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