List of U.S. states and territories by area

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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]

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Area by state, federal district or territory

State / territoryTotal areaLand areaWater area
mi2km2mi2km2mi2km2 %
Flag of Alaska.svg  Alaska 665,3841,723,337570,6411,477,95394,743245,38314.2%
Flag of Texas.svg  Texas 268,596695,662261,232676,5877,36519,0752.7%
Flag of California.svg  California 163,695423,967155,779403,4667,91620,5014.8%
Flag of Montana.svg  Montana 147,040380,831145,546376,9621,4943,8691.0%
Flag of New Mexico.svg  New Mexico 121,590314,917121,298314,1612927570.2%
Flag of Arizona.svg  Arizona 113,990295,234113,594294,2073961,0260.3%
Flag of Nevada.svg  Nevada 110,572286,380109,781284,3327912,0480.7%
Flag of Colorado.svg  Colorado 104,094269,601103,642268,4314521,1700.4%
Flag of Oregon.svg  Oregon 98,379254,79995,988248,6082,3916,1912.4%
Flag of Wyoming.svg  Wyoming 97,813253,33597,093251,4707201,8640.7%
Flag of Michigan.svg  Michigan 96,714250,48756,539146,43540,175104,05241.5%
Flag of Minnesota.svg  Minnesota 86,936225,16379,627206,2327,30918,9308.4%
Flag of Utah.svg  Utah 84,897219,88282,170212,8182,7277,0643.2%
Flag of Idaho.svg  Idaho 83,569216,44382,643214,0459262,3981.1%
Flag of Kansas.svg  Kansas 82,278213,10081,759211,7545201,3460.6%
Flag of Nebraska.svg  Nebraska 77,348200,33076,824198,9745241,3560.7%
Flag of South Dakota.svg  South Dakota 77,116199,72975,811196,3501,3053,3791.7%
Flag of Washington.svg  Washington 71,298184,66166,456172,1194,84212,5426.8%
Flag of North Dakota.svg  North Dakota 70,698183,10869,001178,7111,6984,3972.4%
Flag of Oklahoma.svg  Oklahoma 69,899181,03768,595177,6601,3043,3771.9%
Flag of Missouri.svg  Missouri 69,707180,54068,742178,0409652,5011.4%
Flag of Florida.svg  Florida 65,758170,31253,625138,88712,13331,42418.5%
Flag of Wisconsin.svg  Wisconsin 65,496169,63554,158140,26811,33929,36717.3%
Flag of Georgia (U.S. state).svg  Georgia 59,425153,91057,513148,9591,9124,9513.2%
Flag of Illinois.svg  Illinois 57,914149,99555,519143,7932,3956,2024.1%
Flag of Iowa.svg  Iowa 56,273145,74655,857144,6694161,0770.7%
Flag of New York.svg  New York 54,555141,29747,126122,0577,42919,24013.6%
Flag of North Carolina.svg  North Carolina 53,819139,39148,618125,9205,20113,4719.7%
Flag of Arkansas.svg  Arkansas 53,179137,73252,035134,7711,1432,9612.1%
Flag of Alabama.svg  Alabama 52,420135,76750,645131,1711,7754,5973.4%
Flag of Louisiana.svg  Louisiana 52,378135,65943,204111,8989,17423,76117.5%
Flag of Mississippi.svg  Mississippi 48,432125,43846,923121,5311,5093,9073.1%
Flag of Pennsylvania.svg  Pennsylvania 46,054119,28044,743115,8831,3123,3972.8%
Flag of Ohio.svg  Ohio 44,826116,09840,861105,8293,96510,2698.8%
Flag of Virginia.svg  Virginia 42,775110,78739,490102,2793,2858,5087.7%
Flag of Tennessee.svg  Tennessee 42,144109,15341,235106,7989092,3552.2%
Flag of Kentucky.svg  Kentucky 40,408104,65639,486102,2699212,3872.3%
Flag of Indiana.svg  Indiana 36,42094,32635,82692,7895931,5371.6%
Flag of Maine.svg  Maine 35,38091,63330,84379,8834,53711,75012.8%
Flag of South Carolina.svg  South Carolina 32,02082,93330,06177,8571,9605,0766.1%
Flag of West Virginia.svg  West Virginia 24,23062,75624,03862,2591924970.8%
Flag of Maryland.svg  Maryland 12,40632,1319,70725,1422,6996,99021.8%
Flag of Hawaii.svg  Hawaii 10,93228,3136,42316,6354,50911,67841.2%
Flag of Massachusetts.svg  Massachusetts 10,55427,3367,80020,2022,7547,13426.1%
Flag of Vermont.svg  Vermont 9,61624,9069,21723,8714001,0354.2%
Flag of New Hampshire.svg  New Hampshire 9,34924,2148,95323,1873971,0274.2%
Flag of New Jersey.svg  New Jersey 8,72322,5917,35419,0471,3683,54415.7%
Flag of Connecticut.svg  Connecticut 5,54314,3574,84212,5427011,81612.6%
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 5,32513,7913,4248,8681,9014,92435.7%
Flag of Delaware.svg  Delaware 2,4896,4461,9495,0475401,39921.7%
Flag of the Northern Mariana Islands.svg  Northern Mariana Islands 1,9765,1171824721,7934,64490.7%
Flag of Rhode Island.svg  Rhode Island 1,5454,0011,0342,6785111,32433.1%
Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg  U.S. Virgin Islands 7331,8981343485991,55081.7%
Flag of American Samoa.svg  American Samoa 5811,505761985051,30786.9%
Flag of Guam.svg  Guam 5711,47821054336193563.2%
Flag of Washington, D.C.svg  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 States3,796,6769,833,3423,531,8469,147,436264,834685,9077.0%
 50 States and DC3,796,7449,833,5193,531,9079,147,594264,841685,9267.0%
 United States3,805,9279,857,3063,535,9329,158,022269,995699,2847.1%

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]

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