|
By Area |
| Rank |
State Name |
Area (Sq Miles) |
| 1 |
Alaska |
587,878 |
| 2 |
Texas |
266,874 |
| 3 |
California |
158,648 |
| 4 |
Montana |
147,047 |
| 5 |
New Mexico |
121,599 |
| 6 |
Arizona |
114,007 |
| 7 |
Nevada |
110,567 |
| 8 |
Colorado |
104,100 |
| 9 |
Wyoming |
97,818 |
| 10 |
Oregon |
97,052 |
| 11 |
Utah |
84,905 |
| 12 |
Minnesota |
84,397 |
| 13 |
Idaho |
83,574 |
| 14 |
Kansas |
82,282 |
| 15 |
Nebraska |
77,359 |
| 16 |
South Dakota |
77,122 |
| 17 |
North Dakota |
70,704 |
| 18 |
Oklahoma |
69,903 |
| 19 |
Missouri |
69,709 |
| 20 |
Washington |
68,126 |
| 21 |
Florida |
58,681 |
| 22 |
Michigan |
58,513 |
| 23 |
Georgia |
58,390 |
| 24 |
Illinois |
56,343 |
| 25 |
Iowa |
56,276 |
| 26 |
Wisconsin |
56,145 |
| 27 |
Arkansas |
53,183 |
| 28 |
North Carolina |
52,672 |
| 29 |
Alabama |
51,718 |
| 30 |
New York |
49,112 |
| 31 |
Louisiana |
47,720 |
| 32 |
Mississippi |
47,695 |
| 33 |
Pennsylvania |
45,310 |
| 34 |
Tennessee |
42,146 |
| 35 |
Ohio |
41,328 |
| 36 |
Virginia |
40,598 |
| 37 |
Kentucky |
40,411 |
| 38 |
Indiana |
36,185 |
| 39 |
Maine |
33,128 |
| 40 |
South Carolina |
31,117 |
| 41 |
West Virginia |
24,231 |
| 42 |
Maryland |
10,455 |
| 43 |
Vermont |
9,615 |
| 44 |
New Hampshire |
9,283 |
| 45 |
Massachusetts |
8,262 |
| 46 |
New Jersey |
7,790 |
| 47 |
Hawaii |
6,459 |
| 48 |
Connecticut |
5,006 |
| 49 |
Delaware |
2,026 |
| 50 |
Rhode Island |
1,213 |
|
|
By Population (2005
Census) |
| Rank |
State Name |
Population |
| 1 |
California |
36,132,147 |
| 2 |
Texas |
22,859,968 |
| 3 |
New York |
19,254,630 |
| 4 |
Florida |
17,789,864 |
| 5 |
Illinois |
12,763,371 |
| 6 |
Pennsylvania |
12,429,616 |
| 7 |
Ohio |
11,464,042 |
| 8 |
Michigan |
10,120,860 |
| 9 |
Georgia |
9,072,576 |
| 10 |
New Jersey |
8,717,925 |
| 11 |
North Carolina |
8,683,242 |
| 12 |
Virginia |
7,567,465 |
| 13 |
Massachusetts |
6,398,743 |
| 14 |
Washington |
6,287,759 |
| 15 |
Indiana |
6,271,973 |
| 16 |
Tennessee |
5,962,959 |
| 17 |
Arizona |
5,939,292 |
| 18 |
Missouri |
5,800,310 |
| 19 |
Maryland |
5,600,388 |
| 20 |
Wisconsin |
5,536,201 |
| 21 |
Minnesota |
5,132,799 |
| 22 |
Colorado |
4,665,177 |
| 23 |
Alabama |
4,557,808 |
| 24 |
Louisiana |
4,523,628 |
| 25 |
South Carolina |
4,255,083 |
| 26 |
Kentucky |
4,173,405 |
| 27 |
Oregon |
3,641,056 |
| 28 |
Oklahoma |
3,547,884 |
| 29 |
Connecticut |
3,510,297 |
| 30 |
Iowa |
2,966,334 |
| 31 |
Mississippi |
2,921,088 |
| 32 |
Arkansas |
