List of U.S. states 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.[1]

1 Total area
2 Land area
3 Water area
4 See also
5 References

Total area

Rank State km² miles² &0000000000000001.0000001 Alaska1,717,854 663,267 &0000000000000002.0000002 Texas695,621 268,581 &0000000000000003.0000003 California423,970 163,696 &0000000000000004.0000004 Montana380,838 147,042 &0000000000000005.0000005 New Mexico314,915 121,589 &0000000000000006.0000006 Arizona295,254 113,998 &0000000000000007.0000007 Nevada286,351 110,561 &0000000000000008.0000008 Colorado269,601 104,094 &0000000000000009.0000009 Oregon254,805 98,381 &0000000000000010.00000010 Wyoming253,348 97,818 [2]&0000000000000011.00000011 Michigan253,266 97,790 &0000000000000012.00000012 Minnesota225,365 87,014 &0000000000000013.00000013 Utah219,887 84,899 &0000000000000014.00000014 Idaho216,446 83,570 &0000000000000015.00000015 Kansas213,096 82,277 &0000000000000016.00000016 Nebraska200,345 77,354 &0000000000000017.00000017 South Dakota199,731 77,116 &0000000000000018.00000018 Washington184,665 71,300 &0000000000000019.00000019 North Dakota183,112 70,700 &0000000000000020.00000020 Oklahoma181,035 69,898 &0000000000000021.00000021 Missouri180,533 69,704 &0000000000000022.00000022 Florida170,304 65,755 &0000000000000023.00000023 Wisconsin169,639 65,498 &0000000000000024.00000024 Georgia153,909 59,425 &0000000000000025.00000025 Illinois149,998 57,914 &0000000000000026.00000026 Iowa145,743 56,272 &0000000000000027.00000027 New York141,299 54,556 &0000000000000028.00000028 North Carolina139,389 53,819 &0000000000000029.00000029 Arkansas137,732 53,179 &0000000000000030.00000030 Alabama135,765 52,419 &0000000000000031.00000031 Louisiana134,264 51,840 &0000000000000032.00000032 Mississippi125,434 48,430 &0000000000000033.00000033 Pennsylvania119,283 46,055 &0000000000000034.00000034 Ohio116,096 44,825 &0000000000000035.00000035 Virginia110,785 42,774 &0000000000000036.00000036 Tennessee109,151 42,143 &0000000000000037.00000037 Kentucky104,659 40,409 &0000000000000038.00000038 Indiana94,321 36,418 &0000000000000039.00000039 Maine91,646 35,385 &0000000000000040.00000040 South Carolina82,932 32,020 &0000000000000041.00000041 West Virginia62,755 24,230 &0000000000000042.00000042 Maryland32,133 12,407 &0000000000000043.00000043 Hawaii28,311 10,931 &0000000000000044.00000044 Massachusetts27,336 10,555 &0000000000000045.00000045 Vermont24,901 9,614 &0000000000000046.00000046 New Hampshire24,216 9,350 &0000000000000047.00000047 New Jersey22,588 8,721 &0000000000000048.00000048 Connecticut14,357 5,543 &Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character "'"Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character "'"Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character "'"Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character "'"Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character "'"Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character "'"Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character "'"Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character "'"Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character "'"Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character 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Land area

