U.S. Capitals and Metro Areas

Listed below are the largest combined statistical/metropolitan/micropolitan areas in each state, including each state capital/territorial capital, in order of the population.

NORTHWEST

Alaska

1. Anchorage

2. Fairbanks

3. Juneau (state capital)

Washington

1. Seattle

2. Spokane

3. Olympia (state capital; 24th largest city in state)

Oregon

1. Portland

2. Salem (state capital)

3. Eugene

Idaho

1. Boise (state capital)

2. Idaho Falls

3. Coeur d’Alene

Montana

1. Billings

2. Missoula

3. Helena (state capital; 6th largest city in state)

MID-PACIFIC

California

1. Los Angeles

2. San Francisco (San Jose-Oakland)

3. San Diego

4. Sacramento (state capital)

Honorable Mention: Benicia (an older capitol building is located here, at Benicia Capitol State Historic Park)

Hawaii

1. Honolulu (state capital)

2. Hilo

American Samoa (U.S. Territory)

1. Pago Pago (territorial capital)

Guam (U.S. Territory)

1. Hagåtña (territorial capital)

Northern Mariana Islands (U.S. Territory)

1. Saipan (territorial capital)

ROCKY MOUNTAINS

Wyoming

1. Cheyenne (state capital)

2. Casper

3. Gillette

Colorado

1. Denver (state capital)

2. Colorado Springs

3. Fort Collins

Utah

1. Salt Lake City (state capital)

2. St. George

3. Logan

Honorable Mention: Fillmore (an older capitol building is located here, at Territorial Statehouse State Park)

Nevada

1. Las Vegas

2. Reno

3. Carson City (state capital; 6th largest city in state)

SOUTHWEST

Arizona

1. Phoenix (state capital)

2. Tucson

3. Prescott

New Mexico

San Felipe de Neri Church, Old Town Plaza, Albuquerque

1. Albuquerque

2. Las Cruces

3. Santa Fe (state capital)

Texas

1. Dallas-Fort Worth (largest metro)

Gerald D. Hines Waterwall Park, Houston, Texas

2. Houston (largest city)

San Antonio Riverwalk, San Antonio, Texas

3. San Antonio

4. Austin (state capital)

5. El Paso

Oklahoma

1. Oklahoma City (state capital)

2. Tulsa

3. Lawton (Fort Sill)

GREAT PLAINS

North Dakota

1. Fargo

2. Bismarck (state capital)

3. Grand Forks

South Dakota

1. Sioux Falls

2. Rapid City

3. Pierre (state capital; 8th largest city in state)

Nebraska

1. Omaha

2. Lincoln (state capital)

3. Grand Island

Kansas

1. Overland Park-Kansas City (suburbs of Kansas City, Missouri)

Keeper of the Plains sculpture, Wichita, Kansas

2. Wichita

3. Topeka (state capital)

Iowa

1. Des Moines (state capital)

2. Cedar Rapids

3. Davenport

Old Capitol Museum, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa

Honorable Mention: Iowa City (5th largest city in state; an older capitol building is located here)

Missouri

Gateway Arch, Gateway Arch National Park, Saint Louis

1. Saint Louis

2. Kansas City

3. Springfield, MO

4. Jefferson City (state capital; 15th largest city in state)

Saint Charles Historic District — Old Capitol, Saint Charles

Honorable Mention: St. Charles

GREAT LAKES

Michigan

1. Detroit (Flint-Ann Arbor)

2. Grand Rapids (Muskegon–Holland)

3. Lansing (state capital)

4. Kalamazoo-Battle Creek

5. Saginaw

6. Jackson

7. Niles–Benton Harbor

8. Traverse City

Wisconsin

1. Milwaukee

2. Madison (state capital)

3. Green Bay

Honorable Mention: Belmont (old capitol building located here)

Minnesota

1. Minneapolis-Saint Paul (state capital)

2. Duluth

3. Rochester

Illinois

1. Chicago

2. Rockford

Old State Capitol — Old Capitol with current State Capitol in background

3. Springfield, IL (state capital; 6th largest city in state)

Honorable Mention: Vandalia (an older capitol building is located here)

Indiana

1. Indianapolis (state capital)

2. Fort Wayne

3. South Bend

Honorable Mention: Corydon (an older capitol building is located here)

Ohio

1. Cleveland

2. Columbus (state capital)

3. Cincinnati

4. Dayton

5. Toledo

Honorable Mention: Chillicothe (a replica of an older capitol building is located here)

NEW ENGLAND

Maine

1. Portland

2. Bangor

3. Augusta (state capital)

4. Rockland

New Hampshire

1. Manchester

2. Concord (state capital)

Vermont

1. Burlington

2. Montpelier (state capital; 17th largest city in state)

Massachusetts

1. Boston (state capital; an older capitol building, the Old State House, is also located here)

2. Springfield

Rhode Island

1. Providence (state capital)

New York

1. New York City

2. Buffalo

3. Rochester

4. Albany (state capital)

5. Syracuse

MID-ATLANTIC

Pennsylvania

1. Philadelphia

2. Pittsburgh

3. Harrisburg (state capital)

New Jersey

1. Newark (New York City metro area)

2. Trenton (state capital)

3. Atlantic City

Delaware

1. Wilmington

2. Dover (state capital)

Maryland

USS Constellation, Baltimore Inner Harbor

1. Baltimore

2. Rockville (Washington DC metro area)

3. Annapolis (state capital; 7th largest city in state)

Washington, DC

Virginia

1. Northern Virginia (Arlington-Alexandria – Washington DC metro area)

2. Hampton Roads (Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News)

3. Richmond (state capital)

West Virginia

1. Charleston (state capital)

2. Morgantown

3. Huntington

Honorable Mention: Wheeling (5th largest city in state; an older capitol building is located here)

Ryman Auditorium and the AT&T Building, Nashville, Tennessee

Tennessee State Capitol — Ryman Auditorium and the AT&T Building, Nashville, Tennessee

Arkansas

1. Little Rock (state capital)

2. Fayetteville

3. Fort Smith

Louisiana

1. New Orleans

Louisiana State Capitol, Baton Rouge — Louisiana State Capitol

2. Baton Rouge (state capital; an older capitol building, the Old State Capitol, is also located here)

3. Lafayette

Mississippi

1. Jackson (state capital; an older capitol building is also located here)

2. Gulfport

3. Hattiesburg

Alabama

1. Birmingham

2. Mobile

3. Huntsville

4. Montgomery (state capital)

SOUTHEAST

North Carolina

1. Charlotte

2. Raleigh (state capital)

3. Greensboro

South Carolina

1. Greenville

2. Columbia (state capital)

3. Charleston

Georgia

1. Atlanta (state capital)

2. Savannah

3. Macon

Honorable Mention: Milledgeville (an older capitol building is located here)

Florida

1. Miami

2. Orlando

3. Tampa

4. Jacksonville

5. Tallahassee (state capital; an older capitol building is also located here; 7th largest city in state)

Puerto Rico (U.S. Territory)

1. San Juan (territorial capital)

U.S. Virgin Islands (U.S. Territory)

1. Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas Island (territorial capital)

2. Christiansted, St. Croix Island

3. Cruz Bay, St. John Island