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List of U.S. states and territories by area. 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. Alaska is the largest state in total area, land area, and water area.
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.
50 states ranked by size. Alaska is the largest and Rhode Island is the smallest state in terms of total area.
Map of the ten largest US states by total area. 1. Alaska - 665,384 mi². Alaska accounts for one-fifth of the US's total land area. Alaska is the largest state in the United States. Spanning over 665,384 square miles, it is near twice the size of Texas and accounts for one-fifth of the US's total land area.
Although its 50 states vary widely in size, one is by far the biggest: Alaska. At 665,384 square miles (1,723,337 square km), it is more than double the size of the second largest state, Texas, and more than 400 times the size of the smallest, Rhode Island. How do the other states stack up?
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.).
The largest state in the U.S. is Alaska. The 49th state spans 586,000 square miles of land, according to its official website. It is two-and-a-half times larger than Texas, which is the second ...
Covering more than 665,000 square miles, Alaska is the US’s largest state by far. It’s so big the next three largest states — Texas, California, and Montana — could fit all into it with room to spare, and the US’s smallest state, Rhode Island, could fit into it 430 times.
The U.S. is also the third largest country in the world by land area, at approximately 3.8 million square miles! In this article, we'll take a closer look at the 25 largest states in the United States by area, according to the U.S. Census Bureau [1].
Shows the list of US states by size. Data is shown both for overall (land plus water) size and land area.