List of United States cities by area
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This list ranks the top 150 U.S. cities (incorporated places) by 2020 land area. Total areas including water are also given, but when ranked by total area, a number of coastal cities appear disproportionately larger. Boston is an extreme example: water makes up nearly 40% of its total area of 89.63 square miles (125 km2). In many cases an incorporated place is geographically large because its municipal government has merged with the government of the surrounding county. In some cases the county no longer exists, while in others the arrangement has formed a consolidated city-county (or city-borough in Alaska, or city-parish in Louisiana); these are shown in bold. Some consolidated city-counties, however, include multiple incorporated places. In such cases, this list presents only that portion (or “balance”) of such consolidated city-counties that are not a part of another incorporated place; these are indicated with asterisks (*). Cities that are not consolidated with or part of any county are independent cities, indicated with two asterisks (**). All data is from the 2020 United States Census.[1]
Rank | City | State | Land area (sq mi) | Land area (km2) | Water area (sq mi) | Water area (km2) | Total area (sq mi) | Total area (km2) | Population (2020)[2] |
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1 | Sitka | Alaska | 2,870.1 | 7,434 | 1,945.1 | 5,038 | 4,815.1 | 12,471 | 8,458 |
2 | Juneau | Alaska | 2,704.0 | 7,003 | 550.7 | 1,426 | 3,254.7 | 8,430 | 32,255 |
3 | Wrangell | Alaska | 2,556.0 | 6,620 | 920.6 | 2,384 | 3,476.6 | 9,004 | 2,127 |
4 | Anchorage | Alaska | 1,706.8 | 4,421 | 239.9 | 621 | 1,946.7 | 5,042 | 291,247 |
5 | Tribune [note 1]* | Kansas | 778.2 | 2,016 | 0 | 0 | 778.2 | 2,016 | 1,182 |
6 | Jacksonville | Florida | 747.3 | 1,935 | 127.2 | 329 | 874.5 | 2,265 | 949,611 |
7 | Anaconda | Montana | 736.7 | 1,908 | 4.7 | 12 | 741.4 | 1,920 | 9,421 |
8 | Butte * | Montana | 715.8 | 1,854 | 0.6 | 1.6 | 716.3 | 1,855 | 34,494 |
9 | Houston | Texas | 640.4 | 1,659 | 31.2 | 81 | 671.7 | 1,740 | 2,304,580 |
10 | Oklahoma City | Oklahoma | 606.2 | 1,570 | 14.3 | 37 | 620.5 | 1,607 | 681,054 |
11 | Phoenix | Arizona | 518.0 | 1,342 | 1.1 | 2.8 | 519.1 | 1,344 | 1,608,139 |
12 | San Antonio | Texas | 498.8 | 1,292 | 5.8 | 15 | 504.6 | 1,307 | 1,434,625 |
13 | Nashville * | Tennessee | 475.8 | 1,232 | 21.7 | 56 | 497.5 | 1,289 | 689,447 |
14 | Los Angeles | California | 469.5 | 1,216 | 32.1 | 83 | 501.6 | 1,299 | 3,898,747 |
15 | Statenville [note 2] | Georgia | 420.4 | 1,089 | 0.3 | 0.78 | 420.7 | 1,090 | 3,697 |
16 | Suffolk[note 3]** | Virginia | 399.2 | 1,034 | 29.7 | 77 | 428.9 | 1,111 | 94,324 |
17 | Buckeye | Arizona | 393.0 | 1,018 | 0.2 | 0.52 | 393.2 | 1,018 | 91,502 |
18 | Indianapolis * | Indiana | 361.6 | 937 | 6.3 | 16 | 367.9 | 953 | 887,642 |
19 | Fort Worth | Texas | 347.3 | 900 | 8.3 | 21 | 355.5 | 921 | 918,915 |
20 | Dallas | Texas | 339.6 | 880 | 43.9 | 114 | 383.4 | 993 | 1,304,379 |
21 | Chesapeake[note 4]** | Virginia | 338.5 | 877 | 12.5 | 32 | 350.9 | 909 | 249,422 |
