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Ranked by Size & Population

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States Ranked by Population
States Ranked by Size (Total Area)
States Ranked by Land Area
States Ranked by Water Area
States Ranked by Population Density (people per square mile of land area)

See the Area Measurement section of the U.S. Census's Census 2000 Geographic Definitions page for definitions of Size, Land Area, and Water Area.

Source for Population and Population Density: Resident Population Data - 2010 Census

Source for Size, Land Area, and Water Area: United States -- States; and Puerto Rico - GCT-PH1. - Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2000 - Data Set: Census 2000 Summary File 1 (SF 1) 100-Percent Data

Note that our rankings for population density do not match our source includes Puerto Rico.

Population

Rank by Populations
Rank	State	Population
	All United States	308,745,538
1	California	37,253,956
2	Texas	25,145,561
3	New York	19,378,102
4	Florida	18,801,310
5	Illinois	12,830,632
6	Pennsylvania	12,702,379
7	Ohio	11,536,504
8	Michigan	9,883,640
9	Georgia	9,687,653
10	North Carolina	9,535,483
11	New Jersey	8,791,894
12	Virginia	8,001,024
13	Washington	6,724,540
14	Massachusetts	6,547,629
15	Indiana	6,483,802
16	Arizona	6,392,017
17	Tennessee	6,346,105
18	Missouri	5,988,927
19	Maryland	5,773,552
20	Wisconsin	5,686,986
21	Minnesota	5,303,925
22	Colorado	5,029,196
23	Alabama	4,779,736
24	South Carolina	4,625,364
25	Louisiana	4,533,372
26	Kentucky	4,339,367
27	Oregon	3,831,074
28	Oklahoma	3,751,351
29	Connecticut	3,574,097
30	Iowa	3,046,355
31	Mississippi	2,967,297
32	Arkansas	2,915,918
33	Kansas	2,853,118
34	Utah	2,763,885
35	Nevada	2,700,551
36	New Mexico	2,059,179
37	West Virginia	1,852,994
38	Nebraska	1,826,341
39	Idaho	1,567,582
40	Hawaii	1,360,301
41	Maine	1,328,361
42	New Hampshire	1,316,470
43	Rhode Island	1,052,567
44	Montana	989,415
45	Delaware	897,934
46	South Dakota	814,180
47	Alaska	710,231
48	North Dakota	672,591
49	Vermont	625,741
50	Washington, D. C.	601,723
51	Wyoming	563,626

Size (Total Area)

Rank by Size (Total Area)
Rank	State	Size (land & water) (square miles)
	All United States	3,794,083.06
1	Alaska	663,267.26
2	Texas	268,580.82
3	California	163,695.57
4	Montana	147,042.40
5	New Mexico	121,589.48
6	Arizona	113,998.30
7	Nevada	110,560.71
8	Colorado	104,093.57
9	Oregon	98,380.64
10	Wyoming	97,813.56
11	Michigan	96,716.11
12	Minnesota	86,938.87
13	Utah	84,898.83
14	Idaho	83,570.08
15	Kansas	82,276.84
16	Nebraska	77,353.73
17	South Dakota	77,116.49
18	Washington	71,299.64
19	North Dakota	70,699.79
20	Oklahoma	69,898.19
21	Missouri	69,704.31
22	Florida	65,754.59
23	Wisconsin	65,497.82
24	Georgia	59,424.77
25	Illinois	57,914.38
26	Iowa	56,271.55
27	New York	54,556.00
28	North Carolina	53,818.51
29	Arkansas	53,178.62
30	Alabama	52,419.02
31	Louisiana	51,839.70
32	Mississippi	48,430.19
33	Pennsylvania	46,055.24
34	Ohio	44,824.90
35	Virginia	42,774.20
36	Tennessee	42,143.27
37	Kentucky	40,409.02
38	Indiana	36,417.73
39	Maine	35,384.65
40	South Carolina	32,020.20
41	West Virginia	24,229.76
42	Maryland	12,406.68
43	Hawaii	10,930.98
44	Massachusetts	10,554.57
45	Vermont	9,614.26
46	New Hampshire	9,349.94
47	New Jersey	8,721.30
48	Connecticut	5,543.33
49	Delaware	2,489.27
50	Rhode Island	1,545.05
51	Washington, D. C.	68.34

