List of U.S. states and territories by area
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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]
[edit] Table of Areas
Rank | state/territory | total (sq mi) | (km²) | land (sq mi) | (km²) | water (sq mi) | (km²) | % water |
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1 | Alaska | 663,267 | 1,717,854 | 571,951 | 1,481,346 | 91,316 | 236,507 | 13.77 |
2 | Texas | 268,581 | 695,622 | 261,797 | 678,051 | 6,784 | 17,570 | 2.53 |
3 | California | 163,696 | 423,971 | 155,959 | 403,932 | 7,736 | 20,036 | 4.73 |
4 | Montana | 147,042 | 380,837 | 145,552 | 376,978 | 1,490 | 3,859 | 1.01 |
5 | New Mexico | 121,589 | 314,914 | 121,356 | 314,311 | 234 | 606 | 0.19 |
6 | Arizona | 113,998 | 295,253 | 113,635 | 294,313 | 364 | 943 | 0.32 |
7 | Nevada | 110,561 | 286,352 | 109,826 | 284,448 | 735 | 1,904 | 0.66 |
8 | Colorado | 104,094 | 269,602 | 103,718 | 268,628 | 376 | 974 | 0.36 |
9 | Oregon | 98,381 | 254,806 | 95,997 | 248,631 | 2,384 | 6,175 | 2.42 |
10 | Wyoming | 97,814 | 253,337 | 97,100 | 251,488 | 713 | 1,847 | 0.73 |
11 | Michigan | 96,716 | 250,493 | 56,804 | 147,122 | 39,912 | 103,372 | 41.27 |
12 | Minnesota | 86,939 | 225,171 | 79,610 | 206,189 | 7,329 | 18,982 | 8.43 |
13 | Utah | 84,899 | 219,887 | 82,144 | 212,752 | 2,755 | 7,135 | 3.25 |
14 | Idaho | 83,570 | 216,445 | 82,747 | 214,314 | 823 | 2,132 | 0.98 |
15 | Kansas | 82,277 | 213,096 | 81,815 | 211,900 | 462 | 1,197 | 0.56 |
16 | Nebraska | 77,354 | 200,346 | 76,872 | 199,098 | 481 | 1,246 | 0.62 |
17 | South Dakota | 77,116 | 199,730 | 75,885 | 196,541 | 1,232 | 3,191 | 1.60 |
18 | Washington | 71,300 | 184,666 | 66,544 | 172,348 | 4,756 | 12,318 | 6.67 |
19 | North Dakota | 70,700 | 183,112 | 68,976 | 178,647 | 1,724 | 4,465 | 2.44 |
20 | Oklahoma | 69,898 | 181,035 | 68,667 | 177,847 | 1,231 | 3,188 | 1.76 |
21 | Missouri | 69,704 | 180,533 | 68,886 | 178,414 | 818 | 2,119 | 1.17 |
22 | Florida | 65,755 | 170,305 | 53,927 | 139,670 | 11,828 | 30,634 | 17.99 |
23 | Wisconsin | 65,498 | 169,639 | 54,310 | 140,662 | 11,188 | 28,977 | 17.08 |
24 | Georgia | 59,425 | 153,910 | 57,906 | 149,976 | 1,519 | 3,934 | 2.56 |
25 | Illinois | 57,914 | 149,997 | 55,584 | 143,962 | 2,331 | 6,037 | 4.02 |
26 | Iowa | 56,272 | 145,744 | 55,869 | 144,700 | 402 | 1,041 | 0.71 |
27 | New York | 54,556 | 141,299 | 47,214 | 122,284 | 7,342 | 19,016 | 13.46 |
28 | North Carolina | 53,819 | 139,391 | 48,711 | 126,161 | 5,108 | 13,230 | 9.49 |
29 | Arkansas | 53,179 | 137,733 | 52,068 | 134,856 | 1,110 | 2,875 | 2.09 |
30 | Alabama | 52,419 | 135,765 | 50,744 | 131,426 | 1,675 | 4,338 | 3.20 |
