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🗺️ US States by Area

Total area of each state, land and water, in square miles.

📅 2010📏 sq mi51 entries🇺🇸 See all of this country’s rankings →
Every dot is one entry, placed by its value (sq mi, logarithmic scale); the vertical bar marks each row’s median.
1
Alaska
665,384
2
Texas
268,596
3
California
163,695
4
Montana
147,040
5
New Mexico
121,590
6
Arizona
113,990
7
Nevada
110,572
8
Colorado
104,094
9
Oregon
98,379
10
Wyoming
97,813
11
Michigan
96,714
12
Minnesota
86,936
13
Utah
84,897
14
Idaho
83,569
15
Kansas
82,278
16
Nebraska
77,348
17
South Dakota
77,116
18
Washington
71,298
19
North Dakota
70,698
20
Oklahoma
69,899
21
Missouri
69,707
22
Florida
65,758
23
Wisconsin
65,496
24
Georgia
59,425
25
Illinois
57,914
26
Iowa
56,273
27
New York
54,555
28
North Carolina
53,819
29
Arkansas
53,179
30
Alabama
52,420
31
Louisiana
52,378
32
Mississippi
48,432
33
Pennsylvania
46,054
34
Ohio
44,826
35
Virginia
42,775
36
Tennessee
42,144
37
Kentucky
40,408
38
Indiana
36,420
39
Maine
35,380
40
South Carolina
32,020
41
West Virginia
24,230
42
Maryland
12,406
43
Hawaii
10,932
44
Massachusetts
10,554
45
Vermont
9,616
46
New Hampshire
9,349
47
New Jersey
8,723
48
Connecticut
5,543
49
Delaware
2,489
50
Rhode Island
1,545
51
District of Columbia
68

Highlights

Within United States, Alaska ranks first in 2010 with 665,384, followed by Texas (268,596) and California (163,695).

Alaska is 2.5 times higher than Texas, the runner-up.

Across 51 entries, values run from 665,384 (Alaska) to 68 (District of Columbia), with a median of 56,273.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, total area (via Wikipedia), 2010. Unit: sq mi.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, total area (via Wikipedia) · CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikipedia); underlying data © the cited agency · fetched Oct 13, 2026