List of United States cities by area

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This list ranks U.S. cities by land area (not including bodies of water). Total areas are also given. If ranked by total area, a number of coastal cities would appear disproportionately "larger". San Francisco is an extreme example; water makes up nearly 80% of its total area of 232 mi² (601 km²).

Not surprisingly, the list is headed by consolidated city-counties, cases where a city comprises the whole area of a county (or county equivalent), which may include significant portions of rural areas or even wilderness. Without the benefit of such amalgamations, the largest cities are Oklahoma City, Houston, Phoenix, Los Angeles and San Antonio - all western cities that have had few or no geographical constraints to their expansion, whose greatest growth has occurred in the postwar automobile age, and which have had relatively little competition from their neighbors to annex additional land.

Rank	City	Land Area (mi²)	Land Area (km²)	Total Area (mi²)	Total Area (km²)
1	Sitka, Alaska	2,874	7,444	4,812	12,462
2	Juneau, Alaska	2,717	7,036	3,255	8,430
3	Anchorage, Alaska	1,697	4,396	1,961	5,079
4	Jacksonville, Florida	758	1,962	874	2,265
5	Anaconda, Montana	737	1,909	741	1,920
6	Butte, Montana	716	1,855	717	1,857
7	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	607	1,572	621	1,609
8	Honolulu, Hawaii	600	1,554	2,127	5,509
9	Houston, Texas	579	1,501	602	1,558
10	Phoenix, Arizona	475	1,231	475	1,231
11	Nashville, Tennessee	473	1,226	497	1,287
12	Los Angeles, California	469	1,215	498	1,291
13	Skagway, Alaska	452	1,172	464	1,203
14	San Antonio, Texas	408	1,056	412	1,067
15	Suffolk, Virginia	400	1,036	429	1,111
16	Indianapolis, Indiana	362	936	368	954
17	Dallas, Texas	343	887	385	997
18	Chesapeake, Virginia	341	883	351	909
19	San Diego, California	324	840	372	964
20	Kansas City, Missouri	314	812	318	824
21	New York City, New York	303	786	469	1,214
22	Augusta, Georgia	302	783	307	794
23	Fort Worth, Texas	293	758	299	774
24	Lexington, Kentucky	285	737	286	740
25	Memphis, Tennessee	279	723	295	763
26	Austin, Texas	252	651	258	669
27	El Paso, Texas	249	645	251	649
28	Virginia Beach, Virginia	248	643	497	1,288
29	Charlotte, North Carolina	242	628	243	629
30	Chicago, Illinois	227	588	234	606
31	Valdez, Alaska	222	575	277	718
32	Columbus, Georgia	216	560	221	572
33	Columbus, Ohio	210	545	213	551
34	California City, California	204	527	204	527
35	Boulder City, Nevada	203	525	203	525
36	Tucson, Arizona	195	504	195	505
37	Colorado Springs, Colorado	186	481	186	482
38	Scottsdale, Arizona	184	477	184	478
39	Tulsa, Oklahoma	183	473	187	484
40	Hibbing, Minnesota	182	471	187	483
41	Albuquerque, New Mexico	181	468	181	470
42	New Orleans, Louisiana	181	468	350	907
43	Norman, Oklahoma	177	459	190	491
44	San Jose, California	175	453	178	462
45	Huntsville, Alabama	174	451	174	452
46	Montgomery, Alabama	155	402	156	405
47	Corpus Christi, Texas	155	401	460	1,192
48	Sierra Vista, Arizona	154	398	154	398
49	Denver, Colorado	153	397	155	401
50	Birmingham, Alabama	150	388	152	394
51	Buckeye, Arizona	146	378	146	378
52	Carson City, Nevada	143	371	156	403
53	Aurora, Colorado	143	369	143	370
54	Detroit, Michigan	139	359	143	370
55	Peoria, Arizona	138	358	142	367
56	Wichita, Kansas	136	352	139	360
57	Chattanooga, Tennessee	135	350	143	371
58	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	135	350	142	369
59	Portland, Oregon	134	348	145	377
60	Atlanta, Georgia	132	341	132	348
61	Lynchburg, Tennessee	129	335	130	338
62	Arecibo, Puerto Rico	126	326	171	443
63	Columbia, South Carolina	125	324	128	331
64	Mesa, Arizona	125	324	125	324
65	Kansas City, Kansas	124	322	128	331
66	Adak, Alaska	122	317	127	330
67	Mobile, Alabama	118	305	159	413
68	Athens, Georgia	118	305	118	306
69	Goodyear, Arizona	117	302	117	302
70	Little Rock, Arkansas	116	301	117	303