List of U.S. states and territories by area
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This is a complete list of the U.S. states, federal district, and its major territories ordered by total area, land area, and water area.
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State federal district or territory |
Rank | sq mi | km² | Rank | sq mi | km² | % land | Rank | sq mi | km² | % water |
Alaska | 1 | 665,384.04 | 1,723,337 | 1 | 570,640.95 | 1,477,953 | 85.76% | 1 | 94,743.10 | 245,384 | 14.24% |
Texas | 2 | 268,596.46 | 695,662 | 2 | 261,231.71 | 676,587 | 97.26% | 8 | 7,364.75 | 19,075 | 2.74% |
California | 3 | 163,696.32 | 423,972 | 3 | 155,779.22 | 403,466 | 95.16% | 6 | 7,915.52 | 20,501 | 4.84% |
Montana | 4 | 147,039.71 | 380,831 | 4 | 145,545.80 | 376,962 | 98.98% | 26 | 1,493.91 | 3,869 | 1.02% |
New Mexico | 5 | 121,590.30 | 314,917 | 5 | 121,298.15 | 314,161 | 99.76% | 49 | 292.15 | 757 | 0.24% |
Arizona | 6 | 113,990.30 | 295,234 | 6 | 113,594.08 | 294,207 | 99.65% | 48 | 396.22 | 1,026 | 0.35% |
Nevada | 7 | 110,571.82 | 286,380 | 7 | 109,781.18 | 284,332 | 99.28% | 36 | 790.65 | 2,048 | 0.72% |
Colorado | 8 | 104,093.67 | 269,601 | 8 | 103,641.89 | 268,431 | 99.57% | 44 | 451.78 | 1,170 | 0.43% |
Oregon | 9 | 98,378.54 | 254,799 | 10 | 95,988.01 | 248,608 | 97.57% | 20 | 2,390.53 | 6,191 | 2.43% |
Wyoming | 10 | 97,813.01 | 253,335 | 9 | 97,093.14 | 251,470 | 99.26% | 37 | 719.87 | 1,864 | 0.74% |
Michigan | 11 | 96,713.51 | 250,487 | 22 | 56,538.90 | 146,435 | 58.46% | 2 | 40,174.61 | 104,052 | 41.54% |
Minnesota | 12 | 86,935.83 | 225,163 | 14 | 79,626.74 | 206,232 | 91.59% | 9 | 7,309.09 | 18,930 | 8.41% |
Utah | 13 | 84,896.88 | 219,882 | 12 | 82,169.62 | 212,818 | 96.79% | 17 | 2,727.26 | 7,064 | 3.21% |
Idaho | 14 | 83,568.95 | 216,443 | 11 | 82,643.12 | 214,045 | 98.89% | 33 | 925.83 | 2,398 | 1.11% |
Kansas | 15 | 82,278.36 | 213,100 | 13 | 81,758.72 | 211,754 | 99.37% | 42 | 519.64 | 1,346 | 0.63% |
Nebraska | 16 | 77,347.81 | 200,330 | 15 | 76,824.17 | 198,974 | 99.32% | 41 | 523.64 | 1,356 | 0.68% |
South Dakota | 17 | 77,115.68 | 199,729 | 16 | 75,811.00 | 196,350 | 98.31% | 29 | 1,304.68 | 3,379 | 1.69% |
Washington | 18 | 71,297.95 | 184,661 | 20 | 66,455.52 | 172,119 | 93.21% | 11 | 4,842.43 | 12,542 | 6.79% |
North Dakota | 19 | 70,698.32 | 183,108 | 17 | 69,000.80 | 178,711 | 97.60% | 24 | 1,697.52 | 4,397 | 2.40% |
Oklahoma | 20 | 69,898.87 | 181,037 | 19 | 68,594.92 | 177,660 | 98.13% | 30 | 1,303.95 | 3,377 | 1.87% |
Missouri | 21 | 69,706.99 | 180,540 | 18 | 68,741.52 | 178,040 | 98.61% | 32 | 965.47 | 2,501 | 1.39% |
Florida | 22 | 65,757.70 | 170,312 | 26 | 53,624.76 | 138,887 | 81.55% | 3 | 12,132.94 | 31,424 | 18.45% |
Wisconsin | 23 | 65,496.38 | 169,635 | 25 | 54,157.80 | 140,268 | 82.69% | 4 | 11,338.57 | 29,367 | 17.31% |
Georgia | 24 | 59,425.15 | 153,910 | 21 | 57,513.49 | 148,959 | 96.78% | 22 | 1,911.66 | 4,951 | 3.22% |
Illinois | 25 | 57,913.55 | 149,995 | 24 | 55,518.93 | 143,793 | 95.87% | 19 | 2,394.62 | 6,202 | 4.13% |
Iowa | 26 | 56,272.81 | 145,746 | 23 | 55,857.13 | 144,669 | 99.26% | 45 | 415.68 | 1,077 | 0.74% |
New York | 27 | 54,554.98 | 141,297 | 30 | 47,126.40 | 122,057 | 86.38% | 7 | 7,428.58 | 19,240 | 13.62% |
North Carolina | 28 | 53,819.16 | 139,391 | 29 | 48,617.91 | 125,920 | 90.34% | 10 | 5,201.25 | 13,471 | 9.66% |
Arkansas | 29 | 53,178.55 | 137,732 | 27 | 52,035.48 | 134,771 | 97.85% | 31 | 1,143.07 | 2,961 | 2.15% |
Alabama | 30 | 52,420.07 | 135,767 | 28 | 50,645.33 | 131,171 | 96.61% | 23 | 1,774.74 | 4,597 | 3.39% |
Louisiana | 31 | 52,378.13 | 135,659 | 33 | 43,203.90 | 111,898 | 82.48% | 5 | 9,174.23 | 23,761 | 17.52% |
Mississippi | 32 | 48,431.78 | 125,438 | 31 | 46,923.27 | 121,531 | 96.89% | 25 | 1,508.51 | 3,907 | 3.11% |
Pennsylvania | 33 | 46,054.35 | 119,280 | 32 | 44,742.70 | 115,883 | 97.15% | 28 | 1,311.64 | 3,397 | 2.85% |
