List of U.S. states and territories by area

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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 numbers include inland waters, coastal waters, the Great Lakes, and territorial waters. Glaciers and intermittent bodies of water are counted as land area.^[1]

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	7000100000000000000♠1	665,384.04	1,723,337	7000100000000000000♠1	570,640.95	1,477,953	7001857600000000000♠85.76%	7000100000000000000♠1	94,743.10	245,384	7001142400000000000♠14.24%
Texas	7000200000000000000♠2	268,596.46	695,662	7000200000000000000♠2	261,231.71	676,587	7001972600000000000♠97.26%	7000800000000000000♠8	7,364.75	19,075	7000274000000000000♠2.74%
California	7000300000000000000♠3	163,694.74	423,967	7000300000000000000♠3	155,779.22	403,466	7001951600000000000♠95.16%	7000600000000000000♠6	7,915.52	20,501	7000484000000000000♠4.84%
Montana	7000400000000000000♠4	147,039.71	380,831	7000400000000000000♠4	145,545.80	376,962	7001989800000000000♠98.98%	7001260000000000000♠26	1,493.91	3,869	7000102000000000000♠1.02%
New Mexico	7000500000000000000♠5	121,590.30	314,917	7000500000000000000♠5	121,298.15	314,161	7001997600000000000♠99.76%	7001490000000000000♠49	292.15	757	6999240000000000000♠0.24%
Arizona	7000600000000000000♠6	113,990.30	295,234	7000600000000000000♠6	113,594.08	294,207	7001996500000000000♠99.65%	7001480000000000000♠48	396.22	1,026	6999350000000000000♠0.35%
Nevada	7000700000000000000♠7	110,571.82	286,380	7000700000000000000♠7	109,781.18	284,332	7001992800000000000♠99.28%	7001360000000000000♠36	790.65	2,048	6999720000000000000♠0.72%
Colorado	7000800000000000000♠8	104,093.67	269,601	7000800000000000000♠8	103,641.89	268,431	7001995700000099999♠99.57%	7001440000000000000♠44	451.78	1,170	6999430000000000000♠0.43%
Oregon	7000900000000000000♠9	98,378.54	254,799	7001100000000000000♠10	95,988.01	248,608	7001975700000099999♠97.57%	7001200000000000000♠20	2,390.53	6,191	7000243000000000000♠2.43%
Wyoming	7001100000000000000♠10	97,813.01	253,335	7000900000000000000♠9	97,093.14	251,470	7001992600000000000♠99.26%	7001370000000000000♠37	719.87	1,864	6999740000000000000♠0.74%
Michigan	7001110000000000000♠11	96,713.51	250,487	7001220000000000000♠22	56,538.90	146,435	7001584600000000000♠58.46%	7000200000000000000♠2	40,174.61	104,052	7001415400000000000♠41.54%
Minnesota	7001120000000000000♠12	86,935.83	225,163	7001140000000000000♠14	79,626.74	206,232	7001915900000000000♠91.59%	7000900000000000000♠9	7,309.09	18,930	7000841000000000000♠8.41%
Utah	7001130000000000000♠13	84,896.88	219,882	7001120000000000000♠12	82,169.62	212,818	7001967900000000000♠96.79%	7001170000000000000♠17	2,727.26	7,064	7000321000000000000♠3.21%
Idaho	7001140000000000000♠14	83,568.95	216,443	7001110000000000000♠11	82,643.12	214,045	7001988900000000000♠98.89%	7001330000000000000♠33	925.83	2,398	7000111000000000000♠1.11%
Kansas	7001150000000000000♠15	82,278.36	213,100	7001130000000000000♠13	81,758.72	211,754	7001993700000000000♠99.37%	7001420000000000000♠42	519.64	1,346	6999630000000000000♠0.63%
Nebraska	7001160000000000000♠16	77,347.81	200,330	7001150000000000000♠15	76,824.17	198,974	7001993200000099999♠99.32%	7001410000000000000♠41	523.64	1,356	6999680000000000000♠0.68%
South Dakota	7001170000000000000♠17	77,115.68	199,729	7001160000000000000♠16	75,811.00	196,350	7001983100000000000♠98.31%	7001290000000000000♠29	1,304.68	3,379	7000169000000000000♠1.69%
Washington	7001180000000000000♠18	71,297.95	184,661	7001200000000000000♠20	66,455.52	172,119	7001932100000099999♠93.21%	7001110000000000000♠11	4,842.43	12,542	7000679000000000000♠6.79%
North Dakota	7001190000000000000♠19	70,698.32	183,108	7001170000000000000♠17	69,000.80	178,711	7001976000000000000♠97.60%	7001240000000000000♠24	1,697.52	4,397	7000240000000000000♠2.40%
