Here is the list of 50 U.S states ordered by total area, land area, and water area. Alaska is the biggest state in U.S.
U.S States by Size Ordered by Total Area in Square Miles
Rank |
States |
Total Square Miles |
% Of U.S. |
1 |
Alaska |
665,384.04 |
17.53% |
2 |
Texas |
268,596.46 |
7.07% |
3 |
California |
163,694.74 |
4.31% |
4 |
Montana |
147,039.71 |
3.87% |
5 |
New Mexico |
121,590.30 |
3.20% |
6 |
Arizona |
113,990.30 |
3.00% |
7 |
Nevada |
110,571.82 |
2.91% |
8 |
Colorado |
104,093.67 |
2.74% |
9 |
Oregon |
98,378.54 |
2.59% |
10 |
Wyoming |
97,813.01 |
2.58% |
11 |
Michigan |
96,713.51 |
2.55% |
12 |
Minnesota |
86,935.83 |
2.29% |
13 |
Utah |
84,896.88 |
2.24% |
14 |
Idaho |
83,568.95 |
2.20% |
15 |
Kansas |
82,278.36 |
2.17% |
16 |
Nebraska |
77,347.81 |
2.04% |
17 |
South Dakota |
77,115.68 |
2.03% |
18 |
Washington |
71,297.95 |
1.88% |
19 |
North Dakota |
70,698.32 |
1.86% |
20 |
Oklahoma |
69,898.87 |
1.84% |
21 |
Missouri |
69,706.99 |
1.84% |
22 |
Florida |
65,757.70 |
1.73% |
23 |
Wisconsin |
65,496.38 |
1.73% |
24 |
Georgia |
59,425.15 |
1.57% |
25 |
Illinois |
57,913.55 |
1.53% |
26 |
Iowa |
56,272.81 |
1.48% |
27 |
New York |
54,554.98 |
1.44% |
28 |
North Carolina |
53,819.16 |
1.42% |
29 |
Arkansas |
53,178.55 |
1.40% |
30 |
Alabama |
52,420.07 |
1.38% |
31 |
Louisiana |
52,378.13 |
1.38% |
32 |
Mississippi |
48,431.78 |
1.28% |
33 |
Pennsylvania |
46,054.34 |
1.21% |
34 |
Ohio |
44,825.58 |
1.18% |
35 |
Virginia |
42,774.93 |
1.13% |
36 |
Tennessee |
42,144.25 |
1.11% |
37 |
Kentucky |
40,407.80 |
1.06% |
38 |
Indiana |
36,419.55 |
0.96% |
39 |
Maine |
35,379.74 |
0.93% |
40 |
South Carolina |
32,020.49 |
0.84% |
41 |
West Virginia |
24,230.04 |
0.64% |
42 |
Maryland |
12,405.93 |
0.33% |
43 |
Hawaii |
10,931.72 |
0.29% |
44 |
Massachusetts |
10,554.39 |
0.28% |
45 |
Vermont |
9,616.36 |
0.25% |
46 |
New Hampshire |
9,349.16 |
0.25% |
47 |
New Jersey |
8,722.58 |
0.23% |
48 |
Connecticut |
5,543.41 |
0.15% |
49 |
Delaware |
2,488.72 |
0.07% |
50 |
Rhode Island |
1,544.89 |
0.04% |
U.S States by Size Ordered by Land Area in Square Miles
Rank |
States |
Land sq miles |
1 |
Alaska |
570,640.95 |
2 |
Texas |
261,231.71 |
3 |
California |
155,779.22 |
4 |
Montana |
145,545.80 |
5 |
New Mexico |
121,298.15 |
6 |
Arizona |
113,594.08 |
7 |
Nevada |
109,781.18 |
8 |
Colorado |
103,641.89 |
9 |
Wyoming |
97,093.14 |
10 |
Oregon |
95,988.01 |
11 |
Idaho |
82,643.12 |
12 |
Utah |
82,169.62 |
13 |
Kansas |
81,758.72 |
14 |
