List of United States cities by area
This list ranks the top 150 U.S. cities by land area. Total areas including water are also given, but when ranked by total area, a number of coastal cities appear disproportionately larger. San Francisco is an extreme example: water makes up nearly 80% of its total area of 232 square miles (601 km2). Also, in many cases a city may be geographically large primarily because its municipal government has merged with the government of the surrounding county. In some cases the county no longer exists, while in others the arrangement has formed a consolidated city-county (or city-borough in Alaska, or city-parish in Louisiana); these are shown in bold. Cities that are not consolidated with or part of any county are independent cities, indicated with two asterisks (**). All data is from the 2010 United States Census.[1]
Rank | City | State | Land area (sq mi) | Land area (km2) | Water area (sq mi) | Water area (km2) | Total area (sq mi) | Total area (km2) | Population (2010) |
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1 | Sitka | Alaska | 2,870.3 | 7,434 | 1,941.0 | 5,027 | 4,811.4 | 12,461 | 8,881 |
2 | Juneau | Alaska | 2,701.9 | 6,998 | 552.0 | 1,430 | 3,253.9 | 8,428 | 31,275 |
3 | Wrangell | Alaska | 2,541.5 | 6,582 | 920.6 | 2,384 | 3,462.1 | 8,967 | 2,369 |
4 | Anchorage | Alaska | 1,704.7 | 4,415 | 256.3 | 664 | 1,961.0 | 5,079 | 291,826 |
5 | Jacksonville | Florida | 747.0 | 1,935 | 127.6 | 330 | 874.6 | 2,265 | 821,784 |
6 | Anaconda | Montana | 736.5 | 1,908 | 4.7 | 12 | 741.2 | 1,920 | 9,298 |
7 | Butte | Montana | 716.2 | 1,855 | 0.6 | 1.6 | 716.8 | 1,857 | 33,525 |
8 | Oklahoma City | Oklahoma | 606.4 | 1,571 | 14.4 | 37 | 620.8 | 1,608 | 579,999 |
9 | Houston | Texas | 599.6 | 1,553 | 27.9 | 72 | 627.5 | 1,625 | 2,099,451 |
10 | Phoenix | Arizona | 516.7 | 1,338 | 1.2 | 3.1 | 517.9 | 1,341 | 1,445,632 |
11 | Nashville | Tennessee | 475.1 | 1,231 | 21.7 | 56 | 496.8 | 1,287 | 601,222 |
12 | Los Angeles | California | 468.7 | 1,214 | 34.0 | 88 | 502.7 | 1,302 | 3,792,621 |
13 | San Antonio | Texas | 460.9 | 1,194 | 5.8 | 15 | 466.7 | 1,209 | 1,327,407 |
14 | Suffolk [note 1]** | Virginia | 400.2 | 1,037 | 28.9 | 75 | 429.1 | 1,111 | 84,585 |
15 | Buckeye | Arizona | 375.3 | 972 | 0.1 | 0.26 | 375.4 | 972 | 50,876 |
16 | Indianapolis | Indiana | 361.4 | 936 | 6.6 | 17 | 368.0 | 953 | 820,445 |
17 | Chesapeake [note 2]** | Virginia | 340.8 | 883 | 10.1 | 26 | 350.9 | 909 | 222,209 |
18 | Dallas | Texas | 340.5 | 882 | 45.3 | 117 | 385.8 | 999 | 1,197,816 |
19 | Fort Worth | Texas | 339.8 | 880 | 8.0 | 21 | 347.9 | 901 | 741,206 |
20 | Louisville | Kentucky | 325.2 | 842 | 17.0 | 44 | 342.2 | 886 | 597,337 |
21 | San Diego | California | 325.2 | 842 | 47.2 | 122 | 372.4 | 965 | 1,307,402 |