22 | San Diego | California | 325.9 | 844 | 46.5 | 120 | 372.4 | 965 | 1,386,932 |
23 | Louisville * | Kentucky | 324.9 | 841 | 16.5 | 43 | 341.4 | 884 | 633,045 |
24 | Austin | Texas | 319.9 | 829 | 6.6 | 17 | 326.5 | 846 | 961,855 |
25 | Kansas City | Missouri | 314.7 | 815 | 4.1 | 11 | 318.8 | 826 | 508,090 |
26 | Charlotte | North Carolina | 308.3 | 798 | 2.0 | 5.2 | 310.3 | 804 | 874,579 |
27 | Augusta * | Georgia | 302.3 | 783 | 4.2 | 11 | 306.5 | 794 | 202,081 |
28 | New York City | New York | 300.5 | 778 | 172.0 | 445 | 472.4 | 1,224 | 8,804,190 |
29 | Memphis | Tennessee | 297.0 | 769 | 7.6 | 20 | 304.6 | 789 | 633,104 |
30 | Lexington | Kentucky | 283.6 | 735 | 1.9 | 4.9 | 285.5 | 739 | 322,570 |
31 | El Paso | Texas | 258.4 | 669 | 0.8 | 2.1 | 259.2 | 671 | 678,815 |
32 | Macon | Georgia | 249.4 | 646 | 5.5 | 14 | 254.9 | 660 | 157,346 |
33 | Cusseta | Georgia | 248.7 | 644 | 2.4 | 6.2 | 251.2 | 651 | 9,565 |
34 | Virginia Beach[note 5]** | Virginia | 244.7 | 634 | 252.8 | 655 | 497.5 | 1,289 | 459,470 |
35 | Tucson | Arizona | 241.0 | 624 | 0.3 | 0.78 | 241.3 | 625 | 542,629 |
36 | Chicago | Illinois | 227.7 | 590 | 6.8 | 18 | 234.5 | 607 | 2,746,388 |
37 | Columbus | Ohio | 220.0 | 570 | 5.9 | 15 | 225.9 | 585 | 905,748 |
38 | Huntsville | Alabama | 218.1 | 565 | 1.4 | 3.6 | 219.6 | 569 | 215,006 |
39 | Columbus | Georgia | 216.5 | 561 | 4.5 | 12 | 221.0 | 572 | 206,922 |
40 | Valdez | Alaska | 212.7 | 551 | 59.2 | 153 | 271.9 | 704 | 3,985 |
41 | Preston [note 6] | Georgia | 209.7 | 543 | 0.9 | 2.3 | 210.6 | 545 | 2,348 |
42 | Boulder City | Nevada | 208.3 | 539 | 0.0 | 0 | 208.3 | 539 | 14,885 |
43 | California City | California | 203.6 | 527 | 0.1 | 0.26 | 203.7 | 528 | 14,973 |
44 | Tulsa | Oklahoma | 197.5 | 512 | 4.1 | 11 | 201.6 | 522 | 413,066 |
45 | Colorado Springs | Colorado | 195.4 | 506 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 195.8 | 507 | 478,961 |
46 | Goodyear | Arizona | 191.3 | 495 | 0.0 | 0 | 191.3 | 495 | 95,294 |
47 | Albuquerque | New Mexico | 187.3 | 485 | 1.7 | 4.4 | 189.0 | 490 | 564,559 |
48 | Scottsdale | Arizona | 184.0 | 477 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 184.4 | 478 | 241,361 |
49 | Hibbing | Minnesota | 182.0 | 471 | 4.4 | 11 | 186.5 | 483 | 16,214 |
50 | Norman | Oklahoma | 178.8 | 463 | 10.5 | 27 | 189.3 | 490 | 128,026 |
51 | San Jose | California | 178.3 | 462 | 3.1 | 8.0 | 181.4 | 470 | 1,013,240 |
52 | Peoria | Arizona | 176.1 | 456 | 3.2 | 8.3 | 179.2 | 464 | 190,985 |
53 | New Orleans | Louisiana | 169.5 | 439 | 180.4 | 467 | 349.8 | 906 | 383,997 |
54 | Corpus Christi | Texas | 162.2 | 420 | 328.1 | 850 | 490.3 | 1,270 | 317,863 |
55 | Wichita | Kansas | 162.0 | 420 | 4.5 | 12 | 166.5 | 431 | 397,532 |
56 | Aurora | Colorado | 160.1 | 415 | 0.6 | 1.6 | 160.7 | 416 | 386,261 |
57 | Montgomery | Alabama | 159.9 | 414 | 2.4 | 6.2 | 162.3 | 420 | 200,603 |
58 | Denver | Colorado | 153.1 | 397 | 1.7 | 4.4 | 154.7 | 401 | 715,522 |
59 | Sierra Vista | Arizona | 152.3 | 394 | 0.3 | 0.78 | 152.5 | 395 | 45,308 |
