Rarest US State Capital — All 50 Answers Ranked by Rarity

50 answers are accepted for “Name a US state capital”. Concord, New Hampshire is the rarest US state capital in this ranking, with 108,842 monthly Wikipedia views (rarity 1.000, Legendary). Dover, Delaware is the second-rarest with 115,189 monthly Wikipedia views, 1.06× the figure for Concord, New Hampshire. Boston is the most common US state capital in this ranking, with 1,343,265 monthly Wikipedia views, 12.3× the figure for the rarest. Combined monthly Wikipedia views across the 50 answers: 19,542,868. Concord, New Hampshire is 0.6% of that total. 10 answers are Epic or Legendary: Concord, New Hampshire (Legendary), Dover, Delaware (Legendary), Pierre, South Dakota (Legendary), and 7 more.

Quick answer

Monthly English Wikipedia pageviews. Source: Wikidata + Wikipedia pageviews (2026-10).

Ranked answers

50 answers to “Name a US state capital”, rarest first. A rarity of 1 is the rarest answer in this prompt.
Rank	Answer	Tier	Rarity	Monthly Wikipedia views
1	Concord, New Hampshire on Wikipedia	Legendary	1.000	108,842
2	Dover, Delaware on Wikipedia	Legendary	0.980	115,189
3	Pierre, South Dakota on Wikipedia	Legendary	0.959	116,144
4	Frankfort, Kentucky on Wikipedia	Legendary	0.939	118,073
5	Augusta, Maine on Wikipedia	Epic	0.918	133,420
6	Jefferson City, Missouri on Wikipedia	Epic	0.898	134,887
7	Montpelier, Vermont on Wikipedia	Epic	0.878	147,411
8	Bismarck, North Dakota on Wikipedia	Epic	0.857	170,529
9	Topeka, Kansas on Wikipedia	Epic	0.837	171,967
10	Lansing, Michigan on Wikipedia	Epic	0.816	179,406
11	Salem, Oregon on Wikipedia	Rare	0.796	184,190
12	Olympia, Washington on Wikipedia	Rare	0.776	189,641
13	Springfield, Illinois on Wikipedia	Rare	0.755	190,531
14	Trenton, New Jersey on Wikipedia	Rare	0.735	195,282
15	Carson City, Nevada on Wikipedia	Rare	0.714	204,784
16	Lincoln, Nebraska on Wikipedia	Rare	0.694	210,348
17	Helena, Montana on Wikipedia	Rare	0.673	221,865
18	Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on Wikipedia	Rare	0.653	231,689
19	Annapolis, Maryland on Wikipedia	Rare	0.633	236,961
20	Charleston, West Virginia on Wikipedia	Rare	0.612	252,486
21	Columbia, South Carolina on Wikipedia	Uncommon	0.592	270,445
22	Montgomery, Alabama on Wikipedia	Uncommon	0.571	292,612
23	Tallahassee, Florida on Wikipedia	Uncommon	0.551	304,928
24	Hartford, Connecticut on Wikipedia	Uncommon	0.531	306,596
25	Little Rock, Arkansas on Wikipedia	Uncommon	0.510	311,875
26	Jackson, Mississippi on Wikipedia	Uncommon	0.490	312,480
27	Cheyenne, Wyoming on Wikipedia	Uncommon	0.469	319,535
28	Saint Paul, Minnesota on Wikipedia	Uncommon	0.449	339,336
29	Madison, Wisconsin on Wikipedia	Uncommon	0.429	355,267
30	Baton Rouge, Louisiana on Wikipedia	Uncommon	0.408	361,245
31	Des Moines, Iowa on Wikipedia	Familiar	0.388	387,103
32	Boise, Idaho on Wikipedia	Familiar	0.367	388,625
33	Albany, New York on Wikipedia	Familiar	0.347	429,137
34	Juneau, Alaska on Wikipedia	Familiar	0.327	447,088
35	Santa Fe, New Mexico on Wikipedia	Familiar	0.306	462,445
36	Providence, Rhode Island on Wikipedia	Familiar	0.286	474,532
37	Oklahoma City on Wikipedia	Familiar	0.265	474,897
38	Raleigh, North Carolina on Wikipedia	Familiar	0.245	479,971
39	Richmond, Virginia on Wikipedia	Familiar	0.224	506,430
40	Sacramento, California on Wikipedia	Familiar	0.204	549,740
41	Indianapolis on Wikipedia	Common	0.184	567,054
42	Honolulu on Wikipedia	Common	0.163	585,607
43	Columbus, Ohio on Wikipedia	Common	0.143	627,706
44	Salt Lake City on Wikipedia	Common	0.122	726,691
45	Denver on Wikipedia	Common	0.102	735,574
46	Phoenix, Arizona on Wikipedia	Common	0.082	777,498
47	Austin, Texas on Wikipedia	Common	0.061	813,119
48	Nashville, Tennessee on Wikipedia	Common	0.041	885,895
49	Atlanta on Wikipedia	Common	0.020	1,192,527
50	Boston on Wikipedia	Common	0.000	1,343,265

FAQ

What is the rarest US state capital?

Concord, New Hampshire is the rarest US state capital in this ranking, with 108,842 monthly Wikipedia views (rarity 1.000, Legendary).

How many US state capitals are there?

There are 50 US state capitals in this ranking, from Concord, New Hampshire (rarest) to Boston (most common).

What is the most common US state capital?

Boston is the most common US state capital in this ranking, with 1,343,265 monthly Wikipedia views (Common).

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Recorded source: Wikidata + Wikipedia pageviews (2026-10). The answer list is compiled from Wikidata (CC0), and the view counts are monthly English Wikipedia pageviews. Rarity is the percentile of the popularity figure inside this prompt: 1 is the rarest and 0 is the most common. Linked names open the English Wikipedia article stored on that answer.