Table 4. Global Awareness Index (GAI) at 50 cities in the U.S.
| a) home city | b) state | d) pop | e) pop rank | f) tweets | g) non US | h) GAI | i) GAI (normalized) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington | DC | 601723 | 23 | 156587 | 15.09 | 4.624 | 1 |
| San Jose* | CA | 945942 | 10 | 53625 | 19.66 | 4.313 | 0.9327 |
| San Francisco | CA | 805235 | 13 | 146889 | 7.86 | 3.719 | 0.8042 |
| New York* | NY | 8175133 | 1 | 355446 | 16.44 | 3.517 | 0.7605 |
| Los Angeles* | CA | 3792621 | 2 | 247036 | 12.12 | 3.383 | 0.7317 |
| Atlanta | GA | 420003 | 33 | 157749 | 5.22 | 2.927 | 0.6329 |
| Seattle | WA | 608660 | 22 | 97459 | 6.84 | 2.704 | 0.5848 |
| Boston | MA | 617594 | 21 | 95951 | 10.25 | 2.683 | 0.5802 |
| San Diego* | CA | 1,307,402 | 8 | 59814 | 12.91 | 2.665 | 0.5763 |
| Las Vegas | NV | 583756 | 28 | 76918 | 6.84 | 2.366 | 0.5117 |
| Austin | TX | 790390 | 14 | 86277 | 4.77 | 2.254 | 0.4875 |
| Chicago* | IL | 2695598 | 3 | 170219 | 6.58 | 1.883 | 0.4073 |
| Nashville | TN | 601222 | 24 | 50511 | 3.69 | 1.843 | 0.3985 |
| Raleigh | NC | 403892 | 35 | 36835 | 2.71 | 1.66 | 0.359 |
| Dallas* | TX | 1197816 | 9 | 129608 | 3.15 | 1.597 | 0.3454 |
| Denver | CO | 600158 | 25 | 125092 | 4.48 | 1.575 | 0.3406 |
| Pittsburgh | PA | 305704 | 41 | 38794 | 8.42 | 1.55 | 0.3353 |
| Portland | CA | 583776 | 27 | 71209 | 2.49 | 1.509 | 0.3264 |
| Miami | FL | 399457 | 36 | 66064 | 10.13 | 1.472 | 0.3184 |
| Houston* | TX | 2100263 | 4 | 146367 | 4.21 | 1.386 | 0.2998 |
| Boise | ID | 205671 | 47 | 13572 | 2.63 | 1.35 | 0.2919 |
| Orlando | FL | 238300 | 46 | 72087 | 3.3 | 1.309 | 0.2831 |
| Charlotte | NC | 731424 | 16 | 54318 | 4.19 | 1.3 | 0.2811 |
| Tampa | FL | 335709 | 39 | 68302 | 5.24 | 1.188 | 0.2568 |
| Colorado Springs | CO | 416427 | 34 | 18722 | 5.41 | 1.184 | 0.2561 |
| Greensboro | NC | 269666 | 44 | 13365 | 4.41 | 1.167 | 0.2523 |
| Indianapolis | IN | 820445 | 12 | 39833 | 4.36 | 1.039 | 0.2247 |
| Baltimore | MD | 620961 | 20 | 49024 | 4.85 | 1.02 | 0.2206 |
| New Orleans | LA | 343829 | 38 | 20025 | 4.59 | 0.947 | 0.2047 |
| Phoenix* | AZ | 1445632 | 6 | 121480 | 3.2 | 0.927 | 0.2005 |
| Philadelphia* | PA | 1526006 | 5 | 69559 | 6.13 | 0.909 | 0.1965 |
| Kansas City | MO | 459787 | 32 | 105049 | 1.38 | 0.889 | 0.1923 |
| St. Louis | MO | 319294 | 40 | 27129 | 6.56 | 0.865 | 0.1871 |
| Tucson | AZ | 520116 | 31 | 21438 | 4.4 | 0.858 | 0.1856 |
| Detroit | MI | 713777 | 17 | 49530 | 6.21 | 0.856 | 0.1851 |
| Salt Lake City | UT | 186440 | 48 | 16672 | 7.14 | 0.841 | 0.1818 |
| Minneapolis | MN | 382578 | 37 | 50540 | 5.95 | 0.826 | 0.1787 |
| Jacksonville | FL | 821784 | 11 | 40039 | 2.54 | 0.825 | 0.1785 |
| Buffalo | NY | 261310 | 45 | 18903 | 6.32 | 0.802 | 0.1734 |
| Lexington | KY | 295803 | 43 | 17311 | 2.5 | 0.786 | 0.17 |
| Oklahoma City | OK | 579999 | 29 | 30987 | 3.43 | 0.782 | 0.1692 |
| San Antonio* | TX | 1327407 | 7 | 43803 | 4.49 | 0.755 | 0.1632 |
| Memphis | TN | 646889 | 19 | 32573 | 2.84 | 0.755 | 0.1632 |
| Jackson | MS | 173514 | 49 | 8041 | 5.38 | 0.741 | 0.1603 |
| Louisville | KY | 597337 | 26 | 30590 | 2.5 | 0.7 | 0.1514 |
| Columbus | OH | 787033 | 15 | 37772 | 3.09 | 0.685 | 0.1482 |
| Columbia | SC | 129272 | 50 | 13448 | 3.51 | 0.678 | 0.1466 |
| Albuquerque | NM | 545852 | 30 | 16164 | 4.4 | 0.667 | 0.1443 |
| El Paso | TX | 649121 | 18 | 18629 | 2.61 | 0.656 | 0.142 |
| Cincinnati | IN | 296943 | 42 | 28532 | 3.94 | 0.601 | 0.1299 |
Column D shows the population in each city based on the 2010 census. Column E indicates the rank of population in each city. Column F represents the number of tweets collected in each of the 50 home cities in Fig 1. Column G shows the number of tweets containing city names outside the U.S. divided by the total number of tweets. Column H is GAI multiply by 100000. Column I is normalized GAI that ranges between 0 and 1.
* represents the biggest top 10 cities by population.