Wisconsin

Appleton*
Beloit*
Cudahy
DePere*
Fond du Lac
Germantown*
Green Bay*
Hartland*
Helenville*
Hubertus
Hudson
Kaukauna
Kenosha*
Lake Geneva*
Madison*
Marshfield*
Mequon
Milwaukee*
Mukwonago
Muskego
Nashotah
Oconomowoc*
Oshkosh*
Plover
Reedsburg
Stevens Point
Whitefish Bay*
Wind Lake

*multiple contestants from this community

Washington, D.C.

Washington DC*

*multiple contestants from this community

Alabama

Auburn*
Birmingham*
Dothan*
Fairhope
Hoover*
Huntsville*
Montgomery*
Opelika
Pelham*
Phenix City*
Saraland
Tuscaloosa*
Vestavia Hills

*multiple contestants from this community

Alaska

Fairbanks

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Arizona

Chandler
Cottonwood*
Flagstaff*
Hot Springs*
Marana
Maricopa*
Mesa*
Phoenix*
Scottsdale*
Sedona
Surprise
Tempe*
Tucson*

*multiple contestants from this community

Arkansas

Dover
Fayetteville*
Hot Springs
Jacksonville
Jonesboro*
Little Rock
Russellville
Wynne*

*multiple contestants from this community

California

Alameda
Alhambra*
Arcadia*
Aliso Viejo*
Altadena
Anaheim
Aptos
Atascadero
Atherton
Bellflower
Berkeley*
Burbank
Canoga Park*
Carlsbad*
Carmel
Carmichael
Claremont*
Concord*
Coronado
Covina*
Daly City*
Danville*
Davis*
El Cajon
El Cerrito*
El Segundo*
Encino*
Escondido*
Fair Oaks*
Fremont*
Fresno*
Fullerton*
Glendale*
Glendora*
Hillsborough
Irvine*
La Canada*
La Mesa*
La Mirada*
Laguna Niguel*
Long Beach*
Los Angeles*
Los Altos*
Los Gatos*
Marina Del Rey*
Mentone*
Mission Viejo*
Monte Sereno*
Montebello
Monterey*
Moorpark
Moreno Valley
Mountain View*
Nevada City
Newbury Park*
Newport Coast*
Northridge*
Oakland*
Orange*
Orinda
Oxnard*
Pacific Palisades
Palo Alto*
Paradise
Pasadena*
Perris
Pittsburg*
Pleasanton*
Poway*
Redding*
Redwood City
Richmond
Riverside*
Rodeo*
Sacramento*
San Diego*
San Francisco*
San Jose*
San Luis*
San Mateo
San Pedro
San Ramon
Santa Ana*
Santa Barbara*
Santa Clara*
Santa Monica*
Saratoga
Sherman Oaks
Simi Valley
Stanford
Stockton*
Studio City*
Sunnyvale
Tarzana*
Tiburon
Tujunga*
Turlock*
Tustin
Van Nuys*
Venice
Ventura
Walnut Creek*
West Hills*
Winnetka
Yucca Valley*

*multiple contestants from this community

Colorado

Arvada*
Aurora
Boulder*
Broomfield*
Canon City
Colorado Springs*
Denver*
Dillon
Englewood
Erie*
Estes Park*
Evergreen*
Fort Collins*
Grand Jct.*
Greeley*
Hartsel
Lakewood
Littleton*
Loveland*
Pitkin*
Pueblo West
 
*multiple contestants from this community

Connecticut

 Avon
Bethel
Branford*
Brookfield
Cheshire*
Coventry
Danbury*
Fairfield*
Gaylordsville*
Glastonbury*
Greenwich*
Hamden*
Hartford*
Hebron
Jewett City
Lebanon
Lyme
Middletown*
New Canaan
New Hartford
New Haven*
New London*
Norwalk*
Orange*
Ridgefield
Riverside*
Rocky Hill
Simsbury*
Stamford*
Storrs*
Stratford
Vernon*
West Hartford*
West Haven
Westport
Woodbridge
*multiple contestants from this community

