States That Start With N

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States that start with N: 8 US states do, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota. 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 N.

Eight states start with N, and six of them are built from two words. Four begin with "New" (New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York) and two with "North" (North Carolina, North Dakota). Only Nebraska and Nevada stand alone as single words.

This letter is full of capital-city surprises. Albany, not New York City, runs New York. Carson City, not Las Vegas, is the capital of Nevada, and Santa Fe leads New Mexico while Albuquerque is larger. Lincoln in Nebraska and Bismarck in North Dakota round out a good set for flashcards.

US states that start with N

State	Abbreviation	Capital	Largest cities
Nebraska	NE	Lincoln	Omaha, Lincoln, Bellevue
Nevada	NV	Carson City	Las Vegas, Henderson, Reno
New Hampshire	NH	Concord	Manchester, Nashua
New Jersey	NJ	Trenton	Newark, Jersey City, Paterson
New Mexico	NM	Santa Fe	Albuquerque, Las Cruces, Rio Rancho
New York	NY	Albany	New York City, Brooklyn, Queens
North Carolina	NC	Raleigh	Charlotte, Raleigh, West Raleigh
North Dakota	ND	Bismarck	Fargo, Bismarck, Grand Forks

State capitals that start with N

Capital	State
Nashville	Tennessee

US cities that start with N

City	State	Population
New York City	New York	8.8 million
Nashville	Tennessee	689,447
New South Memphis	Tennessee	641,608
New Orleans	Louisiana	362,701
Newark	New Jersey	281,944
Norfolk	Virginia	238,005
North Las Vegas	Nevada	234,807
Newport News	Virginia	186,247
Naperville	Illinois	147,100
New Haven	Connecticut	130,322
Norman	Oklahoma	128,026
North Stamford	Connecticut	121,230
North Peoria	Illinois	113,004
North Charleston	South Carolina	108,304
Norwalk	California	107,140
New Bedford	Massachusetts	101,079
Nampa	Idaho	89,839
Newton	Massachusetts	88,817
Norwalk	Connecticut	88,485
Nashua	New Hampshire	87,970
Newport Beach	California	87,127
Near North Side	Illinois	85,711
Napa	California	80,434
New Rochelle	New York	79,846
New Britain	Connecticut	72,808
New Braunfels	Texas	70,543
North Richland Hills	Texas	69,204
Northridge	California	68,469
North Little Rock	Arkansas	66,504
North Hollywood	California	64,587

Questions people ask

How many states start with N?

8: Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota.

Which state capitals start with N?

Nashville (Tennessee).

What is the largest US city that starts with N?

New York City, New York.

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

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