List of sister cities in the United States

This is a list of sister cities in the United States. Sister cities, known in Europe as town twins, are cities which partner with each other to promote human contact and cultural links, although this partnering is not limited to cities and often includes counties, regions, states and other sub-national entities.

Many jurisdictions work with foreign cities through Sister Cities International, an organization whose goal is to "promote peace through mutual respect, understanding, and cooperation."^[1]

Alabama

Athens^[2]

•   Stonehaven, Scotland, United Kingdom

Birmingham^[3]

•   Anshan, China
•   Apaaso, Ghana
•   Guédiawaye, Senegal
•   Hitachi, Japan
•   Al-Karak, Jordan
•   Kingston, Jamaica
•   Liverpool, England, United Kingdom
•   Maebashi, Japan
•   Plzeň, Czech Republic
•   Rosh HaAyin, Israel
•   Székesfehérvár, Hungary
•   Vinnytsia, Ukraine
•   Winneba, Ghana

Cullman^[4]

•   Frankweiler, Germany

Huntsville^[5]

•   Tainan, Taiwan

Mobile^[6]

•   Ariel, West Bank
•   Bolinao, Philippines
•   Cockburn, Australia
•   Constanța, Romania
•   Gaeta, Italy
•   Havana, Cuba
•   Heze, China
•   Ichihara, Japan
•   iLembe, South Africa
•   Katowice, Poland
•   Košice, Slovakia
•   Pyeongtaek, South Korea
•   Tianjin, China
•   Veracruz, Mexico
•   Worms, Germany

Montevallo^[7]

•   Echizen, Japan

Montgomery^[8]

•   Pietrasanta, Italy

Tuscaloosa^[9]

•   Narashino, Japan
•   Schorndorf, Germany
•   Sunyani, Ghana
•   Techiman, Ghana

Alaska

Anchorage^[10]

•   Chitose, Japan
•   Darwin, Australia
•   Harbin, China
•   Incheon, South Korea
•   Magadan, Russia
•   Tromsø, Norway
•   Whitby, England, United Kingdom

Fairbanks

•   Erdenet, Mongolia^[11]
•   Fanano, Italy^[12]
•   Monbetsu, Japan^[13]
•   Pune, India^[14]
•   Tainan, Taiwan^[15]
•   Yakutsk, Russia^[16]

Homer^[17]

•   Teshio, Japan
•   Yelizovo, Russia

Juneau^[18]

•   Kalibo, Philippines
•   Whitehorse, Canada
•   Vladivostok, Russia

Kenai^[19]

•   Akita, Japan

Ketchikan

•   Gero, Japan^[20]
•   Prince Rupert, Canada^[21]

Nome^[22]

•   Provideniya, Russia

Palmer^[23]

•   Saroma, Japan

Seward^[24]

•   Obihiro, Japan

Sitka^[25]

•   Nemuro, Japan

Wasilla^[26]

•   Uchiko, Japan

American Samoa

Main article: List of twin towns and sister cities in Oceania § American Samoa

Arizona

Main article: List of sister cities in Arizona

Arkansas

Conway^[27]

•   Quakenbrück, Germany

El Dorado^[28]

•   Zentsūji, Japan

Fort Smith^[29]

•   Cisterna di Latina, Italy

Gilbert^[30]

•   Bride, Isle of Man

Hot Springs^[31]

•   Hanamaki, Japan

Little Rock^[32]

•   Caxias do Sul, Brazil
•   Changchun, China
•   Hanam, South Korea
•   Kaohsiung, Taiwan
•   Newcastle upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom

North Little Rock^[29]

•   Uiwang, South Korea

Pine Bluff^[33]

•   Bandō, Japan

Subiaco^[29]

•   Subiaco, Australia

California

Main article: List of sister cities in California

Colorado

Main article: List of sister cities in Colorado

Connecticut

Main article: List of sister cities in New England § Connecticut

Delaware

Wilmington^[34]

