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.^[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]

Area by state, federal district or territory

State / territory	Total mi2	Total km2	Land mi2	Land km2	Water mi2	Water km2	% water
Alaska	665,384	1,723,337	570,641	1,477,953	94,743	245,383	14.2%
Texas	268,596	695,662	261,232	676,587	7,365	19,075	2.7%
California	163,695	423,967	155,779	403,466	7,916	20,501	4.8%
Montana	147,040	380,831	145,546	376,962	1,494	3,869	1.0%
New Mexico	121,590	314,917	121,298	314,161	292	757	0.2%
Arizona	113,990	295,234	113,594	294,207	396	1,026	0.3%
Nevada	110,572	286,380	109,781	284,332	791	2,048	0.7%
Colorado	104,094	269,601	103,642	268,431	452	1,170	0.4%
Oregon	98,379	254,799	95,988	248,608	2,391	6,191	2.4%
Wyoming	97,813	253,335	97,093	251,470	720	1,864	0.7%
Michigan	96,714	250,487	56,539	146,435	40,175	104,052	41.5%
Minnesota	86,936	225,163	79,627	206,232	7,309	18,930	8.4%
Utah	84,897	219,882	82,170	212,818	2,727	7,064	3.2%
Idaho	83,569	216,443	82,643	214,045	926	2,398	1.1%
Kansas	82,278	213,100	81,759	211,754	520	1,346	0.6%
Nebraska	77,348	200,330	76,824	198,974	524	1,356	0.7%
South Dakota	77,116	199,729	75,811	196,350	1,305	3,379	1.7%
Washington	71,298	184,661	66,456	172,119	4,842	12,542	6.8%
North Dakota	70,698	183,108	69,001	178,711	1,698	4,397	2.4%
Oklahoma	69,899	181,037	68,595	177,660	1,304	3,377	1.9%
Missouri	69,707	180,540	68,742	178,040	965	2,501	1.4%
Florida	65,758	170,312	53,625	138,887	12,133	31,424	18.5%
Wisconsin	65,496	169,635	54,158	140,268	11,339	29,367	17.3%
Georgia	59,425	153,910	57,513	148,959	1,912	4,951	3.2%
Illinois	57,914	149,995	55,519	143,793	2,395	6,202	4.1%
Iowa	56,273	145,746	55,857	144,669	416	1,077	0.7%
New York	54,555	141,297	47,126	122,057	7,429	19,240	13.6%
North Carolina	53,819	139,391	48,618	125,920	5,201	13,471	9.7%
Arkansas	53,179	137,732	52,035	134,771	1,143	2,961	2.1%
Alabama	52,420	135,767	50,645	131,171	1,775	4,597	3.4%
Louisiana	52,378	135,659	43,204	111,898	9,174	23,761	17.5%
Mississippi	48,432	125,438	46,923	121,531	1,509	3,907	3.1%
Pennsylvania	46,054	119,280	44,743	115,883	1,312	3,397	2.8%
Ohio	44,826	116,098	40,861	105,829	3,965	10,269	8.8%
Virginia	42,775	110,787	39,490	102,279	3,285	8,508	7.7%
Tennessee	42,144	109,153	41,235	106,798	909	2,355	2.2%
Kentucky	40,408	104,656	39,486	102,269	921	2,387	2.3%
Indiana	36,420	94,326	35,826	92,789	593	1,537	1.6%
Maine	35,380	91,633	30,843	79,883	4,537	11,750	12.8%
South Carolina	32,020	82,933	30,061	77,857	1,960	5,076	6.1%
West Virginia	24,230	62,756	24,038	62,259	192	497	0.8%
Maryland	12,406	32,131	9,707	25,142	2,699	6,990	21.8%
Hawaii	10,932	28,313	6,423	16,635	4,509	11,678	41.2%
Massachusetts	10,554	27,336	7,800	20,202	2,754	7,134	26.1%
Vermont	9,616	24,906	9,217	23,871	400	1,035	4.2%
New Hampshire	9,349	24,214	8,953	23,187	397	1,027	4.2%
New Jersey	8,723	22,591	7,354	19,047	1,368	3,544	15.7%
Connecticut	5,543	14,357	4,842	12,542	701	1,816	12.6%
Puerto Rico	5,325	13,791	3,424	8,868	1,901	4,924	35.7%
Delaware	2,489	6,446	1,949	5,047	540	1,399	21.7%
Northern Mariana Islands	1,976	5,117	182	472	1,793	4,644	90.7%
Rhode Island	1,545	4,001	1,034	2,678	511	1,324	33.1%
U.S. Virgin Islands	733	1,898	134	348	599	1,550	81.7%
American Samoa	581	1,505	76	198	505	1,307	86.9%
Guam	571	1,478	210	543	361	935	63.2%
District of Columbia	68	177	61	158	7	19	10.3%
Minor Outlying Islands[3][lower-alpha 1]	16	41	16	41	0	0	0.0%
Contiguous US	3,120,428	8,081,869	2,954,843	7,653,006	165,589	428,865	5.3%
50 States	3,796,676	9,833,342	3,531,846	9,147,436	264,834	685,907	7.0%
50 States and DC	3,796,744	9,833,519	3,531,907	9,147,594	264,841	685,926	7.0%
United States	3,805,927	9,857,306	3,535,932	9,158,022	269,995	699,284	7.1%

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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 subdivision in the world.^[5]
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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
• List of political and geographic subdivisions by total area
• List of the largest country subdivisions by area
• List of U.S. cities by area
• List of U.S. states and territories by population

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