States without big counties

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Regarding Akin, he really didn't have a chance in hell post-rape comment.  I mean, considering this is what gets a Democrat 49.23% of the vote in Missouri...



...and this is what gets a Republican 39.11% of the vote.



I think you see where I'm going here.

The McCaskill campaign did a nice job milking that gaffe, no doubt about it.

No kidding. By the looks of it, Akin might have even lost his own congressional district to McCaskill. I don't know about the district's part of St. Louis County, but it appears that Akin lost the part of his old district outside St. Louis County by a narrow margin.

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Any more requests?

Washington w/o King County (and possibly w/o Snohomish & Pierce Counties, too).

Oregon w/o Multnomah County.

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Does anyone feel like compiling a list of which states have their largest cities not being associated with their largest counties?

I'll do it...In a little bit.

First, I gotta eat.

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Here we go:

Colorado:
County with Largest City: Denver (Independent city, pop. 600,158)
Largest County: El Paso County (Colorado Springs, pop. 622,263)

Florida:
County with Largest City: Duval County (Mostly coterminous w/ Jacksonville, pop. 864,263)
Largest County: Miami-Dade County (Miami, pop. 2,496,435)

Kansas:
County with Largest City: Sedgewick County (Wichita, pop. 498,365)
Largest County: Johnson County (Bedroom community of Kansas City, pop. 544,179)

Louisiana:
Parish with Largest City: Orleans Parish (coterminous w/ New Orleans, pop. 343,829)
Largest Parish: East Baton Rouge Parish (Baton Rouge, pop. 440,171)

Maryland:
County with Largest City: Baltimore (Independent City, pop. 620,961)
Largest County: Montgomery County (Bedroom community of D.C., pop. 971,777)

Massachusetts:
County with Largest City: Suffolk County (Boston, pop. 722,023)
Largest County: Middlesex County (Bedroom community of Boston, pop. 1,503,085)

Missouri:
County with Largest City: Jackson County (Kansas City, pop. 674,158)
Largest County: St. Louis County (Bedroom community of St. Louis, pop. 998,954)

New Jersey:
County with Largest City: Essex County (Newark, pop. 783,969)
Largest County: Begren County (Bedroom community of NYC, pop. 905,116)

Ohio:
County with Largest City: Franklin County (Columbus, pop. 1,163,414)
Largest County: Cuyahoga County (Cleveland, pop. 1,280,122)

South Carolina:
County with Largest City: Richland County (Columbia, pop. 384,504)
Largest County: Greenville County (Greenville, pop. 451,225)

Virginia:
County with Largest City: Virginia Beach (Independent city, pop. 437,994)
Largest County: Fairfax County (Bedroom community of D.C., pop. 1,081,726)