List of U.S. states and territories 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]
Contents
Area by state/territory
Total area[2] | Land area[2] | Water[2] | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
State/territory | Rank | sq mi | km² | Rank | sq mi | km² | % land | Rank | sq mi | km² | % water |
Alaska | 1 | 665,384.04 | 1,723,337 | 1 | 570,640.95 | 1,477,953 | 85.76% | 1 | 94,743.10 | 245,384 | 14.24% |
Texas | 2 | 268,596.46 | 695,662 | 2 | 261,231.71 | 676,587 | 97.26% | 8 | 7,364.75 | 19,075 | 2.74% |
California | 3 | 163,694.74 | 423,967 | 3 | 155,779.22 | 403,466 | 95.16% | 6 | 7,915.52 | 20,501 | 4.84% |
Montana | 4 | 147,039.71 | 380,831 | 4 | 145,545.80 | 376,962 | 98.98% | 26 | 1,493.91 | 3,869 | 1.02% |
New Mexico | 5 | 121,590.30 | 314,917 | 5 | 121,298.15 | 314,161 | 99.76% | 49 | 292.15 | 757 | 0.24% |
Arizona | 6 | 113,990.30 | 295,234 | 6 | 113,594.08 | 294,207 | 99.65% | 48 | 396.22 | 1,026 | 0.35% |
Nevada | 7 | 110,571.82 | 286,380 | 7 | 109,781.18 | 284,332 | 99.28% | 36 | 790.65 | 2,048 | 0.72% |
Colorado | 8 | 104,093.67 | 269,601 | 8 | 103,641.89 | 268,431 | 99.57% | 44 | 451.78 | 1,170 | 0.43% |
Oregon | 9 | 98,378.54 | 254,799 | 10 | 95,988.01 | 248,608 | 97.57% | 20 | 2,390.53 | 6,191 | 2.43% |
Wyoming | 10 | 97,813.01 | 253,335 | 9 | 97,093.14 | 251,470 | 99.26% | 37 | 719.87 | 1,864 | 0.74% |
Michigan | 11 | 96,713.51 | 250,487 | 22 | 56,538.90 | 146,435 | 58.46% | 2 | 40,174.61 | 104,052 | 41.54% |
Minnesota | 12 | 86,935.83 | 225,163 | 14 | 79,626.74 | 206,232 | 91.59% | 9 | 7,309.09 | 18,930 | 8.41% |
Utah | 13 | 84,896.88 | 219,882 | 12 | 82,169.62 | 212,818 | 96.79% | 17 | 2,727.26 | 7,064 | 3.21% |
Idaho | 14 | 83,568.95 | 216,443 | 11 | 82,643.12 | 214,045 | 98.89% | 33 | 925.83 | 2,398 | 1.11% |
Kansas | 15 | 82,278.36 | 213,100 | 13 | 81,758.72 | 211,754 | 99.37% | 42 | 519.64 | 1,346 | 0.63% |
Nebraska | 16 | 77,347.81 | 200,330 | 15 | 76,824.17 | 198,974 | 99.32% | 41 | 523.64 | 1,356 | 0.68% |
South Dakota | 17 | 77,115.68 | 199,729 | 16 | 75,811.00 | 196,350 | 98.31% | 29 | 1,304.68 | 3,379 | 1.69% |
Washington | 18 | 71,297.95 | 184,661 | 20 | 66,455.52 | 172,119 | 93.21% | 11 | 4,842.43 | 12,542 | 6.79% |
North Dakota | 19 | 70,698.32 | 183,108 | 17 | 69,000.80 | 178,711 | 97.60% | 24 | 1,697.52 | 4,397 | 2.40% |
Oklahoma | 20 | 69,898.87 | 181,037 | 19 | 68,594.92 | 177,660 | 98.13% | 30 | 1,303.95 | 3,377 | 1.87% |
Missouri | 21 | 69,706.99 | 180,540 | 18 | 68,741.52 | 178,040 | 98.61% | 32 | 965.47 | 2,501 | 1.39% |
Florida | 22 | 65,757.70 | 170,312 | 26 | 53,624.76 | 138,887 | 81.55% | 3 | 12,132.94 | 31,424 | 18.45% |
Wisconsin | 23 | 65,496.38 | 169,635 | 25 | 54,157.80 | 140,268 | 82.69% | 4 | 11,338.57 | 29,367 | 17.31% |
Georgia | 24 | 59,425.15 | 153,910 | 21 | 57,513.49 | 148,959 | 96.78% | 22 | 1,911.66 | 4,951 | 3.22% |
Illinois | 25 | 57,913.55 | 149,995 | 24 | 55,518.93 | 143,793 | 95.87% | 19 | 2,394.62 | 6,202 | 4.13% |
