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List of U.S. states by area
About List of U.S. states by area
This is a complete 'list of the states of the United States and its major territories ordered by ''total area'', ''land area'', and ''water area'''. The water area figures include inland, coastal, Great Lakes, and territorial waters. Glaciers and intermittent water features are counted as land area.[1]| Contents |
| Total area |
| Land area |
| Water area |
| See also |
| References |
Total area
| Rank | State | km² | miles² |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alaska | 1,717,855 | 663,267 |
| 2 | Texas | 696,621 | 268,581 |
| 3 | California | 423,970 | 163,696 |
| 4 | Montana | 380,838 | 147,042 |
| 5 | New Mexico | 314,915 | 121,589 |
| 6 | Arizona | 295,254 | 113,998 |
| 7 | Nevada | 286,351 | 110,561 |
| 8 | Colorado | 269,601 | 104,094 |
| 9 | Oregon | 254,805 | 98,381 |
| 10 | Wyoming | 253,348 | 97,818 [2] |
| 11 | Michigan | 253,266 | 97,790 |
| 12 | Minnesota | 225,365 | 87,014 |
| 13 | Utah | 219,887 | 84,899 |
| 14 | Idaho | 216,446 | 83,570 |
| 15 | Kansas | 213,096 | 82,277 |
| 16 | Nebraska | 200,345 | 77,354 |
| 17 | South Dakota | 199,731 | 77,116 |
| 18 | Washington | 184,665 | 71,300 |
| 19 | North Dakota | 183,112 | 70,700 |
| 20 | Oklahoma | 181,035 | 69,898 |
| 21 | Missouri | 180,533 | 69,704 |
| 22 | Florida | 170,304 | 65,755 |
| 23 | Wisconsin | 169,639 | 65,498 |
| 24 | Georgia | 153,909 | 59,425 |
| 25 | Illinois | 149,998 | 57,914 |
| 26 | Iowa | 145,743 | 56,272 |
| 27 | New York | 141,299 | 54,556 |
| 28 | North Carolina | 139,389 | 53,819 |
| 29 | Arkansas | 137,732 | 53,179 |
| 30 | Alabama | 135,765 | 52,419 |
| 31 | Louisiana | 134,264 | 51,840 |
| 32 | Mississippi | 125,434 | 48,430 |
| 33 | Pennsylvania | 119,283 | 46,055 |
| 34 | Ohio | 116,096 | 44,825 |
| 35 | Virginia | 110,785 | 42,774 |
| 36 | Tennessee | 109,151 | 42,143 |
| 37 | Kentucky | 104,659 | 40,409 |
| 38 | Indiana | 94,321 | 36,418 |
| 39 | Maine | 91,646 | 35,385 |
| 40 | South Carolina | 82,932 | 32,020 |
| 41 | West Virginia | 62,755 | 24,230 |
| 42 | Maryland | 32,133 | 12,407 |
| 43 | Hawaii | 28,311 | 10,931 |
| 44 | Massachusetts | 27,336 | 10,555 |
| 45 | Vermont | 24,901 | 9,614 |
| 46 | New Hampshire | 24,216 | 9,350 |
| 47 | New Jersey | 22,588 | 8,721 |
| 48 | Connecticut | 14,357 | 5,543 |
| '' ★ '' | ''Puerto Rico'' | ''13,790'' | ''5,324'' |
| 49 | Delaware | 6,447 | 2,489 |
| 50 | Rhode Island | 3,144 | 1,214 |
| '' ★ '' | ''Virgin Islands'' | ''1,910'' | ''737'' |
| '' ★ '' | ''Guam'' | ''541'' | ''209'' |
| '' ★ '' | ''Northern Mariana Islands'' | ''477'' | ''184'' |