•   Fulda, Germany
•   Kalmar, Sweden
•   Nemours, France
•   Olevano sul Tusciano, Italy
•   Osogbo, Nigeria
•   Watford, England, United Kingdom

District of Columbia

Washington, D.C.^[35]

•   Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
•   Ankara, Turkey
•   Athens, Greece
•   Bangkok, Thailand
•   Beijing, China
•   Brussels, Belgium
•   Dakar, Senegal
•   Pretoria, South Africa
•   Seoul, South Korea
•   San Salvador, El Salvador
•   Sunderland, England, United Kingdom

Florida

Main article: List of sister cities in Florida

Georgia

Athens^[36]

•   Athens, Greece
•   Cortona, Italy
•   Iași, Romania
•   Kamianets-Podilskyi, Ukraine

Atlanta^[37]

•   Brussels, Belgium
•   Bucharest, Romania
•   Cotonou, Benin
•   Daegu, South Korea
•   Fukuoka, Japan
•   Lagos, Nigeria
•   Montego Bay, Jamaica
•   Newcastle upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom
•   Nuremberg, Germany
•   Olympia, Greece
•   Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
•   Ra'anana, Israel
•   Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
•   Salcedo, Dominican Republic
•   Taipei, Taiwan
•   Tbilisi, Georgia
•   Toulouse, France

Americus^[36]

•   Miyoshi, Japan

Augusta^[36]

•   Biarritz, France
•   Takarazuka, Japan

Brunswick^[36]

•   Ganzhou, China

Cobb County^[36]

•   Seongdong (Seoul), South Korea

Columbus^[38]

•   Bistrița, Romania
•   Kiryū, Japan
•   Taichung, Taiwan
•   Zugdidi, Georgia

Dalton^[36]

•   Dilbeek, Belgium

Decatur^[36]

•   Boussé, Burkina Faso
•   Ouahigouya, Burkina Faso
•   Trujillo, Peru

Hinesville^[36]

•   Marsabit, Kenya
•   Yichun, China

LaGrange^[36]

•   Aso, Japan
•   Craigavon, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
•   Poti, Georgia

Macon^[36]

•   Elmina, Ghana
•   Kaohsiung, Taiwan
•   Kurobe, Japan
•   Mâcon, France
•   Ulyanovsk, Russia

Marietta^[36]

•   Heredia, Costa Rica
•   Linz am Rhein, Germany

Newnan^[39]

•   South Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Savannah^[36]

•   Batumi, Georgia
•   Halle, Germany
•   Jiujiang, China
•   Kaya, Burkina Faso
•   Patras, Greece

Tifton^[36]

•   Linyi, China

Hawaii

Hawaii County^[40]

•   Cabugao, Philippines
•   Gokseong, South Korea
•   Kumejima, Japan
•   Nago, Japan
•   Ormoc, Philippines
•   Ōshima, Japan
•   Réunion, France
•   La Serena, Chile
•   Shibukawa, Japan
•   Sumoto, Japan
•   Yurihama, Japan

Honolulu^[41]

•   Baguio, Philippines
•   Baku, Azerbaijan
•   Bruyères, France
•   Cali, Colombia
•   Candon, Philippines
•   Caracas, Venezuela
•   Cebu City, Philippines
•   Chengdu, China
•   Chigasaki, Japan
•   Fengxian (Shanghai), China
•   Funchal, Portugal
•   Fuzhou, China^[42]
•   Haikou, China
•   Noreña, Spain
•   Hiroshima, Japan
•   Huế, Vietnam
•   Incheon, South Korea
•   Kaohsiung, Taiwan
•   Kyzyl, Russia
•   Laoag, Philippines
•   Majuro, Marshall Islands
•   Mandaluyong, Philippines
•   Manila, Philippines
•   Mombasa, Kenya
•   Mumbai, India
•   Nagaoka, Japan
•   Naha, Japan
•   Qinhuangdao, China
•   Rabat, Morocco
•   San Juan, Puerto Rico
•   Seoul, South Korea
•   Sintra, Portugal
•   Uwajima, Japan
•   Vigan, Philippines
•   Zhangzhou, China
•   Zhongshan, China

