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This is a complete list of the states of the United States and its major territories ordered by total area, land area, and water area. The water area figures include inland, coastal, Great Lakes, and territorial waters. Glaciers and intermittent water features are counted as land area.^[1]

Rank	state/territory	total (sq mi)	(km²)	land (sq mi)	(km²)	water (sq mi)	(km²)	% water
1	Alaska	663,267	1,717,854	571,951	1,481,346	91,316	236,507	13.77
2	Texas	268,581	695,622	261,797	678,051	6,784	17,570	2.53
3	California	163,696	423,971	155,959	403,932	7,736	20,036	4.73
4	Montana	147,042	380,837	145,552	376,978	1,490	3,859	1.01
5	New Mexico	121,589	314,914	121,356	314,311	234	606	0.19
6	Arizona	113,998	295,253	113,635	294,313	364	943	0.32
7	Nevada	110,561	286,352	109,826	284,448	735	1,904	0.66
8	Colorado	104,094	269,602	103,718	268,628	376	974	0.36
9	Oregon	98,381	254,806	95,997	248,631	2,384	6,175	2.42
10	Wyoming	97,814	253,337	97,100	251,488	713	1,847	0.73
11	Michigan	96,716	250,493	56,804	147,122	39,912	103,372	41.27
12	Minnesota	86,939	225,171	79,610	206,189	7,329	18,982	8.43
13	Utah	84,899	219,887	82,144	212,752	2,755	7,135	3.25
14	Idaho	83,570	216,445	82,747	214,314	823	2,132	0.98
15	Kansas	82,277	213,096	81,815	211,900	462	1,197	0.56
16	Nebraska	77,354	200,346	76,872	199,098	481	1,246	0.62
17	South Dakota	77,116	199,730	75,885	196,541	1,232	3,191	1.60
18	Washington	71,300	184,666	66,544	172,348	4,756	12,318	6.67
19	North Dakota	70,700	183,112	68,976	178,647	1,724	4,465	2.44
20	Oklahoma	69,898	181,035	68,667	177,847	1,231	3,188	1.76
21	Missouri	69,704	180,533	68,886	178,414	818	2,119	1.17
22	Florida	65,755	170,305	53,927	139,670	11,828	30,634	17.99
23	Wisconsin	65,498	169,639	54,310	140,662	11,188	28,977	17.08
24	Georgia	59,425	153,910	57,906	149,976	1,519	3,934	2.56
25	Illinois	57,914	149,997	55,584	143,962	2,331	6,037	4.02
26	Iowa	56,272	145,744	55,869	144,700	402	1,041	0.71
27	New York	54,556	141,299	47,214	122,284	7,342	19,016	13.46
28	North Carolina	53,819	139,391	48,711	126,161	5,108	13,230	9.49
29	Arkansas	53,179	137,733	52,068	134,856	1,110	2,875	2.09
30	Alabama	52,419	135,765	50,744	131,426	1,675	4,338	3.20
31	Louisiana	51,840	134,265	43,562	112,825	8,278	21,440	15.97
32	Mississippi	48,430	125,433	46,907	121,489	1,523	3,945	3.15
33	Pennsylvania	46,055	119,282	44,817	116,075	1,239	3,209	2.69
34	Ohio	44,825	116,096	40,948	106,055	3,877	10,041	8.65
35	Virginia	42,774	110,784	39,594	102,548	3,180	8,236	7.43
36	Tennessee	42,143	109,150	41,217	106,752	926	2,398	2.20
37	Kentucky	40,409	104,659	39,728	102,895	681	1,764	1.68
38	Indiana	36,418	94,322	35,867	92,895	551	1,427	1.51
39	Maine	35,385	91,647	30,862	79,932	4,523	11,715	12.78
40	South Carolina	32,020	82,931	30,109	77,982	1,911	4,949	5.97
41	West Virginia	24,230	62,755	24,078	62,362	152	394	0.63
42	Maryland	12,407	32,134	9,774	25,315	2,633	6,819	21.22
43	Hawaii	10,931	28,311	6,423	16,635	4,508	11,676	41.24
44	Massachusetts	10,555	27,337	7,840	20,306	2,715	7,032	25.72
45	Vermont	9,614	24,900	9,250	23,957	365	945	3.79
46	New Hampshire	9,350	24,216	8,968	23,227	382	989	4.08
47	New Jersey	8,721	22,587	7,417	19,210	1,304	3,377	14.95
48	Connecticut	5,543	14,356	4,845	12,548	699	1,810	12.60
49	Delaware	2,489	6,446	1,954	5,061	536	1,388	21.52
50	Rhode Island	1,545	4,002	1,045	2,707	500	1,295	32.37
	District of Columbia	68	176	61	158	7	18	10.16
	Puerto Rico	5,325	13,792	3,425	8,871	1,900	4,921	35.68
	Northern Mariana Islands	1,975	5,115	179	464	1,796	4,652	90.93
	US Virgin Islands	737	1,909	134	347	604	1,564	81.87
	American Samoa	584	1,513	77	199	506	1,311	86.75
	Guam	571	1,479	210	544	361	935	63.22
	US Minor Outlying Islands	16	41	16	41	0	0	0.00
	50 states + DC	3,794,083	9,826,630	3,537,438	9,161,922	256,645	664,707	6.76
	all US territory	3,803,290	9,850,476	3,541,479	9,172,389	261,811	678,087	6.88

US states by total area	US states by land area	US states by water area	US states by water percentage
Alaska is the largest state by total area, land area, and water area	The area of Alaska is 21% of the area of the contiguous United States	The second largest state, Texas, is only 40% of the total area of the largest state, Alaska	Rhode Island is the smallest state by total area and land area
Sunset on Lake Michigan. Michigan is second behind Alaska in water area.	Florida is mostly a peninsula, and has the third largest water area and seventh largest water area percentage

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All data is provided by the United States Census Bureau (see Summary of 2000 Census – tables 1 and 17). This document notes that the values for the Minor Outlying Islands are only approximate.

^ Census 2000 Geographic Terms and Concepts, Census 2000 Geography Glossary, U.S. Census Bureau. Accessed 2007-07-10.

[0] Census 2000 Geographic Terms and Concepts, Census 2000 Geography Glossary, U.S. Census Bureau. Accessed 2007-07-10.

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