Ohio | 34 | 44,825.58 | 116,098 | 35 | 40,860.69 | 105,829 | 91.15% | 14 | 3,964.89 | 10,269 | 8.85% |
Virginia | 35 | 42,774.93 | 110,787 | 36 | 39,490.09 | 102,279 | 92.32% | 15 | 3,284.84 | 8,508 | 7.68% |
Tennessee | 36 | 42,144.25 | 109,153 | 34 | 41,234.90 | 106,798 | 97.84% | 35 | 909.36 | 2,355 | 2.16% |
Kentucky | 37 | 40,407.80 | 104,656 | 37 | 39,486.34 | 102,269 | 97.72% | 34 | 921.46 | 2,387 | 2.28% |
Indiana | 38 | 36,419.55 | 94,326 | 38 | 35,826.11 | 92,789 | 98.37% | 39 | 593.44 | 1,537 | 1.63% |
Maine | 39 | 35,379.74 | 91,633 | 39 | 30,842.92 | 79,883 | 87.18% | 12 | 4,536.82 | 11,750 | 12.82% |
South Carolina | 40 | 32,020.49 | 82,933 | 40 | 30,060.70 | 77,857 | 93.88% | 21 | 1,959.79 | 5,076 | 6.12% |
West Virginia | 41 | 24,230.04 | 62,756 | 41 | 24,038.21 | 62,259 | 99.21% | 50 | 191.83 | 497 | 0.79% |
Maryland | 42 | 12,405.93 | 32,131 | 42 | 9,707.24 | 25,142 | 78.25% | 18 | 2,698.69 | 6,990 | 21.75% |
Hawaii | 43 | 10,931.72 | 28,313 | 47 | 6,422.63 | 16,635 | 58.75% | 13 | 4,509.09 | 11,678 | 41.25% |
Massachusetts | 44 | 10,554.39 | 27,336 | 45 | 7,800.06 | 20,202 | 73.90% | 16 | 2,754.33 | 7,134 | 26.10% |
Vermont | 45 | 9,616.36 | 24,906 | 43 | 9,216.66 | 23,871 | 95.84% | 46 | 399.71 | 1,035 | 4.16% |
New Hampshire | 46 | 9,349.16 | 24,214 | 44 | 8,952.65 | 23,187 | 95.76% | 47 | 396.51 | 1,027 | 4.24% |
New Jersey | 47 | 8,722.58 | 22,591 | 46 | 7,354.22 | 19,047 | 84.31% | 27 | 1,368.36 | 3,544 | 15.69% |
Connecticut | 48 | 5,543.41 | 14,357 | 48 | 4,842.36 | 12,542 | 87.35% | 38 | 701.06 | 1,816 | 12.65% |
Delaware | 49 | 2,488.72 | 6,446 | 49 | 1,948.54 | 5,047 | 78.29% | 40 | 540.18 | 1,399 | 21.71% |
Rhode Island | 50 | 1,544.89 | 4,001 | 50 | 1,033.81 | 2,678 | 66.92% | 43 | 511.07 | 1,324 | 33.08% |
District of Columbia | 68.34 | 177 | 61.05 | 158 | 89.33% | 7.29 | 19 | 10.67% | |||
Puerto Rico | 5,324.84 | 13,791 | 3,423.78 | 8,868 | 64.30% | 1,901.07 | 4,924 | 35.70% | |||
Northern Mariana Islands | 1,975.57 | 5,117 | 182.33 | 472 | 9.23% | 1,793.24 | 4,644 | 90.77% | |||
United States Virgin Islands | 732.93 | 1,898 | 134.32 | 348 | 18.33% | 598.61 | 1,550 | 81.67% | |||
American Samoa | 581.05 | 1,505 | 76.46 | 198 | 13.16% | 504.60 | 1,307 | 86.84% | |||
Guam | 570.62 | 1,478 | 209.80 | 543 | 36.77% | 360.82 | 935 | 63.23% | |||
Minor Outlying Islands[2][a] | 16.00 | 41 | 16.00 | 41 | — | — | — | — | |||
Contiguous United States | Total | 3,120,426.47 | 8,081,867 | 2,954,841.42 | 7,653,004 | 94.69% | 165,584.6 | 428,862 | 5.31% | ||
50 states and District of Columbia | Total | 3,796,742.23 | 9,833,517 | 3,531,905.43 | 9,147,593 | 93.02% | 264,836.79 | 685,924 | 6.98% | ||
All U.S. territory | Total | 3,805,943.26 | 9,857,348 | 3,535,948.12 | 9,158,064 | 92.91% | 269,995.13 | 699,284 | 7.09% |
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Alaska is the largest state in total area, land area, and water area.
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Despite being the second largest state, Texas is only 40% of the total area of the largest state, Alaska.
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Montana is larger than every state it borders; only Alaska and Wyoming have a lower population density.
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Sunset on Lake Michigan. Michigan is second behind Alaska in water area.
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "United States Summary: 2010, Population and Housing Unit Counts, 2010 Census of Population and Housing" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. September 2012. pp. V–2, 1 & 41 (Tables 1 & 18). Retrieved February 7, 2014.
- ↑ "United States Summary: 2010, Population and Housing Unit Counts, 2000 Census of Population and Housing" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. April 2004. p. 1 (Table 1). Retrieved February 10, 2014.
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