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This is a list of capital cities of the United States, including places that serve or have served as federal, state, insular area, territorial, colonial and Native American capitals. Washington, D.C. has been the federal capital of the United States since 1800. Each U.S. state has its own capital city, as do many of its insular areas.
United States Virgin Islands Legislature Building Charlotte Amalie 18°20′24″N 64°55′46″W / 18.34000°N 64.92944°W / 18.34000; -64.92944 ( Legislature of the Virgin
The three largest towns are Charlotte Amalie (10,354), Christiansted (2,433) and Frederiksted (859). Note 4: Though Maryland has a number of incorporated places, many major population centers, usually suburbs in the Baltimore-Washington corridor, are census-designated places.
The United States of America is a federal republic [1] consisting of 50 states, a federal district (Washington, D.C., the capital city of the United States), five major territories, and various minor islands. [2] [3] Both the states and the United States as a whole are each sovereign jurisdictions. [4]
This table lists the 336 incorporated places in the United States, excluding the U.S. territories, with a population of at least 100,000 as of July 1, 2023, as estimated by the U.S. Census Bureau. Five states have no cities with populations exceeding 100,000. They are: Delaware, Maine, Vermont, West Virginia, and Wyoming .
Self-governing in free association with the United States. Koror City was the capital of Palau until 2006. Niamey Niger: Africa: Nicosia Cyprus: Asia Nicosia is a divided capital, split between Cyprus, which claims the whole city, and the internationally unrecognized breakaway state of Northern Cyprus. Northern Cyprus: Nouakchott Mauritania ...
1790. When the United States declared independence in 1776, Philadelphia was its most populous city. By the time the first U.S. census count was completed in 1790, New York City had already grown to be 14% more populous than Philadelphia (though Philadelphia still had the larger metropolitan population in 1790).
Former colonial and territorial capitals in the United States (3 C, 56 P) Former state capitals in the United States (43 C, 68 P) Mayors of United States state capitals (46 C)