Kauai County^[43]

•   Bangued, Philippines
•   Davao City, Philippines
•   Ishigaki, Japan
•   Iwaki, Japan
•   Laoag, Philippines
•   Moriyama, Japan^[44]
•   Papenoo, French Polynesia^[45]
•   Santa, Philippines
•   Suō-Ōshima, Japan^[44]
•   Urdaneta, Philippines
•   Whitby, England, United Kingdom^[46]

Maui County^[47]

•   American Samoa
•   Arequipa, Peru
•   Bacarra, Philippines
•   Badoc, Philippines
•   Cabugao, Philippines
•   Easter Island, Chile
•   Embo, Scotland, United Kingdom
•   Fukuyama, Japan
•   Funchal, Portugal
•   Goyang, South Korea
•   Hachijō, Japan
•   Manila, Philippines
•   Pingtung, Taiwan
•   Puerto Princesa, Philippines
•   Quezon City, Philippines
•   Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands
•   San Juan, Philippines
•   Santa, Philippines
•   Sanya, China
•   São Miguel Island, Portugal
•   Sarrat, Philippines
•   Zambales, Philippines

Idaho

Boise^[48]

•   Gernika-Lumo, Spain

Coeur d'Alene^[49]

•   Cranbrook, Canada

Idaho Falls^[50]

•   Tōkai, Japan

Ketchum^[48]

•   Lignano Sabbiadoro, Italy
•   Tegernsee, Germany

Moscow^[51]

•   Villa El Carmen, Nicaragua

Pocatello^[48]

•   Iwamizawa, Japan
•   Kwaremenguel, Burkina Faso

Sun Valley^[48]

•   Kitzbühel, Austria
•   Yamanouchi, Japan

Illinois

Main article: List of sister cities in Illinois

Indiana

Anderson

•   Bernburg, Germany^[52]
•   Yuhang (Hangzhou), China^[53]

Bloomington^[54]

•   Posoltega, Nicaragua
•   Santa Clara, Cuba

Carmel^[55]

•   Kawachinagano, Japan
•   Xiangyang, China

Columbus^[56]

•   Löhne, Germany
•   Miyoshi, Japan
•   Pune, India
•   Xiangyang, China

Elkhart^[57]

•   Burton upon Trent, England, United Kingdom
•   Kardzhali, Bulgaria
•   Tongxiang, China

Evansville^[58]

•   Osnabrück, Germany
•   Tizimín, Mexico
•   Tochigi, Japan

Fishers^[59]

•   Billericay, England, United Kingdom

Fort Wayne^[60]

•   Gera, Germany
•   Płock, Poland
•   Taizhou, China
•   Takaoka, Japan

Franklin^[61]

•   Kuji, Japan

Gary^[62]

•   Fuxin, China

Goshen^[63]

•   Bexbach, Germany

Greenfield^[64]

•   Kakuda, Japan

Hammond

•   Galați, Romania^[65]
•   Shahe, China^[66]

Indianapolis^[67]

•   Campinas, Brazil
•   Cologne, Germany
•   Hangzhou, China
•   Hyderabad, India
•   Monza, Italy
•   Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom
•   Onitsha, Nigeria
•   Piran, Slovenia
•   Taipei, Taiwan

Jasper^[68]

•   Pfaffenweiler, Germany

Kokomo^[69]

•   Dongyang, China

La Porte^[70]

•   Grangemouth, Scotland, United Kingdom

Lafayette^[71]

•   Longkou, China
•   Ōta, Japan

Muncie^[72]

•   Changhua, Taiwan
•   Deyang, China
•   Isparta, Turkey
•   Taraz, Kazakhstan
•   Zhuji, China

