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New York, often called New York City (NYC), is the most populous city in the United States. It is located at the southern tip of New York State on New York Harbor, one of the world's largest natural harbors. The city comprises five boroughs—Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, and Staten Island—each being coextensi... | new_york_city |
Los Angeles (LA or L.A.) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of California, and the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Southern California. With an estimated 3.87 million residents within the city limits as of 2025, it is the second-most populous city in the United States, behind New York City, and t... | los_angeles |
"Chicago is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States(...TRUNCATED) | chicago |
"Houston ( HEW-stən) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas and the Southern United (...TRUNCATED) | houston |
"Phoenix ( FEE-niks) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Arizona. With over (...TRUNCATED) | phoenix |
"Philadelphia ( FIL-ə-DEL-fee-ə), colloquially referred to as Philly, is the most populous city i(...TRUNCATED) | philadelphia |
"San Antonio ( SAN an-TOH-nee-oh; Spanish for \"Saint Anthony\") is a city in the U.S. state of Texa(...TRUNCATED) | san_antonio |
"San Diego ( SAN dee-AY-goh; Spanish: [san ˈdjeɣo]) is a city on the Pacific coast of Southern Ca(...TRUNCATED) | san_diego |
"Dallas is a city in the U.S. state of Texas. Located in northern Texas, it is the ninth-most populo(...TRUNCATED) | dallas |
"San Jose, officially the City of San José ( SAN hoh-ZAY, -SAY; Spanish: [saŋ xoˈse]), is the(...TRUNCATED) | san_jose |
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Dataset Card for Top US Cities (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia plain-text extracts for the top 50 US cities by 2020 Census population (Washington, D.C. omitted).
Dataset Details
- Language: English
- License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikipedia text)
- Source: English Wikipedia (plain-text extracts)
- Rows: 50
Dataset Description
One row per city with text (full English Wikipedia plain-text extract) and slug (filesystem-safe place identifier). City selection follows 2020 Census population ranking. Useful for language modeling, retrieval, and geography-focused NLP.
Dataset Structure
One row per place. Single split: train.
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
text |
string | Full Wikipedia plain-text extract for the place |
slug |
string | Filesystem-safe place identifier |
Example
from datasets import load_dataset
ds = load_dataset("codycollier/geo-us-cities-top")
row = ds["train"][0]
print(row["slug"], len(row["text"]))
Licensing Information
Text content originates from Wikipedia and remains under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. See Wikipedia:Copyrights.
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