The List is for the 25 largest cities in the USA.
Honolulu and Anchorage do not qualify.
Explain this then, Honolulu
https://www.staradvertiser.com/2021/08/13/hawaii-news/honolulus-population-tops-1-million/
Now Seattle
https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/seattlecitywashington/PST045222
Honolulu has more people than Seattle.
I hate both cities, but my comment still is you mainland people ignore Hawaii and Alaska. I like both states.
I dislike the ignorance of the fact that they are US states.