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States That Start With C

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States that start with C: 3 US states do, California, Colorado, Connecticut. The table gives each state's postal abbreviation, capital and largest cities, and the lists below show state capitals and US cities that start with C.

Three states start with C: California, Colorado and Connecticut. California is on the Pacific coast, Colorado sits in the Rocky Mountains, and Connecticut is in New England in the Northeast.

Each has an interesting capital story. Sacramento is the capital of California, but Los Angeles is far bigger. Denver serves as Colorado's capital and also its largest city. Connecticut is famous for its spelling, with a middle c that is not pronounced, and its capital is Hartford while Bridgeport is larger.

US states that start with C

StateAbbreviationCapitalLargest cities
CaliforniaCASacramentoLos Angeles, San Diego, San Jose
ColoradoCODenverDenver, Colorado Springs, Aurora
ConnecticutCTHartfordBridgeport, New Haven, Stamford

State capitals that start with C

CapitalState
Carson CityNevada
ConcordNew Hampshire
ColumbusOhio
ColumbiaSouth Carolina
CharlestonWest Virginia
CheyenneWyoming

US cities that start with C

CityStatePopulation
ChicagoIllinois2.7 million
ColumbusOhio913,175
CharlotteNorth Carolina911,311
Colorado SpringsColorado456,568
ClevelandOhio365,379
Corpus ChristiTexas316,239
CincinnatiOhio311,097
Chula VistaCalifornia265,757
ChandlerArizona260,828
ChesapeakeVirginia235,429
ColumbusGeorgia206,922
CypressTexas200,839
ChattanoogaTennessee181,099
Cape CoralFlorida175,229
ClarksvilleTennessee166,722
CoronaCalifornia164,226
CaryNorth Carolina159,769
ColumbiaSouth Carolina142,416
CarrolltonTexas133,168
CharlestonSouth Carolina132,609
Cedar RapidsIowa130,405
Coral SpringsFlorida129,485
ColumbiaMissouri129,330
ConcordCalifornia128,667
ChicoCalifornia121,345
ClearwaterFlorida117,292
CarlsbadCalifornia114,746
Costa MesaCalifornia113,204
CambridgeMassachusetts110,402
CentennialColorado109,741

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Questions people ask

How many states start with C?

3: California, Colorado, Connecticut.

Which state capitals start with C?

Carson City (Nevada), Concord (New Hampshire), Columbus (Ohio), Columbia (South Carolina), Charleston (West Virginia), Cheyenne (Wyoming).

What is the largest US city that starts with C?

Chicago, Illinois.

Source: the 50 US states with their capitals; largest cities from the GeoNames database.

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