest city in Western Minnesota twinned with a city across the border	Moorhead	9%
VA	33,458	Historically large industrial city of the South	Petersburg	9%
SC	13,607	Located on Port Royal Island with historic antebellum buildings	Beaufort	8%
NC	31,291	Original capital of North Carolina and the birthplace of Pepsi	New Bern	8%
KS	10,885	Birthplace of Amelia Earhart with paranormal activity	Atchison	6%
MN	19,394	Considered the birthplace of Minnesota	Stillwater	6%
LA	7,513	"Crawfish Capital of the World"	Breaux Bridge	5%
KY	13,567	Renowned for its world famous Bourbon	Bardstown	4%