Oklahoma	7001200000000000000♠20	69,898.87	181,037	7001190000000000000♠19	68,594.92	177,660	7001981300000000000♠98.13%	7001300000000000000♠30	1,303.95	3,377	7000187000000000000♠1.87%
Missouri	7001210000000000000♠21	69,706.99	180,540	7001180000000000000♠18	68,741.52	178,040	7001986100000000000♠98.61%	7001320000000000000♠32	965.47	2,501	7000138990000099999♠1.39%
Florida	7001220000000000000♠22	65,757.70	170,312	7001260000000000000♠26	53,624.76	138,887	7001815500000000000♠81.55%	7000300000000000000♠3	12,132.94	31,424	7001184500000000000♠18.45%
Wisconsin	7001230000000000000♠23	65,496.38	169,635	7001250000000000000♠25	54,157.80	140,268	7001826900000000000♠82.69%	7000400000000000000♠4	11,338.57	29,367	7001173109999900000♠17.31%
Georgia	7001240000000000000♠24	59,425.15	153,910	7001210000000000000♠21	57,513.49	148,959	7001967800000000000♠96.78%	7001220000000000000♠22	1,911.66	4,951	7000322000000000000♠3.22%
Illinois	7001250000000000000♠25	57,913.55	149,995	7001240000000000000♠24	55,518.93	143,793	7001958700000000000♠95.87%	7001190000000000000♠19	2,394.62	6,202	7000413000000000000♠4.13%
Iowa	7001260000000000000♠26	56,272.81	145,746	7001230000000000000♠23	55,857.13	144,669	7001992600000000000♠99.26%	7001450000000000000♠45	415.68	1,077	6999740000000000000♠0.74%
New York	7001270000000000000♠27	54,554.98	141,297	7001300000000000000♠30	47,126.40	122,057	7001863800000000000♠86.38%	7000700000000000000♠7	7,428.58	19,240	7001136200000099999♠13.62%
North Carolina	7001280000000000000♠28	53,819.16	139,391	7001290000000000000♠29	48,617.91	125,920	7001903400000000000♠90.34%	7001100000000000000♠10	5,201.25	13,471	7000966000000000000♠9.66%
Arkansas	7001290000000000000♠29	53,178.55	137,732	7001270000000000000♠27	52,035.48	134,771	7001978500000000000♠97.85%	7001310000000000000♠31	1,143.07	2,961	7000215000000000000♠2.15%
Alabama	7001300000000000000♠30	52,420.07	135,767	7001280000000000000♠28	50,645.33	131,171	7001966100000000000♠96.61%	7001230000000000000♠23	1,774.74	4,597	7000339000000000000♠3.39%
Louisiana	7001310000000000000♠31	52,378.13	135,659	7001330000000000000♠33	43,203.90	111,898	7001824800000000000♠82.48%	7000500000000000000♠5	9,174.23	23,761	7001175200000000000♠17.52%
Mississippi	7001320000000000000♠32	48,431.78	125,438	7001310000000000000♠31	46,923.27	121,531	7001968900000000000♠96.89%	7001250000000000000♠25	1,508.51	3,907	7000311000000000000♠3.11%
Pennsylvania	7001330000000000000♠33	46,054.35	119,280	7001320000000000000♠32	44,742.70	115,883	7001971500000000000♠97.15%	7001280000000000000♠28	1,311.64	3,397	7000285000000000000♠2.85%
Ohio	7001340000000000000♠34	44,825.58	116,098	7001350000000000000♠35	40,860.69	105,829	7001911500000000000♠91.15%	7001140000000000000♠14	3,964.89	10,269	7000885000000000000♠8.85%
Virginia	7001350000000000000♠35	42,774.93	110,787	7001360000000000000♠36	39,490.09	102,279	7001923200000099999♠92.32%	7001150000000000000♠15	3,284.84	8,508	7000768000000000000♠7.68%
Tennessee	7001360000000000000♠36	42,144.25	109,153	7001340000000000000♠34	41,234.90	106,798	7001978400000000000♠97.84%	7001350000000000000♠35	909.36	2,355	7000216000000000000♠2.16%
Kentucky	7001370000000000000♠37	40,407.80	104,656	7001370000000000000♠37	39,486.34	102,269	7001977200000000000♠97.72%	7001340000000000000♠34	921.46	2,387	7000227990000099999♠2.28%
Indiana	7001380000000000000♠38	36,419.55	94,326	7001380000000000000♠38	35,826.11	92,789	7001983700000000000♠98.37%	7001390000000000000♠39	593.44	1,537	7000162990000000000♠1.63%
Maine	7001390000000000000♠39	35,379.74	91,633	7001390000000000000♠39	30,842.92	79,883	7001871800000000000♠87.18%	7001120000000000000♠12	4,536.82	11,750	7001128200000000000♠12.82%