Iowa | 26 | 56,272.81 | 145,746 | 23 | 55,857.13 | 144,669 | 99.26% | 45 | 415.68 | 1,077 | 0.74% |
New York | 27 | 54,554.98 | 141,297 | 30 | 47,126.40 | 122,057 | 86.38% | 7 | 7,428.58 | 19,240 | 13.62% |
North Carolina | 28 | 53,819.16 | 139,391 | 29 | 48,617.91 | 125,920 | 90.34% | 10 | 5,201.25 | 13,471 | 9.66% |
Arkansas | 29 | 53,178.55 | 137,732 | 27 | 52,035.48 | 134,771 | 97.85% | 31 | 1,143.07 | 2,961 | 2.15% |
Alabama | 30 | 52,420.07 | 135,767 | 28 | 50,645.33 | 131,171 | 96.61% | 23 | 1,774.74 | 4,597 | 3.39% |
Louisiana | 31 | 52,378.13 | 135,659 | 33 | 43,203.90 | 111,898 | 82.48% | 5 | 9,174.23 | 23,761 | 17.52% |
Mississippi | 32 | 48,431.78 | 125,438 | 31 | 46,923.27 | 121,531 | 96.89% | 25 | 1,508.51 | 3,907 | 3.11% |
Pennsylvania | 33 | 46,054.35 | 119,280 | 32 | 44,742.70 | 115,883 | 97.15% | 28 | 1,311.64 | 3,397 | 2.85% |
Ohio | 34 | 44,825.58 | 116,098 | 35 | 40,860.69 | 105,829 | 91.15% | 14 | 3,964.89 | 10,269 | 8.85% |
Virginia | 35 | 42,774.93 | 110,787 | 36 | 39,490.09 | 102,279 | 92.32% | 15 | 3,284.84 | 8,508 | 7.68% |
Tennessee | 36 | 42,144.25 | 109,153 | 34 | 41,234.90 | 106,798 | 97.84% | 35 | 909.36 | 2,355 | 2.16% |
Kentucky | 37 | 40,407.80 | 104,656 | 37 | 39,486.34 | 102,269 | 97.72% | 34 | 921.46 | 2,387 | 2.28% |
Indiana | 38 | 36,419.55 | 94,326 | 38 | 35,826.11 | 92,789 | 98.37% | 39 | 593.44 | 1,537 | 1.63% |
Maine | 39 | 35,379.74 | 91,633 | 39 | 30,842.92 | 79,883 | 87.18% | 12 | 4,536.82 | 11,750 | 12.82% |
South Carolina | 40 | 32,020.49 | 82,933 | 40 | 30,060.70 | 77,857 | 93.88% | 21 | 1,959.79 | 5,076 | 6.12% |
West Virginia | 41 | 24,230.04 | 62,756 | 41 | 24,038.21 | 62,259 | 99.21% | 50 | 191.83 | 497 | 0.79% |
Maryland | 42 | 12,405.93 | 32,131 | 42 | 9,707.24 | 25,142 | 78.25% | 18 | 2,698.69 | 6,990 | 21.75% |
Hawaii | 43 | 10,931.72 | 28,313 | 47 | 6,422.63 | 16,635 | 58.75% | 13 | 4,509.09 | 11,678 | 41.25% |
Massachusetts | 44 | 10,554.39 | 27,336 | 45 | 7,800.06 | 20,202 | 73.90% | 16 | 2,754.33 | 7,134 | 26.10% |
Vermont | 45 | 9,616.36 | 24,906 | 43 | 9,216.66 | 23,871 | 95.84% | 46 | 399.71 | 1,035 | 4.16% |
New Hampshire | 46 | 9,349.16 | 24,214 | 44 | 8,952.65 | 23,187 | 95.76% | 47 | 396.51 | 1,027 | 4.24% |
New Jersey | 47 | 8,722.58 | 22,591 | 46 | 7,354.22 | 19,047 | 84.31% | 27 | 1,368.36 | 3,544 | 15.69% |
Connecticut | 48 | 5,543.41 | 14,357 | 48 | 4,842.36 | 12,542 | 87.35% | 38 | 701.06 | 1,816 | 12.65% |
Delaware | 49 | 2,488.72 | 6,446 | 49 | 1,948.54 | 5,047 | 78.29% | 40 | 540.18 | 1,399 | 21.71% |
Rhode Island | 50 | 1,544.89 | 4,001 | 50 | 1,033.81 | 2,678 | 66.92% | 43 | 511.07 | 1,324 | 33.08% |
District of Columbia | 68.34 | 177 | 61.05 | 158 | 89.33% | 7.29 | 19 | 10.67% | |||
Puerto Rico | 5,324.84 | 13,791 | 3,423.78 | 8,868 | 64.30% | 1,901.07 | 4,924 | 35.70% | |||
Northern Mariana Islands | 1,975.57 | 5,117 | 182.33 | 472 | 9.23% | 1,793.24 | 4,644 | 90.77% | |||
