This is a complete list of the U.S. states, its federal district and its major territories ordered by total area, land area and water area. 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. [1] Alaska accounts for 17.53% of the total area; Texas for 7.07%; only six states account for 3% or more of the total area and only 17 for more than 2%.
State | Total area [2] | Land area [2] | Water [2] | ||||||||
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Rank | sq mi | km2 | Rank | sq mi | km2 | % land | Rank | sq mi | km2 | % water | |
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1 | 665,384.04 | 1,723,337 | 1 | 570,640.95 | 1,477,953 | 85.76% | 1 | 94,743.10 | 245,384 | 14.24% |
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2 | 268,596.46 | 695,662 | 2 | 261,231.71 | 676,587 | 97.26% | 8 | 7,364.75 | 19,075 | 2.74% |
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3 | 163,694.74 | 423,967 | 3 | 155,779.22 | 403,466 | 95.16% | 6 | 7,915.52 | 20,501 | 4.84% |
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4 | 147,039.71 | 380,831 | 4 | 145,545.80 | 376,962 | 98.98% | 26 | 1,493.91 | 3,869 | 1.02% |
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5 | 121,590.30 | 314,917 | 5 | 121,298.15 | 314,161 | 99.76% | 49 | 292.15 | 757 | 0.24% |
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6 | 113,990.30 | 295,234 | 6 | 113,594.08 | 294,207 | 99.65% | 48 | 396.22 | 1,026 | 0.35% |
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7 | 110,571.82 | 286,380 | 7 | 109,781.18 | 284,332 | 99.28% | 36 | 790.65 | 2,048 | 0.72% |
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8 | 104,093.67 | 269,601 | 8 | 103,641.89 | 268,431 | 99.57% | 44 | 451.78 | 1,170 | 0.43% |
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9 | 98,378.54 | 254,799 | 10 | 95,988.01 | 248,608 | 97.57% | 20 | 2,390.53 | 6,191 | 2.43% |
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10 | 97,813.01 | 253,335 | 9 | 97,093.14 | 251,470 | 99.26% | 37 | 719.87 | 1,864 | 0.74% |
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11 | 96,713.51 | 250,487 | 22 | 56,538.90 | 146,435 | 58.46% | 2 | 40,174.61 | 104,052 | 41.54% |
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12 | 86,935.83 | 225,163 | 14 | 79,626.74 | 206,232 | 91.59% | 9 | 7,309.09 | 18,930 | 8.41% |
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13 | 84,896.88 | 219,882 | 12 | 82,169.62 | 212,818 | 96.79% | 17 | 2,727.26 | 7,064 | 3.21% |
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14 | 83,568.95 | 216,443 | 11 | 82,643.12 | 214,045 | 98.89% | 33 | 925.83 | 2,398 | 1.11% |
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15 | 82,278.36 | 213,100 | 13 | 81,758.72 | 211,754 | 99.37% | 42 | 519.64 | 1,346 | 0.63% |
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16 | 77,347.81 | 200,330 | 15 | 76,824.17 | 198,974 | 99.32% | 41 | 523.64 | 1,356 | 0.68% |
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17 | 77,115.68 | 199,729 | 16 | 75,811.00 | 196,350 | 98.31% | 29 | 1,304.68 | 3,379 | 1.69% |
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18 | 71,297.95 | 184,661 | 20 | 66,455.52 | 172,119 | 93.21% | 11 | 4,842.43 | 12,542 | 6.79% |
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19 | 70,698.32 | 183,108 | 17 | 69,000.80 | 178,711 | 97.60% | 24 | 1,697.52 | 4,397 | 2.40% |
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20 | 69,898.87 | 181,037 | 19 | 68,594.92 | 177,660 | 98.13% | 30 | 1,303.95 | 3,377 | 1.87% |
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21 | 69,706.99 | 180,540 | 18 | 68,741.52 | 178,040 | 98.61% | 32 | 965.47 | 2,501 | 1.39% |
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22 | 65,757.70 | 170,312 | 26 | 53,624.76 | 138,887 | 81.55% | 3 | 12,132.94 | 31,424 | 18.45% |
