The United States and its territories have a total area of more than 3.8 million square miles - of this, 269,717 square miles (around seven percent of the total) is made up of water area, such as rivers, lakes, and inlets, as well as territorial waters along the coast.
Alaska, the largest state, has the largest water area by a significant margin, at almost 95,000 square miles (35 percent of the country's total). This is followed by Michigan, which has over 40,000 square miles of water area - the majority of this comes form the Great Lakes, as large shares of Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, and Lake Superior fall within Michigan's boundaries.
Surface area of water in each state or territory of the United States in 2018
(in square miles)
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