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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 district (Washington, D.C.) and its major territories ordered by total area, land area and water area.{{cite web |url = https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/2010/geo/state-area.html |title = State Area Measurements and Internal Point Coordinates |date = 2010 |website = census.gov |access-date = 2 Dec 2023}} 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.[https://www2.census.gov/geo/pdfs/reference/glossry2.pdf "Census 2000 Geographic Terms and Concepts"], Census 2000 Geography Glossary, U.S. Census Bureau. {{Retrieved|access-date=July 10, 2007}}

Area by state, federal district or territory

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|+ Land, water and total area by U.S. state, district or territory, sortable

! scope="col" rowspan=2 | State / territory !! scope="col" colspan=2 | Total area !! scope="col" colspan=2 | Land area !! scope="col" colspan=3 | Water area

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! scope="col" | sq mi !! scope="col" | km2 !! scope="col" | sq mi !! scope="col" | km2 !! scope="col" | sq mi !! scope="col" | km2 !! scope="col" | %

scope="row" | {{flag|Alaska}}

| 665,384 || 1,723,337 || 570,641 || 1,477,953 || 94,743 || 245,383 || 14.2%

scope="row" | {{flag|Texas}}

| 268,596 || 695,662 || 261,232 || 676,587 || 7,365 || 19,075 || 2.7%

scope="row" | {{flag|California}}

| 163,695 || 423,967 || 155,779 || 403,466 || 7,916 || 20,501 || 4.8%

scope="row" | {{flag|Montana}}

| 147,040 || 380,831 || 145,546 || 376,962 || 1,494 || 3,869 || 1.0%

scope="row" | {{flag|New Mexico}}

| 121,590 || 314,917 || 121,298 || 314,161 || 292 || 757 || 0.2%

scope="row" | {{flag|Arizona}}

| 113,990 || 295,234 || 113,594 || 294,207 || 396 || 1,026 || 0.3%

scope="row" | {{flag|Nevada}}

| 110,572 || 286,380 || 109,781 || 284,332 || 791 || 2,048 || 0.7%

scope="row" | {{flag|Colorado}}

| 104,094 || 269,601 || 103,642 || 268,431 || 452 || 1,170 || 0.4%

scope="row" | {{flag|Oregon}}

| 98,379 || 254,799 || 95,988 || 248,608 || 2,391 || 6,191 || 2.4%

scope="row" | {{flag|Wyoming}}

| 97,813 || 253,335 || 97,093 || 251,470 || 720 || 1,864 || 0.7%

scope="row" | {{flag|Michigan}}

| 96,714 || 250,487 || 56,539 || 146,435 || 40,175 || 104,052 || 41.5%

scope="row" | {{flag|Minnesota}}

| 86,936 || 225,163 || 79,627 || 206,232 || 7,309 || 18,930 || 8.4%

scope="row" | {{flag|Utah}}

| 84,897 || 219,882 || 82,170 || 212,818 || 2,727 || 7,064 || 3.2%

scope="row" | {{flag|Idaho}}

| 83,569 || 216,443 || 82,643 || 214,045 || 926 || 2,398 || 1.1%

scope="row" | {{flag|Kansas}}

| 82,278 || 213,100 || 81,759 || 211,754 || 520 || 1,346 || 0.6%

scope="row" | {{flag|Nebraska}}

| 77,348 || 200,330 || 76,824 || 198,974 || 524 || 1,356 || 0.7%

scope="row" | {{flag|South Dakota}}

| 77,116 || 199,729 || 75,811 || 196,350 || 1,305 || 3,379 || 1.7%

scope="row" | {{flag|Washington}}

| 71,298 || 184,661 || 66,456 || 172,119 || 4,842 || 12,542 || 6.8%

scope="row" | {{flag|North Dakota}}

