List of U.S. states and territories by area

This is a complete list of the U.S. states, its federal district and its major territories ordered by total area, land area and water area.[1] The water area includes inland waters, coastal waters, the Great Lakes and territorial waters. Glaciers and intermittent bodies of water are counted as land area.[2]

Area by state, federal district or territory
Land, water and total area by U.S. state, district or territory, sortable
State / territoryTotal areaLand areaWater area
sq mikm2sq mikm2sq mikm2 %
 Alaska 665,3841,723,337570,6411,477,95394,743245,38314.2%
 Texas 268,596695,662261,232676,5877,36519,0752.7%
 California 163,695423,967155,779403,4667,91620,5014.8%
 Montana 147,040380,831145,546376,9621,4943,8691.0%
 New Mexico 121,590314,917121,298314,1612927570.2%
 Arizona 113,990295,234113,594294,2073961,0260.3%
 Nevada 110,572286,380109,781284,3327912,0480.7%
 Colorado 104,094269,601103,642268,4314521,1700.4%
 Oregon 98,379254,79995,988248,6082,3916,1912.4%
 Wyoming 97,813253,33597,093251,4707201,8640.7%
 Michigan 96,714250,48756,539146,43540,175104,05241.5%
 Minnesota 86,936225,16379,627206,2327,30918,9308.4%
 Utah 84,897219,88282,170212,8182,7277,0643.2%
 Idaho 83,569216,44382,643214,0459262,3981.1%
 Kansas 82,278213,10081,759211,7545201,3460.6%
 Nebraska 77,348200,33076,824198,9745241,3560.7%
 South Dakota 77,116199,72975,811196,3501,3053,3791.7%
 Washington 71,298184,66166,456172,1194,84212,5426.8%
 North Dakota 70,698183,10869,001178,7111,6984,3972.4%
 Oklahoma 69,899181,03768,595177,6601,3043,3771.9%
 Missouri 69,707180,54068,742178,0409652,5011.4%
 Florida 65,758170,31253,625138,88712,13331,42418.5%
 Wisconsin 65,496169,63554,158140,26811,33929,36717.3%
 Georgia 59,425153,91057,513148,9591,9124,9513.2%
 Illinois 57,914149,99555,519143,7932,3956,2024.1%
 Iowa 56,273145,74655,857144,6694161,0770.7%
 New York 54,555141,29747,126122,0577,42919,24013.6%
 North Carolina 53,819139,39148,618125,9205,20113,4719.7%
 Arkansas 53,179137,73252,035134,7711,1432,9612.1%
 Alabama 52,420135,76750,645131,1711,7754,5973.4%
 Louisiana 52,378135,65943,204111,8989,17423,76117.5%
 Mississippi 48,432125,43846,923121,5311,5093,9073.1%
 Pennsylvania 46,054119,28044,743115,8831,3123,3972.8%
 Ohio 44,826116,09840,861105,8293,96510,2698.8%
 Virginia 42,775110,78739,490102,2793,2858,5087.7%
 Tennessee 42,144109,15341,235106,7989092,3552.2%
 Kentucky 40,408104,65639,486102,2699212,3872.3%
 Indiana 36,42094,32635,82692,7895931,5371.6%
 Maine 35,38091,63330,84379,8834,53711,75012.8%
 South Carolina 32,02082,93330,06177,8571,9605,0766.1%
 West Virginia 24,23062,75624,03862,2591924970.8%
 Maryland 12,40632,1319,70725,1422,6996,99021.8%
 Hawaii 10,93228,3136,42316,6354,50911,67841.2%
 Massachusetts 10,55427,3367,80020,2022,7547,13426.1%
 Vermont 9,61624,9069,21723,8714001,0354.2%
 New Hampshire 9,34924,2148,95323,1873971,0274.2%
 New Jersey 8,72322,5917,35419,0471,3683,54415.7%
 Connecticut 5,54314,3574,84212,5427011,81612.6%
 Puerto Rico 5,32513,7913,4248,8681,9014,92435.7%
 Delaware 2,4896,4461,9495,0475401,39921.7%
 Northern Mariana Islands 1,9765,1171824721,7934,64490.7%
 Rhode Island 1,5454,0011,0342,6785111,32433.1%
 U.S. Virgin Islands 7331,8981343485991,55081.7%
 American Samoa 5811,505761985051,30786.9%
 Guam 5711,47821054336193563.2%
 District of Columbia 681776115871910.3%
 Minor Outlying Islands[3][lower-alpha 1] 16411641000.0%
 Contiguous US 3,120,4288,081,8692,954,8437,653,006165,589428,8655.3%
 50 States 3,796,6769,833,3423,531,8469,147,436264,834685,9077.0%
 50 States and DC 3,796,7449,833,5193,531,9079,147,594264,841685,9267.0%
 United States 3,805,9279,857,3063,535,9329,158,022269,995699,2847.1%
  • U.S. states by total area
  • U.S. states by land area
  • U.S. states by water area
  • U.S. states by water percentage
  • Alaska is the largest state by total area, land area, and water area. It is the seventh-largest country subdivision in the world.[5]
  • The area of Alaska is 18% of the area of the United States and equivalent to 21% of the area of the contiguous United States.
  • The second largest state, Texas, has 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 contiguous U.S. and is larger than each of the nine smallest states; it is larger than the four smallest states combined.
  • 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

Notes
  1. Areas were not published in the 2010 census, unlike previous years, as the U.S. Census Bureau no longer collects data on the Minor Outlying Islands.[4]

References
  1. "State Area Measurements and Internal Point Coordinates". census.gov. 2010. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
  2. "Census 2000 Geographic Terms and Concepts", Census 2000 Geography Glossary, U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved July 10, 2007.
  3. "United States Summary: 2000, Population and Housing Unit Counts" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. April 2004. p. 1 (Table 1). Archived from the original (PDF) on February 3, 2017. Retrieved December 28, 2023.
  4. "United States Summary: 2010, Population and Housing Unit Counts" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. September 2012. pp. V–2, 1 & 41 (Tables 1 & 18). Retrieved February 7, 2014.
  5. "World Factbook Country Comparison: Area". The World Factbook. CIA. Archived from the original on August 4, 2018. Retrieved August 1, 2018.
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