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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.
Area (sq.mi.) Area (km 2.) Cost in dollars Original territory of the Thirteen States (western lands, roughly between the Mississippi River and Appalachian Mountains, were claimed but not administered by the states and were all ceded to the federal government or new states by 1802) 1783: 892,135: 2,310,619----- Annexation of the Vermont Republic ...
San Francisco is an extreme example: water makes up nearly 80% of its total area of 232 square miles (601 km 2). In many cases an incorporated place is geographically large because its municipal government has merged with the government of the surrounding county.
The United States of America is a federal republic [1] consisting of 50 states, a federal district (Washington, D.C., the capital city of the United States), five major territories, and various minor islands. [2] [3] Both the states and the United States as a whole are each sovereign jurisdictions. [4]
If the U.S. territories are included, the smallest county-equivalent is Kingman Reef, with a land area of 0.012 square miles (3.1 ha; 7.7 acres). [ 9 ] The following two tables exclude county-equivalents:
The population density of the United States is lower than that of many other countries because of the United States' large land area. There are large, sparsely populated areas in parts of the US, like the east-to-west stretch extending from the outskirts of Seattle all the way to Minneapolis , or the north-to-south portion from northern Montana ...
Now, just 30 plus residents occupy almost 650,000 square acres of gorgeous state park – and they’ve got to drive 10 miles away to Salamanca, N.Y, for their mail.
Smallest department of Haiti (estimated, accurate current figures not available). Okinawa Island: 1,206.98: Island part of Japan. South Ayrshire: 1,202: Unitary district of Scotland. Tiburón Island: 1,201: Island part of Mexico. Serranilla Bank: 1,200: Disputed island in the Caribbean claimed by the United States, Nicaragua and Honduras, and ...