Delaware

Hockessin*
Newark*
Ocean View*
Smyrna
Wilmington*
 
*multiple contestants from this community

Florida

Ave Maria*
Boca Raton*
Bonita Springs*
Boynton Beach*
Bradenton
Cape Coral
Coral Gables*
Dayton Beach
Daytona Beach Shores*
Fort Lauderdale
Fort Myers*
Fort Pierce
Gainesville*
Geneva
Hollywood
Immokalee
Jacksonville*
Lakeland
McIntosh*
Merritt Island
Miami*
Miami Beach*
Miami Gardens
Miramar
Naples*
Orlando*
Oviedo*
Palm Beach Gardens
Pembroke Pines*
Pensacola*
Pompano Beach
Port Orange
Sarasota*
St. Pete Beach
St.Petersburg*
Sunny Isles
Tallahassee*
Tampa*
Wesley Chapel
West Palm Beach*
Windermere*
Winterpark*

*multiple contestants from this community

Georgia

Alpharetta*
Athens*
Atlanta*
Augusta*
Buford*
Chatsworth*
Columbus*
Dahlonega
Decatur*
Duluth*
Gainesville*
Johns Creek*
Kennesaw*
Lilburn
Marietta*
Martinez*
Pooler
Rome*
Roswell*
Snellville
Stone Mountain*
Union City*
Valdosta
Winterville*
Woodstock

*multiple contestants from this community

Hawaii

Honolulu*
Waipahu

*multiple contestants from this community

Idaho

Boise*
Moscow*
Pocatello

*multiple contestants from this community

Illinois

Arlington Heights*
Aurora
Belvidere*
Bloomington*
Bolingbrook
Brookfield*
Carbondale
Champaign*
Chicago*
Collinsville*
Crystal Lake*
Decatur*
Deerfield*
De Kalb
Downers Grove
Edwardsville*
Elmhurst
East Dundee
Evanston*
Glen Ellyn*
Glencoe*
Glenview
Gurnee
Flossmoor
Forest Park*
Highland Park*
Hoffman Estates*
Homewood*
Lake Forest
LaGrange
Lake Zurich
Lincolnshire*
Lindenhurst*
Macomb*
Marengo
Mattoon
McHenry
Monmouth*
Mt. Prospect*
Naperville*
Niles
Northbrook*
Oak Park*
Orland Park
Palatine*
Peoria
Qunicy
River Forest
Riverdale*
Rockford*
Rolling Meadows
Savoy*
Springfield*
Stanford
Streator*
Urbana*
Vandalia
West Dundee
Wheaton*
Willmette*

*multiple contestants from this community

Indiana

Anderson
Bloomington*
Boonville*
Carmel
Fishers*
Floyds Knobs*
Fort Wayne*
Greencastle*
Greenwood*
Indianapolis*
Lafayette*
Marion*
Memphis*
Mishawaka
Muncie*
Munster*
Notre Dame*
Parker City*
Plainfield*
Seymour
South Bend*
Terre Haute*
Upland*
Wabash*
West Lafayette*

*multiple contestants from this community

Iowa

Ames
Cedar Rapids*
Coralville
Davenport
Decorah*
Des Moines*
Dubuque*
Iowa City*
Lamoni
LeClaire
North Liberty*
Sioux City
Storm Lake*
Urbandale*
Waterloo
Waverly
West Des Moines*
Winterset


*multiple contestants from this community

Kansas

Kansas City
Lawrence*
Leawood*
Manhattan*
Merriam
Mission*
Newton
Overland Park*
Prairie Village
Salina
Topeka
Wichita*

*multiple contestants from this community

Kentucky

Alvaton*
Danville*
Lancaster
Lexington*
Louisville*
Paducah*
Richmond
Taylor Mill

*multiple contestants from this community

Louisiana

Baton Rouge*
Bossier City
Cut Off
Destrehan
Hammond
Harvey
Lafayette*
Monroe*
New Orleans*
Slidell*

*multiple contestants from this community

Maine

Bangor*
Cape Elizabeth*
Falmouth
Portland*
Shawmut*
South Portland
Windham

*multiple contestants from this community

Maryland

Adelphi
Annapolis*
Baltimore*
Bethesda*
Bowie*
Catonsville
Cockeysville*
College Park*
Columbia*
Crownsville*
Cumberland*
Damascus
Elkton
Ellicott City
Gaithersburg*
Greenbelt
Hagerstown*
Hanover
Hyattsville
Joppa
Lanham
Leonardtown
Mt Rainier
North Bethesda*
Olney
Owings Mills*
Reisterstown
Riverdale
Rockville*
Severn
Silver Spring
Sykesville
Takoma Park
Towson*
Trappe

