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