Trivia time

How many of America’s ten largest cities can you name?

By largest here I mean the 10 with the most residents in 2006 (Census estimates). And I mean in one city not in a metropolitan area that includes suburbs.

Would it help if I told you three of the ten have “San” in their name? Careful, it might not be the Sans you think.

Would it help if I told you that only three of the ten were also in the top ten in 1910?

The answer is in the first comment. How’d you do?

8 thoughts on “Trivia time”

  2. Why did you limit your question to “one city,” to the exclusion of the metro area? It seems much more interesting and informative to talk about the size of a metro area, especially given that the distinction between the central city and its surrounding suburbs can often be arbitrary or nonexistent. For example, Phoenix proper is huge but most of it resembles a bunch of far-flung suburbs because there is no barrier to Phoenix’s annexation (unlike, for example, Denver’s ability to annex).

  4. I didn’t get San Jose, although I tried hard to think of a 3rd “San” that would fit. I got the rest.

  5. I missed San Diego and Phnx, replacing them w/ Boston and San Fran. i do have the advantage of working in TV , so I can go by market size, more or less.

    Cheers, Mi3ke

  6. Here for JustWondering are the largest metro areas in 2006 (all those with 2 million or more people — more people than live in all of New Mexico).

    New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA
    Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA
    Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI
    Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
    Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
    Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX
    Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach, FL
    Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
    Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA
    Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI
    Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH
    San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA
    Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ
    Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
    Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
    Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
    San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA
    St. Louis, MO-IL
    Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
    Baltimore-Towson, MD
    Denver-Aurora, CO
    Pittsburgh, PA
    Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA
    Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH
    Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN
    Sacramento–Arden-Arcade–Roseville, CA

    Source

  8. Got all 10 but not in any order. Would have never gotten Jose or Diego if you had not given the San clue though. And weren’t DFW and Houston 8th and 9th in the Metros just 6 years before?

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