*multiple contestants from this community

Massachusetts

Acton*
Allston*
Amherst*
Arlington*
Belchertown
Belmont*
Beverly*
Boston*
Brighton*
Brockton
Brookline*
Cambridge*
Carlisle
Charlestown
Chestnut Hill*
Dorchester
East Boston
Gloucester*
Hadley*
Harwich Port
Hingham
Holliston*
Jamaica Plain*
Lee*
Lexington*
Lincoln*
Longmeadow*
Malden*
Marblehead*
Medford*
Melrose
Millis*
Natick
Needham
Newton*
North Attleboro
North Truro
Orleans
Plympton
Quincy*
Revere*
Richmond*
Rockland
Sharon*
Somerville*
South Hadley*
Stoughton
Tewksbury
Waban
Walden
Waltham*
Watertown*
Wellesley
West Roxbury*
Westborough*
Weston*
Westwood
Williamstown
Winchester
Worcester

*multiple contestants from this community

Michigan

Allendale
Ann Arbor*
Belleville*
Coldwater
Detroit*
Dewitt
East Lansing*
Farmington Hills
Fenton*
Ferndale*
Flint
Grand Rapids*
Grosse Pointe*
Grosse Pointe Farms
Hillsdale*
Holland
Houghton*
Interlochen*
Jackson
Kalamazoo*
Kentwood
Laingsburg
Lansing*
Ludington
Mattawan
Mount Pleasant*
Muskegon
Oakland
Okemos*
Plymouth*
Pontiac
Portage*
Saline*
Shelby Twp.
South Lyon
Sterling Heights
Traverse City*
Troy*
Westland*
Ypsilanti

*multiple contestants from this community

Minnesota

Bemidji*
Big Lake
Brooklyn Center*
Duluth
Eden Prairie*
Eagan
Excelsior*
Farmington
Hopkins
Mankato
Minneapolis*
Minnetonka*
Moorhead*
Northfield*
Pipestone*
Plymouth*
Richfield
Saint Paul*
St. Peter*
St. Paul
Stillwater
Winona

*multiple contestants from this community

Mississippi

Cleveland*
Clinton
Columbus*
Gautier*
Hattiesburg*
Jackson*
Ocean Springs
Oxford
Ridgeland*

*multiple contestants from this community

Missouri

Canton*
Cape Girardeau
Clayton*
Columbia*
Creve Coeur
Hollister*
Holt*
Holts Summit
Kansas City*
Kirksville
Lexington
Liberty*
Maryville
Saint Joseph*
Saint Louis*
Saint Peters
Springfield*
Warrensburg*

*multiple contestants from this community

Montana

Bozeman
Great Falls*
Helena*
Kalispell*

*multiple contestants from this community

Nebraska

Hastings
Lincoln*
Omaha*
Papillion*
Seward*

*multiple contestants from this community

Nevada

Carson City*
Henderson*
Las Vegas*
North Las Vegas
Reno*

*multiple contestants from this community

New Hampshire

Concord*
Hopkinton*
Keene
Manchester*
Peterborough
Plymouth
Portmouth
Sanbornton

*multiple contestants from this community

New Jersey

Atlantic Highlands*
Bergen
Blackwood*
Collingswood*
Columbia
Cliffside Park
Closter
Cresskill*
Denville
Dover
East Rockaway
Edison*
Egg Harbor
Englewood
Ewing*
Fairlawn
Far Hills
Flemington
Fort Lee*
Franklin Lakes*
Guttenberg
Haddon Township*
Hawthorne
Hillsborough*
Hopewell*
Indian Mills
Jersey City*
Lawrence
Madison*
Mahwah*
Manalapan*
Metuchen*
Milford*
Morristown*
New Brunswick*
New Providence
Newark*
North Bergen
North Brunswick
Nutley*
Oak Ridge
Palisades Park
Piscataway
Port Murray
Princeton*
Red Bank
Ridgewood
Riverdale*
Rockaway*
Springfield
Union
Verona*
Voorhees*
Weehawken
West NewYork
West Winsor
Woodcliff Lake*

