List of United States cities by area
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This list ranks the top 150 U.S. cities (incorporated places) by 2023 land area. Total areas including water are also given, but when ranked by total area, a number of coastal cities appear disproportionately larger.
City | ST | Land area | Water area | Total area | Population (2020) | |||
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(mi2) | (km2) | (mi2) | (km2) | (mi2) | (km2) | |||
Sitka | AK | 2,870.1 | 7,434 | 1,945.1 | 5,038 | 4,815.1 | 12,471 | 8,458 |
Juneau | AK | 2,704.2 | 7,004 | 550.7 | 1,426 | 3,254.9 | 8,430 | 32,255 |
Wrangell | AK | 2,556.1 | 6,620 | 920.6 | 2,384 | 3,476.7 | 9,005 | 2,127 |
Anchorage | AK | 1,707.0 | 4,421 | 239.7 | 621 | 1,946.7 | 5,042 | 291,247 |
Tribune[a]* | KS | 778.2 | 2,016 | 0 | 0 | 778.2 | 2,016 | 1,182 |
Jacksonville | FL | 747.3 | 1,935 | 127.2 | 329 | 874.5 | 2,265 | 949,611 |
Anaconda * | MT | 736.7 | 1,908 | 4.7 | 12 | 741.4 | 1,920 | 9,421 |
Butte * | MT | 715.8 | 1,854 | 0.6 | 1.6 | 716.3 | 1,855 | 34,494 |
Houston | TX | 640.6 | 1,659 | 31.2 | 81 | 671.8 | 1,740 | 2,304,580 |
Oklahoma City | OK | 606.5 | 1,571 | 14.3 | 37 | 620.8 | 1,608 | 681,054 |
Phoenix | AZ | 518.3 | 1,342 | 1.0 | 2.6 | 519.3 | 1,345 | 1,608,139 |
San Antonio | TX | 498.9 | 1,292 | 5.8 | 15 | 504.7 | 1,307 | 1,434,625 |
Nashville * | TN | 475.6 | 1,232 | 21.6 | 56 | 497.2 | 1,288 | 689,447 |
Los Angeles | CA | 470.5 | 1,219 | 31.1 | 81 | 501.6 | 1,299 | 3,898,747 |
Statenville[b] | GA |
420.4 | 1,089 | 0.3 | 0.78 | 420.7 | 1,090 | 3,697 |
Suffolk[c]** | VA | 399.2 | 1,034 | 29.7 | 77 | 428.9 | 1,111 | 94,324 |
Buckeye | AZ | 394.8 | 1,023 | 0.2 | 0.52 | 395.0 | 1,023 | 91,502 |
Indianapolis * | IN | 361.0 | 935 | 6.9 | 18 | 367.9 | 953 | 887,642 |
Fort Worth |
TX | 350.3 | 907 | 8.3 | 21 | 358.6 | 929 | 918,915 |
Dallas | TX | 339.7 | 880 | 44.0 | 114 | 383.7 | 994 | 1,304,379 |
Chesapeake[d]** | VA | 338.5 | 877 | 12.5 | 32 | 350.9 | 909 | 249,422 |
Austin | TX | 326.4 | 845 | 6.6 | 17 | 332.9 | 862 | 961,855 |
San Diego | CA | 326.1 | 845 | 46.3 | 120 | 372.4 | 965 | 1,386,932 |
Louisville * | KY | 324.5 | 840 | 16.5 | 43 | 341.0 | 883 | 633,045 |
Kansas City | MO | 314.7 | 815 | 4.1 | 11 | 318.8 | 826 | 508,090 |
Charlotte | NC | 310.8 | 805 | 2.0 | 5.2 | 312.7 | 810 | 874,579 |
Augusta * | GA |
302.3 | 783 | 4.2 | 11 | 306.5 | 794 | 202,081 |
New York City | NY |
300.5 | 778 | 172.0 | 445 | 472.4 | 1,224 | 8,804,190 |
Memphis | TN | 296.2 | 767 | 7.6 | 20 | 303.8 | 787 | 633,104 |
Lexington | KY | 283.9 | 735 | 1.7 | 4.4 | 285.6 | 740 | 322,570 |
El Paso | TX | 258.8 | 670 | 0.6 | 1.6 | 259.4 | 672 | 678,815 |
Macon | GA |
