Cities That Start With J

61 cities Places Checked 9 Oct 2026

These cities that start with J are the world's big cities with 300,000 or more people, 61 in all, ranked by population. A separate list covers 15 US cities that start with J, followed by capital cities.

J has 61 cities, and a large share come from China. Watch for repeated openings like Jin and Jiang, as in Jinan and Jiangmen. Beyond China, Johannesburg in South Africa, Jakarta in Indonesia, Jeddah in Saudi Arabia and Jaipur in India are the best-known picks.

In the US list, Jacksonville appears twice, once in Florida and once in North Carolina. Jersey City in New Jersey is another easy answer. J cities are useful in word games because few players remember more than one or two.

Big cities starting with J: 61
Largest: Johannesburg South Africa
Largest in the US: Jacksonville Florida

Cities that start with J around the world

#	City	Country	Population
1	Johannesburg	South Africa	9.4 million
2	Jakarta	Indonesia	8.5 million
3	Jeddah	Saudi Arabia	4.7 million
4	Jinan	China	4.3 million
5	Jaipur	India	3.0 million
6	Jieyang	China	1.9 million
7	Jilin	China	1.9 million
8	Jiading	China	1.9 million
9	Jiangmen	China	1.8 million
10	Jiangyin	China	1.8 million
11	Jinhua	China	1.5 million
12	Jinjiang	China	1.4 million
13	Jamshedpur	India	1.3 million
14	Jepara	Indonesia	1.3 million
15	Jining	China	1.2 million
16	Jinzhong	China	1.2 million
17	Jiaxing	China	1.2 million
18	Jiujiang	China	1.2 million
19	Jabalpur	India	1.1 million
20	Jodhpur	India	1.1 million
21	Jingzhou	China	1.1 million
22	Jos	Nigeria	1.0 million
23	Jacksonville	United States	1.0 million
24	Jerusalem	Israel	971,800
25	Jingan	China	936,500
26	Jalandhar	India	868,929
27	Jiaozuo	China	865,413
28	Johor Bahru	Malaysia	858,118
29	Jinshan	China	822,776
30	Joao Pessoa	Brazil	817,511
31	Jajmau	India	652,831
32	Jaboatao dos Guararapes	Brazil	644,037
33	Jeonju	South Korea	638,421
34	Jambi City	Indonesia	635,101
35	Jingmen	China	632,954
36	Jiaozhou	China	619,266
37	Jhang Sadr	Pakistan	606,533
38	Jinzhou	China	604,269
39	Jamnagar	India	600,943
40	Jammu	India	576,198
41	Jiamusi	China	549,549
42	Juiz de Fora	Brazil	540,756
43	Jian	China	538,699
44	Jalalpur Pirwala	Pakistan	500,000
45	Jianshui	China	490,000
46	Jeju City	South Korea	488,844
47	Jijiga	Ethiopia	483,000
48	Jincheng	China	476,945
49	Jingdezhen	China	473,561
50	Jiaojiang	China	470,804
51	Joinville	Brazil	461,304
52	Jalgaon	India	460,228
53	Juba	South Sudan	450,000
54	Jundiai	Brazil	443,221
55	Jiuquan	China	428,346
56	Jhansi	India	412,927
57	Jayapura	Indonesia	410,852
58	Jixi	China	403,759
59	Jizhou	China	362,013
60	Junagadh	India	319,462
61	Jardim Angela	Brazil	311,432

US cities that start with J

City	State	Population
Jacksonville	Florida	1.0 million
Jersey City	New Jersey	264,290
Jamaica	New York	216,866
Jackson	Mississippi	153,701
Joliet	Illinois	147,861
Johns Creek	Georgia	83,335
Jonesboro	Arkansas	73,907
Jacksonville	North Carolina	67,357
Jackson Heights	New York	67,067
Jackson	Tennessee	66,975
Johnson City	Tennessee	66,027
Janesville	Wisconsin	64,123
Jupiter	Florida	62,707
Jackson	New Jersey	54,856
Joplin	Missouri	51,818

Capital cities that start with J

Capital	Country
Jakarta	Indonesia
Jerusalem	Israel
Juba	South Sudan

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Questions people ask

What is the biggest city that starts with J?

Johannesburg in South Africa, with about 9.4 million people in the GeoNames count.

What US cities start with J?

The largest are Jacksonville, Florida, Jersey City, New Jersey, Jamaica, New York, Jackson, Mississippi, Joliet, Illinois.

What capital cities start with J?

Jakarta (Indonesia), Jerusalem (Israel), Juba (South Sudan).

Which country has the most big cities starting with J?

China, with 28 of the cities on this list.

Source: the GeoNames database: world cities with 300,000 or more people and US cities with 50,000 or more. Population figures are the latest GeoNames counts and can lag behind new census results.

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