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23 | 65,496.38 | 169,635 | 25 | 54,157.80 | 140,268 | 82.69% | 4 | 11,338.57 | 29,367 | 17.31% |
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24 | 59,425.15 | 153,910 | 21 | 57,513.49 | 148,959 | 96.78% | 22 | 1,911.66 | 4,951 | 3.22% |
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25 | 57,913.55 | 149,995 | 24 | 55,518.93 | 143,793 | 95.87% | 19 | 2,394.62 | 6,202 | 4.13% |
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26 | 56,272.81 | 145,746 | 23 | 55,857.13 | 144,669 | 99.26% | 45 | 415.68 | 1,077 | 0.74% |
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27 | 54,554.98 | 141,297 | 30 | 47,126.40 | 122,057 | 86.38% | 7 | 7,428.58 | 19,240 | 13.62% |
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28 | 53,819.16 | 139,391 | 29 | 48,617.91 | 125,920 | 90.34% | 10 | 5,201.25 | 13,471 | 9.66% |
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29 | 53,178.55 | 137,732 | 27 | 52,035.48 | 134,771 | 97.85% | 31 | 1,143.07 | 2,961 | 2.15% |
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30 | 52,420.07 | 135,767 | 28 | 50,645.33 | 131,171 | 96.61% | 23 | 1,774.74 | 4,597 | 3.39% |
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31 | 52,378.13 | 135,659 | 33 | 43,203.90 | 111,898 | 82.48% | 5 | 9,174.23 | 23,761 | 17.52% |
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32 | 48,431.78 | 125,438 | 31 | 46,923.27 | 121,531 | 96.89% | 25 | 1,508.51 | 3,907 | 3.11% |
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33 | 46,054.34 | 119,280 | 32 | 44,742.70 | 115,883 | 97.15% | 28 | 1,311.64 | 3,397 | 2.85% |
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34 | 44,825.58 | 116,098 | 35 | 40,860.69 | 105,829 | 91.15% | 14 | 3,964.89 | 10,269 | 8.85% |
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35 | 42,774.93 | 110,787 | 36 | 39,490.09 | 102,279 | 92.32% | 15 | 3,284.84 | 8,508 | 7.68% |
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36 | 42,144.25 | 109,153 | 34 | 41,234.90 | 106,798 | 97.84% | 35 | 909.36 | 2,355 | 2.16% |
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37 | 40,407.80 | 104,656 | 37 | 39,486.34 | 102,269 | 97.72% | 34 | 921.46 | 2,387 | 2.28% |
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38 | 36,419.55 | 94,326 | 38 | 35,826.11 | 92,789 | 98.37% | 39 | 593.44 | 1,537 | 1.63% |
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39 | 35,379.74 | 91,633 | 39 | 30,842.92 | 79,883 | 87.18% | 12 | 4,536.82 | 11,750 | 12.82% |
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40 | 32,020.49 | 82,933 | 40 | 30,060.70 | 77,857 | 93.88% | 21 | 1,959.79 | 5,076 | 6.12% |
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41 | 24,230.04 | 62,756 | 41 | 24,038.21 | 62,259 | 99.21% | 50 | 191.83 | 497 | 0.79% |
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42 | 12,405.93 | 32,131 | 42 | 9,707.24 | 25,142 | 78.25% | 18 | 2,698.69 | 6,990 | 21.75% |
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43 | 10,931.72 | 28,313 | 47 | 6,422.63 | 16,635 | 58.75% | 13 | 4,509.09 | 11,678 | 41.25% |
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44 | 10,554.39 | 27,336 | 45 | 7,800.06 | 20,202 | 73.90% | 16 | 2,754.33 | 7,134 | 26.10% |
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45 | 9,616.36 | 24,906 | 43 | 9,216.66 | 23,871 | 95.84% | 46 | 399.71 | 1,035 | 4.16% |
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46 | 9,349.16 | 24,214 | 44 | 8,952.65 | 23,187 | 95.76% | 47 | 396.51 | 1,027 | 4.24% |
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47 | 8,722.58 | 22,591 | 46 | 7,354.22 | 19,047 | 84.31% | 27 | 1,368.36 | 3,544 | 15.69% |
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48 | 5,543.41 | 14,357 | 48 | 4,842.36 | 12,542 | 87.35% | 38 | 701.06 | 1,816 | 12.65% |