Land Area

Rank by Land Area
Rank	State	Land Area (square miles)
	All United States	3,537,438.44
1	Alaska	571,951.26
2	Texas	261,797.12
3	California	155,959.34
4	Montana	145,552.43
5	New Mexico	121,355.53
6	Arizona	113,634.57
7	Nevada	109,825.99
8	Colorado	103,717.53
9	Wyoming	97,100.40
10	Oregon	95,996.79
11	Idaho	82,747.21
12	Utah	82,143.65
13	Kansas	81,814.88
14	Minnesota	79,610.08
15	Nebraska	76,872.41
16	South Dakota	75,884.64
17	North Dakota	68,975.93
18	Missouri	68,885.93
19	Oklahoma	68,667.06
20	Washington	66,544.06
21	Georgia	57,906.14
22	Michigan	56,803.82
23	Iowa	55,869.36
24	Illinois	55,583.58
25	Wisconsin	54,310.10
26	Florida	53,926.82
27	Arkansas	52,068.17
28	Alabama	50,744.00
29	North Carolina	48,710.88
30	New York	47,213.79
31	Mississippi	46,906.96
32	Pennsylvania	44,816.61
33	Louisiana	43,561.85
34	Tennessee	41,217.12
35	Ohio	40,948.38
36	Kentucky	39,728.18
37	Virginia	39,594.07
38	Indiana	35,866.90
39	Maine	30,861.55
40	South Carolina	30,109.47
41	West Virginia	24,077.73
42	Maryland	9,773.82
43	Vermont	9,249.56
44	New Hampshire	8,968.10
45	Massachusetts	7,840.02
46	New Jersey	7,417.34
47	Hawaii	6,422.62
48	Connecticut	4,844.80
49	Delaware	1,953.56
50	Rhode Island	1,044.93
51	Washington, D. C.	61.4

Water Area

Rank by Water Area
Rank	State	Water Area (square miles)
	All United States	256,644.62
1	Alaska	91,316.00
2	Michigan	39,912.28
3	Florida	11,827.77
4	Wisconsin	11,187.72
5	Louisiana	8,277.85
6	California	7,736.23
7	New York	7,342.22
8	Minnesota	7,328.79
9	Texas	6,783.70
10	North Carolina	5,107.63
11	Washington	4,755.58
12	Maine	4,523.10
13	Hawaii	4,508.36
14	Ohio	3,876.53
15	Virginia	3,180.13
16	Utah	2,755.18
17	Massachusetts	2,714.55
18	Maryland	2,632.86
19	Oregon	2,383.85
20	Illinois	2,330.79
21	South Carolina	1,910.73
22	North Dakota	1,723.86
23	Alabama	1,675.01
24	Mississippi	1,523.24
25	Georgia	1,518.63
26	Montana	1,489.96
27	New Jersey	1,303.96
28	Pennsylvania	1,238.63
29	South Dakota	1,231.85
30	Oklahoma	1,231.13
31	Arkansas	1,110.45
32	Tennessee	926.15
33	Idaho	822.87
34	Missouri	818.39
35	Nevada	734.71
36	Wyoming	713.16
37	Connecticut	698.53
38	Kentucky	680.85
39	Indiana	550.83
40	Delaware	535.71
41	Rhode Island	500.12
42	Nebraska	481.31
43	Kansas	461.96
44	Iowa	402.2
45	New Hampshire	381.84
46	Colorado	376.04
47	Vermont	364.7
48	Arizona	363.73
49	New Mexico	233.96
50	West Virginia	152.03
51	Washington, D. C.	6.94

Population Density

Rank by Population Density
(number of people
per square mile of land area)
Rank	State	Population Density
	All United States	79.6
1	Washington, D. C.	9,856.50
2	New Jersey	1,195.50
3	Rhode Island	1,018.10
4	Massachusetts	839.4
5	Connecticut	738.1
6	Maryland	594.8
8	Delaware	460.8
7	New York	411.2
9	Florida	350.6
11	Pennsylvania	283.9
10	Ohio	282.3
13	California	239.1
12	Illinois	231.1
14	Hawaii	211.8
15	Virginia	202.6
18	North Carolina	196.1
17	Indiana	181
16	Michigan	174.8
19	Georgia	168.4
20	Tennessee	153.9
22	South Carolina	153.9
21	New Hampshire	147
24	Kentucky	109.9
25	Wisconsin	105
23	Louisiana	104.9
26	Washington	101.2
29	Texas	96.3
27	Alabama	94.4
28	Missouri	87.1
30	West Virginia	77.1
31	Vermont	67.9
32	Minnesota	66.6
33	Mississippi	63.2
37	Arizona	56.3
35	Arkansas	56
36	Oklahoma	54.7
34	Iowa	54.5
38	Colorado	48.5
39	Maine	43.1
40	Oregon	39.9
41	Kansas	34.9
42	Utah	33.6
44	Nevada	24.6
43	Nebraska	23.8
45	Idaho	19
46	New Mexico	17
47	South Dakota	10.7
48	North Dakota	9.7
49	Montana	6.8
50	Wyoming	5.8
51	Alaska	1.2