| '' ★ '' | ''American Samoa'' | ''199'' | ''77'' |
| '' ★ '' | ''District of Columbia'' | ''141'' | ''55'' |
Land area
| Rank | State | km² | miles² |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alaska | 1,481,347 | 567,400 |
| 2 | Texas | 678,051 | 261,797 |
| 3 | California | 403,933 | 155,959 |
| 4 | Montana | 376,979 | 145,552 |
| 5 | New Mexico | 314,309 | 121,356 |
| 6 | Arizona | 294,312 | 113,635 |
| 7 | Nevada | 284,448 | 109,826 |
| 8 | Colorado | 268,627 | 103,718 |
| 9 | Wyoming | 251,489 | 97,105 |
| 10 | Oregon | 248,631 | 95,997 |
| 11 | Idaho | 214,314 | 82,747 |
| 12 | Utah | 212,751 | 82,144 |
| 13 | Kansas | 211,900 | 81,815 |
| 14 | Minnesota | 206,189 | 79,610 |
| 15 | Nebraska | 199,099 | 76,872 |
| 16 | South Dakota | 196,540 | 75,885 |
| 17 | North Dakota | 178,647 | 68,976 |
| 18 | Missouri | 178,414 | 68,886 |
| 19 | Oklahoma | 177,847 | 68,667 |
| 20 | Washington | 172,348 | 66,544 |
| 21 | Michigan | 150,504 | 58,110 |
| 22 | Georgia | 149,976 | 57,906 |
| 23 | Iowa | 144,701 | 55,869 |
| 24 | Illinois | 143,961 | 55,584 |
| 25 | Wisconsin | 140,663 | 54,310 |
| 26 | Florida | 139,670 | 53,927 |
| 27 | Arkansas | 134,856 | 52,068 |
| 28 | Alabama | 131,426 | 50,744 |
| 29 | North Carolina | 126,161 | 48,711 |
| 30 | New York | 122,283 | 47,214 |
| 31 | Mississippi | 121,488 | 46,907 |
| 32 | Pennsylvania | 116,074 | 44,817 |
| 33 | Louisiana | 112,825 | 43,562 |
| 34 | Tennessee | 106,752 | 41,217 |
| 35 | Ohio | 106,056 | 40,948 |
| 36 | Kentucky | 102,896 | 39,728 |
| 37 | Virginia | 102,548 | 39,594 |
| 38 | Indiana | 92,895 | 35,867 |
| 39 | Maine | 79,931 | 30,862 |
| 40 | South Carolina | 77,983 | 30,109 |
| 41 | West Virginia | 62,361 | 24,230 |
| 42 | Maryland | 25,314 | 9,774 |
| 43 | Vermont | 23,956 | 9,250 |
| 44 | New Hampshire | 23,227 | 8,968 |
| 45 | Massachusetts | 20,306 | 7,840 |
| 46 | New Jersey | 19,211 | 7,417 |
| 47 | Hawaii | 16,635 | 6,423 |
| 48 | Connecticut | 12,548 | 4,845 |
| '' ★ '' | ''Puerto Rico'' | ''8,870'' | ''3,424.73'' |
| 49 | Delaware | 6,030 | 1,954 |
| 50 | Rhode Island | 2,706 | 1,045 |
| '' ★ '' | ''Guam'' | ''541.3'' | ''209'' |
| '' ★ '' | ''Northern Mariana Islands'' | ''477'' | ''184.17'' |
| '' ★ '' | ''Virgin Islands'' | ''346.36'' | ''133.73'' |
| '' ★ '' | ''American Samoa'' | ''199'' | ''76.83'' |
| '' ★ '' | ''District of Columbia'' | ''159'' | ''61.4'' |
Water area
| Rank | State | km² | miles² | Percentage Water |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alaska | 236,507 | 91,316 | 13.77 |
| 2 | Michigan | 103,289 | 39,881 | 41.27 |
| 3 | Florida | 30,634 | 11,828 | 17.99 |
| 4 | Wisconsin | 28,977 | 11,188 | 17.08 |