249.4 | 646 | 5.5 | 14 | 254.9 | 660 | 157,346 |
Cusseta | GA |
248.7 | 644 | 2.4 | 6.2 | 251.2 | 651 | 9,565 |
Virginia Beach[e]** | VA | 244.7 | 634 | 252.8 | 655 | 497.5 | 1,289 | 459,470 |
Tucson | AZ | 242.2 | 627 | 0.3 | 0.78 | 242.5 | 628 | 542,629 |
Chicago | IL | 227.7 | 590 | 6.8 | 18 | 234.5 | 607 | 2,746,388 |
Huntsville | AL | 223.6 | 579 | 1.5 | 3.9 | 225.2 | 583 | 215,006 |
Columbus | OH | 220.7 | 572 | 5.9 | 15 | 226.6 | 587 | 905,748 |
Columbus | GA |
216.5 | 561 | 4.5 | 12 | 221.0 | 572 | 206,922 |
Valdez | AK | 212.9 | 551 | 59.0 | 153 | 271.9 | 704 | 3,985 |
Preston[f] | GA |
209.7 | 543 | 0.9 | 2.3 | 210.6 | 545 | 2,348 |
Boulder City | NV | 208.3 | 539 | 0.0 | 0 | 208.3 | 539 | 14,885 |
California City | CA | 203.6 | 527 | 0.1 | 0.26 | 203.7 | 528 | 14,973 |
Colorado Springs | CO | 201.9 | 523 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 202.2 | 524 | 478,961 |
Tulsa | OK | 197.8 | 512 | 4.1 | 11 | 201.9 | 523 | 413,066 |
Goodyear | AZ | 191.3 | 495 | 0.0 | 0 | 191.3 | 495 | 95,294 |
Albuquerque | NM | 187.3 | 485 | 1.7 | 4.4 | 188.9 | 489 | 564,559 |
Scottsdale | AZ | 184.0 | 477 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 184.4 | 478 | 241,361 |
Hibbing | MN | 182.0 | 471 | 4.4 | 11 | 186.5 | 483 | 16,214 |
Norman | OK | 178.6 | 463 | 10.5 | 27 | 189.2 | 490 | 128,026 |
San Jose | CA | 177.9 | 461 | 3.1 | 8.0 | 181.1 | 469 | 1,013,240 |
Peoria | AZ | 176.7 | 458 | 3.2 | 8.3 | 179.9 | 466 | 190,985 |
New Orleans | LA | 169.5 | 439 | 180.3 | 467 | 349.8 | 906 | 383,997 |
Aurora | CO | 163.0 | 422 | 0.6 | 1.6 | 163.6 | 424 | 386,261 |
Wichita | KS | 162.9 | 422 | 4.5 | 12 | 167.4 | 434 | 397,532 |
Corpus Christi | TX | 162.3 | 420 | 328.7 | 851 | 491.0 | 1,272 | 317,863 |
Montgomery | AL | 159.9 | 414 | 2.4 | 6.2 | 162.3 | 420 | 200,603 |
Denver | CO | 153.1 | 397 | 1.7 | 4.4 | 154.7 | 401 | 715,522 |
Sierra Vista | AZ | 152.4 | 395 | 0.3 | 0.78 | 152.7 | 395 | 45,308 |
Georgetown | GA |
151.2 | 392 | 9.3 | 24 | 160.6 | 416 | 2,235 |
Bakersfield | CA | 150.3 | 389 | 1.5 | 3.9 | 151.7 | 393 | 403,455 |
Raleigh | NC | 149.4 | 387 | 1.1 | 2.8 | 150.5 | 390 | 467,665 |
Fayetteville | NC | 148.3 | 384 | 1.8 | 4.7 | 150.1 | 389 | 208,501 |
Birmingham | AL | 147.1 | 381 | 2.5 | 6.5 | 149.6 | 387 | 200,733 |
Carson City[g]** | NV | 144.5 | 374 | 12.6 | 33 | 157.1 | 407 | 58,639 |
Omaha | NE | 143.0 | 370 | 3.6 | 9.3 | 146.6 | 380 | 486,051 |
Chattanooga | TN | 142.4 | 369 | 7.7 | 20 | 150.1 | 389 | 181,099 |
Lubbock | TX | 142.0 | 368 | 1.3 | 3.4 | 143.3 | 371 | 257,141 |
Las Vegas |
NV | 141.9 | 368 | 0.1 | 0.26 | 141.9 | 368 | 641,903 |
Mesa | AZ | 141.4 | 366 | 0.6 | 1.6 | 142.0 | 368 | 504,258 |
