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This is a complete list of all 50 U.S. states, its federal district (Washington, D.C.) and its major territories ordered by total area, land area and water area. [1] The water area includes inland waters, coastal waters, the Great Lakes and territorial waters.
The United States is the world's third-largest country by total area behind Russia and Canada. [ d ] [ 172 ] [ 173 ] The 48 contiguous states and the District of Columbia occupy a combined area of 3,119,885 square miles (8,080,470 km 2 ).
This is a complete list of the U.S. states, federal district, and its major territories ordered by total area, land area, and water area.
From the largest to the smallest US states. A list of all federal states of the United States by total area in square kilometers and square miles, compared with the size of nation-states in Europe.
This table provides land, water and total area measurements for the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the Island Areas.
Besides the 48 conterminous states that occupy the middle latitudes of the continent, the United States includes the state of Alaska, at the northwestern extreme of North America, and the island state of Hawaii, in the mid-Pacific Ocean.
Area: 3,796,742 sq mi (9,833,520 sq km). Population: ~ 335,000,000. Largest cities: New York City , Los Angeles , Chicago , San Francisco , Las Vegas , Miami , Boston , Houston, Philadelphia, Phoenix, San Antonio, San Diego, Dallas.
By total area (water as well as land), the United States is either slightly larger or smaller than the People's Republic of China, making it the world's third or fourth-largest country. Both countries are smaller than Russia and Canada in total area but are larger than Brazil .
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.).
Located in the Western Hemisphere on the continent of North America, the United States is the fourth-largest country in the world. Its total area, including Alaska and Hawaii, is 9,629,091 sq km (3,717,813 sq mi).