From: ed@wente.llnl.gov (Ed Suranyi)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.usa
Subject: Re: States of U.S.A.
Date: 6 Oct 92 00:56:24 GMT
Organization: UC Davis Dept of Applied Science at LLNL

In article <1992Oct5.143540.22576@lgc.com> ajj@zycor.lgc.com (Andrew Jackson) writes:

Peter Alan Dutton made many good corrections and modifications to your
posting in his own post.  I will not repeat them here.  Rather, I will
just point out those things Peter forgot.

Unlike Peter, I am assuming that by "Larger Cities", you did not mean to
list ALL cities in the state with populations larger than the capital.
Otherwise, you've omitted dozens of cities in some states.


<New Jersey
<	Capital: Trenton
<	Larger Cities: Newark, Camden

Elizabeth, Jersey City, and Paterson are all larger than Trenton or
Camden.

<West Virginia
<	Capital: Charleston
<	Larger Cities: Huntington        Not sure which is largest city

They are quite close in population, but Charleston is larger.

<North Carolina
<	Capital: Raleigh
<	Larger Cities: Charlotte        Not sure which is largest city

Charlotte is the largest city in North Carolina.  Other large cities
are Durham, Greensboro, and Winston-Salem.

<South Carolina
<	Capital: Columbia
<	Larger Cities: Charleston

Columbia is now the largest city in the state, with Charleston not far 
behind.

<Georgia
<	Capital: Atlanta (largest city)
<	Other Cities: Savannah

Also Columbus and Macon.

<Kentucky
<	Capital: Frankfort
<	Larger Cities: Louisville

Also Lexington.

<Alabama
<	Capital: Montgomery
<	Larger Cities: Birmingham, Mobile

Also Huntsville.

<Mississippi
<	Capital: Jackson
<	Larger Cities: Biloxi        Not sure which is largest city

Jackson is by far the largest city in the state.  Biloxi is second, but
it only has one quarter the population of Jackson!

<Louisiana
<	Capital: Baton Rouge
<	Larger Cities: New Orleans

Also Shreveport.

<Michigan
<	Capital: Lansing
<	Larger Cities: Detroit

Also Ann Arbor, Flint, and Grand Rapids.

<Ohio
<       Capital: Columbus
<       Larger Cities: Cleveland, Cinncinnati

Peter already pointed out that Columbus is now the largest city in the
state.  Other large cities are Akron, Dayton, and Toledo.  Incidentally,
it's spelled Cincinnati.

<Illinois
<	Capital: Springfield
<	Larger Cities: Chicago

Also Peoria and Rockford.

<Missouri
<	Capital: Jefferson City
<	Larger Cities: St. Louis, Kansas City

Also Independence and Springfield.

<South Dakota
<	Capital: Pierre
<	Larger Cities: Sioux Falls

Also Rapid City.

<Kansas
<	Capital: Topeka
<	Larger Cities: Wichita, Kansas City     Not sure which is larger

Wichita is largest.

<Texas
<        Capital: Austin
<        Larger Cities: Houston, Dallas, San Antonio, Ft. Worth, El Paso

Also Corpus Christi, Laredo.

<Arizona
<        Capital: Phoenix (largest city)
<        Other Cities: Tuscon

That's spelled Tucson.  Other cities are Mesa, Tempe, Scottsdale, and
Glendale.

<Montana
<	Capital: Helena
<	Larger Cities: Billings

Also Great Falls and Missoula.

<Wyoming (Least Populous state ~500 000)
<	Capital: Cheyenne
<	Larger Cities: Laramie

Peter pointed out that Cheyenne is the largest city in the state.  Casper
is a very close second.

<Washington
<	Capital: Olympia
<	Largest Cities: Seattle, Spokane

Also Tacoma.

<Oregon
<	Capital: Salem
<	Largest Cities: Portland

Also Eugene.

<California (Most Populous state ~30million)
<	Capital: Sacramento
<	Largest Cities: Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose,
<			Oakland

California has many cities that would be considered very large in most
states.  Cities with population over 200,000, in addition to the ones
listed above, include Anaheim, Fresno, Long Beach, Riverside, Santa Ana,
and Stockton.  When you consider that about 15 states have NO cities
of 200,000 or more population, you can see how amazing this is.

Ed
ed@wente.llnl.gov

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