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.

Table

		Total area			Land area			Water
Rank	State/Territory	sq mi	km²	comparable country	sq mi	km²	comparable country	sq mi	km²	% water
!C 1	Alaska	663,267.26	1,717,854	Libya	571,951.26	1,481,347	Iran	91,316.00	236,507	13.77
!B9993068528194 2	Texas	268,580.82	695,621	Burma	261,797.12	678,051	Burma	6,783.70	17,570	2.53
!B9989013877113 3	California	163,695.57	423,970	Iraq	155,939.52	403,882	Sweden	7,736.23	20,037	4.73
!B9986137056388 4	Montana	147,042.40	380,838	Japan	145,552.43	376,979	Japan	1,489.96	3,859	1.01
!B9983905620875 5	New Mexico	121,589.48	314,915	Poland	121,355.53	314,309	Côte d'Ivoire	233.96	606	0.19
!B9982082405307 6	Arizona	113,998.30	295,254	Italy	113,634.57	294,312	Italy	363.73	942	0.32
!B9980540898509 7	Nevada	110,560.72	286,351	Burkina Faso	109,825.99	284,448	Burkina Faso	734.71	1,903	0.66
!B9979205584583 8	Colorado	104,093.57	269,601	New Zealand	103,717.53	268,627	New Zealand	376.04	974	0.36
!B9978027754226 9	Oregon	98,380.64	254,805	Ecuador	95,996.79	248,631	Guinea	2,383.85	6,174	2.42
!B9976974149070 10	Wyoming	97,813.56	253,336	Ecuador	97,100.40	251,489	Guinea	713.16	1,847	0.73
!B9976021047272 11	Michigan	96,716.11	250,494	Guinea	56,803.82	147,121	Nepal	39,912.28	103,372	41.27
!B9975150933502 12	Minnesota	86,938.87	225,171	Guyana	79,610.08	206,189	Belarus	7,328.79	18,981	8.43
!B9974350506425 13	Utah	84,898.83	219,887	Guyana	82,143.65	212,751	Belarus	2,755.18	7,136	3.25
!B9973609426703 14	Idaho	83,570.08	216,446	Guyana	82,747.21	214,314	Belarus	822.87	2,131	0.98
!B9972919497988 15	Kansas	82,276.84	213,096	Guyana	81,814.88	211,900	Belarus	461.96	1,196	0.56
!B9972274112777 16	Nebraska	77,353.73	200,345	Kyrgyzstan	76,872.41	199,099	Uganda	481.31	1,247	0.62
!B9971667866559 17	South Dakota	77,116.49	199,731	Kyrgyzstan	75,884.64	196,540	Guyana	1,231.85	3,190	1.60
U.S. Average	USA - Average	75,881.66	196,533	Kyrgyzstan	70,748.87	183,239	Guyana	5,132.89	13,294	6.36
!B9971096282421 18	Washington	71,299.64	184,665	Syria	66,544.06	172,348	Uruguay	4,755.58	12,317	6.67
!B9970555610208 19	North Dakota	70,699.79	183,112	Syria	68,975.93	178,647	Cambodia	1,723.86	4,465	2.44
!B9970042677264 20	Oklahoma	69,898.19	181,035	Cambodia	68,667.06	177,847	Cambodia	1,231.13	3,189	1.76
!B9969554775622 21	Missouri	69,704.31	180,533	Cambodia	68,885.93	178,414	Cambodia	818.39	2,120	1.17
!B9969089575466 22	Florida	65,754.59	170,304	Suriname	53,926.82	139,670	Tajikistan	11,827.77	30,634	17.99
!B9968645057840 23	Wisconsin	65,497.82	169,639	Suriname	54,310.10	140,663	Tajikistan	11,187.72	28,976	17.08
!B9968219461696 24	Georgia	59,424.77	153,909	Bangladesh	57,906.14	149,976	Tunisia	1,518.63	3,933	2.56
!B9967811241751 25	Illinois	57,914.38	149,998	Bangladesh	55,583.58	143,961	Nepal	2,330.79	6,037	4.02
!B9967419034619 26	Iowa	56,271.55	145,743	Tajikistan	55,869.36	144,701	Nepal	402.20	1,042	0.71
!B9967041631339 27	New York	54,556.00	141,299	Tajikistan	47,213.79	122,283	North Korea	7,342.22	19,016	13.46
!B9966677954898 28	North Carolina	53,818.51	139,389	Tajikistan	48,710.88	126,161	Bangladesh	5,107.63	13,229	9.49
!B9966327041700 29	Arkansas	53,178.62	137,732	Greece	52,068.17	134,856	Greece	1,110.45	2,876	2.09
