| Characteristic | Total area in square miles |
|---|---|
| Alaska | 664,988 |
| Texas | 268,597 |
| California | 163,694 |
| Montana | 147,039 |
| New Mexico | 121,590 |
| Arizona | 113,990 |
| Nevada | 110,572 |
| Colorado | 104,094 |
| Oregon | 98,379 |
| Wyoming | 97,812 |
| Michigan | 96,713 |
| Minnesota | 86,935 |
| Utah | 84,897 |
| Idaho | 83,568 |
| Kansas | 82,278 |
| Nebraska | 77,349 |
| South Dakota | 77,116 |
| Washington | 71,298 |
| North Dakota | 70,698 |
| Oklahoma | 69,899 |
| Missouri | 69,702 |
| Florida | 65,758 |
| Wisconsin | 65,496 |
| Georgia | 59,425 |
| Illinois | 57,916 |
| Iowa | 56,273 |
| New York | 54,555 |
| North Carolina | 53,819 |
| Arkansas | 53,178 |
| Alabama | 52,420 |
| Louisiana | 51,988 |
| Mississippi | 48,432 |
| Pennsylvania | 46,055 |
| Ohio | 44,825 |
| Virginia | 42,775 |
| Tennessee | 42,144 |
| Kentucky | 40,411 |
| Indiana | 36,417 |
| Maine | 35,384 |
| South Carolina | 32,021 |
| West Virginia | 24,230 |
| Maryland | 12,406 |
| Hawaii | 10,926 |
| Massachusetts | 10,554 |
| Vermont | 9,616 |
| New Hampshire | 9,348 |
| New Jersey | 8,723 |
| Connecticut | 5,544 |
| Puerto Rico | 5,325 |
| Delaware | 2,489 |
| No. Mariana Islands | 1,975 |
| Rhode Island | 1,545 |
| U.S. Virgin Islands | 738 |
| American Samoa | 583 |
| Guam | 571 |
| District of Columbia | 68 |
| U.S. minor outlying islands* | 16 |
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September 2011
United States
2011
Total area: 3.805.142 square miles
U.S. area in total: 3.795.951 square miles
Island Area in total: 2.866 square miles
One square mile = 2.59 square kilometers. The area measurements were derived from the Census Bureau's Master Address File/ Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing (MAF/TIGER) geographic database. The boundaries of the states and equivalent areas are as of January 1, 2008. The land area, including its classification, reflect base feature updates made in the MAF/TIGER database through May 1, 2008
* Baker, Howland, and Jarvis Islands; Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Islands, Navassa Island, Palmyra Atoll, and Wake Island.
