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

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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
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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
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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
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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
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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