!B9965988026183 30	Alabama	52,419.02	135,765	Greece	50,744.00	131,426	Greece	1,675.01	4,338	3.20
!B9965660127955 31	Louisiana	51,839.70	134,264	Greece	43,561.85	112,825	Honduras	8,277.85	21,440	15.97
!B9965342640972 32	Mississippi	48,430.19	125,434	North Korea	46,906.96	121,488	North Korea	1,523.24	3,945	3.15
!B9965034924385 33	Pennsylvania	46,055.24	119,283	Malawi	44,816.61	116,074	Nicaragua	1,238.63	3,208	2.69
!B9964736394753 34	Ohio	44,824.90	116,096	Eritrea	40,948.38	106,056	Guatemala	3,876.53	10,040	8.65
!B9964446519385 35	Virginia	42,774.20	110,785	Bulgaria	39,594.07	102,548	South Korea	3,180.13	8,236	7.43
!B9964164810615 36	Tennessee	42,143.27	109,151	Guatemala	41,217.12	106,752	Guatemala	926.15	2,399	2.20
!B9963890820873 37	Kentucky	40,409.02	104,659	Iceland	39,728.18	102,896	Eritrea	680.85	1,763	1.68
!B9963624138402 38	Indiana	36,417.73	94,321	Hungary	35,866.90	92,895	Portugal	550.83	1,427	1.51
!B9963364383538 39	Maine	35,384.65	91,646	Portugal	30,861.55	79,931	Austria	4,523.10	11,715	12.78
!B9963111205458 40	South Carolina	32,020.20	82,932	United Arab Emirates	30,109.47	77,983	Czech Republic	1,910.73	4,949	5.97
!B9962864279332 41	West Virginia	24,229.76	62,755	Latvia	24,077.73	62,361	Latvia	152.03	394	0.63
!B9962623303817 42	Maryland	12,406.68	32,133	Moldova	9,773.82	25,314	Macedonia	2,632.86	6,819	21.22
!B9962387998843 43	Hawaii	10,930.98	28,311	Equatorial Guinea	6,422.62	16,635	Swaziland	4,508.36	11,677	41.24
!B9962158103660 44	Massachusetts	10,554.57	27,336	Haiti	7,840.02	20,306	Israel	2,714.55	7,031	25.72
!B9961933375102 45	Vermont	9,614.26	24,901	Macedonia	9,249.56	23,956	Rwanda	364.70	945	3.79
!B9961713586035 46	New Hampshire	9,349.94	24,216	Djibouti	8,968.10	23,227	Djibouti	381.84	989	4.08
!B9961498523982 47	New Jersey	8,721.30	22,588	Belize	7,417.34	19,211	Slovenia	1,303.96	3,377	14.95
!B9961287989890 48	Connecticut	5,543.33	14,357	The Bahamas	4,844.80	12,548	Vanuatu	698.53	1,809	12.60
!B9961081797018 49	Delaware	2,489.27	6,447	Brunei	1,953.56	5,060	Trinidad and Tobago	535.71	1,387	21.52
!B9960879769945 50	Rhode Island	1,545.05	4,002	Cape Verde	1,044.93	2,706	Samoa	500.12	1,295	32.37
	District of Columbia	68.34	177	Liechtenstein	61.40	159	Liechtenstein	6.94	18	10.16
TOTAL	50 states + DC	3,794,083.06	9,826,630	China	3,537,438.44	9,161,924	Canada	256,644.62	664,707	6.76
	Puerto Rico	5,325.00	13,792	Montenegro	3,425.00	8,871	Cyprus	1,900.00	4,921	35.68
	Northern Mariana Islands	1,975.00	5,115	Trinidad and Tobago	179.00	464	Palau	1,796.00	4,652	90.93
	United States Virgin Islands	737.00	1,909	Comoros	134.00	347	Grenada	604.00	1,564	81.87
	American Samoa	584.00	1,513	Comoros	77.00	199	Marshall Islands	506.00	1,311	86.75
	Guam	571.00	1,479	Comoros	210.00	544	Saint Lucia	361.00	935	63.22
	Minor Outlying Islands	16.00	41	Tuvalu	16.00	41	Tuvalu	0.00	0	0.00
TOTAL	all US territory	3,803,290.00	9,850,476	Canada	3,541,479.00	9,172,389	Canada	261,811.00	678,087	6.88

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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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  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.)

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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.