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| Rank | State / Province | Total Area (sq. miles [sq. km]) | Land Area (sq. miles [sq. km]) |
Water Area (sq. miles [sq. km]) | |
| 1 | Alaska (AK) | 663,267 [1,717,853] | 571,951 [1,481,346] | 91,316 [236,507] | |
| 2 | Texas (TX) | 268,581 [695,621] | 261,797 [678,051] | 6,784 [17,570] | |
| 3 | California (CA) | 163,696 [423,970] | 155,959 [403,931] | 7,736 [20,036] | |
| 4 | Montana (MT) | 147,042 [380,837] | 145,552 [376,977] | 1,490 [3,859] | |
| 5 | New Mexico (NM) | 121,589 [314,914] | 121,356 [314,310] | 234 [606] | |
| 6 | Arizona (AZ) | 113,998 [295,253] | 113,635 [294,313] | 364 [942] | |
| 7 | Nevada (NV) | 110,561 [286,351] | 109,826 [284,448] | 735 [1,903] | |
| 8 | Colorado (CO) | 104,094 [269,602] | 103,718 [268,628] | 376 [973] | |
| 9 | Oregon (OR) | 98,381 [254,805] | 95,997 [248,631] | 2,384 [6,174] | |
| 10 | Wyoming (WY) | 97,814 [253,337] | 97,100 [251,487] | 713 [1,846] | |
| 11 | Michigan (MI) | 96,716 [250,493] | 56,804 [147,121] | 39,912 [103,371] | |
| 12 | Minnesota (MN) | 86,939 [225,170] | 79,610 [206,188] | 7,329 [18,982] | |
| 13 | Utah (UT) | 84,899 [219,887] | 82,144 [212,751] | 2,755 [7,135] | |
| 14 | Idaho (ID) | 83,570 [216,445] | 82,747 [214,313] | 823 [2,131] | |
| 15 | Kansas (KS) | 82,277 [213,096] | 81,815 [211,899] | 462 [1,196] | |
| 16 | Nebraska (NE) | 77,354 [200,345] | 76,872 [199,097] | 481 [1,245] | |
| 17 | South Dakota (SD) | 77,116 [199,729] | 75,885 [196,541] | 1,232 [3,190] | |
| 18 | Washington (WA) | 71,300 [184,666] | 66,544 [172,348] | 4,756 [12,317] | |
| 19 | North Dakota (ND) | 70,700 [183,112] | 68,976 [178,647] | 1,724 [4,465] | |
| 20 | Oklahoma (OK) | 69,898 [181,034] | 68,667 [177,846] | 1,231 [3,188] | |
| 21 | Missouri (MO) | 69,704 [180,532] | 68,886 [178,413] | 818 [2,118] | |
| 22 | Florida (FL) | 65,755 [170,304] | 53,927 [139,670] | 11,828 [30,634] | |
| 23 | Wisconsin (WI) | 65,498 [169,639] | 54,310 [140,662] | 11,188 [28,976] | |
| 24 | Georgia (GA) | 59,425 [153,910] | 57,906 [149,975] | 1,519 [3,934] | |
| 25 | Illinois (IL) | 57,914 [149,996] | 55,584 [143,961] | 2,331 [6,037] | |
| 26 | Iowa (IA) | 56,272 [145,743] | 55,869 [144,700] | 402 [1,041] | |
| 27 | New York (NY) | 54,556 [141,299] | 47,214 [122,283] | 7,342 [19,015] | |
| 28 | North Carolina (NC) | 53,819 [139,390] | 48,711 [126,160] | 5,108 [13,229] | |
| 29 | Arkansas (AR) | 53,179 [137,732] | 52,068 [134,855] | 1,110 [2,874] | |
| 30 | Alabama (AL) | 52,419 [135,764] | 50,744 [131,426] | 1,675 [4,338] | |
| 31 | Louisiana (LA) | 51,840 [134,264] | 43,562 [112,825] | 8,278 [21,439] | |
| 32 | Mississippi (MS) | 48,430 [125,433] | 46,907 [121,488] | 1,523 [3,944] | |
| 33 | Pennsylvania (PA) | 46,055 [119,281] | 44,817 [116,075] | 1,239 [3,208] | |
| 34 | Ohio (OH) | 44,825 [116,096] | 40,948 [106,054] | 3,877 [10,041] | |
| 35 | Virginia (VA) | 42,774 [110,784] | 39,594 [102,547] | 3,180 [8,236] | |
| 36 | Tennessee (TN) | 42,143 [109,149] | 41,217 [106,751] | 926 [2,398] | |
| 37 | Kentucky (KY) | 40,409 [104,658] | 39,728 [102,895] | 681 [1,763] | |
| 38 | Indiana (IN) | 36,418 [94,322] | 35,867 [92,895] | 551 [1,427] | |
| 39 | Maine (ME) | 35,385 [91,646] | 30,862 [79,932] | 4,523 [11,714] | |
| 40 | South Carolina (SC) | 32,020 [82,931] | 30,109 [77,981] | 1,911 [4,949] | |
| 41 | West Virginia (WV) | 24,230 [62,755] | 24,078 [62,361] | 152 [393.7] | |
| 42 | Maryland (MD) | 12,407 [32,133] | 9,774 [25,314] | 2,633 [6,819] | |
| 43 | Hawaii (HI) | 10,931 [28,311] | 6,423 [16,635] | 4,508 [11,675] | |
| 44 | Massachusetts (MA) | 10,555 [27,337] | 7,840 [20,305] | 2,715 [***&] | |
| 45 | Vermont (VT) | 9,614 [24,900] | 9,250 [23,957] | 365 [945] | |
| 46 | New Hampshire (NH) | 9,350 [24,216] | 8,968 [23,227] | 382 [989] | |
| 47 | New Jersey (NJ) | 8,721 [22,587] | 7,417 [19,209] | 1,304 [3,377] | |
| 48 | Connecticut (CT) | 5,543 [14,356] | 4,845 [12,548] | 699 [1,810] | |
| 49 | Delaware (DE) | 2,489 [6,446] | 1,954 [5,060] | 536 [1,388] | |
| 50 | Rhode Island (RI) | 1,545 [4,001] | 1,045 [2,706] | 500 [1,294] | |
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