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List of U.S. states by area

Here are three lists of the U.S. states in order of their area.

Source

All data is provided by the United States Census Bureau and is current as of 2000.

Total area

1. Alaska - 1,717,854 km² &nbsp (663,267 miles²)
2. Texas - 695,621 km² &nbsp (268,581 miles²)
3. California - 423,970 km² &nbsp (163,696 miles²)
4. Montana - 380,838 km² &nbsp (147,042 miles²)
5. New Mexico - 314,915 km² &nbsp (121,589 miles²)
6. Arizona - 295,254 km² &nbsp (113,998 miles²)
7. Nevada - 286,351 km² &nbsp (110,561 miles²)
8. Colorado - 269,601 km² &nbsp (104,094 miles²)
9. Oregon - 254,805 km² &nbsp (98,381 miles²)
10. Wyoming - 253,336 km² &nbsp (97,814 miles²)
11. Michigan - 250,494 km² &nbsp (96,716 miles²)
12. Minnesota - 225,171 km² &nbsp (86,939 miles²)
13. Utah - 219,887 km² &nbsp (84,899 miles²)
14. Idaho - 216,446 km² &nbsp (83,570 miles²)
15. Kansas - 213,096 km² &nbsp (82,277 miles²)
16. Nebraska - 200,345 km² &nbsp (77,354 miles²)
17. South Dakota - 199,731 km² &nbsp (77,116 miles²)
18. Washington - 184,665 km² &nbsp (71,300 miles²)
19. North Dakota - 183,112 km² &nbsp (70,700 miles²)
20. Oklahoma - 181,035 km² &nbsp (69,898 miles²)
21. Missouri - 180,533 km² &nbsp (69,704 miles²)
22. Florida - 170,304 km² &nbsp (65,755 miles²)
23. Wisconsin - 169,639 km² &nbsp (65,498 miles²)
24. Georgia - 153,909 km² &nbsp (59,425 miles²)
25. Illinois - 149,998 km² &nbsp (57,914 miles²)
26. Iowa - 145,743 km² &nbsp (56,272 miles²)
27. New York - 141,299 km² &nbsp (54,556 miles²)
28. North Carolina - 139,389 km² &nbsp (53,819 miles²)
29. Arkansas - 137,732 km² &nbsp (53,179 miles²)
30. Alabama - 135,765 km² &nbsp (52,419 miles²)
31. Louisiana - 134,264 km² &nbsp (51,840 miles²)
32. Mississippi - 125,434 km² &nbsp (48,430 miles²)
33. Pennsylvania - 119,283 km² &nbsp (46,055 miles²)
34. Ohio - 116,096 km² &nbsp (44,825 miles²)
35. Virginia - 110,785 km² &nbsp (42,774 miles²)
36. Tennessee - 109,151 km² &nbsp (42,143 miles²)
37. Kentucky - 104,659 km² &nbsp (40,409 miles²)
38. Indiana - 94,321 km² &nbsp (36,418 miles²)
39. Maine - 91,646 km² &nbsp (35,385 miles²)
40. South Carolina - 82,932 km² &nbsp (32,020 miles²)
41. West Virginia - 62,755 km² &nbsp (24,230 miles²)
42. Maryland - 32,133 km² &nbsp (12,407 miles²)
43. Hawaii - 28,311 km² &nbsp (10,931 miles²)
44. Massachusetts - 27,336 km² &nbsp (10,555 miles²)
45. Vermont - 24,901 km² &nbsp (9,614 miles²)
46. New Hampshire - 24,216 km² &nbsp (9,350 miles²)
47. New Jersey - 22,588 km² &nbsp (8,721 miles²)
48. Connecticut - 14,357 km² &nbsp (5,543 miles²)
49. Delaware - 6,447 km² &nbsp (2,489 miles²)
50. Rhode Island - 4,002 km² &nbsp (1,545 miles²)

