List of U.S. states and territories by area explained

This is a complete list of all 50 U.S. states, its federal district (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]

Area by state, federal district or territory

State / territory !! scope="col" colspan=2

Total area !	Land area	Water area
sq mi	km^2	sq mi	km^2	sq mi	km^2	%
	665,384	1,723,337	570,641	1,477,953	94,743	245,383	14.2%
	268,596	695,662	261,232	676,587	7,365	19,075	2.7%
	163,695	423,967	155,779	403,466	7,916	20,501	4.8%
	147,040	380,831	145,546	376,962	1,494	3,869	1.0%
	121,590	314,917	121,298	314,161	292	757	0.2%
	113,990	295,234	113,594	294,207	396	1,026	0.3%
	110,572	286,380	109,781	284,332	791	2,048	0.7%
	104,094	269,601	103,642	268,431	452	1,170	0.4%
	98,379	254,799	95,988	248,608	2,391	6,191	2.4%
	97,813	253,335	97,093	251,470	720	1,864	0.7%
	96,714	250,487	56,539	146,435	40,175	104,052	41.5%
	86,936	225,163	79,627	206,232	7,309	18,930	8.4%
	84,897	219,882	82,170	212,818	2,727	7,064	3.2%
	83,569	216,443	82,643	214,045	926	2,398	1.1%
	82,278	213,100	81,759	211,754	520	1,346	0.6%
	77,348	200,330	76,824	198,974	524	1,356	0.7%
	77,116	199,729	75,811	196,350	1,305	3,379	1.7%
	71,298	184,661	66,456	172,119	4,842	12,542	6.8%
	70,698	183,108	69,001	178,711	1,698	4,397	2.4%
	69,899	181,037	68,595	177,660	1,304	3,377	1.9%
	69,707	180,540	68,742	178,040	965	2,501	1.4%
	65,758	170,312	53,625	138,887	12,133	31,424	18.5%
	65,496	169,635	54,158	140,268	11,339	29,367	17.3%
	59,425	153,910	57,513	148,959	1,912	4,951	3.2%
	57,914	149,995	55,519	143,793	2,395	6,202	4.1%
	56,273	145,746	55,857	144,669	416	1,077	0.7%
	54,555	141,297	47,126	122,057	7,429	19,240	13.6%
	53,819	139,391	48,618	125,920	5,201	13,471	9.7%
	53,179	137,732	52,035	134,771	1,143	2,961	2.1%
	52,420	135,767	50,645	131,171	1,775	4,597	3.4%
	52,378	135,659	43,204	111,898	9,174	23,761	17.5%
	48,432	125,438	46,923	121,531	1,509	3,907	3.1%
	46,054	119,280	44,743	115,883	1,312	3,397	2.8%
	44,826	116,098	40,861	105,829	3,965	10,269	8.8%
	42,775	110,787	39,490	102,279	3,285	8,508	7.7%
	42,144	109,153	41,235	106,798	909	2,355	2.2%
	40,408	104,656	39,486	102,269	921	2,387	2.3%
	36,420	94,326	35,826	92,789	593	1,537	1.6%
	35,380	91,633	30,843	79,883	4,537	11,750	12.8%
	32,020	82,933	30,061	77,857	1,960	5,076	6.1%
	24,230	62,756	24,038	62,259	192	497	0.8%
	12,406	32,131	9,707	25,142	2,699	6,990	21.8%
	10,932	28,313	6,423	16,635	4,509	11,678	41.2%
	10,554	27,336	7,800	20,202	2,754	7,134	26.1%
	9,616	24,906	9,217	23,871	400	1,035	4.2%
	9,349	24,214	8,953	23,187	397	1,027	4.2%
	8,723	22,591	7,354	19,047	1,368	3,544	15.7%
	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%
	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%
	1,545	4,001	1,034	2,678	511	1,324	33.1%
	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%
	68	177	61	158	7	19	10.3%
^[3]	16	41	16	41	0	0	0.0%
	3,120,428	8,081,869	2,954,843	7,653,006	165,589	428,865	5.3%
	3,796,676	9,833,342	3,531,846	9,147,436	264,834	685,907	7.0%
	3,796,744	9,833,519	3,531,907	9,147,594	264,841	685,926	7.0%
	3,805,927	9,857,306	3,535,932	9,158,022	269,995	699,284	7.1%

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: State Area Measurements and Internal Point Coordinates . 2010 . census.gov . 2 Dec 2023.
2. https://www2.census.gov/geo/pdfs/reference/glossry2.pdf "Census 2000 Geographic Terms and Concepts"
3. Web site: United States Summary: 2000, Population and Housing Unit Counts . United States Census Bureau . 1 (Table 1) . April 2004 . December 28, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170203055053/https://www.census.gov/content/dam/Census/library/publications/2003/dec/phc3-us-pt1.pdf . 3 Feb 2017.