22 | Memphis | Tennessee | 315.1 | 816 | 8.9 | 23 | 324.0 | 839 | 646,889 |
23 | Kansas City | Missouri | 315.0 | 816 | 4.1 | 11 | 319.0 | 826 | 459,787 |
24 | New York City | New York | 302.6 | 784 | 165.8 | 429 | 468.5 | 1,213 | 8,175,133 |
25 | Augusta | Georgia | 302.5 | 783 | 4.2 | 11 | 306.7 | 794 | 195,844 |
26 | Austin | Texas | 297.9 | 772 | 7.2 | 19 | 305.1 | 790 | 790,390 |
27 | Charlotte | North Carolina | 297.7 | 771 | 2.0 | 5.2 | 299.7 | 776 | 731,424 |
28 | Lexington | Kentucky | 283.6 | 735 | 1.9 | 4.9 | 285.6 | 740 | 295,803 |
29 | El Paso | Texas | 255.2 | 661 | 1.0 | 2.6 | 256.3 | 664 | 649,121 |
30 | Virginia Beach [note 3]** | Virginia | 249.0 | 645 | 248.3 | 643 | 497.3 | 1,288 | 437,994 |
31 | Cusseta | Georgia | 248.7 | 644 | 2.4 | 6.2 | 251.2 | 651 | 11,267 |
32 | Chicago | Illinois | 227.6 | 589 | 6.5 | 17 | 234.1 | 606 | 2,695,598 |
33 | Tucson | Arizona | 226.7 | 587 | 0.3 | 0.78 | 227.0 | 588 | 520,116 |
34 | Columbus | Ohio | 217.2 | 563 | 5.9 | 15 | 223.1 | 578 | 787,033 |
35 | Columbus | Georgia | 216.4 | 560 | 4.6 | 12 | 221.0 | 572 | 189,885 |
36 | Valdez | Alaska | 216.2 | 560 | 59.6 | 154 | 275.9 | 715 | 3,976 |
37 | Preston | Georgia | 209.1 | 542 | 1.1 | 2.8 | 210.3 | 545 | 2,799 |
38 | Huntsville | Alabama | 209.1 | 542 | 1.3 | 3.4 | 210.4 | 545 | 180,105 |
39 | Boulder City | Nevada | 208.5 | 540 | 0.0 | 0 | 208.6 | 540 | 15,023 |
40 | California City | California | 203.5 | 527 | 0.1 | 0.26 | 203.6 | 527 | 14,120 |
41 | Tulsa | Oklahoma | 196.8 | 510 | 4.2 | 11 | 201.0 | 521 | 391,906 |
42 | Colorado Springs | Colorado | 194.5 | 504 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 194.9 | 505 | 416,427 |
43 | Goodyear | Arizona | 191.5 | 496 | 0.0 | 0 | 191.5 | 496 | 65,275 |
44 | Albuquerque | New Mexico | 187.7 | 486 | 1.8 | 4.7 | 189.5 | 491 | 545,852 |
45 | Scottsdale | Arizona | 183.9 | 476 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 184.4 | 478 | 217,385 |
46 | Hibbing | Minnesota | 181.8 | 471 | 4.6 | 12 | 186.4 | 483 | 16,361 |
47 | Norman | Oklahoma | 178.8 | 463 | 10.7 | 28 | 189.4 | 491 | 110,925 |
48 | San Jose | California | 176.5 | 457 | 3.4 | 8.8 | 180.0 | 466 | 945,942 |
49 | Peoria | Arizona | 174.4 | 452 | 3.6 | 9.3 | 178.0 | 461 | 154,065 |
50 | New Orleans | Louisiana | 169.4 | 439 | 180.8 | 468 | 350.2 | 907 | 343,829 |
51 | Corpus Christi | Texas | 160.6 | 416 | 329.0 | 852 | 489.6 | 1,268 | 305,215 |
52 | Montgomery | Alabama | 159.6 | 413 | 2.4 | 6.2 | 161.9 | 419 | 205,764 |
53 | Wichita | Kansas | 159.3 | 413 | 4.3 | 11 | 163.6 | 424 | 382,368 |
54 | Aurora | Colorado | 154.7 | 401 | 0.7 | 1.8 | 155.4 | 402 | 325,078 |
55 | Denver | Colorado | 153.0 | 396 | 1.6 | 4.1 | 154.6 | 400 | 600,158 |
