Geography quiz
US state capitals from west to east
Ten state capitals of the lower 48 states. Sort them from west to east, then check them against the map.
- Format
- Put them in order
- Items
- 10 to sort
- Limit
- None
- Level
- Medium
- Checked
- 2026.10.03
See every entry and put the whole list in order.
- Entries
- 10
- Sort by
- Longitude
- Time limit
- None
- Touch screens start in Tap mode: tap the entries in order, and tap one again to take it back.
- Drag mode: drag an entry (press and hold on a phone), or use the arrow buttons.
- Keyboard: space to pick up, arrows to move, space to drop.
- Pause whenever you like (Esc). The board hides while the clock is stopped.
About this quiz
Ten state capitals, taken from the most populous states down, leaving out any that sits within a degree and a half of longitude of one already chosen. No two are too close to call.
- Sacramento, California is the furthest west of the ten and Boston, Massachusetts the furthest east.
- Each place is measured at the middle point the Census Bureau gives for the city.
- In mystery order the places arrive one at a time and are put into numbered slots without seeing what is still to come.
Sources
- [1]US Census Bureau. Gazetteer files: 2024 places.
- [2]National Archives (George W. Bush White House archive). State capitals quiz.
Note on the data. Latitudes and longitudes are the internal points of each city's place record in the Census Bureau's 2024 Gazetteer place file, read on 3 October 2026. The capitals are those of the lower 48 states, taken in order of the state's population. A place is skipped when it lies within 1.5 degrees of one already chosen on the axis being sorted.
Last checked October 3, 2026
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