List of U.S. states and territories 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.

#	State	total (sq mi)	(km²)	land (sq mi)	(km²)	water (sq mi)	(km²)	% water	comparable country (total area)
!C 1	Alaska	663,267.26	1,717,854	571,951.26	1,481,347	91,316.00	236,507	13.77	Libya
!B9993068528194 2	Texas	268,580.82	695,621	261,797.12	678,051	6,783.70	17,570	2.53	Afghanistan
!B9989013877113 3	California	163,695.57	423,970	155,959.34	403,933	7,736.23	20,037	4.73	Iraq
!B9986137056388 4	Montana	147,042.40	380,838	145,552.43	376,979	1,489.96	3,859	1.01	Japan
!B9983905620875 5	New Mexico	121,589.48	314,915	121,355.53	314,309	233.96	606	0.19	Poland
!B9982082405307 6	Arizona	113,998.30	295,254	113,634.57	294,312	363.73	942	0.32	Philippines
!B9980540898509 7	Nevada	110,560.71	286,351	109,825.99	284,448	734.71	1,903	0.66	Burkina Faso
!B9979205584583 8	Colorado	104,093.57	269,601	103,717.53	268,627	376.04	974	0.36	New Zealand
!B9978027754226 9	Oregon	98,380.64	254,805	95,996.79	248,631	2,383.85	6,174	2.42	Ecuador
!B9976974149070 10	Wyoming	97,813.56	253,336	97,100.40	251,489	713.16	1,847	0.73	Ecuador
!B9976021047272 11	Michigan	96,716.11	250,494	56,803.82	147,121	39,912.28	103,372	41.27	Guinea
!B9975150933502 12	Minnesota	86,938.87	225,171	79,610.08	206,189	7,328.79	18,981	8.43	Laos
!B9974350506425 13	Utah	84,898.83	219,887	82,143.65	212,751	2,755.18	7,136	3.25	Guyana
!B9973609426703 14	Idaho	83,570.08	216,446	82,747.21	214,314	822.87	2,131	0.98	Guyana
!B9972919497988 15	Kansas	82,276.84	213,096	81,814.88	211,900	461.96	1,196	0.56	Belarus
!B9972274112777 16	Nebraska	77,353.73	200,345	76,872.41	199,099	481.31	1,247	0.62	Kyrgyzstan
!B9971667866559 17	South Dakota	77,116.49	199,731	75,884.64	196,540	1,231.85	3,190	1.60	Kyrgyzstan
!B9971096282421 18	Washington	71,299.64	184,665	66,544.06	172,348	4,755.58	12,317	6.67	Syria
!B9970555610208 19	North Dakota	70,699.79	183,112	68,975.93	178,647	1,723.86	4,465	2.44	Syria
!B9970042677264 20	Oklahoma	69,898.19	181,035	68,667.06	177,847	1,231.13	3,189	1.76	Cambodia
!B9969554775622 21	Missouri	69,704.31	180,533	68,885.93	178,414	818.39	2,120	1.17	Cambodia
!B9969089575466 22	Florida	65,754.59	170,304	53,926.82	139,670	11,827.77	30,634	17.99	Uruguay
!B9968645057840 23	Wisconsin	65,497.82	169,639	54,310.10	140,663	11,187.72	28,976	17.08	Suriname
!B9968219461696 24	Georgia	59,424.77	153,909	57,906.14	149,976	1,518.63	3,933	2.56	Nepal
!B9967811241751 25	Illinois	57,914.38	149,998	55,583.58	143,961	2,330.79	6,037	4.02	Nepal
!B9967419034619 26	Iowa	56,271.55	145,743	55,869.36	144,701	402.20	1,042	0.71	Nepal
!B9967041631339 27	New York	54,556.00	141,299	47,213.79	122,283	7,342.22	19,016	13.46	Tajikistan
!B9966677954898 28	North Carolina	53,818.51	139,389	48,710.88	126,161	5,107.63	13,229	9.49	Tajikistan
!B9966327041700 29	Arkansas	53,178.62	137,732	52,068.17	134,856	1,110.45	2,876	2.09	Tajikistan
!B9965988026183 30	Alabama	52,419.02	135,765	50,744.00	131,426	1,675.01	4,338	3.20	Greece
!B9965660127955 31	Louisiana	51,839.70	134,264	43,561.85	112,825	8,277.85	21,440	15.97	Greece
!B9965342640972 32	Mississippi	48,430.19	125,434	46,906.96	121,488	1,523.24	3,945	3.15	North Korea
!B9965034924385 33	Pennsylvania	46,055.24	119,283	44,816.61	116,074	1,238.63	3,208	2.69	Malawi