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49 | 2,488.72 | 6,446 | 49 | 1,948.54 | 5,047 | 78.29% | 40 | 540.18 | 1,399 | 21.71% |
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50 | 1,544.89 | 4,001 | 50 | 1,033.81 | 2,678 | 66.92% | 43 | 511.07 | 1,324 | 33.08% |
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— | 68.34 | 177 | — | 61.05 | 158 | 89.33% | — | 7.29 | 19 | 10.67% |
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— | 5,324.84 | 13,791 | — | 3,423.78 | 8,868 | 64.30% | — | 1,901.07 | 4,924 | 35.70% |
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— | 1,975.57 | 5,117 | — | 182.33 | 472 | 9.23% | — | 1,793.24 | 4,644 | 90.77% |
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— | 732.93 | 1,898 | — | 134.32 | 348 | 18.33% | — | 598.61 | 1,550 | 81.67% |
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— | 581.05 | 1,505 | — | 76.46 | 198 | 13.16% | — | 504.60 | 1,307 | 86.84% |
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— | 570.62 | 1,478 | — | 209.80 | 543 | 36.77% | — | 360.82 | 935 | 63.23% |
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— | 16.00 | 41 | — | 16.00 | 41 | — | — | — | — | — |
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Total | 3,120,426.47 | 8,081,867 | — | 2,954,841.42 | 7,653,004 | 94.69% | — | 165,584.6 | 428,862 | 5.31% |
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Total | 3,796,742.23 | 9,833,517 | — | 3,531,905.43 | 9,147,593 | 93.02% | — | 264,836.79 | 685,924 | 6.98% |
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Total | 3,805,943.26 | 9,857,348 | — | 3,535,948.12 | 9,158,064 | 92.91% | — | 269,995.13 | 699,284 | 7.09% |
All divisions presented below are as configured by the United States Census Bureau.
Division | Total area [2] | Land area [2] | Water [2] | ||||||||
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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 | 80.60% | 2 | 58,466.13 | 151,427 | 19.40% |
East South Central | 7 | 183,403.89 | 475,014 | 7 | 178,289.83 | 461,769 | 97.21% | 9 | 5,114.60 | 13,247 | 2.79% |
Middle Atlantic | 8 | 109,331.89 | 283,168 | 8 | 99,223.32 | 256,987 | 90.75% | 6 | 10,108.57 | 26,181 | 9.25% |
Mountain | 2 | 863,564.63 | 2,236,622 | 2 | 855,766.98 | 2,216,426 | 99.10% | 8 | 7,797.65 | 20,196 | 0.90% |
New England | 9 | 71,987.96 | 186,448 | 9 | 62,688.46 | 162,362 | 87.08% | 7 | 9,299.50 | 24,086 | 12.92% |
Pacific | 1 | 1,009,687.00 | 2,615,077 | 1 | 895,286.33 | 2,318,781 | 88.67% | 1 | 114,400.67 | 296,296 | 11.33% |
South Atlantic | 6 | 292,990.46 | 758,842 | 5 | 265,061.97 | 686,507 | 90.47% | 3 | 27,928.49 | 72,334 | 9.53% |
West North Central | 3 | 520,355.80 | 1,347,715 | 3 | 507,620.08 | 1,314,730 | 97.55% | 5 | 12,735.72 | 32,985 | 2.45% |
West South Central | 4 | 444,052.01 | 1,150,089 | 4 | 425,066.07 | 1,100,916 | 95.72% | 4 | 18,986.00 | 49,174 | 4.28% |
All regions presented below are as configured by the United States Census Bureau.
Region | Total area [2] | Land area [2] | Water [2] | ||||||||
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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 | 91.34% | 2 | 71,201.86 | 184,412 | 8.66% |
Northeast | 4 | 181,319.85 | 469,616 | 4 | 161,911.78 | 419,350 | 89.30% | 4 | 19,408.07 | 50,267 | 10.70% |
South | 2 | 920,446.37 | 2,383,945 | 2 | 868,417.82 | 2,249,192 | 94.35% | 3 | 52,028.55 | 134,753 | 5.65% |
West | 1 | 1,873,251.63 | 4,851,699 | 1 | 1,751,053.31 | 4,535,207 | 93.48% | 1 | 122,198.32 | 316,492 | 6.52% |
Alaska is the largest state by total area, land area, and water area. It is the seventh-largest country subdivision in the world. [4][ failed verification]
The area of Alaska is 18% of the area of the United States and 21% of the area of the contiguous United States.
The second largest state, Texas, has only 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.