List of U.S. states and territories by area

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This is a complete list of all 50 U.S. states, its federal (Washington, D.C.) and its major territories ordered by total area, land area and water area. [1] The water area includes inland waters, coastal waters, the Great Lakes and territorial waters. Glaciers and intermittent bodies of water are counted as land area.[2]

Area by state, federal district or territory

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Land, water and total area by U.S. state, district or territory; sortable
State / territory Total area Land area Water areaNational
%
km2 mi2km2mi2km2mi2%
Alaska 1,723,337 665,3841,518,800588,400236,50891,31613.7%17.48%
Texas 695,662 268,596676,587261,23219,0757,3652.7%7.06%
California 423,967 163,695403,466155,77920,5017,9164.8%4.30%
Montana 380,831 147,040376,962145,5463,8691,4941.0%3.86%
New Mexico 314,917 121,590314,161121,2987572920.2%3.19%
Arizona 295,234 113,990294,207113,5941,0263960.3%3.00%
Nevada 286,380 110,572284,332109,7812,0487910.7%2.91%
Colorado 269,601 104,094268,431103,6421,1704520.4%2.74%
Oregon 254,799 98,379248,60895,9886,1912,3912.4%2.58%
Wyoming 253,335 97,813251,47097,0931,8647200.7%2.57%
Michigan 250,487 96,714146,43556,539104,05240,17541.5%2.54%
Minnesota 225,163 86,936206,23279,62718,9307,3098.4%2.28%
Utah 219,882 84,897212,81882,1707,0642,7273.2%2.23%
Idaho 216,443 83,569214,04582,6432,3989261.1%2.20%
Kansas 213,100 82,278211,75481,7591,3465200.6%2.16%
Nebraska 200,330 77,348198,97476,8241,3565240.7%2.03%
South Dakota 199,729 77,116196,35075,8113,3791,3051.7%2.03%
Washington 184,661 71,298172,11966,45612,5424,8426.8%1.87%
North Dakota 183,108 70,698178,71169,0014,3971,6982.4%1.86%
Oklahoma 181,037 69,899177,66068,5953,3771,3041.9%1.84%
Missouri 180,540 69,707178,04068,7422,5019651.4%1.83%
Florida 170,312 65,758138,88753,62531,42412,13318.5%1.73%
Wisconsin 169,635 65,496140,26854,15829,36711,33917.3%1.72%
Georgia 153,910 59,425148,95957,5134,9511,9123.2%1.56%
Illinois 149,995 57,914143,79355,5196,2022,3954.1%1.52%
Iowa 145,746 56,273144,66955,8571,0774160.7%1.48%
New York 141,297 54,555122,05747,12619,2407,42913.6%1.43%
North Carolina 139,391 53,819125,92048,61813,4715,2019.7%1.41%
Arkansas 137,732 53,179134,77152,0352,9611,1432.1%1.40%
Alabama 135,767 52,420131,17150,6454,5971,7753.4%1.38%
Louisiana 135,659 52,378111,89843,20423,7619,17417.5%1.38%
Mississippi 125,438 48,432121,53146,9233,9071,5093.1%1.27%
Pennsylvania 119,280 46,054115,88344,7433,3971,3122.8%1.21%
Ohio 116,098 44,826105,82940,86110,2693,9658.8%1.18%
Virginia 110,787 42,775102,27939,4908,5083,2857.7%1.12%
Tennessee 109,153 42,144106,79841,2352,3559092.2%1.11%
Kentucky 104,656 40,408102,26939,4862,3879212.3%1.06%
Indiana 94,326 36,42092,78935,8261,5375931.6%0.96%
Maine 91,633 35,38079,88330,84311,7504,53712.8%0.93%
South Carolina 82,933 32,02077,85730,0615,0761,9606.1%0.84%
West Virginia 62,756 24,23062,25924,0384971920.8%0.64%
Maryland 32,131 12,40625,1429,7076,9902,69921.8%0.33%
Hawaii 28,313 10,93216,6356,42311,6784,50941.2%0.29%
Massachusetts 27,336 10,55420,2027,8007,1342,75426.1%0.28%
Vermont 24,906 9,61623,8719,2171,0354004.2%0.25%
New Hampshire 24,214 9,34923,1878,9531,0273974.2%0.25%
New Jersey 22,591 8,72319,0477,3543,5441,36815.7%0.23%
Connecticut 14,357 5,54312,5424,8421,81670112.6%0.15%
Puerto Rico 13,791 5,3258,8683,4244,9241,90135.7%0.14%
Delaware 6,446 2,4895,0471,9491,39954021.7%0.07%
Northern Mariana Islands 5,117 1,9764721824,6441,79390.7%0.05%
Rhode Island 4,001 1,5452,6781,0341,32451133.1%0.04%
U.S. Virgin Islands 1,898 7333481341,55059981.7%0.02%
American Samoa 1,505 581198761,30750586.9%0.02%
Guam 1,478 57154321093536163.2%0.02%
District of Columbia 177 681586119710.3%0.00%
 Minor Outlying Islands[3][a] 41 164116000.0%0.00%
 Contiguous US 8,081,869 3,120,4287,653,0062,954,843428,865165,5895.3%81.99%
 50 States 9,833,342 3,796,6769,147,4363,531,846685,907264,8347.0%99.76%
 50 States and DC 9,833,519 3,796,7449,147,5943,531,907685,926264,8417.0%99.76%
United States 9,857,306 3,805,9279,158,0223,535,932699,284269,9957.1%100.00%
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  • U.S. states by total area
    U.S. states by total area
  • U.S. states by land area
    U.S. states by land area
  • U.S. states by water area
    U.S. states by water area
  • U.S. states by water percentage
    U.S. states by water percentage
  • Alaska is the largest state by total area, land area, and water area. It is the seventh-largest country division in the world.
    Alaska is the largest state by total area, land area, and water area. It is the seventh-largest country division in the world.
  • The area of Alaska is 18% of the area of the United States and equivalent to 21% of the area of the contiguous United States.
    The area of Alaska is 18% of the area of the United States and equivalent to 21% of the area of the contiguous United States.
  • The second largest state, Texas, has only 40% of the total area of the largest state, Alaska.
    The second largest state, Texas, has only 40% of the total area of the largest state, Alaska.
  • Rhode Island is the smallest state by total area and land area.
    Rhode Island is the smallest state by total area and land area.
  • San Bernardino County is the largest county in the contiguous U.S. and is larger than each of the nine smallest states; it is larger (Alaska) in water area, and first in water percentage.
    San Bernardino County is the largest county in the contiguous U.S. and is larger than each of the nine smallest states; it is larger (Alaska) in water area, and first in water percentage.
  • Florida is mostly a peninsula, and has the third-largest water area and seventh-largest water area percentage.
    Florida is mostly a peninsula, and has the third-largest water area and seventh-largest water area percentage.

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Notes

  1. [a]
    Areas were not published in the 2010 census, unlike previous years, as the U.S. Census Bureau no longer collects data on the Minor Outlying Islands.[4]

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