Land area

1. Alaska - 1,481,347 km² &nbsp (571,951 miles²)
2. Texas - 678,051 km² &nbsp (261,797 miles²)
3. California - 403,933 km² &nbsp (155,959 miles²)
4. Montana - 376,979 km² &nbsp (145,552 miles²)
5. New Mexico - 314,309 km² &nbsp (121,356 miles²)
6. Arizona - 294,312 km² &nbsp (113,635 miles²)
7. Nevada - 284,448 km² &nbsp (109,826 miles²)
8. Colorado - 268,627 km² &nbsp (103,718 miles²)
9. Wyoming - 251,489 km² &nbsp (97,100 miles²)
10. Oregon - 248,631 km² &nbsp (95,997 miles²)
11. Idaho - 214,314 km² &nbsp (82,747 miles²)
12. Utah - 212,751 km² &nbsp (82,144 miles²)
13. Kansas - 211,900 km² &nbsp (81,815 miles²)
14. Minnesota - 206,189 km² &nbsp (79,610 miles²)
15. Nebraska - 199,099 km² &nbsp (76,872 miles²)
16. South Dakota - 196,540 km² &nbsp (75,885 miles²)
17. North Dakota - 178,647 km² &nbsp (68,976 miles²)
18. Missouri - 178,414 km² &nbsp (68,886 miles²)
19. Oklahoma - 177,847 km² &nbsp (68,667 miles²)
20. Washington - 172,348 km² &nbsp (66,544 miles²)
21. Georgia - 149,976 km² &nbsp (57,906 miles²)
22. Michigan - 147,121 km² &nbsp (56,804 miles²)
23. Iowa - 144,701 km² &nbsp (55,869 miles²)
24. Illinois - 143,961 km² &nbsp (55,584 miles²)
25. Wisconsin - 140,663 km² &nbsp (54,310 miles²)
26. Florida - 139,670 km² &nbsp (53,927 miles²)
27. Arkansas - 134,856 km² &nbsp (52,068 miles²)
28. Alabama - 131,426 km² &nbsp (50,744 miles²)
29. North Carolina - 126,161 km² &nbsp (48,711 miles²)
30. New York - 122,283 km² &nbsp (47,214 miles²)
31. Mississippi - 121,488 km² &nbsp (46,907 miles²)
32. Pennsylvania - 116,074 km² &nbsp (44,817 miles²)
33. Louisiana - 112,825 km² &nbsp (43,562 miles²)
34. Tennessee - 106,752 km² &nbsp (41,217 miles²)
35. Ohio - 106,056 km² &nbsp (40,948 miles²)
36. Kentucky - 102,896 km² &nbsp (39,728 miles²)
37. Virginia - 102,548 km² &nbsp (39,594 miles²)
38. Indiana - 92,895 km² &nbsp (35,867 miles²)
39. Maine - 79,931 km² &nbsp (30,862 miles²)
40. South Carolina - 77,983 km² &nbsp (30,109 miles²)
41. West Virginia - 62,361 km² &nbsp (24,078 miles²)
42. Maryland - 25,314 km² &nbsp (9,774 miles²)
43. Vermont - 23,956 km² &nbsp (9,250 miles²)
44. New Hampshire - 23,227 km² &nbsp (8,968 miles²)
45. Massachusetts - 20,306 km² &nbsp (7,840 miles²)
46. New Jersey - 19,211 km² &nbsp (7,417 miles²)
47. Hawaii - 16,635 km² &nbsp (6,423 miles²)
48. Connecticut - 12,548 km² &nbsp (4,845 miles²)
49. Delaware - 5,060 km² &nbsp (1,954 miles²)
50. Rhode Island - 2,706 km² &nbsp (1,045 miles²)

