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themajorcitiesofUSANewYorkCityNewYorkisthemostpopulouscityintheUnitedStatesofAmericaandthecenteroftheNewYorkMetropolitanArea.NewYorkisthemostdenselypopulatedmajorcityintheUnitedStatesLosAngeles•oftenknownbyitsinitialsL.A.,is,withapopulationatthe2010UnitedStatesCensusof3,792,621,•themostpopulouscityinthestateofCalifornia,andthesecondmostpopulousintheUnitedStates,afterNewYorkCityChicago•ChicagoisthelargestcityinIllinoisandthethirdmostpopulouscityintheUnitedStates.Thecityhasapproximately2.7millionresidentsandisthethird-largestintheUnitedStates.Houstin•Houstonisthefourth-largestcityintheUnitedStatesofAmerica,andthelargestcityinthestateofTexas•HoustonistheseatofHarrisCountyandtheeconomiccenterofHouston–SugarLand–BaytownwashingtonthecapitaloftheUnitedStateslocatedalongthePotomacRiveronthecountry'sEastCoastWashington,D.C.,hadanestimatedpopulationof617,996in2011Philadelphia•PhiladelphiaisthelargestcityintheCommonwealthofPennsylvaniaandthefifth-most-populouscityintheUnitedStates.ItislocatedintheNortheasternUnitedStatesalongtheDelawareandSchuylkillrivers,anditistheonlyconsolidatedcity-countyinPennsylvaniaBoston•BostonisregardedastheunofficialCapitalofNewEnglandforitseconomicandculturalimpactontheentireNewEnglandregion•Bostonisaninternationalcenterofhighereducationandacenterformedicine.[Georgia•GeorgiaisastatelocatedinthesoutheasternUnitedStates.Itwasestablishedin1732,thelastoftheoriginalThirteenColonies.NamedafterKingGeorgeIIofGreatBritainMiami•MiamiisacitylocatedontheAtlanticcoastinsoutheasternFloridaandthecountyseatofMiami-DadeCounty•Miamiisamajorcenterandaleaderinfinance,commerce,culture,media,entertainment,thearts,andinternationaltradeDetroit•DetroitisthelargestcityintheU.S.stateofMichigan,andtheseatofWayneCounty.Itisthemajorcityamongtheprimarycultural,financial,andtransportationcentersintheMetro•Knownastheworld'straditionalautomotivecenterPhoenix•Phoenixisthecapital,andlargestcity,oftheU.S.stateofArizona,aswellasthesixthmostpopulouscityintheUnitedStatesofAmerica,andisalsothemostpopulousstatecapitalintheUnitedStatesSanFrancisce•SanFranciscoofficiallytheCityandCountyofSanFrancisco,istheleadingfinancialandculturalcenterofNorthernCaliforniaandtheSanFranciscoBayArea•SanFranciscoisoneofthetoptouristdestinationsintheworld.Seattle•SeattleisamajorcoastalseaportandtheseatofKingCounty,intheU.S.stateofWashington•SeattleisthelargestcityinthePacificNorthwestregionofNorthAmericaandthelargestcityontheWestCoastnorthofSanFrancisco.