ATLANTA – A new study analyzing US Capitals finds that Atlanta ranks in the top 5 of the most recognized capitals in the United States.

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The guys at BetGeorgia.com analyzed the results from Sporcle’s “US Capitals” (participants are given 10 minutes to name all 50 capitals) and “Georgia Cities” (participants are given 6 minutes to name Georgia’s 20 most populated cities) quizzes, and these were the results:

It’s Georgia’s Atlanta which is the 5th most recognized capital in the US, with 84.8% of people remembering it.

Check out the full results below (in order of most forgotten capitals):

#	Capital	State	% Of People Who Remembered the Capital	#	Capital	State	% Of People Who Remembered the Capital
1	Jefferson City	Missouri	61.5%	26	Raleigh	North Carolina	73.8%
2	Concord	New Hampshire	62.1%	27	Salem	Oregon	73.8%
3	Charleston	West Virginia	62.7%	28	Carson City	Nevada	74.1%
4	Frankfort	Kentucky	65.4%	29	Dover	Delaware	74.2%
5	Columbia	South Carolina	65.8%	30	Olympia	Washington	74.3%
6	Montpelier	Vermont	66.3%	31	Springfield	Illinois	74.8%
7	Pierre	South Dakota	68.0%	32	Santa Fe	New Mexico	75.3%
8	Harrisburg	Pennsylvania	68.9%	33	Columbus	Ohio	75.3%
9	Montgomery	Alabama	69.0%	34	Boise	Idaho	78.3%
10	Bismarck	North Dakota	69.1%	35	Baton Rouge	Louisiana	78.7%
11	Cheyenne	Wyoming	69.6%	36	Nashville	Tennessee	78.8%
12	Annapolis	Maryland	69.7%	37	Juneau	Alaska	78.9%
13	Madison	Wisconsin	70.2%	38	Little Rock	Arkansas	79.1%
14	Lansing	Michigan	70.3%	39	Indianapolis	Indiana	82.1%
15	Richmond	Virginia	70.4%	40	Phoenix	Arizona	82.0%
16	Lincoln	Nebraska	70.5%	41	Tallahassee	Florida	82.3%
17	Hartford	Connecticut	70.8%	42	Oklahoma City	Oklahoma	83.5%
18	Des Moines	Iowa	71.2%	43	Salt Lake City	Utah	83.6%
19	Augusta	Maine	71.2%	44	Albany	New York	84.3%
20	Jackson	Mississippi	71.6%	45	Denver	Colorado	84.8%
21	Topeka	Kansas	71.9%	46	Atlanta	Georgia	84.8%
22	Saint Paul	Minnesota	72.5%	47	Boston	Massachusetts	85.2%
23	Helena	Montana	72.8%	48	Honolulu	Hawaii	85.6%
24	Trenton	New Jersey	73.1%	49	Sacramento	California	85.8%
25	Providence	Rhode Island	73.1%	50	Austin	Texas	86.3%

Unsurprisingly, the likes of Austin, Texas (86.3% of players remembered) and Sacramento, California (85.8% of players remembered) feature low on the list, with many people remembering them.

Diving into Georgia’s top 20 most populated cities, Newnan is most frequently forgotten, with just 4.3% remembering it.

Check out the full results below:

#	Capital	% Of People Who Remembered the City
1	Atlanta	99.7%
2	Savannah	81.8%
3	Athens-Clarke	68.2%
4	Macon-Bibb	66.1%
5	Augusta-Richmond	64.7%
6	Columbus	52.1%
7	Marietta	45.3%
8	Valdosta	40.8%
9	Alpharetta	33.0%
10	Albany	30.2%
11	Roswell	26.8%
12	Sandy Springs	26.0%
13	Warner Robins	21.1%
14	South Fulton	20.6%
15	Smyrna	17.6%
16	Johns Creek	15.3%
17	Brookhaven	11.8%
18	Stonecrest	9.7%
19	Dunwoody	8.3%
20	Newnan	4.3%