Random US city generator

Every US place from 15,000 people up

The list holds 3,050 cities and towns across all 50 states and Washington, DC, every place GeoNames records with at least 15,000 residents. That runs from New York City and Los Angeles down to county seats like Dumas, Texas. 321 of them have more than 100,000 people; the rest are the smaller towns most lists leave out, which is where a random pick gets interesting.

Each place has exactly the same chance, whatever its size, so a draw from all of them lands on a small town far more often than on a big city: there are simply more of them. If you want a place people will recognize, switch to big cities under Filters. To stay close to home, choose your state: California alone has 395 places on the list, Florida 243 and Texas 187, while Vermont and Wyoming have only a handful.

Neighborhoods are not counted as cities. Brooklyn, Dorchester or Waikiki belong to New York, Boston and Honolulu, so they never come up on their own.

Drawing a random American city

1. Press Draw a city. The card shows the city, its state and about how many people live there.
2. Open Filters to keep only one state or one size. The number on the button tells you how many places are left in the draw.
3. Set How many to draw up to ten different cities at once, for example for a road trip with several stops. Each draw is kept under History, where Copy puts the list on your clipboard.

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