South Carolina	7001400000000000000♠40	32,020.49	82,933	7001400000000000000♠40	30,060.70	77,857	7001938800000000000♠93.88%	7001210000000000000♠21	1,959.79	5,076	7000612000000000000♠6.12%
West Virginia	7001410000000000000♠41	24,230.04	62,756	7001410000000000000♠41	24,038.21	62,259	7001992100000099999♠99.21%	7001500000000000000♠50	191.83	497	6999790000000000000♠0.79%
Maryland	7001420000000000000♠42	12,405.93	32,131	7001420000000000000♠42	9,707.24	25,142	7001782500000000000♠78.25%	7001180000000000000♠18	2,698.69	6,990	7001217500000000000♠21.75%
Hawaii	7001430000000000000♠43	10,931.72	28,313	7001470000000000000♠47	6,422.63	16,635	7001587500000000000♠58.75%	7001130000000000000♠13	4,509.09	11,678	7001412500000000000♠41.25%
Massachusetts	7001440000000000000♠44	10,554.39	27,336	7001450000000000000♠45	7,800.06	20,202	7001739000000000000♠73.90%	7001160000000000000♠16	2,754.33	7,134	7001261000000000000♠26.10%
Vermont	7001450000000000000♠45	9,616.36	24,906	7001430000000000000♠43	9,216.66	23,871	7001958400000000000♠95.84%	7001460000000000000♠46	399.71	1,035	7000416000000000000♠4.16%
New Hampshire	7001460000000000000♠46	9,349.16	24,214	7001440000000000000♠44	8,952.65	23,187	7001957600000000000♠95.76%	7001470000000000000♠47	396.51	1,027	7000424000000000000♠4.24%
New Jersey	7001470000000000000♠47	8,722.58	22,591	7001460000000000000♠46	7,354.22	19,047	7001843100000000000♠84.31%	7001270000000000000♠27	1,368.36	3,544	7001156900000000000♠15.69%
Connecticut	7001480000000000000♠48	5,543.41	14,357	7001480000000000000♠48	4,842.36	12,542	7001873500000000000♠87.35%	7001380000000000000♠38	701.06	1,816	7001126500000000000♠12.65%
Delaware	7001490000000000000♠49	2,488.72	6,446	7001490000000000000♠49	1,948.54	5,047	7001782900000000000♠78.29%	7001400000000000000♠40	540.18	1,399	7001217100000000000♠21.71%
Rhode Island	7001500000000000000♠50	1,544.89	4,001	7001500000000000000♠50	1,033.81	2,678	7001669200000000000♠66.92%	7001430000000000000♠43	511.07	1,324	7001330800000000000♠33.08%
District of Columbia	7002100000000000000♠	68.34	177	7002100000000000000♠	61.05	158	7001893300000000000♠89.33%	7002100000000000000♠	7.29	19	7001106700000000000♠10.67%
Puerto Rico	7002100000000000000♠	5,324.84	13,791	7002100000000000000♠	3,423.78	8,868	7001643000000000000♠64.30%	7002100000000000000♠	1,901.07	4,924	7001357000000000000♠35.70%
Northern Mariana Islands	7002100000000000000♠	1,975.57	5,117	7002100000000000000♠	182.33	472	7000923000000000000♠9.23%	7002100000000000000♠	1,793.24	4,644	7001907700000000000♠90.77%
United States Virgin Islands	7002100000000000000♠	732.93	1,898	7002100000000000000♠	134.32	348	7001183309999999999♠18.33%	7002100000000000000♠	598.61	1,550	7001816700000000000♠81.67%
American Samoa	7002100000000000000♠	581.05	1,505	7002100000000000000♠	76.46	198	7001131600000000000♠13.16%	7002100000000000000♠	504.60	1,307	7001868400000000000♠86.84%
Guam	7002100000000000000♠	570.62	1,478	7002100000000000000♠	209.80	543	7001367700000000000♠36.77%	7002100000000000000♠	360.82	935	7001632300000000000♠63.23%
Minor Outlying Islands^[3]^{[lower-alpha 1]}	7002100000000000000♠	16.00	41	7002100000000000000♠	16.00	41	—	7002100000000000000♠	—	—	—
Contiguous United States	Total	3,120,426.47	8,081,867	7002100000000000000♠	2,954,841.42	7,653,004	7001946900000000000♠94.69%	7002100000000000000♠	165,584.6	428,862	7000530990000099999♠5.31%
50 states and D.C.	Total	3,796,742.23	9,833,517	7002100000000000000♠	3,531,905.43	9,147,593	7001930200000000000♠93.02%	7002100000000000000♠	264,836.79	685,924	7000698000000000000♠6.98%
All U.S. territory	Total	3,805,943.26	9,857,348	7002100000000000000♠	3,535,948.12	9,158,064	7001929100000000000♠92.91%	7002100000000000000♠	269,995.13	699,284	7000709000000000000♠7.09%

