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#greenscreen What % of each #state lives in the #capital? In the #US, the largest #city of a state is often not the capital, with only 17 (maybe 18) #states opting to put the #capitol and seat of #government in the largest/most important city within the state. For example, centrally located #Springfield is the capital of #Illinois, despite #Chicago undoubtedly being the cultural/economic enging of the state. Similar stories with #Albany, #NewYork (over #NYC), #Sacramento, #California (over #SanFrancisco or #LosAngeles), and many others, while some states opted to have one city serve both functions, most strikingly #Hawaii, where #Honolulu is home to 24% of the state, and #Arizona, where #Phoenix is home to 22% of the state. Granted, this only considers city limits, the Phoenix #metro has 60% of the state, meanwhile #Atlanta and #Boston certainly would have greater shares of #Georgia and #Massachusetts' #population, while the #Providence metro in #RhodeIsland is home to 95% of the state (while the city alone is just 20%). Phoenix is also the largest state capital at 1.5 million residents, while #Montpelier #Vermont is the smallest with just 7,774 residents. Finally, the relatively smallest state capital would be #Olympia, #Washington, as its the 21st largest city in its state, or #Frankfort, #Kentucky, which only is home to 0.62% of Kentucky's population (the smallest share of any state capital). #usa #us #unitedstates #america #geography #geographyjoe #map #maps #population #statecapitals #capitalcities #ca #tx #fl #il #ny #nj #oh #ohio #minnesota #twincities #msp #az #hi #ky