| 5 | Louisiana | 21,440 | 8,278 | 15.95 |
| 6 | California | 20,037 | 7,736 | 4.73 |
| 7 | New York | 19,016 | 7,342 | 13.46 |
| 8 | Minnesota | 18,981 | 7,329 | 8.43 |
| 9 | Texas | 17,570 | 6,784 | 2.53 |
| 10 | North Carolina | 13,229 | 5,108 | 9.49 |
| 11 | Washington | 12,317 | 4,756 | 6.67 |
| 12 | Maine | 11,715 | 4,523 | 12.78 |
| 13 | Hawaii | 11,677 | 4,508 | 41.24 |
| 14 | Ohio | 10,040 | 3,877 | 8.65 |
| 15 | Virginia | 8,236 | 3,180 | 7.43 |
| 16 | Utah | 7,136 | 2,755 | 3.25 |
| 17 | Massachusetts | 7,031 | 2,715 | 25.72 |
| 18 | Maryland | 6,819 | 2,633 | 21.22 |
| 19 | Oregon | 6,174 | 2,384 | 2.42 |
| 20 | Illinois | 6,037 | 2,331 | 4.02 |
| 21 | South Carolina | 4,949 | 1,911 | 5.97 |
| '' ★ '' | ''Puerto Rico'' | ''4,921'' | ''1,900'' | ''35.69'' |
| 22 | North Dakota | 4,465 | 1,724 | 2.44 |
| 23 | Alabama | 4,338 | 1,675 | 3.20 |
| 24 | Mississippi | 3,945 | 1,523 | 3.15 |
| 25 | Georgia | 3,933 | 1,519 | 2.56 |
| 26 | Montana | 3,859 | 1,490 | 1.01 |
| 27 | New Jersey | 3,377 | 1,304 | 14.95 |
| 28 | Pennsylvania | 3,208 | 1,239 | 2.69 |
| 29 | South Dakota | 3,190 | 1,232 | 1.60 |
| 30 | Oklahoma | 3,189 | 1,231 | 1.76 |
| 31 | Arkansas | 2,876 | 1,110 | 2.09 |
| 32 | Tennessee | 2,399 | 926 | 2.20 |
| 33 | Idaho | 2,131 | 823 | 0.98 |
| 34 | Missouri | 2,120 | 818 | 1.17 |
| 35 | Nevada | 1,903 | 735 | 0.66 |
| 36 | Wyoming | 1,847 | 713 | 0.73 |
| 37 | Connecticut | 1,809 | 699 | 12.60 |
| 38 | Kentucky | 1,763 | 681 | 1.68 |
| '' ★ '' | ''Virgin Islands'' | ''1,564'' | ''603.9'' | ''81.88'' |
| 39 | Indiana | 1,427 | 551 | 1.51 |
| 40 | Delaware | 1,387 | 536 | 21.52 |
| 41 | Rhode Island | 1,295 | 500 | 32.37 |
| 42 | Nebraska | 1,247 | 481 | 0.62 |
| 43 | Kansas | 1,196 | 462 | 0.56 |
| 44 | Iowa | 1,042 | 402 | 0.71 |
| 45 | New Hampshire | 989 | 382 | 4.08 |
| 46 | Colorado | 974 | 376 | 0.36 |
| 47 | Vermont | 945 | 365 | 3.79 |
| 48 | Arizona | 942 | 364 | 0.32 |
| 49 | New Mexico | 606 | 234 | 0.19 |
| 50 | West Virginia | 394 | 152 | 0.63 |
| '' ★ '' | ''District of Columbia'' | ''18'' | ''6.9'' | ''10.1'' |
See also
★ List of the largest country subdivisions by area
References
All data is provided by the United States Census Bureau (see 2000 Census population, area and density results) and is current as of 2000, with the exception of two more recent state government sources.
State source updated 2005 Michigan.gov
State source updated 2001 Wyoming.gov
1. Census 2000 Geographic Terms and Concepts, Census 2000 Geography Glossary, U.S. Census Bureau. Accessed 2007-07-10.
2. http://nationalatlas.gov/articles/mapping/a_general.html#one
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