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Land and Water Area of States, 2000(in square miles)
State |
Rank
(total
area) |
Land1
area |
Water2
area |
Total
area |
Alabama |
30 |
50,744.00 |
1,675.01 |
52,419.02 |
Alaska |
1 |
571,951.26 |
91,316.00 |
663,267.26 |
Arizona |
6 |
113,634.57 |
363.73 |
113,998.30 |
Arkansas |
29 |
52,068.17 |
1,110.45 |
53,178.62 |
California |
3 |
155,959.34 |
7,736.23 |
163,695.57 |
Colorado |
8 |
103,717.53 |
376.04 |
104,093.57 |
Connecticut |
48 |
4,844.80 |
698.53 |
5,543.33 |
Delaware |
49 |
1,953.56 |
535.71 |
2,489.27 |
Dist. of
Columbia |
— |
61.4 |
6.94 |
68.34 |
Florida |
22 |
53,926.82 |
11,827.77 |
65,754.59 |
Georgia |
24 |
57,906.14 |
1,518.63 |
59,424.77 |
Hawaii |
43 |
6,422.62 |
4,508.36 |
10,930.98 |
Idaho |
14 |
82,747.21 |
822.87 |
83,570.08 |
Illinois |
25 |
55,583.58 |
2,330.79 |
57,914.38 |
Indiana |
38 |
35,866.90 |
550.83 |
36,417.73 |
Iowa |
26 |
55,869.36 |
402.2 |
56,271.55 |
Kansas |
15 |
81,814.88 |
461.96 |
82,276.84 |
Kentucky |
37 |
39,728.18 |
680.85 |
40,409.02 |
Louisiana |
31 |
43,561.85 |
8,277.85 |
51,839.70 |
Maine |
39 |
30,861.55 |
4,523.10 |
35,384.65 |
Maryland |
42 |
9,773.82 |
2,632.86 |
12,406.68 |
Massachusetts |
44 |
7,840.02 |
2,714.55 |
10,554.57 |
Michigan |
11 |
56,803.82 |
39,912.28 |
96,716.11 |
Minnesota |
12 |
79,610.08 |
7,328.79 |
86,938.87 |
Mississippi |
32 |
46,906.96 |
1,523.24 |
48,430.19 |
Missouri |
21 |
68,885.93 |
818.39 |
69,704.31 |
Montana |
4 |
145,552.43 |
1,489.96 |
147,042.40 |
Nebraska |
16 |
76,872.41 |
481.31 |
77,353.73 |
Nevada |
7 |
109,825.99 |
734.71 |
110,560.71 |
New
Hampshire |
46 |
8,968.10 |
381.84 |
9,349.94 |
New Jersey |
47 |
7,417.34 |
1,303.96 |
8,721.30 |
New Mexico |
5 |
121,355.53 |
233.96 |
121,589.48 |
New York |
27 |
47,213.79 |
7,342.22 |
54,556.00 |
North Carolina |
28 |
48,710.88 |
5,107.63 |
53,818.51 |
North Dakota |
19 |
68,975.93 |
1,723.86 |
70,699.79 |
Ohio |
34 |
40,948.38 |
3,876.53 |
44,824.90 |
Oklahoma |
20 |
68,667.06 |
1,231.13 |
69,898.19 |
Oregon |
9 |
95,996.79 |
2,383.85 |
98,380.64 |
Pennsylvania |
33 |
44,816.61 |
1,238.63 |
46,055.24 |
Rhode Island |
50 |
1,044.93 |
500.12 |
1,545.05 |
South Carolina |
40 |
30,109.47 |
1,910.73 |
32,020.20 |
South Dakota |
17 |
75,884.64 |
1,231.85 |
77,116.49 |
Tennessee |
36 |
41,217.12 |
926.15 |
42,143.27 |
Texas |
2 |
261,797.12 |
6,783.70 |
268,580.82 |
Utah |
13 |
82,143.65 |
2,755.18 |
84,898.83 |
Vermont |
45 |
9,249.56 |
364.7 |
9,614.26 |
Virginia |
35 |
39,594.07 |
3,180.13 |
42,774.20 |
Washington |
18 |
66,544.06 |
4,755.58 |
71,299.64 |
West Virginia |
41 |
24,077.73 |
152.03 |
24,229.76 |
Wisconsin |
23 |
54,310.10 |
11,187.72 |
65,497.82 |
Wyoming |
10 |
97,100.40 |
713.16 |
97,813.56 |
U.S. total |
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3,537,438.44 |
256,644.62 |
3,794,083.06 |
1. Dry land and land temporarily or partially covered by water, such as marshland, swamps, etc.; streams and canals under one-eighth statute mile wide; and lakes, reservoirs, and ponds under 40 acres.
2. Permanent inland water surface, such as lakes, reservoirs, and ponds having an area of 40 acres or more; streams, sloughs, estuaries, and canals one-eighth statute mile or more in width; deeply indented embayments and sounds, and other coastal waters behind or sheltered by headlands or islands separated by less than 1 nautical mile of water, and islands under 40 acres in area. Excludes areas of oceans, bays, sounds, etc. lying within U.S. jurisdiction but not defined as inland water.
Source: Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census.
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