Mobile | AL | 139.5 | 361 | 40.6 | 105 | 180.1 | 466 | 187,041 |
Bunnell | FL | 139.4 | 361 | 0.1 | 0.26 | 139.5 | 361 | 3,276 |
Detroit | MI | 138.7 | 359 | 4.2 | 11 | 142.9 | 370 | 639,111 |
Columbia | SC | 138.3 | 358 | 2.9 | 7.5 | 141.1 | 365 | 136,632 |
Atlanta | GA |
135.3 | 350 | 1.1 | 2.8 | 136.3 | 353 | 498,715 |
Philadelphia | PA | 134.4 | 348 | 8.3 | 21 | 142.7 | 370 | 1,603,797 |
Greensboro | NC | 133.9 | 347 | 5.2 | 13 | 139.1 | 360 | 299,035 |
Winston-Salem | NC | 133.6 | 346 | 1.2 | 3.1 | 134.8 | 349 | 249,545 |
Portland | OR | 133.5 | 346 | 11.5 | 30 | 145.0 | 376 | 652,503 |
Brownsville | TX | 131.8 | 341 | 13.7 | 35 | 145.5 | 377 | 186,738 |
Lynchburg | TN | 129.2 | 335 | 1.2 | 3.1 | 130.4 | 338 | 6,461 |
Kansas City | KS | 124.7 | 323 | 3.6 | 9.3 | 128.3 | 332 | 156,607 |
Fernley | NV | 122.7 | 318 | 6.7 | 17 | 129.5 | 335 | 22,895 |
Marana | AZ | 121.1 | 314 | 0.7 | 1.8 | 121.8 | 315 | 51,908 |
Yuma | AZ | 121.0 | 313 | 0.1 | 0.26 | 121.1 | 314 | 95,548 |
Henderson | NV | 120.5 | 312 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 121.0 | 313 | 317,610 |
Little Rock | AR | 120.3 | 312 | 3.0 | 7.8 | 123.2 | 319 | 202,591 |
Port St. Lucie | FL | 119.2 | 309 | 1.6 | 4.1 | 120.8 | 313 | 204,851 |
Durham | NC | 116.8 | 303 | 0.8 | 2.1 | 117.6 | 305 | 283,506 |
Athens * | GA |
116.4 | 301 | 1.8 | 4.7 | 118.2 | 306 | 127,315 |
Fresno | CA | 115.8 | 300 | 1.2 | 3.1 | 117.0 | 303 | 542,107 |
Charleston | SC | 115.1 | 298 | 20.7 | 54 | 135.7 | 351 | 150,227 |
Eloy | AZ | 114.7 | 297 | 0.1 | 0.26 | 114.7 | 297 | 15,635 |
Hartsville | TN | 114.3 | 296 | 2.3 | 6.0 | 116.6 | 302 | 11,615 |
Casa Grande | AZ | 113.8 | 295 | 0.0 | 0 | 113.8 | 295 | 53,658 |
Tampa | FL | 113.6 | 294 | 63.6 | 165 | 177.2 | 459 | 384,959 |
Jackson | MS | 111.7 | 289 | 2.1 | 5.4 | 113.8 | 295 | 153,701 |
Orlando | FL | 111.2 | 288 | 8.2 | 21 | 119.5 | 310 | 307,573 |
Salt Lake City | UT | 110.9 | 287 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 111.3 | 288 | 199,723 |
Fort Wayne | IN | 110.6 | 286 | 0.3 | 0.78 | 111.0 | 287 | 263,886 |
Surprise | AZ | 110.5 | 286 | 0.2 | 0.52 | 110.7 | 287 | 143,148 |
Reno | NV | 109.0 | 282 | 2.8 | 7.3 | 111.8 | 290 | 264,165 |
Savannah | GA |
108.9 | 282 | 4.8 | 12 | 113.7 | 294 | 147,780 |
Shreveport | LA | 108.1 | 280 | 15.7 | 41 | 123.8 | 321 | 187,593 |
Laredo | TX | 106.8 | 277 | 1.5 | 3.9 | 108.3 | 280 | 255,205 |
Abilene | TX | 106.7 | 276 | 5.4 | 14 | 112.1 | 290 | 125,182 |
Cape Coral | FL | 106.1 | 275 | 13.4 | 35 | 119.5 | 310 | 194,016 |
Palmdale | CA | 106.1 | 275 | 0.2 | 0.52 | 106.3 | 275 | 169,450 |
Babbitt | MN | 106.0 | 275 | 0.8 | 2.1 | 106.8 | 277 | 1,397 |
North Las Vegas | NV | 105.3 | 273 | 0.0 | 0 | 105.4 | 273 | 262,527 |
