50 State Rankings for Size

 

The sizes of the 50 states in square miles.

Rank

State

Total sq miles

1

Alaska

656,424

2

Texas

268,601

3

California

163,707

4

Montana

147,046

5

New Mexico

121,598

6

Arizona

114,006

7

Nevada

110,567

8

Colorado

104,100

9

Oregon

98,386

10

Wyoming

97,818

11

Michigan

96,810

12

Minnesota

86,943

13

Utah

84,904

14

Idaho

83,574

15

Kansas

82,282

16

Nebraska

77,358

17

South Dakota

77,121

18

Washington

71,303

19

North Dakota

70,704

20

Oklahoma

69,903

21

Missouri

69,709

22

Wisconsin

65,503

23

Florida

59,988

24

Georgia

59,441

25

Illinois

57,918

26

Iowa

56,276

27

New York

54,475

28

Arkansas

53,182

29

North Carolina

52,672

30

Alabama

52,423

31

Louisiana

51,843

32

Mississippi

48,434

33

Pennsylvania

46,058

34

Ohio

44,828

35

Virginia

42,769

36

Tennessee

42,146

37

Kentucky

40,411

38

Indiana

36,420

39

Maine

35,387

40

South Carolina

32,007

41

West Virginia

24,231

42

Maryland

12,407

43

Massachusetts

10,555

44

Vermont

9,615

45

New Hampshire

9,351

46

New Jersey

8,722

47

Hawaii

6,459

48

Connecticut

5,544

49

Delaware

2,489

50

Rhode Island

1,545

Information source: Carpenter, Alan, and Carl Provorse. The World Almanac of the U.S.A. Mahwah: World Almanac Books, 1996. Print.