| 70,698 || 183,108 || 69,001 || 178,711 || 1,698 || 4,397 || 2.4%

scope="row" | {{flag|Oklahoma}}

| 69,899 || 181,037 || 68,595 || 177,660 || 1,304 || 3,377 || 1.9%

scope="row" | {{flag|Missouri}}

| 69,707 || 180,540 || 68,742 || 178,040 || 965 || 2,501 || 1.4%

scope="row" | {{flag|Florida}}

| 65,758 || 170,312 || 53,625 || 138,887 || 12,133 || 31,424 || 18.5%

scope="row" | {{flag|Wisconsin}}

| 65,496 || 169,635 || 54,158 || 140,268 || 11,339 || 29,367 || 17.3%

scope="row" | {{flag|Georgia (U.S. state)|name=Georgia}}

| 59,425 || 153,910 || 57,513 || 148,959 || 1,912 || 4,951 || 3.2%

scope="row" | {{flag|Illinois}}

| 57,914 || 149,995 || 55,519 || 143,793 || 2,395 || 6,202 || 4.1%

scope="row" | {{flag|Iowa}}

| 56,273 || 145,746 || 55,857 || 144,669 || 416 || 1,077 || 0.7%

scope="row" | {{flag|New York}}

| 54,555 || 141,297 || 47,126 || 122,057 || 7,429 || 19,240 || 13.6%

scope="row" | {{flag|North Carolina}}

| 53,819 || 139,391 || 48,618 || 125,920 || 5,201 || 13,471 || 9.7%

scope="row" | {{flag|Arkansas}}

| 53,179 || 137,732 || 52,035 || 134,771 || 1,143 || 2,961 || 2.1%

scope="row" | {{flag|Alabama}}

| 52,420 || 135,767 || 50,645 || 131,171 || 1,775 || 4,597 || 3.4%

scope="row" | {{flag|Louisiana}}

| 52,378 || 135,659 || 43,204 || 111,898 || 9,174 || 23,761 || 17.5%

scope="row" | {{flag|Mississippi}}

| 48,432 || 125,438 || 46,923 || 121,531 || 1,509 || 3,907 || 3.1%

scope="row" | {{flag|Pennsylvania}}

| 46,054 || 119,280 || 44,743 || 115,883 || 1,312 || 3,397 || 2.8%

scope="row" | {{flag|Ohio}}

| 44,826 || 116,098 || 40,861 || 105,829 || 3,965 || 10,269 || 8.8%

scope="row" | {{flag|Virginia}}

| 42,775 || 110,787 || 39,490 || 102,279 || 3,285 || 8,508 || 7.7%

scope="row" | {{flag|Tennessee}}

| 42,144 || 109,153 || 41,235 || 106,798 || 909 || 2,355 || 2.2%

scope="row" | {{flag|Kentucky}}

| 40,408 || 104,656 || 39,486 || 102,269 || 921 || 2,387 || 2.3%

scope="row" | {{flag|Indiana}}

| 36,420 || 94,326 || 35,826 || 92,789 || 593 || 1,537 || 1.6%

scope="row" | {{flag|Maine}}

| 35,380 || 91,633 || 30,843 || 79,883 || 4,537 || 11,750 || 12.8%

scope="row" | {{flag|South Carolina}}

| 32,020 || 82,933 || 30,061 || 77,857 || 1,960 || 5,076 || 6.1%

scope="row" | {{flag|West Virginia}}

| 24,230 || 62,756 || 24,038 || 62,259 || 192 || 497 || 0.8%

scope="row" | {{flag|Maryland}}

| 12,406 || 32,131 || 9,707 || 25,142 || 2,699 || 6,990 || 21.8%

scope="row" | {{flag|Hawaii}}

| 10,932 || 28,313 || 6,423 || 16,635 || 4,509 || 11,678 || 41.2%

scope="row" | {{flag|Massachusetts}}

| 10,554 || 27,336 || 7,800 || 20,202 || 2,754 || 7,134 || 26.1%

scope="row" | {{flag|Vermont}}

| 9,616 || 24,906 || 9,217 || 23,871 || 400 || 1,035 || 4.2%

scope="row" | {{nowrap|{{flag|New Hampshire}}}}

| 9,349 || 24,214 || 8,953 || 23,187 || 397 || 1,027 || 4.2%

scope="row" | {{flag|New Jersey}}

| 8,723 || 22,591 || 7,354 || 19,047 || 1,368 || 3,544 || 15.7%

scope="row" | {{flag|Connecticut}}

| 5,543 || 14,357 || 4,842 || 12,542 || 701 || 1,816 || 12.6%

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! scope="row" | {{flag|Puerto Rico}}