Minnesota |
79,626.74 |
15 |
Nebraska |
76,824.17 |
16 |
South Dakota |
75,811.00 |
17 |
North Dakota |
69,000.80 |
18 |
Missouri |
68,741.52 |
19 |
Oklahoma |
68,594.92 |
20 |
Washington |
66,455.52 |
21 |
Georgia |
57,513.49 |
22 |
Michigan |
56,538.90 |
23 |
Iowa |
55,857.13 |
24 |
Illinois |
55,518.93 |
25 |
Wisconsin |
54,157.80 |
26 |
Florida |
53,624.76 |
27 |
Arkansas |
52,035.48 |
28 |
Alabama |
50,645.33 |
29 |
North Carolina |
48,617.91 |
30 |
New York |
47,126.40 |
31 |
Mississippi |
46,923.27 |
32 |
Pennsylvania |
44,742.70 |
33 |
Louisiana |
43,203.90 |
34 |
Tennessee |
41,234.90 |
35 |
Ohio |
40,860.69 |
36 |
Virginia |
39,490.09 |
37 |
Kentucky |
39,486.34 |
38 |
Indiana |
35,826.11 |
39 |
Maine |
30,842.92 |
40 |
South Carolina |
30,060.70 |
41 |
West Virginia |
24,038.21 |
42 |
Maryland |
9,707.24 |
43 |
Hawaii |
6,422.63 |
44 |
Massachusetts |
7,800.06 |
45 |
Vermont |
9,216.66 |
46 |
New Hampshire |
8,952.65 |
47 |
New Jersey |
7,354.22 |
48 |
Connecticut |
4,842.36 |
49 |
Delaware |
1,948.54 |
50 |
Rhode Island |
1,033.81 |
U.S States by Size Ordered by Water Area in Square Miles
Rank |
States |
Water Square Miles |
1 |
Alaska |
94,743.10 |
2 |
Michigan |
40,174.61 |
3 |
Florida |
12,132.94 |
4 |
Wisconsin |
11,338.57 |
5 |
Louisiana |
9,174.23 |
6 |
California |
7,915.52 |
7 |
New York |
7,428.58 |
8 |
Texas |
7,364.75 |
9 |
Minnesota |
7,309.09 |
10 |
North Carolina |
5,201.25 |
11 |
Washington |
4,842.43 |
12 |
Maine |
4,536.82 |
13 |
Hawaii |
4,509.09 |
14 |
Ohio |
3,964.89 |
15 |
Virginia |
3,284.84 |
16 |
Massachusetts |
2,754.33 |
17 |
Utah |
2,727.26 |
18 |
Maryland |
2,698.69 |
19 |
Illinois |
2,394.62 |
20 |
Oregon |
2,390.53 |
21 |
South Carolina |
1,959.79 |
22 |
Georgia |
1,911.66 |
23 |
Alabama |
1,774.74 |
24 |
North Dakota |
1,697.52 |
25 |
Mississippi |
1,508.51 |
26 |
Montana |
1,493.91 |
27 |
New Jersey |
1,368.36 |
28 |
Pennsylvania |
1,311.64 |
29 |
South Dakota |
1,304.68 |
30 |
Oklahoma |
1,303.95 |
31 |
Arkansas |
1,143.07 |
32 |
Missouri |
965.47 |
33 |
Idaho |
925.83 |
34 |
Kentucky |
921.46 |
35 |
Tennessee |
909.36 |
36 |
Nevada |
790.65 |
37 |
Wyoming |
719.87 |
38 |
Connecticut |
701.06 |
39 |
Indiana |
593.44 |
40 |
Delaware |
540.18 |
41 |
Nebraska |
523.64 |
42 |
Kansas |
519.64 |
43 |
Rhode Island |
511.07 |
44 |
Colorado |
451.78 |
45 |
Iowa |
415.68 |
46 |
Vermont |
399.71 |
47 |
New Hampshire |
396.51 |
48 |
Arizona |
396.22 |
49 |
New Mexico |
292.15 |
50 |
West Virginia |
191.83 |