*multiple contestants from this community

New Mexico

Albuquerque
Bosque Farms
Las Cruces*
Los Alamos*
Portales*
Roswell*
Santa Fe*
White Rock*

*multiple contestants from this community

New York

Airmont
Albany
Alexander*
Amherst
Annandale on Hudson
Armonk
Astoria*
Bayside*
Bayville
Binghamton
Brewster
Briarcliff Manor*
Brighton
Bronx*
Bronxville*
Brooklyn*
Brookville*
Buffalo*
Candor
Caneadea
Cape Vincent*
Carmel
Chautauqua
Clarence Center*
Croton on Hudson
Dix Hills*
East Northport
East Rockaway
Eastchester
Elizabethtown*
Elmhurst
Farmingdale*
Fayetteville*
Flushing*
Forest Hills*
Fredonia
Fresh Meadow*
Fulton
Geneseo
Glen Cove*
Great Neck*
Hawthorne*
Hempstead
Holbrook*
Houghton*
Huntington*
Hurley*
Ithaca*
Jackson Heights*
Johnson City
Kenmore*
Larchmont
Lindenhurst
Lockport*
Long Island City
Lynbrook*
Manorville*
Menands
Nassau*
Nesconset
New Hyde Park*
New Paltz
New York*
Niskayuna*
Northport*
Oneonta*
Ossining*
Pittsford
Plainview
Pleasant Valley
Port Chester*
Potsdam*
Poughkeepsie*
Pound Ridge*
Rensselaer
Rochester*
Saint James
Saratoga Springs*
Schenectady
SeaCliff*
Shirley
Sound Beach*
Speonk
Stony Brook
Sunnyside*
Syracuse
Tarrytown*
Tonawanda*
Troy*
Tupper Lake
Warsaw
West Harrison
White Creek
White Plains*
Woodside*
Yaphank

*multiple contestants from this community

North Carolina

Aberdeen
Arden
Asheville*
Boone*
Brevard
Burlington
Cary*
Chapel Hill*
Charlotte*
Clayton
Concord*
Davidson*
Durham*
Fayetteville*
Greensboro*
Hendersonville*
Hickory*
Hillsborough
Huntersville*
Kernersville
Knightdale
Mebane
Newton
Raleigh*
Stallings*
Summerfield
Wake Forest
Waxhaw
Weddington
Winston Salem*
Winterville

*multiple contestants from this community

North Dakota

Fargo*
Grand Forks*
Rolette*

*multiple contestants from this community

Ohio

Ada*
Akron*
Alliance*
Athens*
Bowling Green*
Broadview Heights
Bryan*
Canton*
Cedarville*
Cincinnati*
Cleveland*
Cleveland Heights*
Columbus*
Dayton*
Delaware*
Dublin*
Euclid
Farmersville
Granville*
Hudson*
Lancaster*
Maineville
Mason*
Maumee
Miamisburg
Milford
New Concord*
New London
Newark*
Oxford*
Pickerington*
Powell*
Saint Clairsville
Solon
Sylvania*
Terrace Park*
Wapakoneta
West Chester
Wooster*

*multiple contestants from this community

Oklahoma

Alva*
Norman*
Oklahoma City*
Stillwater*
Tulsa

*multiple contestants from this community

Oregon

Albany*
Beaverton
Bend*
Depoe Bay*
Eugene*
Forest Grove*
Medford*
Monmouth*
Newberg*
Portland*
Salem*
Sherwood
Tigard*
West Linn*

