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. 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 ; 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.
RankCityStateLand area Land area Water area Water area Total area Total area Population
1 SitkaAlaska8,881---
2 JuneauAlaska31,275---
3 WrangellAlaska2,369---
4 AnchorageAlaska291,826---
5 JacksonvilleFlorida821,784---
6 AnacondaMontana9,298---
7 ButteMontana33,525---
8Oklahoma CityOklahoma579,999---
9HoustonTexas2,099,451---
10 PhoenixArizona1,445,632---
11 NashvilleTennessee601,222---
12Los AngelesCalifornia3,792,621---
13San AntonioTexas1,327,407---
14 Suffolk **Virginia84,585---
15 BuckeyeArizona50,876---
16IndianapolisIndiana820,445---
17 Chesapeake **Virginia222,209---
18DallasTexas1,197,816---
19Fort WorthTexas741,206---
20 LouisvilleKentucky597,337---
21San DiegoCalifornia1,307,402---
22 MemphisTennessee646,889---
23 Kansas CityMissouri459,787---
24New York CityNew York8,175,133---
25 AugustaGeorgia195,844---
26 AustinTexas790,390---
27 CharlotteNorth Carolina731,424---
28 LexingtonKentucky295,803---
29 El PasoTexas649,121---
30 Virginia Beach **Virginia437,994---
31 CussetaGeorgia11,267---
32ChicagoIllinois2,695,598---
33 TucsonArizona520,116---
34 ColumbusOhio787,033---
35 ColumbusGeorgia189,885---
36 ValdezAlaska3,976---
37 PrestonGeorgia2,799---
38 HuntsvilleAlabama180,105---
39 Boulder CityNevada15,023---
40 California CityCalifornia14,120---
41 TulsaOklahoma391,906---
42 Colorado SpringsColorado416,427---
43 GoodyearArizona65,275---
44 AlbuquerqueNew Mexico545,852---
45 ScottsdaleArizona217,385---
46 HibbingMinnesota16,361---
47 NormanOklahoma110,925---
48 San JoseCalifornia945,942---
49 PeoriaArizona154,065---
50New OrleansLouisiana343,829---
51 Corpus ChristiTexas305,215---
52 MontgomeryAlabama205,764---
53 WichitaKansas382,368---
54 AuroraColorado325,078---
55DenverColorado600,158---
56 Sierra VistaArizona43,888---
57 GeorgetownGeorgia2,513---
58 BirminghamAlabama212,237---
59 FayettevilleNorth Carolina200,564---
60 Carson City **Nevada55,274---
61 RaleighNorth Carolina403,892---
62 BakersfieldCalifornia347,483---
63 MobileAlabama195,111---
64DetroitMichigan713,777---
65 BunnellFlorida2,676---
66 ChattanoogaTennessee167,674---
67 MesaArizona439,041---
68 Las VegasNevada583,756---
69PhiladelphiaPennsylvania1,526,006---
70 PortlandOregon583,776---
71AtlantaGeorgia420,003---
72 Winston-SalemNorth Carolina229,617---
73 BrownsvilleTexas175,023---
74 ColumbiaSouth Carolina129,272---
75 LynchburgTennessee6,362---
76 OmahaNebraska408,958---
77 GreensboroNorth Carolina269,666---
78 Kansas CityKansas145,786---
79 LubbockTexas229,573---
80 FernleyNevada19,368---
81 MaranaArizona34,961---
82 YumaArizona93,064---
83 Little RockArkansas193,524---
84 AthensGeorgia115,452---
85 HartsvilleTennessee7,870---
86 Port St. LucieFlorida164,603---
87 TampaFlorida335,709---
88 FresnoCalifornia494,665---
89 UnalaskaAlaska4,376---
90 EloyArizona16,631---
91Salt Lake CityUtah186,440---
92 JacksonMississippi173,514---
93 Fort WayneIndiana253,691---
94 Casa GrandeArizona48,571---
95 CharlestonSouth Carolina120,083---
96 HendersonNevada257,729---
97 DurhamNorth Carolina228,330---
98 AbileneTexas117,063---
99 PalmdaleCalifornia152,750---
100 BabbittMinnesota1,475---
101 SurpriseArizona117,517---
102 Cape CoralFlorida154,305---
103 ShreveportLouisiana199,311---
104 Rio RanchoNew Mexico87,521---
105 SavannahGeorgia136,286---
106 RenoNevada225,221---
107 OrlandoFlorida238,300---
108 North Las VegasNevada216,961---
109 TallahasseeFlorida181,376---
110 North PortFlorida57,357---
111 AmarilloTexas190,695---
112 St. MarysPennsylvania13,070---
113 KnoxvilleTennessee178,874---
114 SacramentoCalifornia466,488---
115 ClarksvilleTennessee132,929---
116 NightmuteAlaska280---
117MilwaukeeWisconsin594,833---
118 ArlingtonTexas365,438---
119 LancasterCalifornia156,633---
120 Palm SpringsCalifornia44,552---
121 Palm CoastFlorida75,180---
122 DothanAlabama65,496---
123 LincolnNebraska258,379---
124 WacoTexas124,805---
125 LaredoTexas236,091---
126 DentonTexas113,383---
127 Oak RidgeTennessee29,330---
128 EdmondOklahoma81,405---
129SeattleWashington608,660---
130 BeaumontTexas118,296---
131 SpringfieldMissouri159,498---
132 RiversideCalifornia303,871---
133 LawtonOklahoma96,867---
134Baltimore **Maryland620,961---
135 Des MoinesIowa203,433---
136 ToledoOhio287,208---
137 JonesboroArkansas67,263---
138 BoiseIdaho205,671---
139 EllsworthMaine7,741---
140 CaribouMaine8,189---
141 El RenoOklahoma16,749---
142CincinnatiOhio296,943---
143ClevelandOhio396,815---
144 IndependenceMissouri116,830---
145 FremontCalifornia214,089---
146 Baton RougeLouisiana229,493---
147 Port ArthurTexas53,818---
148 MadisonWisconsin233,209---
149 Las CrucesNew Mexico97,618---
150 Presque IsleMaine9,692---

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