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US Cities Map Quiz

Fifty of the largest cities in the United States as dots on a state map, one region at a time.

US Cities Map Quiz

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Write the name of each numbered city.Answer key

  1. New York
  2. Philadelphia
  3. Boston
  4. Pittsburgh
  5. Bridgeport
  6. Buffalo
  7. Albany, New York
  8. Chicago
  9. Detroit
  10. Minneapolis
  11. St. Louis
  12. Cleveland
  13. Cincinnati
  14. Kansas City, Missouri
  15. Indianapolis
  16. Milwaukee
  17. Columbus, Ohio
  18. Omaha
  19. Miami
  20. Dallas
  21. Atlanta
  22. Houston
  23. Washington, D.C.
  24. Tampa
  25. Virginia Beach
  26. San Antonio
  27. Orlando
  28. West Palm Beach
  29. Raleigh
  30. Austin
  31. Birmingham, Alabama
  32. Memphis
  33. Charlotte
  34. Jacksonville
  35. Louisville
  36. Tulsa
  37. Richmond, Virginia
  38. Nashville
  39. Los Angeles
  40. Phoenix
  41. San Francisco
  42. Seattle
  43. San Diego
  44. Denver
  45. Portland, Oregon
  46. Las Vegas
  47. San Bernardino
  48. Sacramento
  49. Salt Lake City
  50. Albuquerque

Drawn for this site from Natural Earth 5.1.2. Licence: public domain.

Each city is a button. Use the arrow keys to move between them and Enter to choose. Names are read out in Study, and once a city is answered.

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Northeast 7

  1. New York New York is in the state of New York. The state capital is Albany.
  2. Philadelphia Philadelphia is in Pennsylvania. The state capital is Harrisburg.
  3. Boston Boston is the capital of Massachusetts.
  4. Pittsburgh Pittsburgh is in Pennsylvania. The state capital is Harrisburg.
  5. Bridgeport Bridgeport is in Connecticut. The state capital is Hartford.
  6. Buffalo Buffalo is in New York. The state capital is Albany.
  7. Albany, New York Albany is the capital of New York.

Midwest 11

  1. Chicago Chicago is in Illinois. The state capital is Springfield.
  2. Detroit Detroit is in Michigan. The state capital is Lansing.
  3. Minneapolis Minneapolis is in Minnesota. The state capital is Saint Paul.
  4. St. Louis St. Louis is in Missouri. The state capital is Jefferson City.
  5. Cleveland Cleveland is in Ohio. The state capital is Columbus.
  6. Cincinnati Cincinnati is in Ohio. The state capital is Columbus.
  7. Kansas City, Missouri Kansas City is in Missouri. The state capital is Jefferson City.
  8. Indianapolis Indianapolis is the capital of Indiana.
  9. Milwaukee Milwaukee is in Wisconsin. The state capital is Madison.
  10. Columbus, Ohio Columbus is the capital of Ohio.
  11. Omaha Omaha is in Nebraska. The state capital is Lincoln.

South 20

  1. Miami Miami is in Florida. The state capital is Tallahassee.
  2. Dallas Dallas is in Texas. The state capital is Austin.
  3. Atlanta Atlanta is the capital of Georgia.
  4. Houston Houston is in Texas. The state capital is Austin.
  5. Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C. is the United States capital.
  6. Tampa Tampa is in Florida. The state capital is Tallahassee.
  7. Virginia Beach Virginia Beach is in Virginia. The state capital is Richmond.
  8. San Antonio San Antonio is in Texas. The state capital is Austin.
  9. Orlando Orlando is in Florida. The state capital is Tallahassee.
  10. West Palm Beach West Palm Beach is in Florida. The state capital is Tallahassee.
  11. Raleigh Raleigh is the capital of North Carolina.
  12. Austin Austin is the capital of Texas.
  13. Birmingham, Alabama Birmingham is in Alabama. The state capital is Montgomery.
  14. Memphis Memphis is in Tennessee. The state capital is Nashville.
  15. Charlotte Charlotte is in North Carolina. The state capital is Raleigh.
  16. Jacksonville Jacksonville is in Florida. The state capital is Tallahassee.
  17. Louisville Louisville is in Kentucky. The state capital is Frankfort.
  18. Tulsa Tulsa is in Oklahoma. The state capital is Oklahoma City.
  19. Richmond, Virginia Richmond is the capital of Virginia.
  20. Nashville Nashville is the capital of Tennessee.

