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Revision as of 18:56, 27 January 2008
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.[1]
Total area
Rank | State | km² | miles² |
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1 | Alaska | 2,854 | 656,425 |
2 | Texas | 695,621 | 268,581 |
3 | California | 423,970 | 163,696 |
4 | Montana | 380,838 | 147,042 |
5 | New Mexico | 314,915 | 121,589 |
6 | Arizona | 295,254 | 113,998 |
7 | Nevada | 286,351 | 110,561 |
8 | Colorado | 269,601 | 104,094 |
9 | Oregon | 254,805 | 98,381 |
10 | Wyoming | 253,348 | 97,818 [2] |
11 | Michigan | 253,266 | 97,790 |
12 | Minnesota | 225,365 | 87,014 |
13 | Utah | 219,887 | 84,899 |
14 | Idaho | 216,446 | 83,570 |
15 | Kansas | 213,096 | 82,277 |
16 | Nebraska | 200,345 | 77,354 |
17 | South Dakota | 199,731 | 77,116 |
18 | Washington | 184,665 | 71,300 |
19 | North Dakota | 183,112 | 70,700 |
20 | Oklahoma | 181,035 | 69,898 |
21 | Missouri | 180,533 | 69,704 |
22 | Florida | 170,304 | 65,755 |
23 | Wisconsin | 169,639 | 65,498 |
24 | Georgia | 153,909 | 59,425 |
25 | Illinois | 149,998 | 57,914 |
26 | Iowa | 145,743 | 56,272 |
27 | New York | 141,299 | 54,556 |
28 | North Carolina | 139,389 | 53,819 |
29 | Arkansas | 137,732 | 53,179 |
30 | Alabama | 135,765 | 52,419 |
31 | Louisiana | 134,264 | 51,840 |
32 | Mississippi | 125,434 | 48,430 |
33 | Pennsylvania | 119,283 | 46,055 |
34 | Ohio | 116,096 | 44,825 |
35 | Virginia | 110,785 | 42,774 |
36 | Tennessee | 109,151 | 42,143 |
37 | Kentucky | 104,659 | 40,409 |
38 | Indiana | 94,321 | 36,418 |
39 | Maine | 91,646 | 35,385 |
40 | South Carolina | 82,932 | 32,020 |
41 | West Virginia | 62,755 | 24,230 |
42 | Maryland | 32,133 | 12,407 |
43 | Hawaii | 28,311 | 10,931 |
44 | Massachusetts | 27,336 | 10,555 |
45 | Vermont | 24,901 | 9,614 |
46 | New Hampshire | 24,216 | 9,350 |
47 | New Jersey | 22,588 | 8,721 |
48 | Connecticut | 14,357 | 5,543 |
* | Puerto Rico | 13,790 | 5,324 |
49 | Delaware | 6,447 | 2,489 |
50 | Rhode Island | 3,144 | 1,214 |
* | Virgin Islands | 1,910 | 737 |
* | Guam | 541 | 209 |
* | Northern Mariana Islands | 477 | 184 |
* | American Samoa | 199 | 77 |
* | District of Columbia | 177 | 68.3 |
Land area
Rank | State | km² | miles² |
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1 | Alaska | 1,481,347 | 571,951 |
2 | Texas | 678,051 | 261,797 |
3 | California | 403,933 | 155,959 |
4 | Montana | 376,979 | 145,552 |
5 | New Mexico | 314,309 | 121,356 |
6 | Arizona | 294,312 | 113,635 |
7 | Nevada | 284,448 | 109,826 |
8 | Colorado | 268,627 | 103,718 |
9 | Wyoming | 251,489 | 97,105 |
10 | Oregon | 248,631 | 95,997 |
11 | Idaho | 214,314 | 82,747 |
12 | Utah | 212,751 | 82,144 |
13 | Kansas | 211,900 | 81,815 |
14 | Minnesota | 206,189 | 79,610 |
15 | Nebraska | 199,099 | 76,872 |
16 | South Dakota | 196,540 | 75,885 |
17 | North Dakota | 178,647 | 68,976 |
18 | Missouri | 178,414 | 68,886 |
19 | Oklahoma | 177,847 | 68,667 |
20 | Washington | 172,348 | 66,544 |
21 | Michigan | 150,504 | 58,110 |
22 | Georgia | 149,976 | 57,906 |
23 | Iowa | 144,701 | 55,869 |
24 | Illinois | 143,961 | 55,584 |
25 | Wisconsin | 140,663 | 54,310 |
26 | Florida | 139,670 | 53,927 |
27 | Arkansas | 134,856 | 52,068 |
28 | Alabama | 131,426 | 50,744 |
29 | North Carolina | 126,161 | 48,711 |
30 | New York | 122,283 | 47,214 |
31 | Mississippi | 121,488 | 46,907 |
32 | Pennsylvania | 116,074 | 44,817 |
33 | Louisiana | 112,825 | 43,562 |
34 | Tennessee | 106,752 | 41,217 |
35 | Ohio | 106,056 | 40,948 |
36 | Kentucky | 102,896 | 39,728 |
37 | Virginia | 102,548 | 39,594 |
38 | Indiana | 92,895 | 35,867 |
39 | Maine | 79,931 | 30,862 |
40 | South Carolina | 77,983 | 30,109 |
41 | West Virginia | 62,361 | 24,230 |
42 | Maryland | 25,314 | 9,774 |
43 | Vermont | 23,956 | 9,250 |
44 | New Hampshire | 23,227 | 8,968 |
45 | Massachusetts | 20,306 | 7,840 |
