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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.
This list ranks the top 150 U.S. cities (incorporated places) by 2024 land area.Total areas including water are also given, but when ranked by total area, a number of coastal cities appear disproportionately larger.
The term "United States," when used in the geographic sense, refers to the contiguous United States (sometimes referred to as the Lower 48, including the District of Columbia not as a state), Alaska, Hawaii, the five insular territories of Puerto Rico, Northern Mariana Islands, U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and minor outlying possessions. [1]
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 ...
United States. North American Great Lakes: 58,030 km 2 (22,410 sq mi) 4,930 km 3 (1,180 cu mi) Fresh Huron [n 1] Canada, United States. North American Great Lakes: 59,590 km 2 (23,010 sq mi) 3,520 km 3 (840 cu mi) Fresh Victoria Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya. African Great Lakes: 59,940 km 2 (23,140 sq mi) 2,420 km 3 (580 cu mi) Fresh Great Bear [10 ...
However, the total area of the United States, including Alaska and Hawaii, ranks third or fourth. Brazil is 431,000 square kilometers (166,000 sq mi) larger than the contiguous United States, but smaller than the entire United States including Alaska, Hawaii and overseas territories.
The square kilometre (square kilometer in American spelling; symbol: km 2) is a multiple of the square metre, the SI unit of area or surface area.. 1 km 2 is equal to: . 1,000,000 square metres (m 2)
County of Alaska; largest county in the United States, and largest organized political subdivision that is not a state. East Kalimantan: 245,238: Province of Indonesia. Chihuahua: 244,938: Largest state of Mexico. Great Lakes: 244,100: Lake system in North America, predominately between Canada and the United States. Santa Cruz: 243,943