List of United States cities by area

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 square miles (601 km²).

The list is headed by consolidated city-counties and so may include significant portions of rural areas or even wilderness. When these cities are removed from consideration, 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.

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List of US Cities by area

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)
1 Sitka * Alaska 2,870.3 7,434.1 1,941.0 5,027.3 4,811.4 12,461.4 10,323
2 Juneau * Alaska 2,701.9 6,998.0 552.0 1,429.6 3,253.9 8,427.5 31,275
3 Wrangell * Alaska 2,541.5 6,582.4 920.6 2,384.3 3,462.1 8,966.7 2,545
4 Anchorage * Alaska 1,704.7 4,415.1 256.3 663.9 1,961.0 5,079.0 291,826
5 Jacksonville * Florida 747.0 1,934.7 127.6 330.6 874.6 2,265.3 821,784
6 Anaconda * Montana 736.5 1,907.6 4.7 12.1 741.2 1,919.7 8,302
7 Butte * Montana 716.2 1,855.1 0.6 1.5 716.8 1,856.6 34,200
8 Oklahoma City Oklahoma 606.4 1,570.6 14.4 37.3 620.8 1,607.9 579,999
9 Houston Texas 599.6 1,552.9 27.9 72.3 627.5 1,625.2 2,099,451
10 Phoenix Arizona 516.7 1,338.3 1.2 3.2 517.9 1,341.5 1,445,632
11 Nashville * Tennessee 475.1 1,230.6 21.7 56.3 496.8 1,286.8 601,222
12 Los Angeles California 468.7 1,213.9 34.0 88.1 502.7 1,302.0 3,792,621
13 San Antonio Texas 460.9 1,193.8 5.8 15.0 466.7 1,208.8 1,327,407
14 Suffolk Virginia 400.2 1,036.4 28.9 74.9 429.1 1,111.3 84,585
15 Buckeye Arizona 375.3 971.9 0.1 0.3 375.4 972.3 50,876
16 Indianapolis Indiana 361.4 936.1 6.6 17.1 368.0 953.2 820,445
17 Chesapeake Virginia 340.8 882.7 10.1 26.1 350.9 908.8 222,209
18 Dallas Texas 340.5 881.9 45.3 117.4 385.8 999.3 1,197,816
19 Fort Worth Texas 339.8 880.1 8.0 20.8 347.9 901.0 741,206
20 Louisville * Kentucky 325.2 842.4 17.0 43.9 342.2 886.3 597,337
21 San Diego California 325.2 842.2 47.2 122.3 372.4 964.5 1,307,402
22 Memphis Tennessee 315.1 816.0 8.9 23.2 324.0 839.2 646,889
23 Kansas City Missouri 315.0 815.7 4.1 10.6 319.0 826.3 459,787
24 New York City New York 302.6 783.8 165.8 429.5 468.5 1,213.4 8,175,133
25 Augusta * Georgia 302.5 783.4 4.2 10.9 306.7 794.3 195,844
26 Austin Texas 297.9 771.5 7.2 18.6 305.1 790.1 790,390
27 Charlotte North Carolina 297.7 771.0 2.0 5.1 299.7 776.1 731,424
28 Lexington * Kentucky 283.6 734.6 1.9 4.9 285.6 739.6 295,803
29 El Paso Texas 255.2 661.1 1.0 2.6 256.3 663.7 649,121
30 Virginia Beach Virginia 249.0 644.9 248.3 643.2 497.3 1,288.1 437,994
31 Cusseta * Georgia 248.7 644.2 2.4 6.3 251.2 650.5
32 Chicago Illinois 227.1 588.3 6.9 17.8 234.0 606.1 2,695,598
33 Tucson Arizona 226.7 587.2 0.3 0.8 227.0 588.0 520,116
34 Columbus Ohio 217.2 562.5 5.9 15.4 223.1 577.8 787,033
35 Columbus * Georgia 216.4 560.4 4.6 12.0 221.0 572.4 189,885
36 Valdez Alaska 216.2 560.0 59.6 154.5 275.9 714.5
37 Webster County Unified Government * Georgia 209.1 541.6 1.1 3.0 210.3 544.6
38 Huntsville Alabama 209.1 541.4 1.3 3.5 210.4 544.9 180,105
39 Boulder City Nevada 208.5 540.1 0.0 0.1 208.6 540.2
40 California City California 203.5 527.1 0.1 0.3 203.6 527.4
41 Tulsa Oklahoma 196.8 509.6 4.2 11.0 201.0 520.6 391,906
