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The second largest state, Texas, has only 40% of the total area of the largest state, 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.
Rhode Island is the smallest U.S. state by area and the seventh-least populous, with slightly fewer than 1.1 million residents as of 2020; [9] but it has grown at every decennial count since 1790 and is the second-most densely populated state, after New Jersey.
The most recent states to be admitted, Alaska and Hawaii, were admitted in 1959. The largest territory by population is Puerto Rico, with a population of 3,285,874 people (larger than 21 states), while the smallest is the Northern Mariana Islands, with a population of 47,329 people.
As the smallest state in the U.S. by area, it’s no surprise that Rhode Island has one of the lowest prisoner counts, currently standing at 2,500 people. The biggest prison in Rhode Island is the ...
Alaska is the largest state in the US, yet it has one of the smallest populations, with fewer than 750,000 residents, according to the 2020 Census.
The remaining states are among the smallest in the U.S., including the smallest state—Rhode Island. The areas of the states (including water area) are: Maine, 35,380 square miles (91,600 km 2) Massachusetts, 10,554 square miles (27,330 km 2) Vermont, 9,616 square miles (24,910 km 2) New Hampshire, 9,349 square miles (24,210 km 2)
The smallest political unit recognized as a sovereign state is the Vatican City, though its precise status is sometimes disputed, e.g., Maurice Mendelson argued in 1972 that "[i]n two respects it may be doubted whether the territorial entity, the Vatican City, meets the traditional criteria of statehood". [11]
The smallest state in the Union still pays out great wages for both median earners and the top 10%. The gap between the two is smaller than average for the country as a whole, at 222%.