Amarillo | TX | 103.6 | 268 | 1.6 | 4.1 | 105.2 | 272 | 200,393 |
Rio Rancho | NM | 103.4 | 268 | 0.3 | 0.78 | 103.6 | 268 | 104,046 |
Tallahassee | FL | 102.4 | 265 | 2.9 | 7.5 | 105.3 | 273 | 196,169 |
Unalaska | AK | 102.2 | 265 | 108.7 | 282 | 210.9 | 546 | 4,254 |
Lincoln | NE | 100.0 | 259 | 1.4 | 3.6 | 101.3 | 262 | 291,082 |
Clarksville | TN | 99.7 | 258 | 0.7 | 1.8 | 100.4 | 260 | 166,722 |
North Port | FL | 99.4 | 257 | 4.8 | 12 | 104.2 | 270 | 74,793 |
St. Marys | PA | 99.3 | 257 | 0.2 | 0.52 | 99.5 | 258 | 12,738 |
Nightmute | AK | 99.0 | 256 | 5.4 | 14 | 104.4 | 270 | 306 |
Knoxville | TN | 98.7 | 256 | 5.5 | 14 | 104.3 | 270 | 190,740 |
Sacramento | CA | 98.6 | 255 | 2.1 | 5.4 | 100.7 | 261 | 524,943 |
Denton | TX | 96.9 | 251 | 1.4 | 3.6 | 98.3 | 255 | 139,869 |
Milwaukee | WI | 96.2 | 249 | 0.6 | 1.6 | 96.8 | 251 | 577,222 |
Arlington | TX | 95.8 | 248 | 3.6 | 9.3 | 99.4 | 257 | 394,266 |
Palm Coast | FL | 95.7 | 248 | 1.2 | 3.1 | 96.9 | 251 | 89,258 |
Palm Springs | CA | 94.5 | 245 | 0.1 | 0.26 | 94.7 | 245 | 44,575 |
Lancaster | CA | 94.3 | 244 | 0.3 | 0.78 | 94.5 | 245 | 173,516 |
South Fulton | GA |
93.0 | 241 | 1.2 | 3.1 | 94.2 | 244 | 107,436 |
Waco | TX | 91.0 | 236 | 12.4 | 32 | 103.4 | 268 | 138,486 |
Dothan | AL | 89.8 | 233 | 0.3 | 0.78 | 90.2 | 234 | 71,072 |
Des Moines | IA | 88.2 | 228 | 2.5 | 6.5 | 90.7 | 235 | 214,133 |
Baton Rouge | LA | 86.9 | 225 | 2.2 | 5.7 | 89.1 | 231 | 227,470 |
Palm Bay | FL | 86.7 | 225 | 3.2 | 8.3 | 89.9 | 233 | 119,760 |
Oak Ridge | TN | 85.3 | 221 | 4.7 | 12 | 90.0 | 233 | 31,402 |
Boise | ID | 84.6 | 219 | 1.0 | 2.6 | 85.5 | 221 | 235,684 |
Edmond | OK | 84.4 | 219 | 3.1 | 8.0 | 87.5 | 227 | 94,428 |
Seattle | WA |
84.0 | 218 | 58.1 | 150 | 142.1 | 368 | 737,015 |
Springfield | MO | 83.2 | 215 | 0.6 | 1.6 | 83.8 | 217 | 169,176 |
Coolidge | AZ | 83.1 | 215 | 0.2 | 0.52 | 83.3 | 216 | 13,218 |
Madison | WI | 83.1 | 215 | 21.4 | 55 | 104.5 | 271 | 269,840 |
Sioux Falls | SD | 82.7 | 214 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 83.2 | 215 | 192,517 |
Beaumont | TX | 82.1 | 213 | 2.8 | 7.3 | 84.9 | 220 | 115,282 |
Lawton | OK | 81.4 | 211 | 0.0 | 0 | 81.5 | 211 | 90,381 |
Riverside | CA | 81.1 | 210 | 0.3 | 0.78 | 81.5 | 211 | 314,998 |
Baltimore ** | MD | 80.9 | 210 | 11.1 | 29 | 92.1 | 239 | 585,708 |
Toledo | OH | 80.5 | 208 | 3.3 | 8.5 | 83.8 | 217 | 270,871 |
Jonesboro | AR | 80.2 | 208 | 0.6 | 1.6 | 80.7 | 209 | 78,576 |
El Reno | OK | 79.6 | 206 | 0.6 | 1.6 | 80.2 | 208 | 16,989 |
Caribou | ME | 79.3 | 205 | 0.8 | 2.1 | 80.1 | 207 | 7,396 |
Ellsworth | ME | 79.3 | 205 | 14.6 | 38 | 93.9 | 243 | 8,399 |
See also
- United States of America
- Outline of the United States
