List of U.S. states and territories by area

This is a complete list of the U.S. states, federal district, and its major territories ordered by total area, land area, and water area.

	Total area^[1]			Land area^[1]				Water^[1]
State federal district or 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	163,696.32	423,972	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^[2]^[a]		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 District of Columbia	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%

Gallery

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 the 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.

Notes

↑ 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.^[1]

References

1 2 3 4 "United States Summary: 2010, Population and Housing Unit Counts, 2010 Census of Population and Housing" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. September 2012. pp. V–2, 1 & 41 (Tables 1 & 18). Retrieved February 7, 2014.
↑ "United States Summary: 2010, Population and Housing Unit Counts, 2000 Census of Population and Housing" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. April 2004. p. 1 (Table 1). Retrieved February 10, 2014.

[3] 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.^[1]

[2010census-1] 1 2 3 4 "United States Summary: 2010, Population and Housing Unit Counts, 2010 Census of Population and Housing" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. September 2012. pp. V–2, 1 & 41 (Tables 1 & 18). Retrieved February 7, 2014.

[2000census-2] "United States Summary: 2010, Population and Housing Unit Counts, 2000 Census of Population and Housing" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. April 2004. p. 1 (Table 1). Retrieved February 10, 2014.

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