60 | Georgetown | Georgia | 151.2 | 392 | 9.3 | 24 | 160.6 | 416 | 2,235 |
61 | Bakersfield | California | 149.8 | 388 | 1.5 | 3.9 | 151.2 | 392 | 403,455 |
62 | Fayetteville | North Carolina | 148.3 | 384 | 1.8 | 4.7 | 150.1 | 389 | 208,501 |
63 | Raleigh | North Carolina | 147.1 | 381 | 1.1 | 2.8 | 148.2 | 384 | 467,665 |
64 | Birmingham | Alabama | 147.0 | 381 | 2.5 | 6.5 | 149.6 | 387 | 200,733 |
65 | Carson City[note 7]** | Nevada | 144.5 | 374 | 12.6 | 33 | 157.1 | 407 | 58,639 |
66 | Chattanooga | Tennessee | 142.4 | 369 | 7.7 | 20 | 150.1 | 389 | 181,099 |
67 | Las Vegas | Nevada | 141.8 | 367 | 0.1 | 0.26 | 141.9 | 368 | 641,903 |
68 | Omaha | Nebraska | 141.6 | 367 | 3.6 | 9.3 | 145.2 | 376 | 486,051 |
69 | Bunnell | Florida | 139.8 | 362 | 0.1 | 0.26 | 139.8 | 362 | 3,276 |
70 | Mobile | Alabama | 139.5 | 361 | 40.6 | 105 | 180.1 | 466 | 187,041 |
71 | Detroit | Michigan | 138.7 | 359 | 4.2 | 11 | 142.9 | 370 | 639,111 |
72 | Mesa | Arizona | 138.7 | 359 | 0.7 | 1.8 | 139.4 | 361 | 504,258 |
73 | Columbia | South Carolina | 136.8 | 354 | 2.9 | 7.5 | 139.6 | 362 | 136,632 |
74 | Atlanta | Georgia | 135.3 | 350 | 1.0 | 2.6 | 136.3 | 353 | 498,715 |
75 | Lubbock | Texas | 134.6 | 349 | 1.2 | 3.1 | 135.8 | 352 | 257,141 |
76 | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | 134.4 | 348 | 8.3 | 21 | 142.7 | 370 | 1,603,797 |
77 | Portland | Oregon | 133.4 | 346 | 11.5 | 30 | 145.0 | 376 | 652,503 |
78 | Winston-Salem | North Carolina | 132.7 | 344 | 1.2 | 3.1 | 133.9 | 347 | 249,545 |
79 | Brownsville | Texas | 131.5 | 341 | 13.7 | 35 | 145.2 | 376 | 186,738 |
80 | Greensboro | North Carolina | 129.6 | 336 | 5.2 | 13 | 134.8 | 349 | 299,035 |
81 | Lynchburg | Tennessee | 129.2 | 335 | 1.2 | 3.1 | 130.4 | 338 | 6,461 |
82 | Kansas City | Kansas | 124.7 | 323 | 3.6 | 9.3 | 128.3 | 332 | 156,607 |
83 | Fernley | Nevada | 121.3 | 314 | 6.7 | 17 | 128.0 | 332 | 22,895 |
84 | Marana | Arizona | 121.1 | 314 | 0.7 | 1.8 | 121.8 | 315 | 51,908 |
85 | Yuma | Arizona | 120.7 | 313 | 0.1 | 0.26 | 120.7 | 313 | 95,548 |
86 | Little Rock | Arkansas | 120.0 | 311 | 3.0 | 7.8 | 123.0 | 319 | 202,591 |
87 | Port St. Lucie | Florida | 119.2 | 309 | 1.6 | 4.1 | 120.8 | 313 | 204,851 |
88 | Athens * | Georgia | 116.3 | 301 | 1.8 | 4.7 | 118.1 | 306 | 127,315 |
89 | Fresno | California | 115.2 | 298 | 1.2 | 3.1 | 116.4 | 301 | 542,107 |
90 | Charleston | South Carolina | 114.8 | 297 | 20.4 | 53 | 135.1 | 350 | 150,227 |
91 | Hartsville | Tennessee | 114.3 | 296 | 2.3 | 6.0 | 116.6 | 302 | 11,615 |
92 | Tampa | Florida | 114.0 | 295 | 61.8 | 160 | 175.8 | 455 | 384,959 |
93 | Eloy | Arizona | 113.6 | 294 | 0.1 | 0.26 | 113.6 | 294 | 15,635 |
94 | Durham | North Carolina | 112.8 | 292 | 0.8 | 2.1 | 113.6 | 294 | 283,506 |
95 | Jackson | Mississippi | 111.7 | 289 | 2.1 | 5.4 | 113.9 | 295 | 153,701 |
96 | Casa Grande | Arizona | 110.9 | 287 | 0.0 | 0 | 110.9 | 287 | 53,658 |
97 | Fort Wayne | Indiana | 110.7 | 287 | 0.2 | 0.52 | 111.0 | 287 | 263,886 |
98 | Orlando | Florida | 110.6 | 286 | 8.3 | 21 | 118.9 | 308 | 307,573 |
99 | Salt Lake City | Utah | 110.3 | 286 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 110.8 | 287 | 199,723 |