West 12

  1. Los Angeles Los Angeles is in California. The state capital is Sacramento.
  2. Phoenix Phoenix is the capital of Arizona.
  3. San Francisco San Francisco is in California. The state capital is Sacramento.
  4. Seattle Seattle is in Washington. The state capital is Olympia.
  5. San Diego San Diego is in California. The state capital is Sacramento.
  6. Denver Denver is the capital of Colorado.
  7. Portland, Oregon Portland is in Oregon. The state capital is Salem.
  8. Las Vegas Las Vegas is in Nevada. The state capital is Carson City.
  9. San Bernardino San Bernardino is in California. The state capital is Sacramento.
  10. Sacramento Sacramento is the capital of California.
  11. Salt Lake City Salt Lake City is the capital of Utah.
  12. Albuquerque Albuquerque is in New Mexico. The state capital is Santa Fe.

How this list was compiled: The 50 cities are the dots of the drawing: the 50 largest places of the United States in Natural Earth's populated places (scale 1:10,000,000, version 5.1.2) by its field pop_max, which is the population of the urban area and not of the city inside its limits. Of two places closer than 0.75 degrees the smaller is not drawn, so that every dot can be tapped: Irvine and Long Beach beside Los Angeles, Baltimore beside Washington, Fort Lauderdale beside Miami, San Jose and Oakland beside San Francisco, Fort Worth beside Dallas, Providence beside Boston, Mesa beside Phoenix, Norfolk beside Virginia Beach, Hartford beside Bridgeport. The list is not a ranking by Census Bureau city estimates. The state of each city was read in the points file and in the opening of the city's Wikipedia article; each state capital in Wikipedia, List of capitals in the United States (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_capitals_in_the_United_States); all read 2026-10-01. The four rounds are the regions of the U.S. Census Bureau, by the state each city is in, as the points file groups them. Items made on 2026-10-01; names and accepted spellings are Natural Earth's, with the state added where the source has several places of one name. Licence: own work

The drawing: Drawn for this site from Natural Earth 5.1.2, ne_10m_populated_places_simple (scale 1:10,000,000), https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/v5.1.2/geojson/ne_10m_populated_places_simple.geojson, downloaded 2026-09-19. Surrounding land from U.S. Census Bureau 2023 cartographic boundary file cb_2023_us_state_5m (scale 1:5,000,000), https://www2.census.gov/geo/tiger/GENZ2023/shp/cb_2023_us_state_5m.zip, downloaded 2026-09-19. Albers equal-area conic projection with Alaska and Hawaii moved and rescaled. Licence: public domain (Natural Earth terms of use: https://www.naturalearthdata.com/about/terms-of-use/); public domain (work of the United States government, 17 U.S.C. 105): https://www2.census.gov/geo/pdfs/maps-data/data/tiger/tgrshp2023/TGRSHP2023_TechDoc_Ch1.pdf

How it works

This US cities map quiz asks 50 large cities as dots on a map of the states, from Boston to San Diego. A round stays inside one region, starting with the Northeast, where the dots sit closest together.

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Which 50 cities, and by what count

The list is the 50 largest urban areas of the United States in the map data, Natural Earth version 5.1.2, which counts a city together with its suburbs. That is why Tampa and St. Louis rank higher here than in a list by city limits, and why no suburb is a dot.

Big cities that are not dots

A city too close to a bigger one is left out, so that every dot can be tapped: Baltimore beside Washington, San Jose and Oakland beside San Francisco, Fort Worth beside Dallas, Long Beach beside Los Angeles, Providence beside Boston.

  • Six dots carry a ring on a short line because a bigger city crowds them: Bridgeport, Sacramento, San Bernardino, Austin, Orlando and West Palm Beach.
  • Texas has four dots: Dallas, Houston, San Antonio and Austin. Florida and California have five each.

Questions and answers

Why is Washington, D.C. in the round for the South?

The rounds are the four regions of the U.S. Census Bureau, which places the District of Columbia in the South. Richmond, Virginia Beach, Louisville and Tulsa are in that round for the same reason.

Are these the state capitals?

Some are. 13 of the 50 are state capitals, such as Boston, Atlanta and Phoenix, and Washington, D.C. is the national capital. The list under the map names each city's state and its capital. For all 50 capitals use the state capitals quiz.

Can I print a blank US map with cities?

Yes. Open More options and press Print blank: the state outlines print with a number at each dot and a line to write each city on. The print button beside it adds the answer key.

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