Newburgh^[73]

•   Newburgh, England, United Kingdom

Noblesville^[74]

•   Cittadella, Italy
•   Nova Prata, Brazil

Richmond^[75]

•   Serpukhov, Russia
•   Unnan, Japan

Shelbyville^[76]

•   Shizuoka, Japan

South Bend

•   Arzberg, Germany^[77]
•   Częstochowa, Poland^[78]
•   Guanajuato, Mexico^[79]

Terre Haute

•   Tajimi, Japan^[80]
•   Tambov, Russia^[81]

Tippecanoe County^[82]

•   Ōta, Japan

Vincennes^[57]

•   Vincennes, France
•   Wasserburg am Inn, Germany

West Lafayette^[82]

•   Ōta, Japan

Iowa

Cedar Falls^[83]

•   Ferizaj, Kosovo

Cedar Rapids^[84]

•   Tangshan, China

Clarinda^[85]

•   Tamana, Japan

Council Bluffs^[86]

•   El Hajeb, Morocco
•   Herat, Afghanistan
•   Kandahar, Afghanistan
•   Karrada (Baghdad), Iraq
•   Tobolsk, Russia

Davenport^[87]

•   County Carlow, Ireland
•   Ilhéus, Brazil
•   Kaiserslautern, Germany

Des Moines^[88]

•   Kōfu, Japan
•   Pristina, Kosovo
•   Saint-Étienne, France
•   Shijiazhuang, China
•   Stavropol, Russia

DeWitt^[89]

•   Bredstedt, Germany

Dubuque^[90]

•   Dornbirn, Austria
•   Handan, China
•   Pyatigorsk, Russia

Eldridge^[91]

•   Schönberg, Germany

Elkader^[92]

•   Mascara, Algeria

Fort Dodge^[93]

•   Gjakova, Kosovo

Fort Madison^[94]

•   Prüm, Germany

Johnston^[95]

•   Peja, Kosovo

Laurens^[96]

•   Laurens, France

Marshalltown^[97]

•   Budyonnovsk, Russia
•   Minami-Alps, Japan

Mason City^[98]

•   Montegrotto Terme, Italy

Muscatine^[99]

•   Drohobych, Ukraine
•   Ichikawamisato, Japan
•   Kislovodsk, Russia
•   Łomża, Poland
•   Ludwigslust, Germany
•   Ramallah, Palestine
•   Zhengding, China

Newton^[100]

•   Smila, Ukraine
•   Wuqi (Taichung), Taiwan

Norwalk^[93]

•   Vushtrri, Kosovo

Orange City^[101]

•   Shibata, Japan

Osage^[102]

•   Lermontov, Russia

Shenandoah^[103]

•   Tisovec, Slovakia

Sioux City^[104]

•   Gjilan, Kosovo
•   Lake Charles, United States
•   Yamanashi, Japan

Storm Lake^[105]

•   Ayotlán, Mexico

Walcott^[106]

•   Bredenbek, Germany

Waterloo^[107]

•   Giessen, Germany

Waverly^[108]

•   Eisenach, Germany

West Des Moines^[109]

•   Mateh Asher, Israel

Winterset^[110]

•   Minami-Alps, Japan

Kansas

Abilene^[111]

•   Omitama, Japan

Hays^[112]

•   Santa María de Fe, Paraguay
•   Xinzheng, China

Kansas City^[113]

•   Karlovac, Croatia
•   Limerick, Ireland
•   Linz, Austria
•   Uruapan, Mexico

Lawrence^[114]

•   Eutin, Germany
•   Hiratsuka, Japan
•   Oiniades, Greece

Leavenworth^[115]

•   Omihachiman, Japan
•   Wagga Wagga, Australia

Lindsborg^[116]

•   Munkfors, Sweden

Manhattan^[117]

•   Dobřichovice, Czech Republic

Olathe^[118]

•   Ocotlán, Mexico

Overland Park^[119]

