Begin by entering a state abbreviation. Then, try to reach the highest population by naming that state’s incorporated places, census-designated places and unincorporated places. This is essentially every place tallied by the census for a state. The total population will not necessarily be the state’s population as there is double-counting at times using all of the places.

Keep in mind this includes unorganized territories, grants, purchases, precincts, any type of place, some places even have numbered ‘names.’