| 5,325

13,7913,4248,8681,9014,92435.7%
scope="row" | {{flag|Delaware}}

| 2,489 || 6,446 || 1,949 || 5,047 || 540 || 1,399 || 21.7%

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! scope="row" | {{flag|Northern Mariana Islands}}

| 1,976

5,1171824721,7934,64490.7%
scope="row" | {{flag|Rhode Island}}

| 1,545 || 4,001 || 1,034 || 2,678 || 511 || 1,324 || 33.1%

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! scope="row" | {{flag|U.S. Virgin Islands}}

| 733

1,8981343485991,55081.7%
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! scope="row" | {{flag|American Samoa}}

| 581

1,505761985051,30786.9%
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! scope="row" | {{flag|Guam}}

| 571

1,47821054336193563.2%
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! scope="row" | {{flag|District of Columbia}}

| 68

1776115871910.3%
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! scope="row" | {{noflag|Minor Outlying Islands}}{{cite web | url=https://www.census.gov/content/dam/Census/library/publications/2003/dec/phc3-us-pt1.pdf | title=United States Summary: 2000, Population and Housing Unit Counts | publisher=United States Census Bureau | page=1 (Table 1) | date=April 2004 | access-date=December 28, 2023 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170203055053/https://www.census.gov/content/dam/Census/library/publications/2003/dec/phc3-us-pt1.pdf |archive-date = 3 Feb 2017}}{{#tag:ref|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.{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/2010/cph-2/cph-2-1.pdf |title=United States Summary: 2010, Population and Housing Unit Counts|publisher=United States Census Bureau|pages=V–2, 1 & 41 (Tables 1 & 18)|date=September 2012|access-date=February 7, 2014}}|group=lower-alpha}}

| 16

411641000.0%
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! scope="row" | {{noflag|Contiguous US}}

| 3,120,428

8,081,8692,954,8437,653,006165,589428,8655.3%
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! scope="row" | {{noflag|50 States}}

| 3,796,676

9,833,3423,531,8469,147,436264,834685,9077.0%
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! scope="row" | {{noflag|50 States and DC}}

| 3,796,744

9,833,5193,531,9079,147,594264,841685,9267.0%
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! scope="row" | {{noflag|United States}}

| 3,805,927

9,857,3063,535,9329,158,022269,995699,2847.1%

File:US States by Total Area.svg|U.S. states by total area

File:US States by Total Land Area.svg|U.S. states by land area

File:US States by Water Area.svg|U.S. states by water area

File:US States by Water Percentage.svg|U.S. states by water percentage

File:Map of USA AK full.png|Alaska is the largest state by total area, land area, and water area. It is the seventh-largest country division in the world.

File:Alaska area compared to conterminous US.svg|The area of Alaska is {{percentage|665384.04|3796742.22|0}} of the area of the United States and equivalent to {{percentage|665384.04|3120426.47|0}} of the area of the contiguous United States.

File:Texas in United States.svg|The second largest state, Texas, has only {{percentage|268596.46|665384.04|0}} of the total area of the largest state, Alaska.

File:Rhode Island in United States (zoom) (extra close).svg|Rhode Island is the smallest state by total area and land area.

File:Map of California highlighting San Bernardino County.svg|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 than the four smallest states combined.

File:Michigan.svg|Michigan is second (after Alaska) in water area, and first in water percentage.

File:STS-95 Florida From Space.jpg|Florida is mostly a peninsula, and has the third-largest water area and seventh-largest water area percentage.

See also

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Notes

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References

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