The Fifty States, Fourth Edition - Comparative RankingsFifty States Cover


Demographics:   Population    Projected Population Growth    Median Age    White Population    African American Population    Asian Population    Native American Population    Multi-Racial Population    Hispanic Population    Median Household Income   
Vital Statistics:   Cancer Death Rates    Ischaemic Heart Disease Death Rates    Cerebrovascular Disease Death Rates    Transport Accident Death Rates    Suicide Death Rates    Abortion Rates    Infant Mortality Rates    Marriage Rates    Divorce Rates   
Economy:   Real Gross Domestic Product    Foreign Exports    Personal Income Per Capita    Energy Consumption   
Land and Water:   Land Area    Water Area    Federally-Owned Land    Forest Land    Cropland    Pastureland    Farm Acreage   
Health and Medical Care:   Number of Physicians    Percentage of Residents Under Age 19 with Health Insurance    Percentage of Residents Age 19-64 with Health Insurance    Chlamydia Rates    Gonorrhea Rates    Primary and Secondary Syphilis Rates    HIV Diagnoses    Percentage of Adults who are Current Smokers   
Housing:   Home Ownership Rates    Median Value of Owner-Occupied Homes    Gross Rent   
Education:   High School Graduation Rates    Percentage of Population with a Bachelors Degree or Higher    Percentage of Population with Graduate/Professional Degrees   
Transportation and Travel:   Automobile Registrations    Retail Gasoline Prices    Miles of Interstate Highway   
Crime and Law Enforcement:   Full-Time Law Enforcement Officers    Prison Population    Violent Crime Rate    Property Crime Rate    Total Crime Rate   
Government and Finance:   Revenue Per Capita    Expenditures Per Capita    Cash Per Capita    Debt Per Capita   
Politics:   Voter Participation in the 2020 Presidential Election   

Land Area, 2017 (in thousands of acres)

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State Region Rank Land Area
AlabamaSouth2832,114.3
AlaskaWest1353,359.5
ArizonaWest672,774.7
ArkansasSouth2733,132.0
CaliforniaWest399,724.8
ColoradoWest866,304.5
ConnecticutNortheast483,068.3
DelawareSouth491,230.6
District of ColumbiaSouth5139.0
FloridaSouth2634,343.5
GeorgiaSouth2136,666.8
HawaiiWest474,100.5
IdahoWest1152,933.2
IllinoisMidwest2435,301.8
IndianaMidwest3822,761.9
IowaMidwest2335,512.1
KansasMidwest1352,109.9
KentuckySouth3625,209.7
LouisianaSouth3326,786.3
MaineNortheast3919,667.8
MarylandSouth426,188.8
MassachusettsNortheast454,969.8
MichiganMidwest2236,177.9
MinnesotaMidwest1450,807.8
MississippiSouth3129,698.4
MissouriMidwest1843,733.1
MontanaWest493,073.6
NebraskaMidwest1549,008.3
NevadaWest770,364.8
New HampshireNortheast445,707.5
New JerseyNortheast464,655.0
New MexicoWest577,660.6
New YorkNortheast3029,979.6
North CarolinaSouth2930,905.0
North DakotaMidwest1743,990.7
OhioMidwest3526,017.9
OklahomaSouth1943,633.5
OregonWest1061,307.9
PennsylvaniaNortheast3228,512.5
Rhode IslandNortheast50661.0
South CarolinaSouth4019,116.9
South DakotaMidwest1648,418.5
TennesseeSouth3426,180.5
TexasSouth2166,832.5
UtahWest1252,915.8
VermontNortheast435,884.7
VirginiaSouth3725,161.3
WashingtonWest2042,462.9
West VirginiaSouth4115,331.4
WisconsinMidwest2534,618.1
WyomingWest962,130.5
United States2,245,467.2

Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service, 2017 National Resources Inventory