The United States is a huge land mass. But the lands are not divided up equally to make up the 50 states. The graph above shows the total land area for each USA state.
Alaska is by far the biggest state. At the opposite end, Rhode Island is by fR the smallest.
Key:
Alabama AL, Alaska AK, Arizona AZ, Arkansas AR, California CA, Colorado CO, Connecticut CT, Delaware DE, Florida FL, Georgia GA, Hawaii HI, Idaho ID, Illinois IL, Indiana IN, Iowa IA, Kansas KS, Kentucky KY, Louisiana LA, Maine ME, Maryland MD, Massachusetts MA, Michigan MI, Minnesota MN, Mississippi MS, Missouri MO, Montana MT, Nebraska NE, Nevada NV, New Hampshire NH, New Jersey NJ, New Mexico NM, New York NY, North Carolina NC, North Dakota ND, Ohio OH, Oklahoma OK, Oregon OR, Pennsylvania PA, Rhode Island RI, South Carolina SC, South Dakota SD, Tennessee TN, Texas TX, Utah UT, Vermont VT, Virginia VA, Washington WA, West Virginia WV, Wisconsin WI, Wyoming WY
USA State Land Area Graph Notes:
The x-axis (horizontal part of the graph) shows the state. The y-axis (vertical part of the graph) shows the land area in squared miles. Every bar represents the total land area in square miles for that USA state. The bars are displayed from largest to smallest.