Wanderlust World Wanderlust World Ranking the 50 states (plus DC and Puerto Rico) by **total area (land + water) in square miles**:
| Rank | State | Area (sq mi) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alaska | 663,268 |
| 2 | Texas | 268,596 |
| 3 | California | 163,696 |
| 4 | Montana | 147,046 |
| 5 | New Mexico | 121,590 |
| 6 | Arizona | 113,990 |
| 7 | Nevada | 110,572 |
| 8 | Colorado | 104,094 |
| 9 | Oregon | 98,381 |
| 10 | Wyoming | 97,813 |
| 11 | Michigan | 96,716 |
| 12 | Minnesota | 84,402 |
| 13 | Utah | 84,899 |
| 14 | Idaho | 83,570 |
| 15 | Kansas | 82,277 |
| 16 | Nebraska | 77,358 |
| 17 | South Dakota | 77,116 |
| 18 | Washington | 71,298 |
| 19 | North Dakota | 70,762 |
| 20 | Oklahoma | 69,899 |
| 21 | Missouri | 69,709 |
| 22 | Florida | 65,758 |
| 23 | Wisconsin | 65,498 |
| 24 | Georgia | 59,425 |
| 25 | Illinois | 57,914 |
| 26 | Iowa | 56,275 |
| 27 | New York | 54,475 |
| 28 | Arkansas | 53,179 |
| 29 | Alabama | 52,419 |
| 30 | Louisiana | 43,969 |
| 31 | Mississippi | 48,430 |
| 32 | Pennsylvania | 46,055 |
| 33 | Ohio | 44,825 |
| 34 | Virginia | 42,775 |
| 35 | Tennessee | 42,143 |
| 36 | Kentucky | 40,408 |
| 37 | Indiana | 36,418 |
| 38 | Maine | 35,385 |
| 39 | South Carolina | 32,020 |
| 40 | West Virginia | 24,230 |
| 41 | Maryland | 12,406 |
| 42 | Hawaii | 10,931 |
| 43 | Massachusetts | 10,554 |
| 44 | Vermont | 9,616 |
| 45 | New Hampshire | 9,349 |
| 46 | New Jersey | 8,722 |
| 47 | Connecticut | 5,543 |
| 48 | Delaware | 2,489 |
| 49 | Rhode Island | 1,544 |
| 50 | District of Columbia | 68 |
| — | Puerto Rico | 3,515 (territory) |
Note: Rankings vary slightly by source (land area vs. total area; coastal water inclusion). Above uses standard Census Bureau total area.