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List of U.S. states by area
Here are three lists of the U.S. states in order of their area.
Source
All data is provided by the United States Census Bureau and is current as of 2000.
Total area
Rank |
State |
km² |
miles² |
1 |
Alaska
|
1,717,854
|
663,267 |
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
|
253,336 |
97,814 |
11 |
Michigan
|
250,494 |
96,716 |
12 |
Minnesota
|
225,171 |
86,939 |
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 |
49 |
Delaware
|
6,447
|
2,489 |
50 |
Rhode Island
|
4,002 |
1,545 |
Land area
Rank |
State |
km² |
miles² |
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 |
97,100 |
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 |
Georgia
|
149,976 |
57,906 |
22 |
Michigan
|
147,121 |
56,804 |
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 |
24,078 |
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 |
49 |
Delaware
|
5,060 |
1,954 |
50 |
Rhode Island
|
2,706 |
1,045 |
Water area
Rank |
State |
km² |
miles² |
Percentage Water |
1 |
Alaska
|
236,507
|
91,316 |
13.77 |
2 |
Michigan
|
103,372 |
39,912 |
41.27 |
3 |
Florida
|
30,634
|
11,828 |
17.99 |
4 |
Wisconsin
|
28,976 |
11,188 |
17.08 |
5 |
Louisiana
|
21,440 |
8,278 |
15.97 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
See also
Last updated: 02-18-2005 23:59:05
Last updated: 05-03-2005 17:50:55
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