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U.S. state. With an area of almost 3,800,000 square miles (9,840,000 square km), the United States is the fourth largest country in the world. Although its 50 states vary widely in size, one is by far the biggest: Alaska.
Rhode Island is the smallest state by total area and land area. San Bernardino County is the largest county in the contiguous U.S. and is larger than each of the nine smallest states; it is larger than the four smallest states combined.
50 states ranked by size. Alaska is the largest and Rhode Island is the smallest state in terms of total area.
Alaska is the largest state in total area, land area, and water area. Despite being the second largest state, Texas is only 40% of the total area of the largest state, Alaska. Montana is larger than every state it borders; only Alaska and Wyoming have a lower population density .
Not surprisingly, Alaska and Texas are the largest states by area, although Alaska, at 665,384 mi², is substantially larger than Texas at 268,596 mi². Alaska is made up of 85.76% land, while water covers an area of 94,743 mi² (the highest in the U.S.).
The largest state in the U.S. is Alaska. The 49th state spans 586,000 square miles of land, according to its official website. It is two-and-a-half times larger than Texas, which is the...
Alaska is the largest state in the United States. Spanning over 665,384 square miles, it is near twice the size of Texas and accounts for one-fifth of the US's total land area. Over half of its terrain comprises mountainous regions, while glaciers cover over 5 percent of its total geography.
Alaska is the largest state in the US; it is not bordered by any other US state. "The Last Frontier" is about 3 times as big as France and about 2.5 times the size of Texas; it is also the least densely populated US state.
Covering more than 665,000 square miles, Alaska is the US’s largest state by far. It’s so big the next three largest states — Texas, California, and Montana — could fit all into it with room to spare, and the US’s smallest state, Rhode Island, could fit into it 430 times.