Do you think that your city is too big or that your village is too small to support a Promise-type program? Well, there is strong evidence that you are likely wrong. Two of the nation’s largest cities — Los Angeles and Chicago — have programs leading to college while the nation’s biggest metropolis — New York City — has a team looking at options. Conversely, Northport, Mich. — population 526 — is supporting a program while tiny Lakeview, Ore., has been doing the same since 1922. Accept no barriers. Bring your innovation to fit your community needs to its resources. By the way, nothing scientific about the population numbers, just whatever the latest figure Wikipedia has.
CITIES OF PROMISE
|
Population |
City |
|
3,792,621 |
Los Angeles, Calif. |
|
2,718,782 |
Chicago, Ill. |
|
1,560,297 |
Philadelphia, Pa. |
|
837,442 |
San Francisco, Calif. |
|
681,090 |
Detroit, Mich. |
|
652,405 |
Seattle, Wash. |
|
649,495 |
Denver, Colo. |
|
609,456 |
Portland, Ore. |
|
599,164 |
Milwaukee, Wis. |
|
583,736 |
Las Vegas, Nev. |
|
462,257 |
Long Beach, Calif. |
|
419,777 |
Miami, Fla. |
|
400,070 |
Minneapolis, Minn. |
|
398,121 |
Tulsa, Okla. |
|
390,724 |
Oakland, Calif. |
|
347,483 |
Bakersfield, Calif. |
|
318,416 |
St. Louis, Mo. |
|
305,841 |
Pittsburgh, Pa. |
|
279,639 |
Greensboro, N.C. |
|
277,140 |
Newark, N.J. |
|
261,310 |
Buffalo, N.Y. |
|
255,483 |
Orlando, Fla. |
|
207,510 |
Des Moines, Iowa |
|
199,110 |
Akron, Ohio |
|
188,040 |
Grand Rapids, Mich. |
|
183,270 |
Knoxville, Tenn. |
|
183,095 |
Oceanside, Calif. |
|
167,500 |
Ontario, Calif. |
|
150,251 |
Rockford, Ill. |
|
144,669 |
Syracuse, N.Y. |
|
141,527 |
Dayton, Ohio |
|
130,741 |
New Haven, Conn. |
|
124,775 |
Hartford, Conn. |
|
115,007 |
Peoria, Ill. |
|
114,297 |
Lansing, Mich. |
|
108,249 |
Pueblo, Colo. |
|
107,405 |
Tyler, Texas |
|
106,433 |
Ventura, Calif. |
|
103,701 |
Richmond, Calif. |
|
102,555 |
The Villages, Fla. |
|
98,596 |
Greeley, Colo. |
|
90,385 |
Santa Barbara, Calif. |
|
83,781 |
San Marcos, Calif. |
|
80,830 |
Hammond, Ind. |
|
78,014 |
Lynchburg, Va. |
|
74,262 |
Kalamazoo, Mich. |
|
69,350 |
Palatine, Ill. |
|
61,209 |
Rockville, Md. |
|
59,515 |
Pontiac, Mich. |
|
57,713 |
San Rafael, Calif. |
|
57,080 |
New Brunswick, N.J. |
|
52,347 |
Battle Creek, Mich. |
|
51,923 |
Pensacola, Fla. |
|
51,647 |
La Crosse, Wis. |
|
50,303 |
Saginaw, Mich. |
|
45,119 |
San Luis Obispo, Calif. |
|
42,386 |
Cleveland, Tenn. |
|
40,798 |
Quincy, Ill. |
|
38,041 |
Muskegon, Mich. |
|
36,832 |
Grove City, Ohio |
|
34,932 |
Bay City, Mich. |
|
33,051 |
Holland, Mich. |
|
32,195 |
Galesburg, Ill. |
|
31,577 |
Hopkinsville, Ky. |
|
29,137 |
Morristown, Tenn. |
|
20,323 |
Shelby, N.C. |
|
19,307 |
Madisonville, Ky. |
|
19,159 |
Shelbyville, Ind. |
|
18,491 |
El Dorado, Ark. |
|
17,145 |
Dyersburg, Tenn. |
|
16,422 |
Hazel Park, Mich. |
|
15,620 |
Blytheville, Ark. |
|
11,825 |
Coolidge, Ariz. |
|
10,714 |
Arkadelphia, Ark. |
|
10,038 |
Benton Harbor, Mich. |
|
6,495 |
Hamlet, N.C. |
|
2,294 |
Lakeview, Ore. |
|
1,325 |
Saranac, Mich. |
|
1,222 |
McHenry, Md. |
|
1,208 |
Baldwin, Mich. |
|
526 |
Northport, Mich. |
STATES OF PROMISE
|
Population |
State |
|
38,802,500 |
California |
|
19,552,860 |
Florida |
|
9,992,167 |
Georgia |
|
8,938,175 |
New Jersey |
|
7,061,530 |
Washington |
|
6,570,902 |
Indiana |
|
6,495,978 |
Tennessee |
|
5,458,333 |
Minnesota |
|
4,774,839 |
South Carolina |
|
4,601,893 |
Louisiana |
|
4,395,295 |
Kentucky |
|
3,970,239 |
Oregon |
|
3,850,568 |
Oklahoma |
|
2,959,373 |
Arkansas |
|
2,790,136 |
Nevada |
|
2,085,287 |
New Mexico |
|
1,854,304 |
West Virginia |
|
1,050,292 |
Rhode Island |
|
935,614 |
Delaware |
|
736,732 |
Alaska |
|
584,153 |
Wyoming |
EXPLORING CITIES
|
Population |
City |
|
8,405,837 |
New York, N.Y. |
|
646,449 |
Washington, D.C. |
|
622,104 |
Baltimore, Md. |
|
447,841 |
Atlanta, Ga. |
|
214,114 |
Richmond, Va. |
|
177,994 |
Providence, R.I. |
|
160,614 |
Salem, Ore. |
|
144,229 |
Bridgeport, Conn. |
|
122,643 |
Stamford, Conn. |
|
115,708 |
El Monte, Calif. |
|
109,945 |
Lowell, Mass. |
|
59,404 |
Fairfield, Conn. |
|
59,322 |
Lancaster, Pa. |
|
23,222 |
Greenwood, S.C. |
|
19,621 |
Ypsilanti, Mich. |
|
19,446 |
Jacksonville, Ill. |
|
19,086 |
Norwood, Ohio |
|
2,159 |
Braddock, Pa. |
|
1,683 |
Bayside, Calif. |
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