56 | Sierra Vista | Arizona | 152.3 | 394 | 0.3 | 0.78 | 152.5 | 395 | 43,888 |
57 | Georgetown | Georgia | 151.2 | 392 | 9.3 | 24 | 160.6 | 416 | 2,513 |
58 | Birmingham | Alabama | 146.1 | 378 | 2.5 | 6.5 | 148.6 | 385 | 212,237 |
59 | Fayetteville | North Carolina | 145.8 | 378 | 1.9 | 4.9 | 147.7 | 383 | 200,564 |
60 | Carson City [note 4]** | Nevada | 144.7 | 375 | 12.6 | 33 | 157.2 | 407 | 55,274 |
61 | Raleigh | North Carolina | 142.9 | 370 | 1.1 | 2.8 | 144.0 | 373 | 403,892 |
62 | Bakersfield | California | 142.2 | 368 | 1.4 | 3.6 | 143.6 | 372 | 347,483 |
63 | Mobile | Alabama | 139.1 | 360 | 40.7 | 105 | 179.8 | 466 | 195,111 |
64 | Detroit | Michigan | 138.8 | 359 | 4.1 | 11 | 142.9 | 370 | 713,777 |
65 | Bunnell | Florida | 137.5 | 356 | 1.1 | 2.8 | 138.6 | 359 | 2,676 |
66 | Chattanooga | Tennessee | 137.2 | 355 | 7.4 | 19 | 144.5 | 374 | 167,674 |
67 | Mesa | Arizona | 136.5 | 354 | 0.6 | 1.6 | 137.1 | 355 | 439,041 |
68 | Las Vegas | Nevada | 135.8 | 352 | 0.1 | 0.26 | 135.9 | 352 | 583,756 |
69 | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | 134.1 | 347 | 8.6 | 22 | 142.7 | 370 | 1,526,006 |
70 | Portland | Oregon | 133.4 | 346 | 11.7 | 30 | 145.1 | 376 | 583,776 |
71 | Atlanta | Georgia | 133.2 | 345 | 0.9 | 2.3 | 134.0 | 347 | 420,003 |
72 | Winston-Salem | North Carolina | 132.4 | 343 | 1.2 | 3.1 | 133.7 | 346 | 229,617 |
73 | Brownsville | Texas | 132.3 | 343 | 14.0 | 36 | 146.3 | 379 | 175,023 |
74 | Columbia | South Carolina | 132.2 | 342 | 2.7 | 7.0 | 134.9 | 349 | 129,272 |
75 | Lynchburg | Tennessee | 129.2 | 335 | 1.2 | 3.1 | 130.4 | 338 | 6,362 |
76 | Omaha | Nebraska | 127.1 | 329 | 3.5 | 9.1 | 130.6 | 338 | 408,958 |
77 | Greensboro | North Carolina | 126.5 | 328 | 5.3 | 14 | 131.8 | 341 | 269,666 |
78 | Kansas City | Kansas | 124.8 | 323 | 3.6 | 9.3 | 128.4 | 333 | 145,786 |
79 | Lubbock | Texas | 122.4 | 317 | 1.1 | 2.8 | 123.6 | 320 | 229,573 |
80 | Fernley | Nevada | 122.1 | 316 | 6.7 | 17 | 128.9 | 334 | 19,368 |
81 | Marana | Arizona | 121.5 | 315 | 0.7 | 1.8 | 122.2 | 316 | 34,961 |
82 | Yuma | Arizona | 120.3 | 312 | 0.1 | 0.26 | 120.4 | 312 | 93,064 |
83 | Little Rock | Arkansas | 119.2 | 309 | 1.8 | 4.7 | 121.0 | 313 | 193,524 |
84 | Athens | Georgia | 116.4 | 301 | 1.8 | 4.7 | 118.2 | 306 | 115,452 |
85 | Hartsville | Tennessee | 114.2 | 296 | 2.4 | 6.2 | 116.6 | 302 | 7,870 |
86 | Port St. Lucie | Florida | 114.0 | 295 | 1.3 | 3.4 | 115.2 | 298 | 164,603 |
87 | Tampa | Florida | 113.4 | 294 | 61.8 | 160 | 175.2 | 454 | 335,709 |
88 | Fresno | California | 112.0 | 290 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 112.3 | 291 | 494,665 |
89 | Unalaska | Alaska | 111.8 | 290 | 100.9 | 261 | 212.7 | 551 | 4,376 |
90 | Eloy | Arizona | 111.5 | 289 | 0.1 | 0.26 | 111.6 | 289 | 16,631 |