Water area

1. Alaska - 236,507 km² &nbsp (91,316 miles²) &nbsp (13.77%)
2. Michigan - 103,372 km² &nbsp (39,912 miles²) &nbsp (41.27%)
3. Florida - 30,634 km² &nbsp (11,828 miles²) &nbsp (17.99%)
4. Wisconsin - 28,976 km² &nbsp (11,188 miles²) &nbsp (17.08%)
5. Louisiana - 21,440 km² &nbsp (8,278 miles²) &nbsp (15.97%)
6. California - 20,037 km² &nbsp (7,736 miles²) &nbsp (4.73%)
7. New York - 19,016 km² &nbsp (7,342 miles²) &nbsp (13.46%)
8. Minnesota - 18,981 km² &nbsp (7,329 miles²) &nbsp (8.43%)
9. Texas - 17,570 km² &nbsp (6,784 miles²) &nbsp (2.53%)
10. North Carolina - 13,229 km² &nbsp (5,108 miles²) &nbsp (9.49%)
11. Washington - 12,317 km² &nbsp (4,756 miles²) &nbsp (6.67%)
12. Maine - 11,715 km² &nbsp (4,523 miles²) &nbsp (12.78%)
13. Hawaii - 11,677 km² &nbsp (4,508 miles²) &nbsp (41.24%)
14. Ohio - 10,040 km² &nbsp (3,877 miles²) &nbsp (8.65%)
15. Virginia - 8,236 km² &nbsp (3,180 miles²) &nbsp (7.43%)
16. Utah - 7,136 km² &nbsp (2,755 miles²) &nbsp (3.25%)
17. Massachusetts - 7,031 km² &nbsp (2,715 miles²) &nbsp (25.72%)
18. Maryland - 6,819 km² &nbsp (2,633 miles²) &nbsp (21.22%)
19. Oregon - 6,174 km² &nbsp (2,384 miles²) &nbsp (2.42%)
20. Illinois - 6,037 km² &nbsp (2,331 miles²) &nbsp (4.02%)
21. South Carolina - 4,949 km² &nbsp (1,911 miles²) &nbsp (5.97%)
22. North Dakota - 4,465 km² &nbsp (1,724 miles²) &nbsp (2.44%)
23. Alabama - 4,338 km² &nbsp (1,675 miles²) &nbsp (3.20%)
24. Mississippi - 3,945 km² &nbsp (1,523 miles²) &nbsp (3.15%)
25. Georgia - 3,933 km² &nbsp (1,519 miles²) &nbsp (2.56%)
26. Montana - 3,859 km² &nbsp (1,490 miles²) &nbsp (1.01%)
27. New Jersey - 3,377 km² &nbsp (1,304 miles²) &nbsp (14.95%)
28. Pennsylvania - 3,208 km² &nbsp (1,239 miles²) &nbsp (2.69%)
29. South Dakota - 3,190 km² &nbsp (1,232 miles²) &nbsp (1.60%)
30. Oklahoma - 3,189 km² &nbsp (1,231 miles²) &nbsp (1.76%)
31. Arkansas - 2,876 km² &nbsp (1,110 miles²) &nbsp (2.09%)
32. Tennessee - 2,399 km² &nbsp (926 miles²) &nbsp (2.20%)
33. Idaho - 2,131 km² &nbsp (823 miles²) &nbsp (0.98%)
34. Missouri - 2,120 km² &nbsp (818 miles²) &nbsp (1.17%)
35. Nevada - 1,903 km² &nbsp (735 miles²) &nbsp (0.66%)
36. Wyoming - 1,847 km² &nbsp (713 miles²) &nbsp (0.73%)
37. Connecticut - 1,809 km² &nbsp (699 miles²) &nbsp (12.60%)
38. Kentucky - 1,763 km² &nbsp (681 miles²) &nbsp (1.68%)
39. Indiana - 1,427 km² &nbsp (551 miles²) &nbsp (1.51%)
40. Delaware - 1,387 km² &nbsp (536 miles²) &nbsp (21.52%)
41. Rhode Island - 1,295 km² &nbsp (500 miles²) &nbsp (32.37%)
42. Nebraska - 1,247 km² &nbsp (481 miles²) &nbsp (0.62%)
43. Kansas - 1,196 km² &nbsp (462 miles²) &nbsp (0.56%)
44. Iowa - 1,042 km² &nbsp (402 miles²) &nbsp (0.71%)
45. New Hampshire - 989 km² &nbsp (382 miles²) &nbsp (4.08%)
46. Colorado - 974 km² &nbsp (376 miles²) &nbsp (0.36%)
47. Vermont - 945 km² &nbsp (365 miles²) &nbsp (3.79%)
48. Arizona - 942 km² &nbsp (364 miles²) &nbsp (0.32%)
49. New Mexico - 606 km² &nbsp (234 miles²) &nbsp (0.19%)
50. West Virginia - 394 km² &nbsp (152 miles²) &nbsp (0.63%)

See also

• List of U.S. state capitals
• List of U.S. states' largest cities
• List of U.S. states by date of statehood
• List of U.S. states that were never territories
• List of U.S. state name etymologies
• List of U.S. states by area
• List of U.S. states by population
• List of U.S. states by population density
• List of U.S. states by postal abbreviation
• List of U.S. states by time zone
• List of U.S. states by traditional abbreviation
• List of U.S. states by unemployment rate
• List of current and former capital cities within the United States
• Lists of U.S. state insignia