!B9964736394753 34	Ohio	44,824.90	116,096	40,948.38	106,056	3,876.53	10,040	8.65	Eritrea
!B9964446519385 35	Virginia	42,774.20	110,785	39,594.07	102,548	3,180.13	8,236	7.43	Bulgaria
!B9964164810615 36	Tennessee	42,143.27	109,151	41,217.12	106,752	926.15	2,399	2.20	Cuba
!B9963890820873 37	Kentucky	40,409.02	104,659	39,728.18	102,896	680.85	1,763	1.68	Iceland
!B9963624138402 38	Indiana	36,417.73	94,321	35,866.90	92,895	550.83	1,427	1.51	Hungary
!B9963364383538 39	Maine	35,384.65	91,646	30,861.55	79,931	4,523.10	11,715	12.78	Portugal
!B9963111205458 40	South Carolina	32,020.20	82,932	30,109.47	77,983	1,910.73	4,949	5.97	United Arab Emirates
!B9962864279332 41	West Virginia	24,229.76	62,755	24,077.73	62,361	152.03	394	0.63	Latvia
!B9962623303817 42	Maryland	12,406.68	32,133	9,773.82	25,314	2,632.86	6,819	21.22	Moldova
!B9962387998843 43	Hawaii	10,930.98	28,311	6,422.62	16,635	4,508.36	11,677	41.24	Equatorial Guinea
!B9962158103660 44	Massachusetts	10,554.57	27,336	7,840.02	20,306	2,714.55	7,031	25.72	Haiti
!B9961933375102 45	Vermont	9,614.26	24,901	9,249.56	23,956	364.70	945	3.79	Macedonia
!B9961713586035 46	New Hampshire	9,349.94	24,216	8,968.10	23,227	381.84	989	4.08	Djibouti
!B9961498523982 47	New Jersey	8,721.30	22,588	7,417.34	19,211	1,303.96	3,377	14.95	Israel
!B9961287989890 48	Connecticut	5,543.33	14,357	4,844.80	12,548	698.53	1,809	12.60	The Bahamas
!B9961081797018 49	Delaware	2,489.27	6,447	1,953.56	5,060	535.71	1,387	21.52	Brunei
!B9960879769945 50	Rhode Island	1,545.05	4,002	1,044.93	2,706	500.12	1,295	32.37	Cape Verde
	District of Columbia	68.34	177	61.40	159	6.94	18	10.16	Marshall Islands
TOTAL	50 states + DC	3,794,083.06	9,826,630	3,537,438.44	9,161,924	256,644.62	664,707	6.76	China
	Puerto Rico	5,325.00	13,792	3,425.00	8,871	1,900.00	4,921	35.68	Montenegro
	Northern Mariana Islands	1,975.00	5,115	179.00	464	1,796.00	4,652	90.93	Trinidad and Tobago
	United States Virgin Islands	737.00	1,909	134.00	347	604.00	1,564	81.87	Mauritius
	American Samoa	584.00	1,513	77.00	199	506.00	1,311	86.75	Mauritius
	Guam	571.00	1,479	210.00	544	361.00	935	63.22	Mauritius
	Minor Outlying Islands	16.00	41	16.00	41	0.00	0	0.00	Tuvalu
TOTAL	all US territory	3,803,290.00	9,850,476	3,541,479.00	9,172,389	261,811.00	678,087	6.88	Canada

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  US states by total area

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  US states by land area

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  US states by water area

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  US states by water percentage

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

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

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

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

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

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  Florida is mostly a peninsula, and has the third largest water area and seventh largest water area percentage

See also

• List of the largest country subdivisions by area
• List of political and geographic subdivisions by total area

References

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.