•   Bietigheim-Bissingen, Germany

Prairie Village^[120]

•   Dolyna, Ukraine

Shawnee^[121]

•   Erfurt, Germany
•   Listowel, Ireland
•   Pittem, Belgium

Wichita^[122]

•   Benito Juárez, Mexico
•   Kaifeng, China
•   Orléans, France
•   Tlalnepantla de Baz, Mexico

Kentucky

Bardstown^[123]

•   Billom, France

Bowling Green^[124]

•   Kawanishi, Japan

Campbellsville^[125]

•   Buncrana, Ireland

Danville^[126]

•   Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Elizabethtown^[127]

•   Koori, Japan

Frankfort^[128]

•   Shimamoto, Japan

Georgetown^[129]

•   Tahara, Japan

Hopkinsville^[130]

•   Carentan-les-Marais, France

Lexington^[131]

•   Deauville, France
•   County Kildare, Ireland
•   Newmarket, England, United Kingdom
•   Shinhidaka, Japan

Louisville^[132]

•   Adapazarı, Turkey
•   Jiujiang, China
•   Mainz, Germany
•   Montpellier, France
•   Perm, Russia
•   La Plata, Argentina
•   Quito, Ecuador
•   Tamale, Ghana

Madison County^[133]

•   Hokuto, Japan

Morehead

•   Ballymena, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom^[134]
•   Yangshuo, China^[135]

Morgantown^[136]

•   Nanao, Japan

Owensboro^[137]

•   Nisshin, Japan
•   Olomouc, Czech Republic

Paris^[138]

•   Lamotte-Beuvron, France

Pikeville^[139]

•   Dundalk, Ireland

Radcliff^[140]

•   Munster, Germany

Shelbyville^[141]

•   Bitburg, Germany

Louisiana

Arnaudville^[142]

•   Jausiers, France

Baton Rouge^[143]

•   Aix-en-Provence, France
•   Córdoba, Mexico
•   Malatya, Turkey
•   Taichung, Taiwan

Crowley^[144]

•   Vaux-sur-Sûre, Belgium

Gonzales^[145]

•   Meylan, France

Hammond^[146]

•   Jouars-Pontchartrain, France

Lafayette^[147]

•   Agnibilékrou, Ivory Coast
•   Le Cannet, France
•   Centla, Mexico
•   Longueuil, Canada
•   Moncton, Canada
•   Namur, Belgium
•   Poitiers, France

Napoleonville^[148]

•   Pontivy, France

Natchitoches^[149]

•   La Roque-d'Anthéron, France

New Orleans^[150]

•   Cap-Haïtien, Haiti^[151]
•   Caracas, Venezuela
•   Durban, South Africa
•   Innsbruck, Austria
•   Isola del Liri, Italy
•   Juan-les-Pins (Antibes), France
•   Maracaibo, Venezuela
•   Matsue, Japan
•   Mérida, Mexico
•   Orléans, France
•   Pointe-Noire, Congo
•   San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina
•   Tegucigalpa, Honduras

Shreveport^[152]

•   Ostrava, Czech Republic

St. Martinville^[153]

•   Bouctouche, Canada
•   Chaudfontaine, Belgium
•   Gorée, Senegal
•   Madawaska, United States

Thibodaux^[154]

•   Loudun, France

Maine

Main article: List of sister cities in New England § Maine

Maryland

Main article: List of sister cities in Maryland

Massachusetts

Main article: List of sister cities in New England § Massachusetts

Michigan

Main article: List of sister cities in Michigan

Minnesota

Bloomington^[155]

•   Izumi, Japan

Brainerd^[156]

•   Leksand, Sweden

Cambridge^[157]

•   Beli Manastir, Croatia
•   Rättvik, Sweden
•   Yuasa, Japan

Columbia Heights^[158]

•   Łomianki, Poland

Duluth^[159]

