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.