STATE	ABBR.	AREA (Sq. Mi.)	RANK
Alaska	AK	591,004	1
Texas	TX	266,807	2
California	CA	158,706	3
Montana	MT	147,046	4
New Mexico	NM	121,593	5
Arizona	AZ	114,000	6
Nevada	NV	110,561	7
Colorado	CO	104,091	8
Wyoming	WY	97,809	9
Oregon	OR	97,073	10
Utah	UT	84,899	11
Minnesota	MN	84,402	12
Idaho	ID	83,564	13
Kansas	KS	82,277	14
Nebraska	NE	77,355	15
South Dakota	SD	77,116	16
North Dakota	ND	70,703	17
Oklahoma	OK	69,956	18
Missouri	MO	69,697	19
Washington	WA	68,138	20
Georgia	GA	58,910	21
Florida	FL	58,664	22
Michigan	MI	58,527	23
Illinois	IL	56,345	24
Iowa	IA	56,275	25
Wisconsin	WI	56,153	26
Arkansas	AR	53,187	27
North Carolina	NC	52,669	28
Alabama	AL	51,705	29
New York	NY	49,108	30
Louisiana	LA	47,751	31
Mississippi	MS	47,689	32
Pennsylvania	PA	45,308	33
Tennessee	TN	42,144	34
Ohio	OH	41,330	35
Virginia	VA	40,767	36
Kentucky	KY	40,409	37
Indiana	IN	36,185	38
Maine	ME	33,265	39
South Carolina	SC	31,113	40
West Virginia	WV	24,231	41
Maryland	MD	10,460	42
Vermont	VT	9,614	43
New Hampshire	NH	9,279	44
Massachusetts	MA	8,284	45
New Jersey	NJ	7,787	46
Hawaii	HI	6,471	47
Connecticut	CT	5,018	48
Delaware	DE	2,044	49
Rhode Island	RI	1,212	50
figures as of 2000