United States - total geographical area by state

This statistic shows the total land and water area of the United States by state and territory. Alabama covers an area of 52,420 square miles.

Total land and water area of the United States by state and territory

Characteristic	Total area in square miles
Alaska	664,988
Texas	268,597
California	163,694
Montana	147,039
New Mexico	121,590
Arizona	113,990
Nevada	110,572
Colorado	104,094
Oregon	98,379
Wyoming	97,812
Michigan	96,713
Minnesota	86,935
Utah	84,897
Idaho	83,568
Kansas	82,278
Nebraska	77,349
South Dakota	77,116
Washington	71,298
North Dakota	70,698
Oklahoma	69,899
Missouri	69,702
Florida	65,758
Wisconsin	65,496
Georgia	59,425
Illinois	57,916
Iowa	56,273
New York	54,555
North Carolina	53,819
Arkansas	53,178
Alabama	52,420
Louisiana	51,988
Mississippi	48,432
Pennsylvania	46,055
Ohio	44,825
Virginia	42,775
Tennessee	42,144
Kentucky	40,411
Indiana	36,417
Maine	35,384
South Carolina	32,021
West Virginia	24,230
Maryland	12,406
Hawaii	10,926
Massachusetts	10,554
Vermont	9,616
New Hampshire	9,348
New Jersey	8,723
Connecticut	5,544
Puerto Rico	5,325
Delaware	2,489
No. Mariana Islands	1,975
Rhode Island	1,545
U.S. Virgin Islands	738
American Samoa	583
Guam	571
District of Columbia	68
U.S. minor outlying islands*	16

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Release date

September 2011

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Region

United States

Survey time period

2011

Supplementary notes

Total area: 3.805.142 square miles
U.S. area in total: 3.795.951 square miles
Island Area in total: 2.866 square miles
One square mile = 2.59 square kilometers. The area measurements were derived from the Census Bureau's Master Address File/ Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing (MAF/TIGER) geographic database. The boundaries of the states and equivalent areas are as of January 1, 2008. The land area, including its classification, reflect base feature updates made in the MAF/TIGER database through May 1, 2008
* Baker, Howland, and Jarvis Islands; Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Islands, Navassa Island, Palmyra Atoll, and Wake Island.

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