List of U.S.

states and territories by area

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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 [hide]
1 Table
2 See also
3 References
4 External links
Table[edit]
Total area
Land area
Water
Rank State/Territorysq mi km
sq mi km
sq mi km
% water
1
Alaska663,267.26 1,717,854
571,951.26 1,481,347
91,316.00
236,507
13.77
2
Texas 268,580.82 695,621
261,797.12 678,051
6,783.70
17,570 2.53
3
California
163,695.57 423,970
155,939.52 403,882
7,736.23
20,037 4.73
4
Montana
147,042.40 380,838
145,552.43 376,979
1,489.96
3,859 1.01
5
New Mexico 121,589.48 314,915
121,355.53 314,309
233.96
606
0.19
6
Arizona
113,998.30 295,254
113,634.57 294,312
363.73
942
0.32
7
Nevada
110,560.72 286,351
109,825.99 284,448
734.71
1,903 0.66
8
Colorado
104,093.57 269,601
103,717.53 268,627
376.04
974
0.36
9
Oregon
98,380.64
254,805
95,996.79
248,631
2,383.85
6,174 2.42
10
Wyoming
97,813.56
253,336
97,100.40
251,489
713.16
1,847 0.73
11
Michigan
96,716.11
250,494
56,803.82
147,121
39,912.28
103,372
41.27
12
Minnesota
86,938.87
225,171
79,610.08
206,189
7,328.79
18,981 8.43
13
Utah 84,898.83
219,887
82,143.65
212,751
2,755.18
7,136 3.25
14
Idaho 83,570.08
216,446
82,747.21
214,314
822.87 2,131
0.98
15
Kansas
82,276.84
213,096
81,814.88
211,900
461.96
1,196 0.56
16
Nebraska
77,353.73
200,345
76,872.41
199,099
481.31
1,247 0.62
17
South Dakota 77,116.49
199,731
75,884.64
196,540
1,231.85
3,190 1.60
18
Washington 71,299.64
184,665
66,544.06
172,348
4,755.58
12,317 6.67
19
North Dakota 70,699.79
183,112
68,975.93
178,647
1,723.86
4,465 2.44
20
Oklahoma
69,898.19
181,035
68,667.06
177,847
1,231.13
3,189 1.76

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Missouri
69,704.31
180,533
68,885.93
178,414
818.39
2,120 1.17
22
Florida
65,754.59
170,304
53,926.82
139,670
11,827.77
30,634 17.99
23
Wisconsin
65,497.82
169,639
54,310.10
140,663
11,187.72
28,976 17.08
24
Georgia
59,424.77
153,909
57,906.14
149,976
1,518.63
3,933 2.56
25
Illinois 57,914.38
149,998
55,583.58
143,961
2,330.79
6,037 4.02
26
Iowa 56,271.55
145,743
55,869.36
144,701
402.20 1,042
0.71
27
New York
54,556.00
141,299
47,213.79
122,283
7,342.22
19,016 13.46
28
North Carolina
53,818.51
139,389
48,710.88
126,161
5,107.63
13,229 9.49
29
Arkansas
53,178.62
137,732
52,068.17
134,856
1,110.45
2,876 2.09
30
Alabama
52,419.02
135,765
50,744.00
131,426
1,675.01
4,338 3.20
31
Louisiana
51,839.70
134,264
43,561.85
112,825
8,277.85
21,440 15.97
32
Mississippi
48,430.19
125,434
46,906.96
121,488
1,523.24
3,945 3.15
33
Pennsylvania 46,055.24
119,283
44,816.61
116,074
1,238.63
3,208 2.69
34
Ohio 44,824.90
116,096
40,948.38
106,056
3,876.53
10,040 8.65
35
Virginia
42,774.20
110,785
39,594.07
102,548
3,180.13
8,236 7.43
36
Tennessee
42,143.27
109,151
41,217.12
106,752
926.15
2,399 2.20
37
Kentucky
40,409.02
104,659
39,728.18
102,896
680.85
1,763 1.68
38
Indiana
36,417.73
94,321 35,866.90
92,895 550.83 1,427 1.51
39
Maine 35,384.65
91,646 30,861.55
79,931 4,523.10
11,715 12.78
40
South Carolina
32,020.20
82,932 30,109.47
77,983 1,910.73
4,949 5.97
41
West Virginia 24,229.76
62,755 24,077.73
62,361 152.03 394
0.63
42
Maryland
12,406.68
32,133 9,773.82
25,314 2,632.86
6,819
21.22
43
Hawaii
10,930.98
28,311 6,422.62
16,635 4,508.36
11,677
41.24
44
Massachusetts
10,554.57
27,336 7,840.02
20,306 2,714.55
7,031 25.72
45
Vermont
9,614.26
24,901 9,249.56
23,956 364.70 945
3.79
46
New Hampshire
9,349.94
24,216 8,968.10
23,227 381.84 989
4.08
47
New Jersey 8,721.30
22,588 7,417.34
19,211 1,303.96
3,377
14.95
48
Connecticut 5,543.33
14,357 4,844.80
12,548 698.53 1,809 12.60
49
Delaware
2,489.27
6,447 1,953.56
5,060 535.71 1,387 21.52
50
Rhode Island 1,545.05
4,002 1,044.93
2,706 500.12 1,295 32.37
District of Columbia 68.34 177
61.40 159
6.94 18
10.16
Total United States 50 states and DC
3,794,083.06 9,826,630
3,537,438.44

9,161,924
256,644.62 664,707
6.76
Puerto Rico 5,325.00
13,792 3,425.00
8,871 1,900.00
4,921 35.68
Northern Mariana Islands 1,975.00
5,115 179.00 464
1,796.00
4,652
90.93
United States Virgin Islands 737.00 1,909 134.00 347
604.00 1,564 81.87
American Samoa
584.00 1,513 77.00 199
506.00 1,311 86.75
Guam 571.00 1,479 210.00 544
361.00 935
63.22
United States Minor Outlying Islands
16.00 41
16.00 41
0.00 0
0.00
Total United States all US territory3,803,290.00 9,850,476
3,541,479.00
9,172,389
261,811.00 678,087
6.88
US states by total area

US states by land area

US states by water area

US states by water percentage

Alaska is the largest state by total area, land area, and water area

The area of Alaska is 21% of the area of the contiguous United States

The second largest state, Texas, is only 40% of the total area of the largest state,
Alaska

Rhode Island is the smallest state by total area and land area

San Bernardino County is the largest county in the U.S. and is larger than each of the
nine smallest states, including larger than the four smallest states combined.
(Although some of Alaska's boroughs and census areas are larger, they are not true
counties.)

Michigan is second (after Alaska) in water area, and first in water percentage

Florida is mostly a peninsula, and has the third largest water area and seventh
largest water area percentage
See also[edit]
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References[edit]
All data is provided by the United States Census Bureau (see Summary of 2000
Census tables 1 and 17). This document notes that the values for the Minor
Outlying Islands are only approximate.
Jump up ^ Census 2000 Geographic Terms and Concepts, Census 2000 Geography
Glossary, U.S. Census Bureau. Accessed 2007-07-10
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