2,779,154 |
| 33 |
Kansas |
2,744,687 |
| 34 |
Utah |
2,469,585 |
| 35 |
Nevada |
2,414,807 |
| 36 |
New Mexico |
1,928,384 |
| 37 |
West Virginia |
1,816,856 |
| 38 |
Nebraska |
1,578,385 |
| 39 |
Idaho |
1,429,096 |
| 40 |
Maine |
1,321,505 |
| 41 |
New Hampshire |
1,309,940 |
| 42 |
Hawaii |
1,275,194 |
| 43 |
Rhode Island |
1,076,189 |
| 44 |
Montana |
935,670 |
| 45 |
Delaware |
843,524 |
| 46 |
South Dakota |
775,933 |
| 47 |
Alaska |
663,661 |
| 48 |
North Dakota |
636,677 |
| 49 |
Vermont |
623,050 |
| 50 |
Wyoming |
509,294 |
|
| Entry Into
the Union |
| Rank |
State Name |
Date |
| 1 |
Delaware |
December 7, 1787 |
| 2 |
Pennsylvania |
December 12, 1787 |
| 3 |
New Jersey |
December 18, 1787 |
| 4 |
Georgia |
January 2, 1788 |
| 5 |
Connecticut |
January 9, 1788 |
| 6 |
Massachusetts |
February 6, 1788 |
| 7 |
Maryland |
April 28, 1788 |
| 8 |
South Carolina |
May 23, 1788 |
| 9 |
New Hampshire |
June 21, 1788 |
| 10 |
Virginia |
June 25, 1788 |
| 11 |
New York |
July 26, 1788 |
| 12 |
North Carolina |
November 21, 1789 |
| 13 |
Rhode Island |
May 29, 1790 |
| 14 |
Vermont |
March 4, 1791 |
| 15 |
Kentucky |
June 1, 1792 |
| 16 |
Tennessee |
June 1, 1796 |
| 17 |
Ohio |
March 1, 1803 |
| 18 |
Louisiana |
April 30, 1812 |
| 19 |
Indiana |
December 11, 1816 |
| 20 |
Mississippi |
December 10, 1817 |
| 21 |
Illinois |
December 3, 1818 |
| 22 |
Alabama |
December 14, 1819 |
| 23 |
Maine |
March 15, 1820 |
| 24 |
Missouri |
August 10, 1821 |
| 25 |
Arkansas |
June 15, 1836 |
| 26 |
Michigan |
January 26, 1837 |
| 27 |
Florida |
March 3, 1845 |
| 28 |
Texas |
December 29, 1845 |
| 29 |
Iowa |
December 28, 1846 |
| 30 |
Wisconsin |
May 29, 1848 |
| 31 |
California |
September 9, 1850 |
| 32 |
Minnesota |
May 11, 1858 |
| 33 |
Oregon |
February 14, 1859 |
| 34 |
Kansas |
January 29, 1861 |
| 35 |
West Virginia |
June 20, 1863 |
| 36 |
Nevada |
October 31, 1864 |
| 37 |
Nebraska |
March 1, 1867 |
| 38 |
Colorado |
August 1, 1876 |
| 39 |
North Dakota |
November 2, 1889 |
| 40 |
South Dakota |
November 2, 1889 |
| 41 |
Montana |
November 8, 1889 |
| 42 |
Washington |
November 11, 1889 |
| 43 |
Idaho |
July 3, 1890 |
| 44 |
Wyoming |
July 10, 1890 |
| 45 |
Utah |
January 4, 1896 |
| 46 |
Oklahoma |
November 16, 1907 |
| 47 |
New Mexico |
January 6, 1912 |
| 48 |
Arizona |
February 14, 1912 |
| 49 |
Alaska |
January 3, 1959 |
| 50 |
Hawaii |
August 21, 1959 |
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