Stated Ranked By Water Area

Listed below the states are ranked based on total water area. This includes acquafiers, ice caps, lakes, oceans, rivers, and swamps. Land area and water area combined equal total area. The water area in Alaska alone is larger than every state, except for ten.

1- Alaska - 86,050.59 sq. mi.
2- Michigan - 40,001.04 sq. mi.
3- Florida - 11,761.00 sq. mi.
4- Wisconsin - 11,189.50 sq. mi.
5- Louisiana - 8,277.44 sq. mi.
6- California - 7,734.06 sq. mi.
7- Minnesota - 7,326.05 sq. mi.
8- New York - 7,250.71 sq. mi.
9- Texas - 6,686.70 sq. mi.
10- North Carolina - 5,103.27 sq. mi.
11- Washington - 4,720.70 sq. mi.
12- Maine - 4,522.78 sq. mi.
13- Hawaii - 4,508.24 sq. mi.
14- Ohio - 3,874.94 sq. mi.
15- Virginia - 3,171.09 sq. mi.
16- Utah - 2,735.97 sq. mi.
17- Massachusetts - 2,716.81 sq. mi.
18- Maryland - 2,632.80 sq. mi.
19- Oregon - 2,383.17 sq. mi.
20- Illinois - 2,324.55 sq. mi.
21- South Carolina - 1,895.99 sq. mi.
22- North Dakota - 1,709.59 sq. mi.
23- Alabama - 1,672.71 sq. mi.
24- Georgia - 1,522.49 sq. mi.
25- Mississippi - 1,519.95 sq. mi.
26- Montana - 1,489.82 sq. mi.
27- New Jersey - 1,303.11 sq. mi.
28- Pennsylvania - 1,238.63 sq. mi.
29- Oklahoma - 1,224.33 sq. mi.
30- South Dakota - 1,223.72 sq. mi.
31- Arkansas - 1,107.07 sq. mi.
32- Tennessee - 926.49 sq. mi.
33- Idaho - 822.84 sq. mi.
34- Missouri - 810.80 sq. mi.
35- Nevada - 761.02 sq. mi.
36- Wyoming - 713.56 sq. mi.
37- Connecticut - 698.26 sq. mi.
38- Kentucky - 678.93 sq. mi.
39- Indiana - 549.91 sq. mi.
40- Delaware - 534.76 sq. mi.
41- Rhode Island - 500.12 sq. mi.
42- Nebraska - 480.67 sq. mi.
43- Kansas - 458.98 sq. mi.
44- Iowa - 400.64 sq. mi.
45- New Hampshire - 381.57 sq. mi.
46- Colorado - 370.78 sq. mi.
47- Vermont - 365.67 sq. mi.
48- Arizona - 364.00 sq. mi.
49- New Mexico - 233.69 sq. mi.
50- West Virginia - 144.89 sq. mi.
51- District of Columbia - 6.95 sq. mi.

Territories:
American Samoa - N/A
Guam - N/A
Northern Mariana Islands - N/A
Puerto Rico - N/A
Virgin Islands - N/A

Last Updated: January 3, 2001
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