•   Isumi, Japan
•   Petrozavodsk, Russia
•   Ranya, Iraq
•   Thunder Bay, Canada
•   Växjö, Sweden

Elbow Lake^[160]

•   Flekkefjord, Norway

Fergus Falls^[161]

•   Nordhordland, Norway

Fridley^[162]

•   Fourmies, France

Hibbing^[163]

•   Walsrode, Germany

Lindström^[164]

•   Tingsryd, Sweden

Little Canada^[165]

•   Thunder Bay, Canada

Little Falls^[166]

•   Le Bourget, France

Melrose^[167]

•   Legden, Germany

Minneapolis^[168]

•   Bosaso, Somalia
•   Cuernavaca, Mexico
•   Eldoret, Kenya
•   Harbin, China
•   Ibaraki, Japan
•   Kuopio, Finland
•   Najaf, Iraq
•   Novosibirsk, Russia
•   Santiago, Chile
•   Tours, France
•   Uppsala, Sweden
•   Winnipeg, Canada

Montevideo^[169]

•   Montevideo, Uruguay

Mora^[170]

•   Mora, Sweden

New Ulm^[171]

•   Neu-Ulm, Germany

Paynesville^[172]

•   Paynesville, Liberia

Red Wing^[173]

•   Ikata, Japan
•   Quzhou, China

Rochester^[163]

•   Kathmandu, Nepal
•   Moosburg an der Isar, Germany
•   Siheung, South Korea
•   Xianyang, China

Saint Paul^[174][163]

•   Changsha, China
•   Ciudad Romero (Jiquilisco), El Salvador
•   Culiacán, Mexico
•   Djibouti City, Djibouti
•   George, South Africa
•   Manzanillo, Mexico
•   Modena, Italy
•   Mogadishu, Somalia
•   Nagasaki, Japan
•   Neuss, Germany
•   Novosibirsk, Russia
•   Tiberias, Israel

Saint Peter^[163]

•   Petatlán, Mexico

Shoreview^[175]

•   Einhausen, Germany

St. Anthony^[176]

•   Salo, Finland

St. Cloud^[177][178]

•   Akita, Japan
•   Saint-Cloud, France
•   Spalt, Germany

Winona^[179]

•   Bytów, Poland
•   Misato, Japan

Worthington^[163]

•   Crailsheim, Germany

Mississippi

Clarksdale^[180]

•   Notodden, Norway

Clinton^[181]

•   Zarafshan, Uzbekistan

Jackson

•   Kahramanmaraş, Turkey^[182]
•   M'Bour, Senegal^[183]

Madison^[184]

•   Sollefteå, Sweden

Oxford^[185]

•   Aubigny-sur-Nère, France

Missouri

Cape Girardeau^[186]

•   Shaoxing, China

Columbia^[187]

•   Hakusan, Japan
•   Kutaisi, Georgia
•   Laoshan (Qingdao), China
•   Sibiu, Romania
•   Suncheon, South Korea

Hermann^[188]

•   Bad Arolsen, Germany

Independence^[189]

•   Higashimurayama, Japan

Jefferson City^[190]

•   Münchberg, Germany

Joplin^[191]

•   Bethlehem, Palestine

Kansas City^[192]

•   Arusha, Tanzania
•   Freetown, Sierra Leone
•   Guadalajara, Mexico
•   Kurashiki, Japan
•   Morelia, Mexico
•   Port Harcourt, Nigeria
•   Ramla, Israel
•   Seville, Spain
•   Tainan, Taiwan
•   Xi'an, China
•   Yan'an, China

Lee's Summit^[193]

•   Aizuwakamatsu, Japan

Liberty^[194]

•   Diekirch, Luxembourg

Neosho^[195]

•   Pohnpei, Micronesia

Rolla^[196]

•   Sondershausen, Germany

Springfield^[197]

•   Isesaki, Japan
•   Tlaquepaque, Mexico

St. Charles^[198]

January 07, 2023