*multiple contestants from this community

Pennsylvania

Allentown*
Altoona*
Avondale*
Bernville*
Bethlehem*
Blakeslee
Buckingham
CampHill
Canonsburg
Carlisle*
Chambersburg
Conshohocken
Dallastown*
Devon
Downingtown
Emmaus*
Erie*
Frazer
Gettysburg*
Harleysville*
Harrisburg*
Hellertown
Hollidaysburg*
HopBottom*
Imperial
Lansdale*
Lebanon*
Lemoyne*
Lewisburg
Mansfield*
McKeesport*
McMurray
Meadville*
Mechanicsburg*
Mercer*
Middletown
Midland*
Mountville*
Nazareth*
NewCastle
Oxford*
PennValley
Philadelphia*
Pittsburgh*
Quakertown
Reading
RedHill
Schnecksville
Scranton*
Selinsgrove
Shippensburg
Springfield
State College*
Stroudsburg
Temple
University Park
Warwick
Washington*
Wellsboro*
West Chester*
West Grove*
Westboro
Wilkins Township
Willow Street*
Wynnewood*

*multiple contestants from this community

Rhode Island

Bristol
Coventry
Cumberland
East Providence
Lincoln*
Newport
Providence*
Saunderstown
Scituate*
West Warwick*
Wickford
Wood River Jct

*multiple contestants from this community

South Carolina

Belton*
Charleston*
Columbia*
Greenville*
Hanahan
Piedmont
Rock Hill*
Spartanburg*
Summerville*
Taylors*
West Columbia

*multiple contestants from this community

South Dakota

Brookings
Sioux Falls*
Vermillion*
Yankton*

*multiple contestants from this community

Tennessee

Antioch*
Brentwood*
Chattanooga*
Clarksville
Cleveland
Cookeville*
Cordova*
Hermitage*
Johnson City*
Knoxville*
Lookout Mountain
Memphis*
Nashville*
Pulaski*
Townsend

*multiple contestants from this community

Texas

Abilene*
Allen*
Amarillo*
Arlington*
Austin*
Baytown*
Beaumont*
Bellaire*
Brownsville*
Canyon*
Carrollton*
Cedar Park
College Station
Conroe*
Corpus Christi*
Dallas*
Denton*
Edinburg
FortWorth*
Fredericksburg
Frisco*
Georgetown*
Greenville
Heath
Helotes
Houston*
Humble*
Huntsville*
Hutto
Katy*
Kingsville*
Kingwood*
Krum*
League City
Ledbetter
Lewisville*
Lubbock*
Manchaca
McAllen*
McKinney*
Missouri City*
Plainview
Plano*
Richardson
Robinson*
Rockwall
Round Rock*
Rowlett*
Royse City
San Antonio*
San Marcos*
Sanger
Spring*
Sugar Land*
The Colony
Tomball
Tyler*
Waco*
Watauga
Woodway*

*multiple contestants from this community

Utah

American Fork
Cedar City*
Fruit Heights
Heber City
Lehi*
Logan*
Midvale*
Orem*
Provo*
Salt Lake City*
Sandy

*multiple contestants from this community

Vermont

Dorset
E. Montpelier
Essex Junction*
Huntington*
Jamaica
Killington
Northfield
Norwich
Plainfield*
Shelburne*

*multiple contestants from this community

Virginia

Alexandria*
Arlington*
Ashland
Blacksburg
Burke*
Centreville*
Charlottesville*
Chesapeake
Chester*
Christiansburg
Dublin
Fairfax*
Falls Church*
Farmville*
Fredericksburg*
Gainesville*
Harrisonburg*
Herndon
Leesburg
Lynchburg
Manassas*
Mason Neck*
McLean*
Norfolk
Portsmouth
Radford*
Richmond*
Ridgeway
Salem
Springfield*
Stephens City*
Virginia Beach
Waynesboro*
Williamsburg*
Winchester*

*multiple contestants from this community

Washington

Bainbridge
Bainbridge Island
Bellevue*
Blaine*
Edmonds
Ellensburg
Everett
GigHarbor
Kenmore*
Kennewick*
Kent
Kirkland
Lacey*
Lake Forest Park*
Lakewood*
Langley
MercerIsland
MillCreek
Mukilteo*
Pullman*
Puyallup*
Redmond*
Renton
Richland*
Ridgefield*
Seattle*
Shoreline*
Spokane
Tacoma*
Union
Vancouver*
Washougal*
Wenatchee*

*multiple contestants from this community

West Virginia

Athens
Fairmont
Huntington
Morgantown*
Scott Depot
Shepherdstown
Wellsburg
Westover

*multiple contestants from this community