Rank State km² miles² 1 Alaska1,481,347 571,951 2 Texas678,051 261,797 3 California403,933 155,959 4 Montana376,979 145,552 5 New Mexico314,309 121,356 6 Arizona294,312 113,635 7 Nevada284,448 109,826 8 Colorado268,627 103,718 9 Wyoming251,489 97,105 10 Oregon248,631 95,997 11 Idaho214,314 82,747 12 Utah212,751 82,144 13 Kansas211,900 81,815 14 Minnesota206,189 79,610 15 Nebraska199,099 76,872 16 South Dakota196,540 75,885 17 North Dakota178,647 68,976 18 Missouri178,414 68,886 19 Oklahoma177,847 68,667 20 Washington172,348 66,544 21 Michigan150,504 58,110 22 Georgia149,976 57,906 23 Iowa144,701 55,869 24 Illinois143,961 55,584 25 Wisconsin140,663 54,310 26 Florida139,670 53,927 27 Arkansas134,856 52,068 28 Alabama131,426 50,744 29 North Carolina126,161 48,711 30 New York122,283 47,214 31 Mississippi121,488 46,907 32 Pennsylvania116,074 44,817 33 Louisiana112,825 43,562 34 Tennessee106,752 41,217 35 Ohio106,056 40,948 36 Kentucky102,896 39,728 37 Virginia102,548 39,594 38 Indiana92,895 35,867 39 Maine79,931 30,862 40 South Carolina77,983 30,109 41 West Virginia62,361 24,230 42 Maryland25,314 9,774 43 Vermont23,956 9,250 44 New Hampshire23,227 8,968 45 Massachusetts20,306 7,840 46 New Jersey19,211 7,417 47 Hawaii16,635 6,423 48 Connecticut12,548 4,845 49 Delaware6,030 1,954 50 Rhode Island2,706 1,045 * Guam541.3 209 * Northern Mariana Islands477 184.17 * Virgin Islands346.36 133.73 * American Samoa199 76.83 * District of Columbia159 61.4

Water area

Rank State km² miles² Percentage
Water 1 Alaska236,507 91,316 13.77 2 Michigan103,289 39,881 41.27 3 Florida30,634 11,828 17.99 4 Wisconsin28,977 11,188 17.08 5 Louisiana21,440 8,278 15.95 6 California20,037 7,736 4.73 7 New York19,016 7,342 13.46 8 Minnesota18,981 7,329 8.43 9 Texas17,570 6,784 2.53 10 North Carolina13,229 5,108 9.49 11 Washington12,317 4,756 6.67 12 Maine11,715 4,523 12.78 13 Hawaii11,677 4,508 41.24 14 Ohio10,040 3,877 8.65 15 Virginia8,236 3,180 7.43 16 Utah7,136 2,755 3.25 17 Massachusetts7,031 2,715 25.72 18 Maryland6,819 2,633 21.22 19 Oregon6,174 2,384 2.42 20 Illinois6,037 2,331 4.02 21 South Carolina4,949 1,911 5.97 22 North Dakota4,465 1,724 2.44 23 Alabama4,338 1,675 3.20 24 Mississippi3,945 1,523 3.15 25 Georgia3,933 1,519 2.56 26 Montana3,859 1,490 1.01 27 New Jersey3,377 1,304 14.95 28 Pennsylvania3,208 1,239 2.69 29 South Dakota3,190 1,232 1.60 30 Oklahoma3,189 1,231 1.76 31 Arkansas2,876 1,110 2.09 32 Tennessee2,399 926 2.20 33 Idaho2,131 823 0.98 34 Missouri2,120 818 1.17 35 Nevada1,903 735 0.66 36 Wyoming1,847 713 0.73 37 Connecticut1,809 699 12.60 38 Kentucky1,763 681 1.68 * Virgin Islands1,564 603.9 81.88 39 Indiana1,427 551 1.51 40 Delaware1,387 536 21.52 41 Rhode Island1,295 500 32.37 42 Nebraska1,247 481 0.62 43 Kansas1,196 462 0.56 44 Iowa1,042 402 0.71 45 New Hampshire989 382 4.08 46 Colorado974 376 0.36 47 Vermont945 365 3.79 48 Arizona942 364 0.32 49 New Mexico606 234 0.19 50 West Virginia394 152 0.63 * District of Columbia18 6.9 10.1

Alaska is the largest state in total area, land area, and water area.

Despite being the second largest state, Texas is only 40% of the total area of largest state, Alaska.

Montana is larger than every state it borders; only Alaska and Wyoming have a lower population density.

Sunset on Lake Michigan. Michigan is second behind Alaska in water area.

Because most of Florida's land mass is peninsula, the state has the third largest water area.

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