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Highest named lakes by state

Named lakes and ponds per 100 square miles.

This measure has no better end. The order describes the states, it does not rank them — see the other direction.

Named USGS NHD Lake/Pond features at least 40 acres, excluding Reservoir features, per 100 square miles of land. A lake that crosses a county boundary is assigned once by its representative point, rather than double-counted. The map shows these qualifying waterbodies; county details identify the nearest and largest where present.

  1. 1Minnesota10.21
  2. 2Rhode Island9.48
  3. 3Massachusetts7.23
  4. 4New Hampshire4.93
  5. 5Connecticut4.65
  6. 6Maine4.64
  7. 7Michigan4.16
  8. 8Florida3.43
  9. 9Wisconsin2.33
  10. 10New Jersey2.29
  11. 11New York2.02
  12. 12Washington1.96
  13. 13Delaware1.73
  14. 14Vermont1.71
  15. 15Louisiana1.60
  16. 16Illinois1.55
  17. 17Colorado1.35
  18. 18Nebraska1.17
  19. 19Virginia1.06
  20. 20Indiana0.96
  21. 21Arkansas0.94
  22. 22Alaska0.92
  23. 23Georgia0.91
  24. 24South Dakota0.85
  25. 25Hawaii0.76
  26. 26Texas0.74
  27. 27North Dakota0.71
  28. 28Mississippi0.69
  29. 29Pennsylvania0.69
  30. 30South Carolina0.67
  31. 31Oregon0.61
  32. 32California0.60
  33. 33Alabama0.57
  34. 34Maryland0.56
  35. 35Montana0.56
  36. 36Missouri0.55
  37. 37Ohio0.52
  38. 38North Carolina0.50
  39. 39Tennessee0.48
  40. 40Oklahoma0.45
  41. 41Utah0.41
  42. 42Kansas0.39
  43. 43Idaho0.38
  44. 44Wyoming0.37
  45. 45Kentucky0.36
  46. 46Iowa0.35
  47. 47Nevada0.17
  48. 48New Mexico0.10
  49. 49West Virginia0.10
  50. 50Arizona0.07
  51. 51District of Columbia0.00
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Source: U.S. Geological Survey National Hydrography Dataset. · How this is built