Here is a custom table for the hacks following the JavaScript JQuery article, and a custom table. While markdown tables are easier to input data into and more condense, HTML tables provide more customizability and the potential for JavaScript addition. The usage of JavaScript allows for searching inside large tables and allows large tables to be displayed in a less cluttery manner, as well as for sorting. In the future, adding images and having more styling and customisability would be cool.

State Capital Population Largest City
California Sacramento 39,538,223 Los Angeles
Texas Austin 29,145,505 Houston
Florida Tallahassee 22,244,823 Miami
New York Albany 19,677,151 New York City
Pennsylvania Harrisburg 12,972,008 Philadelphia
Illinois Springfield 12,582,032 Chicago
Ohio Columbus 11,756,058 Columbus
Georgia Atlanta 10,912,876 Atlanta
North Carolina Raleigh 10,698,973 Charlotte
Michigan Lansing 10,034,113 Detroit
New Jersey Trenton 9,261,699 Newark
Virginia Richmond 8,683,619 Virginia Beach
Washington Olympia 7,785,786 Seattle
Arizona Phoenix 7,359,197 Phoenix
Tennessee Nashville 7,051,339 Memphis
Massachusetts Boston 6,981,974 Boston
Indiana Indianapolis 6,833,037 Indianapolis
Missouri Springfield 6,177,957 Saint Louis
Maryland Annapolis 6,164,660 Baltimore
Wisconsin Madison 5,892,529 Milwaukee
Colorado Denver 5,839,926 Denver
Minnesota Saint Paul 5,717,184 Minneapolis
South Carolina Columbia 5,282,634 Greenville
Alabama Montgomery 5,074,296 Huntsville
Louisiana Baton Rouge 4,590,241 New Orleans
Kentucky Frankfort 4,512,310 Louisville
Oregon Salem 4,240,137 Portland
Oklahoma Oklahoma City 4,019,800 Oklahoma City
Connecticut Hartford 3,626,205 Bridgeport
Utah Salt Lake City 3,380,800 Salt Lake City
Iowa Des Moines 3,200,517 Portland
Nevada Carson City 3,177,172 Las Vegas
Arkansas Little Rock 3,045,637 Little Rock
Mississippi Jackson 2,940,057 Jackson
Kansas Topeka 2,937,150 Kansas City
New Mexico Santa Fe 2,113,344 Albuquerque
Nebraska Lincoln 1,967,932 Omaha
Idaho Boise 1,939,033 Boise
West Virginia Charleston 1,775,156 Charleston
Hawaii Honolulu 1,440,106 Honolulu
New Hampshire Concord 1,395,231 Manchester
Maine Augusta 1,385,340 Portland
Montana Helena 1,122,867 Billings
Rhode Island Providence 1,093,724 Providence
Delaware Dover 1,018,396 Wilmington
South Dakota Pierre 909,824 Sioux Falls
North Dakota Bismarck 779,261 Fargo
Alaska Juneau 733,583 Anchorage
Vermont Montpelier 647,064 Burlington
Wyoming Cheyenne 581,381 Cheyenne