United States Virgin Islands | 732.93 | 1,898 | 134.32 | 348 | 18.33% | 598.61 | 1,550 | 81.67% | |||
American Samoa | 581.05 | 1,505 | 76.46 | 198 | 13.16% | 504.60 | 1,307 | 86.84% | |||
Guam | 570.62 | 1,478 | 209.80 | 543 | 36.77% | 360.82 | 935 | 63.23% | |||
Minor Outlying Islands[3][lower-alpha 1] | 16.00 | 41 | 16.00 | 41 | — | — | — | — | |||
Contiguous United States | Total | 3,120,426.47 | 8,081,867 | 2,954,841.42 | 7,653,004 | 94.69% | 165,584.6 | 428,862 | 5.31% | ||
50 states and D.C. | Total | 3,796,742.23 | 9,833,517 | 3,531,905.43 | 9,147,593 | 93.02% | 264,836.79 | 685,924 | 6.98% | ||
All U.S. territory | Total | 3,805,943.26 | 9,857,348 | 3,535,948.12 | 9,158,064 | 92.91% | 269,995.13 | 699,284 | 7.09% |
Area by division
Total area[2] | Land area[2] | Water[2] | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Division | Rank | sq mi | km² | Rank | sq mi | km² | % land | Rank | sq mi | km² | % water |
East North Central | 5 | 301,368.57 | 780,541 | 6 | 242,902.44 | 629,114 | 2 | 58,466.13 | 151,427 | ||
East South Central | 7 | 183,403.89 | 475,014 | 7 | 178,289.83 | 461,769 | 9 | 5,114.60 | 13,247 | ||
Middle Atlantic | 8 | 109,331.89 | 283,168 | 8 | 99,223.32 | 256,987 | 6 | 10,108.57 | 26,181 | ||
Mountain | 2 | 863,564.63 | 2,236,622 | 2 | 855,766.98 | 2,216,426 | 8 | 7,797.65 | 20,196 | ||
New England | 9 | 71,987.96 | 186,448 | 9 | 62,668.46 | 162,311 | 7 | 9,299.50 | 24,086 | ||
Pacific | 1 | 1,009,687.00 | 2,615,077 | 1 | 895,286.33 | 2,318,781 | 1 | 114,400.67 | 296,296 | ||
South Atlantic | 6 | 292,990.46 | 758,842 | 5 | 265,061.97 | 686,507 | 3 | 27,928.49 | 72,334 | ||
West North Central | 3 | 520,355.80 | 1,347,715 | 3 | 507,620.08 | 1,314,730 | 5 | 12,735.72 | 32,985 | ||
West South Central | 4 | 444,052.01 | 1,150,089 | 4 | 425,066.01 | 1,100,916 | 4 | 18,986.00 | 49,174 |
Area by region
Total area[2] | Land area[2] | Water[2] | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Region | Rank | sq mi | km² | Rank | sq mi | km² | % land | Rank | sq mi | km² | % water |
Midwest | 3 | 821,724.38 | 2,128,256 | 3 | 750,522.52 | 1,943,844 | 2 | 71,201.86 | 184,412 | ||
Northeast | 4 | 181,319.85 | 469,616 | 4 | 161,911.78 | 419,350 | 4 | 19,408.07 | 50,267 | ||
South | 2 | 920,446.37 | 2,383,945 | 2 | 868,417.82 | 2,249,192 | 3 | 52,028.55 | 134,753 | ||
West | 1 | 1,873,251.63 | 4,851,699 | 1 | 1,751,053.31 | 4,535,207 | 1 | 122,198.32 | 316,492 |
-
Alaska is the largest state by total area, land area, and water area
-
The area of Alaska is 18% of the area of the United States and 21% of the area of the contiguous United States
-
The second largest state, Texas, is only 40% of the total area of the largest state, Alaska
-
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 than the four smallest states combined.
-
Michigan is second (after 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
See also
- List of the largest country subdivisions by area
- List of political and geographic subdivisions by total area