100 | Surprise | Arizona | 110.3 | 286 | 0.2 | 0.52 | 110.5 | 286 | 143,148 |
101 | Reno | Nevada | 108.8 | 282 | 2.8 | 7.3 | 111.6 | 289 | 264,165 |
102 | Shreveport | Louisiana | 107.8 | 279 | 15.5 | 40 | 123.3 | 319 | 187,593 |
103 | Savannah | Georgia | 106.8 | 277 | 4.8 | 12 | 111.6 | 289 | 147,780 |
104 | Abilene | Texas | 106.7 | 276 | 5.4 | 14 | 112.1 | 290 | 125,182 |
105 | Laredo | Texas | 106.5 | 276 | 1.5 | 3.9 | 108.0 | 280 | 255,205 |
106 | Henderson | Nevada | 106.2 | 275 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 106.7 | 276 | 317,610 |
107 | Palmdale | California | 106.1 | 275 | 0.2 | 0.52 | 106.3 | 275 | 169,450 |
108 | Cape Coral | Florida | 106.0 | 275 | 13.4 | 35 | 119.4 | 309 | 194,016 |
109 | Babbitt | Minnesota | 106.0 | 275 | 0.8 | 2.1 | 106.8 | 277 | 1,397 |
110 | Rio Rancho | New Mexico | 103.4 | 268 | 0.3 | 0.78 | 103.6 | 268 | 104,046 |
111 | Amarillo | Texas | 102.3 | 265 | 1.6 | 4.1 | 103.9 | 269 | 200,393 |
112 | Unalaska | Alaska | 102.2 | 265 | 108.7 | 282 | 210.9 | 546 | 4,254 |
113 | North Las Vegas | Nevada | 101.3 | 262 | 0.0 | 0 | 101.3 | 262 | 262,527 |
114 | Tallahassee | Florida | 100.9 | 261 | 2.8 | 7.3 | 103.8 | 269 | 196,169 |
115 | Clarksville | Tennessee | 99.4 | 257 | 0.7 | 1.8 | 100.1 | 259 | 166,722 |
116 | North Port | Florida | 99.4 | 257 | 4.8 | 12 | 104.2 | 270 | 74,793 |
117 | St. Marys | Pennsylvania | 99.3 | 257 | 0.2 | 0.52 | 99.5 | 258 | 12,738 |
118 | Nightmute | Alaska | 99.0 | 256 | 5.4 | 14 | 104.4 | 270 | 306 |
119 | Knoxville | Tennessee | 98.7 | 256 | 5.5 | 14 | 104.3 | 270 | 190,740 |
120 | Sacramento | California | 98.6 | 255 | 2.1 | 5.4 | 100.7 | 261 | 524,943 |
121 | Lincoln | Nebraska | 97.7 | 253 | 1.4 | 3.6 | 99.0 | 256 | 291,082 |
122 | Denton | Texas | 96.4 | 250 | 1.5 | 3.9 | 97.9 | 254 | 139,869 |
123 | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | 96.2 | 249 | 0.6 | 1.6 | 96.8 | 251 | 577,222 |
124 | Arlington | Texas | 95.9 | 248 | 3.6 | 9.3 | 99.5 | 258 | 394,266 |
125 | Palm Coast | Florida | 95.4 | 247 | 1.2 | 3.1 | 96.6 | 250 | 89,258 |
126 | Palm Springs | California | 94.5 | 245 | 0.1 | 0.26 | 94.7 | 245 | 44,575 |
127 | Lancaster | California | 94.3 | 244 | 0.3 | 0.78 | 94.5 | 245 | 173,516 |
128 | Dothan | Alabama | 89.8 | 233 | 0.3 | 0.78 | 90.2 | 234 | 71,072 |
129 | Waco | Texas | 88.7 | 230 | 12.4 | 32 | 101.2 | 262 | 138,486 |
130 | Des Moines | Iowa | 88.2 | 228 | 2.5 | 6.5 | 90.6 | 235 | 214,133 |
131 | Palm Bay | Florida | 86.4 | 224 | 3.2 | 8.3 | 89.6 | 232 | 119,760 |
132 | Baton Rouge | Louisiana | 86.3 | 224 | 2.2 | 5.7 | 88.5 | 229 | 227,470 |
133 | Oak Ridge | Tennessee | 85.2 | 221 | 4.7 | 12 | 90.0 | 233 | 31,402 |
134 | South Fulton | Georgia | 85.2 | 221 | 1.0 | 2.6 | 86.3 | 224 | 107,436 |
135 | Edmond | Oklahoma | 84.6 | 219 | 3.1 | 8.0 | 87.7 | 227 | 94,428 |
136 | Boise | Idaho | 84.0 | 218 | 1.0 | 2.6 | 85.0 | 220 | 235,684 |
137 | Seattle | Washington | 83.9 | 217 | 58.2 | 151 | 142.1 | 368 | 737,015 |
138 | Beaumont | Texas | 82.5 | 214 | 2.8 | 7.3 | 85.2 | 221 | 115,282 |