- Index of United States-related articles
- United States Census Bureau
- United States Office of Management and Budget
- Statistical area (United States)
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- Core-based statistical area (list)
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- list)
- Statistical area (United States)
- Largest cities in the United States by population by decade
- List of cities proper by population(most populous cities in the World)
- List of lists of settlements in the United States
- List of United States cities by population density
- List of United States urban areas
Gallery
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1 - Sitka, Alaska
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2 - Juneau, Alaska
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3 - Wrangell, Alaska
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5 - Tribune, Kansas
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8 - Butte, Montana
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9 -Houston, Texas
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10 -Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
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11 - Phoenix, Arizona
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12 -San Antonio, Texas
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13 - Nashville, Tennessee
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14 -Los Angeles, California
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15 - Statenville, Georgia
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16 - Suffolk, Virginia
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17 - Buckeye, Arizona
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19 - Fort Worth, Texas
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20 -Dallas, Texas
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21 - Chesapeake, Virginia
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22 - Austin, Texas
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23 -San Diego, California
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24 - Louisville, Kentucky
Notes
- ^ Merged with Greeley County.
- ^ Merged with Echols County.
- ^ Consolidated with the independent city of Nansemond in 1974, which had been Nansemond County until 1972.
- ^ Consolidated with remaining unincorporated portions of Norfolk County in 1963.
- ^ Consolidated with Princess Anne County in 1963.
- ^ Merged with Webster County.
- ^ Consolidated with Ormsby County in 1969.
References
- ^ "Places" dataset at Census Gazetteer Files, dated September 21, 2023.
- ^ 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) Table 1: Race