31 | Louisiana | 51,840 | 134,265 | 43,562 | 112,825 | 8,278 | 21,440 | 15.97 |
32 | Mississippi | 48,430 | 125,433 | 46,907 | 121,489 | 1,523 | 3,945 | 3.15 |
33 | Pennsylvania | 46,055 | 119,282 | 44,817 | 116,075 | 1,239 | 3,209 | 2.69 |
34 | Ohio | 44,825 | 116,096 | 40,948 | 106,055 | 3,877 | 10,041 | 8.65 |
35 | Virginia | 42,774 | 110,784 | 39,594 | 102,548 | 3,180 | 8,236 | 7.43 |
36 | Tennessee | 42,143 | 109,150 | 41,217 | 106,752 | 926 | 2,398 | 2.20 |
37 | Kentucky | 40,409 | 104,659 | 39,728 | 102,895 | 681 | 1,764 | 1.68 |
38 | Indiana | 36,418 | 94,322 | 35,867 | 92,895 | 551 | 1,427 | 1.51 |
39 | Maine | 35,385 | 91,647 | 30,862 | 79,932 | 4,523 | 11,715 | 12.78 |
40 | South Carolina | 32,020 | 82,931 | 30,109 | 77,982 | 1,911 | 4,949 | 5.97 |
41 | West Virginia | 24,230 | 62,755 | 24,078 | 62,362 | 152 | 394 | 0.63 |
42 | Maryland | 12,407 | 32,134 | 9,774 | 25,315 | 2,633 | 6,819 | 21.22 |
43 | Hawaii | 10,931 | 28,311 | 6,423 | 16,635 | 4,508 | 11,676 | 41.24 |
44 | Massachusetts | 10,555 | 27,337 | 7,840 | 20,306 | 2,715 | 7,032 | 25.72 |
45 | Vermont | 9,614 | 24,900 | 9,250 | 23,957 | 365 | 945 | 3.79 |
46 | New Hampshire | 9,350 | 24,216 | 8,968 | 23,227 | 382 | 989 | 4.08 |
47 | New Jersey | 8,721 | 22,587 | 7,417 | 19,210 | 1,304 | 3,377 | 14.95 |
48 | Connecticut | 5,543 | 14,356 | 4,845 | 12,548 | 699 | 1,810 | 12.60 |
49 | Delaware | 2,489 | 6,446 | 1,954 | 5,061 | 536 | 1,388 | 21.52 |
50 | Rhode Island | 1,545 | 4,002 | 1,045 | 2,707 | 500 | 1,295 | 32.37 |
51 | District of Columbia | 68 | 176 | 61 | 158 | 7 | 18 | 10.16 |
52 | Puerto Rico | 5,325 | 13,792 | 3,425 | 8,871 | 1,900 | 4,921 | 35.68 |
53 | Northern Mariana Islands | 1,975 | 5,115 | 179 | 464 | 1,796 | 4,652 | 90.93 |
54 | US Virgin Islands | 737 | 1,909 | 134 | 347 | 604 | 1,564 | 81.87 |
55 | American Samoa | 584 | 1,513 | 77 | 199 | 506 | 1,311 | 86.75 |
56 | Guam | 571 | 1,479 | 210 | 544 | 361 | 935 | 63.22 |
US Minor Outlying Islands | 16 | 41 | 16 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
50 states + DC | 3,794,083 | 9,826,630 | 3,537,438 | 9,161,922 | 256,645 | 664,707 | 6.76 | |
all US territory | 3,803,290 | 9,850,476 | 3,541,479 | 9,172,389 | 261,811 | 678,087 | 6.88 |
[edit] See also
- List of the largest country subdivisions by area
- List of political and geographic subdivisions by total area
[edit] 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.
- ^ Census 2000 Geographic Terms and Concepts, Census 2000 Geography Glossary, U.S. Census Bureau. Accessed 2007-07-10.
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