91 | Salt Lake City | Utah | 111.1 | 288 | 0.6 | 1.6 | 111.7 | 289 | 186,440 |
92 | Jackson | Mississippi | 111.0 | 287 | 2.2 | 5.7 | 113.2 | 293 | 173,514 |
93 | Fort Wayne | Indiana | 110.6 | 286 | 0.2 | 0.52 | 110.8 | 287 | 253,691 |
94 | Casa Grande | Arizona | 109.7 | 284 | 0.0 | 0 | 109.7 | 284 | 48,571 |
95 | Charleston | South Carolina | 109.0 | 282 | 18.5 | 48 | 127.5 | 330 | 120,083 |
96 | Henderson | Nevada | 107.7 | 279 | 0.0 | 0 | 107.7 | 279 | 257,729 |
97 | Durham | North Carolina | 107.4 | 278 | 0.9 | 2.3 | 108.3 | 280 | 228,330 |
98 | Abilene | Texas | 106.8 | 277 | 5.4 | 14 | 112.2 | 291 | 117,063 |
99 | Palmdale | California | 106.0 | 275 | 0.3 | 0.78 | 106.2 | 275 | 152,750 |
100 | Babbitt | Minnesota | 105.9 | 274 | 0.8 | 2.1 | 106.7 | 276 | 1,475 |
101 | Surprise | Arizona | 105.7 | 274 | 0.1 | 0.26 | 105.9 | 274 | 117,517 |
102 | Cape Coral | Florida | 105.7 | 274 | 14.9 | 39 | 120.6 | 312 | 154,305 |
103 | Shreveport | Louisiana | 105.4 | 273 | 15.5 | 40 | 120.8 | 313 | 199,311 |
104 | Rio Rancho | New Mexico | 103.4 | 268 | 0.3 | 0.78 | 103.7 | 269 | 87,521 |
105 | Savannah | Georgia | 103.2 | 267 | 5.6 | 15 | 108.7 | 282 | 136,286 |
106 | Reno | Nevada | 103.0 | 267 | 2.9 | 7.5 | 105.9 | 274 | 225,221 |
107 | Orlando | Florida | 102.4 | 265 | 8.3 | 21 | 110.7 | 287 | 238,300 |
108 | North Las Vegas | Nevada | 101.3 | 262 | 0.0 | 0 | 101.4 | 263 | 216,961 |
109 | Tallahassee | Florida | 100.2 | 260 | 3.2 | 8.3 | 103.5 | 268 | 181,376 |
110 | North Port | Florida | 99.6 | 258 | 4.6 | 12 | 104.2 | 270 | 57,357 |
111 | Amarillo | Texas | 99.5 | 258 | 1.7 | 4.4 | 101.2 | 262 | 190,695 |
112 | St. Marys | Pennsylvania | 99.3 | 257 | 0.2 | 0.52 | 99.5 | 258 | 13,070 |
113 | Knoxville | Tennessee | 98.5 | 255 | 5.6 | 15 | 104.2 | 270 | 178,874 |
114 | Sacramento | California | 97.9 | 254 | 2.2 | 5.7 | 100.1 | 259 | 466,488 |
115 | Clarksville | Tennessee | 97.6 | 253 | 0.7 | 1.8 | 98.3 | 255 | 132,929 |
116 | Nightmute | Alaska | 96.9 | 251 | 4.0 | 10 | 100.9 | 261 | 280 |
117 | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | 96.1 | 249 | 0.7 | 1.8 | 96.8 | 251 | 594,833 |
118 | Arlington | Texas | 95.9 | 248 | 3.7 | 9.6 | 99.6 | 258 | 365,438 |
119 | Lancaster | California | 94.3 | 244 | 0.3 | 0.78 | 94.5 | 245 | 156,633 |
120 | Palm Springs | California | 94.1 | 244 | 0.9 | 2.3 | 95.0 | 246 | 44,552 |
121 | Palm Coast | Florida | 89.9 | 233 | 1.0 | 2.6 | 90.8 | 235 | 75,180 |
122 | Dothan | Alabama | 89.4 | 232 | 0.3 | 0.78 | 89.7 | 232 | 65,496 |
123 | Lincoln | Nebraska | 89.1 | 231 | 1.2 | 3.1 | 90.4 | 234 | 258,379 |
124 | Waco | Texas | 89.0 | 231 | 12.3 | 32 | 101.3 | 262 | 124,805 |
125 | Laredo | Texas | 88.9 | 230 | 1.4 | 3.6 | 90.4 | 234 | 236,091 |
126 | Denton | Texas | 88.0 | 228 | 1.4 | 3.6 | 89.3 | 231 | 113,383 |
