This is a complete list of all 50 U.S. states, its federal (Washington, D.C.) and its major territories ordered by total area, land area and water area. ^[1] 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. ^[2]

Contents

• Area by state, federal district or territory
• See also
• Notes
• References

Area by state, federal district or territory

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

State / territory	Total area		Land area		Water area			National share (%)
	sq mi	km2	sq mi	km2	sq mi	km2	%
Alaska	665,384	1,723,337	588,400	1,518,800	91,316	236,508	13.7%	17.48%
Texas	268,596	695,662	261,232	676,587	7,365	19,075	2.7%	7.06%
California	163,695	423,967	155,779	403,466	7,916	20,501	4.8%	4.30%
Montana	147,040	380,831	145,546	376,962	1,494	3,869	1.0%	3.86%
New Mexico	121,590	314,917	121,298	314,161	292	757	0.2%	3.19%
Arizona	113,990	295,234	113,594	294,207	396	1,026	0.3%	3.00%
Nevada	110,572	286,380	109,781	284,332	791	2,048	0.7%	2.91%
Colorado	104,094	269,601	103,642	268,431	452	1,170	0.4%	2.74%
Wyoming	98,379	254,799	95,988	248,608	2,391	6,191	2.4%	2.58%
Oregon	97,813	253,335	97,093	251,470	720	1,864	0.7%	2.57%
Idaho	96,714	250,487	56,539	146,435	40,175	104,052	41.5%	2.54%
Utah	86,936	225,163	79,627	206,232	7,309	18,930	8.4%	2.28%
Kansas	84,897	219,882	82,170	212,818	2,727	7,064	3.2%	2.23%
Minnesota	83,569	216,443	82,643	214,045	926	2,398	1.1%	2.20%
Nebraska	82,278	213,100	81,759	211,754	520	1,346	0.6%	2.16%
South Dakota	77,348	200,330	76,824	198,974	524	1,356	0.7%	2.03%
North Dakota	77,116	199,729	75,811	196,350	1,305	3,379	1.7%	2.03%
Missouri	71,298	184,661	66,456	172,119	4,842	12,542	6.8%	1.87%
Oklahoma	70,698	183,108	69,001	178,711	1,698	4,397	2.4%	1.86%
Washington	69,899	181,037	68,595	177,660	1,304	3,377	1.9%	1.84%
Georgia	69,707	180,540	68,742	178,040	965	2,501	1.4%	1.83%
Michigan	65,758	170,312	53,625	138,887	12,133	31,424	18.5%	1.73%
Iowa	65,496	169,635	54,158	140,268	11,339	29,367	17.3%	1.72%
Illinois	59,425	153,910	57,513	148,959	1,912	4,951	3.2%	1.56%
Wisconsin	57,914	149,995	55,519	143,793	2,395	6,202	4.1%	1.52%
Florida	56,273	145,746	55,857	144,669	416	1,077	0.7%	1.48%
Arkansas	54,555	141,297	47,126	122,057	7,429	19,240	13.6%	1.43%
Alabama	53,819	139,391	48,618	125,920	5,201	13,471	9.7%	1.41%
North Carolina	53,179	137,732	52,035	134,771	1,143	2,961	2.1%	1.40%
New York	52,420	135,767	50,645	131,171	1,775	4,597	3.4%	1.38%
Mississippi	52,378	135,659	43,204	111,898	9,174	23,761	17.5%	1.38%
Pennsylvania	48,432	125,438	46,923	121,531	1,509	3,907	3.1%	1.27%
Louisiana	46,054	119,280	44,743	115,883	1,312	3,397	2.8%	1.21%
Tennessee	44,826	116,098	40,861	105,829	3,965	10,269	8.8%	1.18%
Ohio	42,775	110,787	39,490	102,279	3,285	8,508	7.7%	1.12%
Kentucky	42,144	109,153	41,235	106,798	909	2,355	2.2%	1.11%
Virginia	40,408	104,656	39,486	102,269	921	2,387	2.3%	1.06%
Indiana	36,420	94,326	35,826	92,789	593	1,537	1.6%	0.96%
Maine	35,380	91,633	30,843	79,883	4,537	11,750	12.8%	0.93%
South Carolina	32,020	82,933	30,061	77,857	1,960	5,076	6.1%	0.84%
West Virginia	24,230	62,756	24,038	62,259	192	497	0.8%	0.64%
Maryland	12,406	32,131	9,707	25,142	2,699	6,990	21.8%	0.33%
Vermont	10,932	28,313	6,423	16,635	4,509	11,678	41.2%	0.29%
New Hampshire	10,554	27,336	7,800	20,202	2,754	7,134	26.1%	0.28%
Massachusetts	9,616	24,906	9,217	23,871	400	1,035	4.2%	0.25%
New Jersey	9,349	24,214	8,953	23,187	397	1,027	4.2%	0.25%
Hawaii	8,723	22,591	7,354	19,047	1,368	3,544	15.7%	0.23%
Connecticut	5,543	14,357	4,842	12,542	701	1,816	12.6%	0.15%
Puerto Rico	5,325	13,791	3,424	8,868	1,901	4,924	35.7%	0.14%
Delaware	2,489	6,446	1,949	5,047	540	1,399	21.7%	0.07%
Northern Mariana Islands	1,976	5,117	182	472	1,793	4,644	90.7%	0.05%
Rhode Island	1,545	4,001	1,034	2,678	511	1,324	33.1%	0.04%
U.S. Virgin Islands	733	1,898	134	348	599	1,550	81.7%	0.02%
American Samoa	581	1,505	76	198	505	1,307	86.9%	0.02%
Guam	571	1,478	210	543	361	935	63.2%	0.02%
District of Columbia	68	177	61	158	7	19	10.3%	0.00%
Minor Outlying Islands [3] [a]	16	41	16	41	0	0	0.0%	0.00%
Contiguous US	3,120,428	8,081,869	2,954,843	7,653,006	165,589	428,865	5.3%	81.99%
50 States	3,796,676	9,833,342	3,531,846	9,147,436	264,834	685,907	7.0%	99.76%
50 States and DC	3,796,744	9,833,519	3,531,907	9,147,594	264,841	685,926	7.0%	99.76%
United States	3,805,927	9,857,306	3,535,932	9,158,022	269,995	699,284	7.1%	100.00%

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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. It is the seventh-largest country division in the world.
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  The area of Alaska is 18% of the area of the United States and equivalent to 21% of the area of the contiguous United States.
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  The second largest state, Texas, has 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 Canadian provinces and territories by area
• List of European countries by area
• Lists of political and geographic subdivisions by total area
• List of first-level administrative divisions by area
• List of U.S. cities by area
• List of U.S. states and territories by population

Notes

References