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	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

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  U.S. states by total area

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  U.S. states by land area

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  U.S. states by water area

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  U.S. states by water percentage

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  Alaska is the largest state by total area, land area, and water area

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  The area of Alaska is 18% of the area of the United States and 21% of the area of the contiguous United States

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  The second largest state, Texas, is only 40% of the total area of the largest state, Alaska

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  Rhode Island is the smallest state by total area and land area

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  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.

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  Michigan is second (after Alaska) in water area, and first in water percentage

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  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

Notes

1. 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

1. Census 2000 Geographic Terms and Concepts, Census 2000 Geography Glossary, U.S. Census Bureau. Accessed 2007-07-10
2. "United States Summary: 2010, Population and Housing Unit Counts, 2010 Census of Population and Housing" (PDF) (PDF). United States Census Bureau. September 2012. pp. V–2, 1 & 41 (Tables 1 & 18). Retrieved February 7, 2014.
3. "United States Summary: 2010, Population and Housing Unit Counts, 2000 Census of Population and Housing" (PDF) (PDF). United States Census Bureau. April 2004. p. 1 (Table 1). Retrieved February 10, 2014.

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