139 | Springfield | Missouri | 82.4 | 213 | 0.6 | 1.6 | 83.0 | 215 | 169,176 |
140 | Lawton | Oklahoma | 81.5 | 211 | 0.0 | 0 | 81.5 | 211 | 90,381 |
141 | Riverside | California | 81.2 | 210 | 0.3 | 0.78 | 81.5 | 211 | 314,998 |
142 | Baltimore ** | Maryland | 80.9 | 210 | 11.1 | 29 | 92.0 | 238 | 585,708 |
143 | Toledo | Ohio | 80.5 | 208 | 3.3 | 8.5 | 83.8 | 217 | 270,871 |
144 | Jonesboro | Arkansas | 80.2 | 208 | 0.6 | 1.6 | 80.7 | 209 | 78,576 |
145 | El Reno | Oklahoma | 79.6 | 206 | 0.6 | 1.6 | 80.2 | 208 | 16,989 |
146 | Madison | Wisconsin | 79.6 | 206 | 21.4 | 55 | 101.0 | 262 | 269,840 |
147 | Caribou | Maine | 79.3 | 205 | 0.8 | 2.1 | 80.1 | 207 | 7,396 |
148 | Ellsworth | Maine | 79.3 | 205 | 14.6 | 38 | 93.9 | 243 | 8,399 |
149 | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | 79.1 | 205 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 79.6 | 206 | 192,517 |
150 | St. George | Utah | 78.5 | 203 | 0.0 | 0 | 78.5 | 203 | 95,342 |
See also
- United States of America
- Largest cities in the United States by population by decade
- List of cities proper by population (most populous cities in the World)
- List of lists of settlements in the United States
- List of United States cities by population density
- List of United States urban areas
Notes
- ^ Merged with Greeley County.
- ^ Merged with Echols County.
- ^ Consolidated with independent city of Nansemond in 1974, which had been Nansemond County until 1972.
- ^ Consolidated with remaining unincorporated portions of Norfolk County in 1963.
- ^ Consolidated with Princess Anne County in 1963.
- ^ Merged with Webster County.
- ^ Consolidated with Ormsby County in 1969.
Gallery
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1 - Sitka, Alaska
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2 - Juneau, Alaska
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3 - Wrangell, Alaska
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5 - Tribune, Kansas
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8 - Butte, Montana
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9 - Houston, Texas
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11 - Phoenix, Arizona
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12 - San Antonio, Texas
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13 - Nashville, Tennessee
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15 - Statenville, Georgia
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16 - Suffolk, Virginia
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17 - Buckeye, Arizona
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19 - Fort Worth, Texas
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20 - Dallas, Texas
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21 - Chesapeake, Virginia
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23 - Louisville, Kentucky
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24 - Austin, Texas
References
- ^ Updated data for 2022, as well as the 2020 data, is available from the "Places" dataset at Census Gazetteer Files
- ^ 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) Table 1: Race