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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]

Area by state, federal district or territory

State / territory Total area Land area Water area
mi2 km2 mi2 km2 mi2 km2 %
  Alaska 665,384 1,723,337 570,641 1,477,953 94,743 245,383 14.2%
  Texas 268,596 695,662 261,232 676,587 7,365 19,075 2.7%
  California 163,695 423,967 155,779 403,466 7,916 20,501 4.8%
  Montana 147,040 380,831 145,546 376,962 1,494 3,869 1.0%
  New Mexico 121,590 314,917 121,298 314,161 292 757 0.2%
  Arizona 113,990 295,234 113,594 294,207 396 1,026 0.3%
  Nevada 110,572 286,380 109,781 284,332 791 2,048 0.7%
  Colorado 104,094 269,601 103,642 268,431 452 1,170 0.4%
  Oregon 98,379 254,799 95,988 248,608 2,391 6,191 2.4%
  Wyoming 97,813 253,335 97,093 251,470 720 1,864 0.7%
  Michigan 96,714 250,487 56,539 146,435 40,175 104,052 41.5%
  Minnesota 86,936 225,163 79,627 206,232 7,309 18,930 8.4%
  Utah 84,897 219,882 82,170 212,818 2,727 7,064 3.2%
  Idaho 83,569 216,443 82,643 214,045 926 2,398 1.1%
  Kansas 82,278 213,100 81,759 211,754 520 1,346 0.6%
  Nebraska 77,348 200,330 76,824 198,974 524 1,356 0.7%
  South Dakota 77,116 199,729 75,811 196,350 1,305 3,379 1.7%
  Washington 71,298 184,661 66,456 172,119 4,842 12,542 6.8%
  North Dakota 70,698 183,108 69,001 178,711 1,698 4,397 2.4%
  Oklahoma 69,899 181,037 68,595 177,660 1,304 3,377 1.9%
  Missouri 69,707 180,540 68,742 178,040 965 2,501 1.4%
  Florida 65,758 170,312 53,625 138,887 12,133 31,424 18.5%
  Wisconsin 65,496 169,635 54,158 140,268 11,339 29,367 17.3%
  Georgia 59,425 153,910 57,513 148,959 1,912 4,951 3.2%
  Illinois 57,914 149,995 55,519 143,793 2,395 6,202 4.1%
  Iowa 56,273 145,746 55,857 144,669 416 1,077 0.7%
  New York 54,555 141,297 47,126 122,057 7,429 19,240 13.6%
  North Carolina 53,819 139,391 48,618 125,920 5,201 13,471 9.7%
  Arkansas 53,179 137,732 52,035 134,771 1,143 2,961 2.1%
  Alabama 52,420 135,767 50,645 131,171 1,775 4,597 3.4%
  Louisiana 52,378 135,659 43,204 111,898 9,174 23,761 17.5%
  Mississippi 48,432 125,438 46,923 121,531 1,509 3,907 3.1%
  Pennsylvania 46,054 119,280 44,743 115,883 1,312 3,397 2.8%
  Ohio 44,826 116,098 40,861 105,829 3,965 10,269 8.8%
  Virginia 42,775 110,787 39,490 102,279 3,285 8,508 7.7%
  Tennessee 42,144 109,153 41,235 106,798 909 2,355 2.2%
  Kentucky 40,408 104,656 39,486 102,269 921 2,387 2.3%
  Indiana 36,420 94,326 35,826 92,789 593 1,537 1.6%
  Maine 35,380 91,633 30,843 79,883 4,537 11,750 12.8%
  South Carolina 32,020 82,933 30,061 77,857 1,960 5,076 6.1%
  West Virginia 24,230 62,756 24,038 62,259 192 497 0.8%
  Maryland 12,406 32,131 9,707 25,142 2,699 6,990 21.8%
  Hawaii 10,932 28,313 6,423 16,635 4,509 11,678 41.2%
  Massachusetts 10,554 27,336 7,800 20,202 2,754 7,134 26.1%
  Vermont 9,616 24,906 9,217 23,871 400 1,035 4.2%
  New Hampshire 9,349 24,214 8,953 23,187 397 1,027 4.2%
  New Jersey 8,723 22,591 7,354 19,047 1,368 3,544 15.7%
  Connecticut 5,543 14,357 4,842 12,542 701 1,816 12.6%
  Puerto Rico 5,325 13,791 3,424 8,868 1,901 4,924 35.7%
  Delaware 2,489 6,446 1,949 5,047 540 1,399 21.7%
  Northern Mariana Islands 1,976 5,117 182 472 1,793 4,644 90.7%
  Rhode Island 1,545 4,001 1,034 2,678 511 1,324 33.1%
  U.S. Virgin Islands 733 1,898 134 348 599 1,550 81.7%
  American Samoa 581 1,505 76 198 505 1,307 86.9%
  Guam 571 1,478 210 543 361 935 63.2%
  District of Columbia 68 177 61 158 7 19 10.3%
  Minor Outlying Islands [3] [a] 16 41 16 41 0 0 0.0%
  Contiguous US 3,120,428 8,081,869 2,954,843 7,653,006 165,589 428,865 5.3%
 50 States 3,796,676 9,833,342 3,531,846 9,147,436 264,834 685,907 7.0%
 50 States and DC 3,796,744 9,833,519 3,531,907 9,147,594 264,841 685,926 7.0%
 United States 3,805,927 9,857,306 3,535,932 9,158,022 269,995 699,284 7.1%

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]