127 | Oak Ridge | Tennessee | 85.3 | 221 | 4.7 | 12 | 90.0 | 233 | 29,330 |
128 | Edmond | Oklahoma | 84.7 | 219 | 3.2 | 8.3 | 87.9 | 228 | 81,405 |
129 | Seattle | Washington | 83.9 | 217 | 58.7 | 152 | 142.7 | 370 | 608,660 |
130 | Beaumont | Texas | 82.8 | 214 | 3.0 | 7.8 | 85.8 | 222 | 118,296 |
131 | Springfield | Missouri | 81.7 | 212 | 0.6 | 1.6 | 82.3 | 213 | 159,498 |
132 | Riverside | California | 81.1 | 210 | 0.3 | 0.78 | 81.4 | 211 | 303,871 |
133 | Lawton | Oklahoma | 81.0 | 210 | 0.0 | 0 | 81.0 | 210 | 96,867 |
134 | Baltimore ** | Maryland | 80.9 | 210 | 11.1 | 29 | 92.1 | 239 | 620,961 |
135 | Des Moines | Iowa | 80.9 | 210 | 1.7 | 4.4 | 82.6 | 214 | 203,433 |
136 | Toledo | Ohio | 80.7 | 209 | 3.4 | 8.8 | 84.1 | 218 | 287,208 |
137 | Jonesboro | Arkansas | 79.9 | 207 | 0.6 | 1.6 | 80.4 | 208 | 67,263 |
138 | Boise | Idaho | 79.4 | 206 | 0.7 | 1.8 | 80.0 | 207 | 205,671 |
139 | Ellsworth | Maine | 79.3 | 205 | 14.6 | 38 | 93.9 | 243 | 7,741 |
140 | Caribou | Maine | 79.3 | 205 | 0.8 | 2.1 | 80.1 | 207 | 8,189 |
141 | El Reno | Oklahoma | 79.2 | 205 | 0.6 | 1.6 | 79.8 | 207 | 16,749 |
142 | Cincinnati | Ohio | 77.9 | 202 | 1.6 | 4.1 | 79.5 | 206 | 296,943 |
143 | Cleveland | Ohio | 77.7 | 201 | 4.8 | 12 | 82.5 | 214 | 396,815 |
144 | Independence | Missouri | 77.6 | 201 | 0.7 | 1.8 | 78.2 | 203 | 116,830 |
145 | Fremont | California | 77.5 | 201 | 10.2 | 26 | 87.6 | 227 | 214,089 |
146 | Baton Rouge | Louisiana | 76.9 | 199 | 2.2 | 5.7 | 79.1 | 205 | 229,493 |
147 | Port Arthur | Texas | 76.9 | 199 | 67.1 | 174 | 144.0 | 373 | 53,818 |
148 | Madison | Wisconsin | 76.8 | 199 | 17.2 | 45 | 94.0 | 243 | 233,209 |
149 | Las Cruces | New Mexico | 76.5 | 198 | 0.1 | 0.26 | 76.6 | 198 | 97,618 |
150 | Presque Isle | Maine | 75.8 | 196 | 1.8 | 4.7 | 77.6 | 201 | 9,692 |
Notes
- Consolidated with 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.
- Consolidated with Ormsby County in 1969.
Gallery
- 2 - Juneau, Alaska
- 3 - Wrangell, Alaska
- 7 - Butte, Montana
- 9 - Houston, Texas
- 10 - Phoenix, Arizona
- 11 - Nashville, Tennessee
- 13 - San Antonio, Texas
- 14 - Suffolk, Virginia
- 15 - Buckeye, Arizona
- 17 - Chesapeake, Virginia
- 18 - Dallas, Texas
- 19 - Fort Worth, Texas
- 20 - Louisville, Kentucky
- 22 - Memphis, Tennessee
- 25 - Augusta, Georgia
See also
- United States of America
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- Book:United States
- United States Census Bureau
- United States Office of Management and Budget
- United States statistical area
- The 1067 US statistical areas comprise 366 MSAs, 576 μSAs, and 125 CSAs
- United States primary statistical area
- List of the 718 US PSAs
- United States statistical area
- 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