Rankings · Place
Highest land area by state
Land area in square miles.
This measure has no better end. The order describes the states, it does not rank them — see the other direction.
Land area from the Census Bureau's own boundary files, excluding water. A county that is half lake would otherwise read as far emptier than it is — which matters in Michigan, Minnesota and much of Alaska. Worth reading beside population rather than alone: San Bernardino County is larger than nine states, and Arlington County fits inside a small city.
- 1Alaska571,388
- 2Texas261,255
- 3California155,861
- 4Montana145,552
- 5New Mexico121,311
- 6Arizona113,656
- 7Nevada109,862
- 8Colorado103,638
- 9Wyoming97,088
- 10Oregon95,999
- 11Idaho82,645
- 12Utah82,597
- 13Kansas81,760
- 14Minnesota79,631
- 15Nebraska76,815
- 16South Dakota75,810
- 17North Dakota68,994
- 18Missouri68,753
- 19Oklahoma68,598
- 20Washington66,459
- 21Georgia57,713
- 22Michigan56,611
- 23Iowa55,852
- 24Illinois55,510
- 25Wisconsin54,172
- 26Florida53,657
- 27Arkansas51,990
- 28Alabama50,654
- 29North Carolina48,625
- 30New York47,126
- 31Mississippi46,927
- 32Pennsylvania44,739
- 33Louisiana43,223
- 34Tennessee41,224
- 35Ohio40,856
- 36Kentucky39,483
- 37Virginia39,477
- 38Indiana35,827
- 39Maine30,845
- 40South Carolina30,064
- 41West Virginia24,041
- 42Maryland9,712
- 43Vermont9,217
- 44New Hampshire8,956
- 45Massachusetts7,801
- 46New Jersey7,354
- 47Hawaii6,423
- 48Connecticut4,842
- 49Delaware1,948
- 50Rhode Island1,033
- 51District of Columbia61
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