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.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
(Redirected from List of U.S. states 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

State / territory Total area Land area Water area
mi2 km2 mi2 km2 mi2 km2 %
  Alaska 665,384 1,723,337 570,641 1,477,953 94,743 245,383 14.2%
  Texas 268,596 695,662 261,232 676,587 7,365 19,075 2.7%
  California 163,695 423,967 155,779 403,466 7,916 20,501 4.8%
  Montana 147,040 380,831 145,546 376,962 1,494 3,869 1.0%
  New Mexico 121,590 314,917 121,298 314,161 292 757 0.2%
  Arizona 113,990 295,234 113,594 294,207 396 1,026 0.3%
  Nevada 110,572 286,380 109,781 284,332 791 2,048 0.7%
  Colorado 104,094 269,601 103,642 268,431 452 1,170 0.4%
  Oregon 98,379 254,799 95,988 248,608 2,391 6,191 2.4%
  Wyoming 97,813 253,335 97,093 251,470 720 1,864 0.7%
  Michigan 96,714 250,487 56,539 146,435 40,175 104,052 41.5%
  Minnesota 86,936 225,163 79,627 206,232 7,309 18,930 8.4%
  Utah 84,897 219,882 82,170 212,818 2,727 7,064 3.2%
  Idaho 83,569 216,443 82,643 214,045 926 2,398 1.1%
  Kansas 82,278 213,100 81,759 211,754 520 1,346 0.6%
  Nebraska 77,348 200,330 76,824 198,974 524 1,356 0.7%
  South Dakota 77,116 199,729 75,811 196,350 1,305 3,379 1.7%
  Washington 71,298 184,661 66,456 172,119 4,842 12,542 6.8%
  North Dakota 70,698 183,108 69,001 178,711 1,698 4,397 2.4%
  Oklahoma 69,899 181,037 68,595 177,660 1,304 3,377 1.9%
  Missouri 69,707 180,540 68,742 178,040 965 2,501 1.4%
  Florida 65,758 170,312 53,625 138,887 12,133 31,424 18.5%
  Wisconsin 65,496 169,635 54,158 140,268 11,339 29,367 17.3%
  Georgia 59,425 153,910 57,513 148,959 1,912 4,951 3.2%
  Illinois 57,914 149,995 55,519 143,793 2,395 6,202 4.1%
  Iowa 56,273 145,746 55,857 144,669 416 1,077 0.7%
  New York 54,555 141,297 47,126 122,057 7,429 19,240 13.6%
  North Carolina 53,819 139,391 48,618 125,920 5,201 13,471 9.7%
  Arkansas 53,179 137,732 52,035 134,771 1,143 2,961 2.1%
  Alabama 52,420 135,767 50,645 131,171 1,775 4,597 3.4%
  Louisiana 52,378 135,659 43,204 111,898 9,174 23,761 17.5%
  Mississippi 48,432 125,438 46,923 121,531 1,509 3,907 3.1%
  Pennsylvania 46,054 119,280 44,743 115,883 1,312 3,397 2.8%
  Ohio 44,826 116,098 40,861 105,829 3,965 10,269 8.8%
  Virginia 42,775 110,787 39,490 102,279 3,285 8,508 7.7%
  Tennessee 42,144 109,153 41,235 106,798 909 2,355 2.2%
  Kentucky 40,408 104,656 39,486 102,269 921 2,387 2.3%
  Indiana 36,420 94,326 35,826 92,789 593 1,537 1.6%
  Maine 35,380 91,633 30,843 79,883 4,537 11,750 12.8%
  South Carolina 32,020 82,933 30,061 77,857 1,960 5,076 6.1%
  West Virginia 24,230 62,756 24,038 62,259 192 497 0.8%
  Maryland 12,406 32,131 9,707 25,142 2,699 6,990 21.8%
  Hawaii 10,932 28,313 6,423 16,635 4,509 11,678 41.2%
  Massachusetts 10,554 27,336 7,800 20,202 2,754 7,134 26.1%
  Vermont 9,616 24,906 9,217 23,871 400 1,035 4.2%
  New Hampshire 9,349 24,214 8,953 23,187 397 1,027 4.2%
  New Jersey 8,723 22,591 7,354 19,047 1,368 3,544 15.7%
  Connecticut 5,543 14,357 4,842 12,542 701 1,816 12.6%
  Puerto Rico 5,325 13,791 3,424 8,868 1,901 4,924 35.7%
  Delaware 2,489 6,446 1,949 5,047 540 1,399 21.7%
  Northern Mariana Islands 1,976 5,117 182 472 1,793 4,644 90.7%
  Rhode Island 1,545 4,001 1,034 2,678 511 1,324 33.1%
  U.S. Virgin Islands 733 1,898 134 348 599 1,550 81.7%
  American Samoa 581 1,505 76 198 505 1,307 86.9%
  Guam 571 1,478 210 543 361 935 63.2%
  District of Columbia 68 177 61 158 7 19 10.3%
  Minor Outlying Islands [3] [a] 16 41 16 41 0 0 0.0%
  Contiguous US 3,120,428 8,081,869 2,954,843 7,653,006 165,589 428,865 5.3%
 50 States 3,796,676 9,833,342 3,531,846 9,147,436 264,834 685,907 7.0%
 50 States and DC 3,796,744 9,833,519 3,531,907 9,147,594 264,841 685,926 7.0%
 United States 3,805,927 9,857,306 3,535,932 9,158,022 269,995 699,284 7.1%

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]

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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