Area by division

All divisions presented below are as configured by the United States Census Bureau.

	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	7000500000000000000♠5	301,368.57	780,541	7000600000000000000♠6	242,902.44	629,114		7000200000000000000♠2	58,466.13	151,427
East South Central	7000700000000000000♠7	183,403.89	475,014	7000700000000000000♠7	178,289.83	461,769		7000900000000000000♠9	5,114.60	13,247
Middle Atlantic	7000800000000000000♠8	109,331.89	283,168	7000800000000000000♠8	99,223.32	256,987		7000600000000000000♠6	10,108.57	26,181
Mountain	7000200000000000000♠2	863,564.63	2,236,622	7000200000000000000♠2	855,766.98	2,216,426		7000800000000000000♠8	7,797.65	20,196
New England	7000900000000000000♠9	71,987.96	186,448	7000900000000000000♠9	62,668.46	162,311		7000700000000000000♠7	9,299.50	24,086
Pacific	7000100000000000000♠1	1,009,687.00	2,615,077	7000100000000000000♠1	895,286.33	2,318,781		7000100000000000000♠1	114,400.67	296,296
South Atlantic	7000600000000000000♠6	292,990.46	758,842	7000500000000000000♠5	265,061.97	686,507		7000300000000000000♠3	27,928.49	72,334
West North Central	7000300000000000000♠3	520,355.80	1,347,715	7000300000000000000♠3	507,620.08	1,314,730		7000500000000000000♠5	12,735.72	32,985
West South Central	7000400000000000000♠4	444,052.01	1,150,089	7000400000000000000♠4	425,066.01	1,100,916		7000400000000000000♠4	18,986.00	49,174

Area by region

All regions presented below are as configured by the United States Census Bureau.

	Total area^[2]			Land area^[2]				Water^[2]
Region	Rank	sq mi	km²	Rank	sq mi	km²	% land	Rank	sq mi	km²	% water
Midwest	7000300000000000000♠3	821,724.38	2,128,256	7000300000000000000♠3	750,522.52	1,943,844		7000200000000000000♠2	71,201.86	184,412
Northeast	7000400000000000000♠4	181,319.85	469,616	7000400000000000000♠4	161,911.78	419,350		7000400000000000000♠4	19,408.07	50,267
South	7000200000000000000♠2	920,446.37	2,383,945	7000200000000000000♠2	868,417.82	2,249,192		7000300000000000000♠3	52,028.55	134,753
West	7000100000000000000♠1	1,873,251.63	4,851,699	7000100000000000000♠1	1,751,053.31	4,535,207		7000100000000000000♠1	122,198.32	316,492

U.S. states by total area
U.S. states by land area
U.S. states by water area
U.S. states by water percentage
Alaska is the largest state by total area, land area, and water area. It is the 7th largest country subdivision in the world.
The area of Alaska is 7001180000000000000♠18% of the area of the United States and 7001210000000000000♠21% of the area of the contiguous United States
The second largest state, Texas, is only 7001400000000000000♠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

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.^[2]

References

↑ Census 2000 Geographic Terms and Concepts, Census 2000 Geography Glossary, U.S. Census Bureau. Accessed 2007-07-10
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "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.

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