States
Ranked by Size & Population

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau GCT-PH1-R.
Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density (geographies ranked by total population): 2000
Data Set: Census 2000 Summary File 1 (SF 1) 100-Percent Data

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)

Population

Rank by Populations
Rank	State	Population
	All United States	281,421,906
1	California	33,871,648
2	Texas	20,851,820
3	New York	18,976,457
4	Florida	15,982,378
5	Illinois	12,419,293
6	Pennsylvania	12,281,054
7	Ohio	11,353,140
8	Michigan	9,938,444
9	New Jersey	8,414,350
10	Georgia	8,186,453
11	North Carolina	8,049,313
12	Virginia	7,078,515
13	Massachusetts	6,349,097
14	Indiana	6,080,485
15	Washington	5,894,121
16	Tennessee	5,689,283
17	Missouri	5,595,211
18	Wisconsin	5,363,675
19	Maryland	5,296,486
20	Arizona	5,130,632
21	Minnesota	4,919,479
22	Louisiana	4,468,976
23	Alabama	4,447,100
24	Colorado	4,301,261
25	Kentucky	4,041,769
26	South Carolina	4,012,012
27	Oklahoma	3,450,654
28	Oregon	3,421,399
29	Connecticut	3,405,565
30	Iowa	2,926,324
31	Mississippi	2,844,658
32	Kansas	2,688,418
33	Arkansas	2,673,400
34	Utah	2,233,169
35	Nevada	1,998,257
36	New Mexico	1,819,046
37	West Virginia	1,808,344
38	Nebraska	1,711,263
39	Idaho	1,293,953
40	Maine	1,274,923
41	New Hampshire	1,235,786
42	Hawaii	1,211,537
43	Rhode Island	1,048,319
44	Montana	902,195
45	Delaware	783,600
46	South Dakota	754,844
47	North Dakota	642,200
48	Alaska	626,932
49	Vermont	608,827
50	Washington, D. C.	572,059
51	Wyoming	493,782

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.	9,316.4
2	New Jersey	1,134.4
3	Rhode Island	1,003.2
4	Massachusetts	809.8
5	Connecticut	702.9
6	Maryland	541.9
7	New York	401.9
8	Delaware	401.1
9	Florida	296.4
10	Ohio	277.3
11	Pennsylvania	274
12	Illinois	223.4
13	California	217.2
14	Hawaii	188.6
15	Virginia	178.8
16	Michigan	175
17	Indiana	169.5
18	North Carolina	165.2
19	Georgia	141.4
20	Tennessee	138
21	New Hampshire	137.8
22	South Carolina	133.2
23	Louisiana	102.6
24	Kentucky	101.7
25	Wisconsin	98.8
26	Washington	88.6
27	Alabama	87.6
28	Missouri	81.2
29	Texas	79.6
30	West Virginia	75.1
31	Vermont	65.8
32	Minnesota	61.8
33	Mississippi	60.6
34	Iowa	52.4
35	Arkansas	51.3
36	Oklahoma	50.3
37	Arizona	45.2
38	Colorado	41.5
39	Maine	41.3
40	Oregon	35.6
41	Kansas	32.9
42	Utah	27.2
43	Nebraska	22.3
44	Nevada	18.2
45	Idaho	15.6
46	New Mexico	15
47	South Dakota	9.9
48	North Dakota	9.3
49	Montana	6.2
50	Wyoming	5.1
51	Alaska	1.1

Updated on 26 May 2008