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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. Glaciers and intermittent bodies of water are counted as land area. [2]
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. By land area only (exclusive of waters), the United States is the ...
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 United States is the world's second-largest automobile market by sales, having been overtaken by China in 2010, [391] and the U.S. has the highest vehicle ownership per capita in the world, [392] with 910 vehicles per 1000 people. [393] By value, the U.S. was the world's largest importer and third-largest exporter of cars in 2022. [394]
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]
the census year for the given population, e.g., 2000 - the year is linked to the U.S. census article in the format "YEAR United States census", i.e., "2000 United States census" census estimate yr (optional) to be used in place of census yr for years when no U.S. census was taken; e.g., 2006 - this displays "Est." next to the year and avoids a ...
Of this area, 2,959,064.44 square miles (7,663,941.7 km 2) is actual land, composing 83.65 percent of the country's total land area, and is comparable in size to the area of Australia. [9] Officially, 160,820.25 square miles (416,522.5 km 2 ) of the contiguous United States is water area, composing 62.66 percent of the nation's total water area.
Map of states shaded by population density (2020) This is a list of the 50 states, the 5 territories, and the District of Columbia of the United States of America by population density, population size, and land area. It also includes a sortable table of density by states, territories, divisions, and regions by population rank and land area ...