list of state capitals in the United States

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This is a list of the cities that are state capitals in the United States, ordered alphabetically by state. The list also provides the most recent U.S. census population for each city as well as an estimated population. (This list does not include the capital of the United States, Washington, D.C.)

state capital population of capital: census population of capital: estimated
Alabama Montgomery (2020) 200,603 (2021 est.) 198,665
Alaska Juneau (2020) 32,255 (2021 est.) 31,973
Arizona Phoenix (2020) 1,608,139 (2021 est.) 1,624,569
Arkansas Little Rock (2020) 202,591 (2021 est.) 201,998
California Sacramento (2020) 524,943 (2021 est.) 525,041
Colorado Denver (2020) 715,522 (2021 est.) 711,463
Connecticut Hartford (2020) 121,054 (2021 est.) 120,576
Delaware Dover (2020) 39,403 (2021 est.) 38,992
Florida Tallahassee (2020) 196,068 (2021 est.) 197,102
Georgia Atlanta (2020) 498,715 (2021 est.) 496,461
Hawaii Honolulu (2020) 350,964 (2021 est.) 345,510
Idaho Boise (2020) 235,684 (2021 est.) 237,446
Illinois Springfield (2020) 114,394 (2021 est.) 113,394
Indiana Indianapolis (2020) 887,642 (2021 est.) 882,039
Iowa Des Moines (2020) 214,133 (2021 est.) 212,031
Kansas Topeka (2020) 126,587 (2021 est.) 125,963
Kentucky Frankfort (2020) 28,602 (2021 est.) 28,595
Louisiana Baton Rouge (2020) 227,470 (2021 est.) 222,185
Maine Augusta (2020) 18,899 (2021 est.) 18,968
Maryland Annapolis (2020) 40,812 (2021 est.) 40,687
Massachusetts Boston (2020) 675,647 (2021 est.) 654,776
Michigan Lansing (2020) 112,644 (2021 est.) 112,684
Minnesota Saint Paul (2020) 311,527 (2021 est.) 307,193
Mississippi Jackson (2020) 153,701 (2021 est.) 149,761
Missouri Jefferson City (2020) 43,228 (2021 est.) 42,772
Montana Helena (2020) 32,091 (2021 est.) 33,120
Nebraska Lincoln (2020) 291,082 (2021 est.) 292,657
Nevada Carson City (2020) 58,639 (2021 est.) 58,993
New Hampshire Concord (2020) 43,976 (2021 est.) 44,006
New Jersey Trenton (2020) 90,871 (2021 est.) 90,457
New Mexico Santa Fe (2020) 87,505 (2021 est.) 88,193
New York Albany (2020) 99,224 (2021 est.) 98,617
North Carolina Raleigh (2020) 467,665 (2021 est.) 469,124
North Dakota Bismarck (2020) 73,622 (2021 est.) 74,138
Ohio Columbus (2020) 905,748 (2021 est.) 906,528
Oklahoma Oklahoma City (2020) 681,054 (2021 est.) 687,725
Oregon Salem (2020) 175,535 (2021 est.) 177,723
Pennsylvania Harrisburg (2020) 50,099 (2021 est.) 50,135
Rhode Island Providence (2020) 190,934 (2021 est.) 189,692
South Carolina Columbia (2020) 136,632 (2021 est.) 137,541
South Dakota Pierre (2020) 14,091 (2021 est.) 14,000
Tennessee Nashville (2020) 689,447 (2021 est.) 678,851
Texas Austin (2020) 961,855 (2021 est.) 964,177
Utah Salt Lake City (2020) 199,723 (2021 est.) 200,478
Vermont Montpelier (2020) 8,074 (2021 est.) 8,002
Virginia Richmond (2020) 226,610 (2021 est.) 226,604
Washington Olympia (2020) 55,605 (2021 est.) 55,919
West Virginia Charleston (2020) 48,864 (2021 est.) 48,018
Wisconsin Madison (2020) 269,840 (2021 est.) 269,196
Wyoming Cheyenne (2020) 65,132 (2021 est.) 65,051