actually I was watching Jeopardy last light and the final question was what city has the highest population of any state capital at 1.4 million. That's phoenix.

 

Isn't Jeopardy supposed to have factual data ??? This below if from Wikipedia and Phoenix is listed as 14th in size. Now all the cities listed are not the state capitol but I'm from Metro Atlanta, state capitol of GA and 9th in population with 5,268,860.

Table

The following sortable table lists the 367 Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) of the United States with the following information:

The MSA rank by population as of April 1, 2010, as counted by the United States Census 2010[3]
The MSA name as defined by the United States Office of Management and Budget[2]
The MSA population as of April 1, 2010, as counted by the United States Census 2010[3]
The MSA population as of April 1, 2000, as counted by the United States Census 2000[3]
The percent MSA population change from April 1, 2000, to April 1, 2010, as counted by the United States Census Bureau[3]
The Combined Statistical Area (CSA)[4] if the MSA is a component[2]

Rank Metropolitan Statistical Area 2010 Pop 2000 Pop Change Combined Statistical Area
Metropolitan Statistical Areas of the United States of America 1 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA MSA 18,897,109 18,323,002 +3.13% New York-Newark-Bridgeport, NY-NJ-CT-PA CSA
2 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA MSA 12,828,837 12,365,627 +3.75% Los Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside, CA CSA
3 Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, IL-IN-WI MSA 9,461,105 9,098,316 +3.99% Chicago-Naperville-Michigan City, IL-IN-WI CSA
4 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX MSA 6,371,773 5,161,544 +23.45% Dallas-Fort Worth, TX CSA
5 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD MSA 5,965,343 5,687,147 +4.89% Philadelphia-Camden-Vineland, PA-NJ-DE-MD CSA
6 Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX MSA 5,946,800 4,715,407 +26.11% Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX CSA
7 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV MSA 5,582,170 4,796,183 +16.39% Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia, DC-MD-VA-WV CSA
8 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL MSA 5,564,635 5,007,564 +11.12% primary census statistical area
9 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA MSA 5,268,860 4,247,981 +24.03% Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Gainesville, GA-AL CSA
10 Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH MSA 4,552,402 4,391,344 +3.67% Boston-Worcester-Manchester, MA-RI-NH CSA
11 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA MSA 4,335,391 4,123,740 +5.13% San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA CSA
12 Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI MSA 4,296,250 4,452,557 −3.51% Detroit-Warren-Flint, MI CSA
13 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA MSA 4,224,851 3,254,821 +29.80% Los Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside, CA CSA
14 Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, AZ MSA 4,192,887 3,251,876 +28.94% primary census statistical area

 

Just did a google search and it says that Atlanta proper is 419,122. I would guess that if you took into account all the surrounding areas like Marrietta etc the population goes way up.

It states Phoenix is 1.4 mil. Like many statistics it depends on how you look at it and always remember that 78.4% of statistics are made up randomly on the spot.

http://www.statemaster.com/graph/geo...th-populations

 

Jim, I think the jeopardy question was asking the most populated state capital, not just US cities

 

Just to get back on the original thread.

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