- 1. What organization defines an incorporated place in the United States?
A) Bureau of Labor Statistics
B) United States Census Bureau
C) United States Postal Service
D) Department of Housing and Urban Development
- 2. Which of the following is included in the Census Bureau's definition of an incorporated place?
A) Villages
B) Metropolitan suburbs
C) Urban agglomerations
D) Unincorporated areas
- 3. What type of exceptional place is also included in the Census Bureau's listing of incorporated places?
A) Indian reservations
B) Census-designated places
C) National parks
D) Military bases
- 4. What type of government includes the entire population of a county or county equivalent?
A) Consolidated city-counties
B) Village councils
C) Special districts
D) Township governments
- 5. Does the list include the populations of municipalities considered suburbs of a central city?
A) Only for cities over one million
B) No, they are listed separately
C) Only if they share a county
D) Yes, they are combined with the central city
- 6. Are unincorporated areas within urban agglomerations included in the list?
A) Only in western states
B) Yes
C) No
D) Only if requested by the state
- 7. How many incorporated places in the United States have a population of at least 100,000 as of July 1, 2025?
A) 100
B) 500
C) 250
D) 348
- 8. How many states have no cities with populations exceeding 100,000?
A) Ten
B) Five
C) Zero
D) Three
- 9. Which of the following states has no cities with a population exceeding 100,000?
A) Oregon
B) Colorado
C) Ohio
D) Delaware
- 10. Which of the following states lacks any city with a population over 100,000?
A) Florida
B) Maine
C) Michigan
D) Texas
- 11. Which state has no cities with a population of 100,000 or more?
A) Georgia
B) Vermont
C) Washington
D) Virginia
- 12. Which of these states does not have a city with a population exceeding 100,000?
A) California
B) Pennsylvania
C) Illinois
D) West Virginia
- 13. Which state features zero cities with a population above 100,000?
A) Wyoming
B) Nevada
C) Arizona
D) Utah
- 14. What date is used for the population estimates of U.S. states and the District of Columbia in the main table?
A) April 1, 2022
B) December 31, 2024
C) July 1, 2025
D) January 1, 2020
- 15. What date is used for the population enumeration from the United States census mentioned in the tables?
A) November 5, 2020
B) January 1, 2025
C) April 1, 2020
D) July 1, 2021
- 16. What date is used for the municipality land area measurement?
A) July 1, 2025
B) January 1, 2020
C) December 31, 2019
D) April 1, 2020
- 17. What is measured by the municipality population density metric?
A) Residents per unit of land area
B) Residents per square mile of water
C) Structures per acre
D) Families per household
- 18. What geographic coordinates are included in the municipality tables?
A) Magnetic declination
B) UTM zone and grid
C) Latitude and longitude coordinates
D) Elevation and slope
- 19. What was the total 2020 enumerated population of all incorporated municipalities over 100,000?
A) 150,000,000
B) 331,449,281
C) 96,598,047
D) 50,123,456
- 20. What percentage of the United States population (excluding territories) lived in incorporated municipalities over 100,000 in 2020?
A) 60.25%
B) 15.50%
C) 45.80%
D) 29.14%
- 21. What total land area is covered by incorporated municipalities with a population over 100,000?
A) 10,500 square miles
B) 50,200 square miles
C) 29,588 square miles
D) 100,000 square miles
- 22. What is the total land area in square kilometers covered by incorporated municipalities over 100,000?
A) 45,000 km2
B) 120,000 km2
C) 250,000 km2
D) 76,630 km2
- 23. What is the mean municipality population for incorporated places over 100,000?
A) 150,400
B) 301,765
C) 750,100
D) 500,250
- 24. What is the mean population density for incorporated municipalities over 100,000?
A) 500 inhabitants per square mile
B) 10,500 inhabitants per square mile
C) 1,200 inhabitants per square mile
D) 4,151 inhabitants per square mile
- 25. What is the mean density of incorporated municipalities over 100,000 expressed in square kilometers?
A) 1,603/km2
B) 3,400/km2
C) 7,500/km2
D) 500/km2
- 26. What date is used for the Puerto Rico municipality population estimates?
A) July 1, 2024
B) July 1, 2025
C) January 1, 2021
D) April 1, 2020
- 27. If Puerto Rican cities were included among the broader U.S. list, what rank would San Juan achieve as the largest city in the country?
A) 25th
B) 58th
C) 10th
D) 100th
- 28. Are U.S. territories included in the 348 incorporated places table for the 50 states and the District of Columbia?
A) Only Guam and Puerto Rico are included
B) No, they are excluded
C) Yes, all territories are included
D) Only Puerto Rico is included
- 29. What is a CDP lacking that incorporated places usually have?
A) Land area
B) Separate municipal government
C) Population
D) Geographic boundaries
- 30. According to the text, what population threshold do the listed CDPs meet based on the 2020 census?
A) At least 1,000,000
B) At least 50,000
C) At least 100,000
D) At least 500,000
- 31. Which table lists U.S. cities that have decreased beneath 100,000 people or have been consolidated?
A) Other U.S. territories
B) Cities formerly over 100,000 people
C) Census-designated places
D) Locations of 50 most populous cities
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