Question 62: What is the capital of your state?
Official answer
It depends on where you live. The answer is your state's capital. Look it up for your state:
D.C. and the territories (Puerto Rico, Guam and others) have special answers, like “D.C. has no U.S. senators.” Each place's page has them.
Grandpa explains
Name your state's capital, kiddo. In a territory, name the territory's capital. In D.C., say D.C. is not a state and has no capital.
On the 2008 test this is question 44
If you filed your N-400 before October 20, 2025, you take the 2008 version. Which one is mine?
What is the capital of your state?
★ 65/20 Also one of the 20 for 65/20 on the 2008 test.
It depends on where you live. The answer is your state's capital. Look it up for your state:
D.C. and the territories (Puerto Rico, Guam and others) have special answers, like “D.C. has no U.S. senators.” Each place's page has them.
Video lesson on this topic: The Courts and the States
More questions on this topic
- 16Name the three branches of government.
- 17The President of the United States is in charge of which branch of government?
- 18What part of the federal government writes laws?
- 19What are the two parts of the U.S. Congress?
- 20Name one power of the U.S. Congress. ★
- 21How many U.S. senators are there?
Official sources:
- USCIS · 128 Civics Questions and Answers (2025 version), M-1778 (09/25) ↗ · checked October 6, 2026
The plain explanation is ours; the official answers are USCIS's, word for word.