46 | New Jersey | 19,211 | 7,417 |
47 | Hawaii | 16,635 | 6,423 |
48 | Connecticut | 12,548 | 4,845 |
* | Puerto Rico | 8,870 | 3,424.73 |
49 | Delaware | 6,030 | 1,954 |
50 | Rhode Island | 2,706 | 1,045 |
* | Guam | 541.3 | 209 |
* | Northern Mariana Islands | 477 | 184.17 |
* | Virgin Islands | 346.36 | 133.73 |
* | American Samoa | 199 | 76.83 |
* | District of Columbia | 159 | 61.4 |
Water area
Rank | State | km² | miles² | Percentage Water |
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1 | Alaska | 236,507 | 91,316 | 13.77 |
2 | Michigan | 103,289 | 39,881 | 41.27 |
3 | Florida | 30,634 | 11,828 | 17.99 |
4 | Wisconsin | 28,977 | 11,188 | 17.08 |
5 | Louisiana | 21,440 | 8,278 | 15.95 |
6 | California | 20,037 | 7,736 | 4.73 |
7 | New York | 19,016 | 7,342 | 13.46 |
8 | Minnesota | 18,981 | 7,329 | 8.43 |
9 | Texas | 17,570 | 6,784 | 2.53 |
10 | North Carolina | 13,229 | 5,108 | 9.49 |
11 | Washington | 12,317 | 4,756 | 6.67 |
12 | Maine | 11,715 | 4,523 | 12.78 |
13 | Hawaii | 11,677 | 4,508 | 41.24 |
14 | Ohio | 10,040 | 3,877 | 8.65 |
15 | Virginia | 8,236 | 3,180 | 7.43 |
16 | Utah | 7,136 | 2,755 | 3.25 |
17 | Massachusetts | 7,031 | 2,715 | 25.72 |
18 | Maryland | 6,819 | 2,633 | 21.22 |
19 | Oregon | 6,174 | 2,384 | 2.42 |
20 | Illinois | 6,037 | 2,331 | 4.02 |
21 | South Carolina | 4,949 | 1,911 | 5.97 |
* | Puerto Rico | 4,921 | 1,900 | 35.69 |
22 | North Dakota | 4,465 | 1,724 | 2.44 |
23 | Alabama | 4,338 | 1,675 | 3.20 |
24 | Mississippi | 3,945 | 1,523 | 3.15 |
25 | Georgia | 3,933 | 1,519 | 2.56 |
26 | Montana | 3,859 | 1,490 | 1.01 |
27 | New Jersey | 3,377 | 1,304 | 14.95 |
28 | Pennsylvania | 3,208 | 1,239 | 2.69 |
29 | South Dakota | 3,190 | 1,232 | 1.60 |
30 | Oklahoma | 3,189 | 1,231 | 1.76 |
31 | Arkansas | 2,876 | 1,110 | 2.09 |
32 | Tennessee | 2,399 | 926 | 2.20 |
33 | Idaho | 2,131 | 823 | 0.98 |
34 | Missouri | 2,120 | 818 | 1.17 |
35 | Nevada | 1,903 | 735 | 0.66 |
36 | Wyoming | 1,847 | 713 | 0.73 |
37 | Connecticut | 1,809 | 699 | 12.60 |
38 | Kentucky | 1,763 | 681 | 1.68 |
* | Virgin Islands | 1,564 | 603.9 | 81.88 |
39 | Indiana | 1,427 | 551 | 1.51 |
40 | Delaware | 1,387 | 536 | 21.52 |
41 | Rhode Island | 1,295 | 500 | 32.37 |
42 | Nebraska | 1,247 | 481 | 0.62 |
43 | Kansas | 1,196 | 462 | 0.56 |
44 | Iowa | 1,042 | 402 | 0.71 |
45 | New Hampshire | 989 | 382 | 4.08 |
46 | Colorado | 974 | 376 | 0.36 |
47 | Vermont | 945 | 365 | 3.79 |
48 | Arizona | 942 | 364 | 0.32 |
49 | New Mexico | 606 | 234 | 0.19 |
50 | West Virginia | 394 | 152 | 0.63 |
* | District of Columbia | 18 | 6.9 | 10.1 |
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Alaska is the largest state in total area, land area, and water area.
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Despite being the second largest state, Texas is only 40% of the total area of largest state, Alaska.
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Montana is larger than every state it borders; only Alaska and Wyoming have a lower population density.
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Sunset on Lake Michigan. Michigan is second behind Alaska in water area.
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Because most of Florida's land mass is peninsular, the state has the third largest water area.
See also
References
All data is provided by the United States Census Bureau (see 2000 Census population, area and density results) and is current as of 2000, with the exception of various territories sourced from the 2007 CIA World Factbook and of two more recent state government sources.
State source updated 2005 Michigan.gov
State source updated 2001 Wyoming.gov
- ^ Census 2000 Geographic Terms and Concepts, Census 2000 Geography Glossary, U.S. Census Bureau. Accessed 2007-07-10.
- ^ http://nationalatlas.gov/articles/mapping/a_general.html#one