42 Colorado Springs Colorado 194.5 503.9 0.4 0.9 194.9 504.8 416,427
43 Goodyear Arizona 191.5 495.9 0.0 0.1 191.5 496.0
44 Albuquerque New Mexico 187.7 486.2 1.8 4.7 189.5 490.9 545,852
45 Scottsdale Arizona 183.9 476.4 0.5 1.2 184.4 477.6 217,385
46 Hibbing Minnesota 181.8 470.9 4.6 11.9 186.4 482.8 16,361
47 Norman Oklahoma 178.8 463.0 10.7 27.6 189.4 490.6 110,925
48 San Jose California 176.5 457.2 3.4 8.9 180.0 466.1 945,942
49 Peoria Arizona 174.4 451.7 3.6 9.2 178.0 460.9 154,065
50 New Orleans * Louisiana 169.4 438.8 180.8 468.2 350.2 907.0 343,829
51 Corpus Christi Texas 160.6 416.0 329.0 852.1 489.6 1,268.0 305,215
52 Montgomery Alabama 159.6 413.3 2.4 6.1 161.9 419.4 205,764
53 Wichita Kansas 159.3 412.6 4.3 11.1 163.6 423.7 382,368
54 Aurora Colorado 154.7 400.8 0.7 1.8 155.4 402.6 325,078
55 Denver Colorado 153.0 396.3 1.6 4.2 154.6 400.5 600,158
56 Sierra Vista Arizona 152.3 394.4 0.3 0.7 152.5 395.1
57 Georgetown * Georgia 151.2 391.7 9.3 24.2 160.6 415.9
58 Birmingham Alabama 146.1 378.3 2.5 6.6 148.6 384.9 212,237
59 Fayetteville North Carolina 145.8 377.7 1.9 4.8 147.7 382.6 200,654
60 Carson City Nevada 144.7 374.7 12.6 32.6 157.2 407.3
61 Raleigh North Carolina 142.9 370.1 1.1 2.8 144.0 373.0 403,892
62 Bakersfield California 142.2 368.2 1.4 3.7 143.6 371.9 347,483
63 Mobile Alabama 139.1 360.3 40.7 105.3 179.8 465.6 195,111
64 Detroit Michigan 138.8 359.4 4.1 10.7 142.9 370.0 713,777
65 Bunnell Florida 137.5 356.0 1.1 2.9 138.6 358.9
66 Chattanooga Tennessee 137.2 355.2 7.4 19.2 144.5 374.4 167,674
67 Mesa Arizona 136.5 353.4 0.6 1.6 137.1 355.0 439,041
68 Las Vegas Nevada 135.8 351.8 0.1 0.1 135.9 351.9 583,756
69 Philadelphia * Pennsylvania 134.1 347.3 8.6 22.3 142.7 369.6 1,526,006
70 Portland Oregon 133.4 345.6 11.7 30.2 145.1 375.8 583,776
71 Atlanta Georgia 133.2 344.9 0.9 2.2 134.0 347.1 420,003
72 Winston-Salem North Carolina 132.4 343.0 1.2 3.2 133.7 346.3 229,617
73 Brownsville Texas 132.2 342.7 14.0 36.1 146.3 378.9 175,023
74 Columbia South Carolina 132.2 342.4 2.7 7.0 134.9 349.5 129,272
75 Lynchburg * Tennessee 129.2 334.7 1.2 3.1 130.4 337.8 5,740
76 Athens * Georgia 117.8 305.0 0.5 1.2 118.2 306.2 115,452
77 Little Rock Arkansas 116.2 301.0 0.6 1.6 116.8 302.5 193,524
78 Omaha Nebraska 115.7 299.7 3.2 8.2 118.9 307.9 408,958
79 Lubbock Texas 114.8 297.4 0.1 0.3 114.9 297.6 229,573
83 Tampa Florida 112.1 290.2 58.5 151.6 170.6 441.9 335,709
84 Unalaska Alaska 111.0 287.5 101.3 262.4 212.3 549.9 4,283
85 Salt Lake City Utah 109.1 282.5 1.3 3.3 110.4 285.9 186,440
86 Columbia South Carolina 125.2 324.3 2.5 6.5 127.7 330.8 129,272
87 Yuma Arizona 106.7
(2010: 120.3)		 276.2
(2010: 311.5)		 0.1
(2010: 0.1)		 0.2
(2010: 0.4)		 106.7
(2010: 120.4)		 276.4
(2010: 311.9)		 77,515
88 Babbitt Minnesota 105.7 273.6 1.1 2.8 106.7 276.4 1,670
89 Cape Coral Florida 105.2 272.4 9.9 25.7 115.1 298.1 154,305
90 Abilene Texas 105.1 272.3 5.5 14.2 110.6 286.5 117,063
91 Palmdale California 105.0 271.8 0.1 0.4 105.1 272.2 152,750
92 Jackson Mississippi 104.9 271.7 1.9 5.0 106.8 276.7 173,514
93 Greensboro North Carolina 104.7 271.2 4.5 11.8 109.3 283.0 269,666
94 Fresno California 104.4 270.3 0.4 1.1 104.8 271.4 494,665
95 Shreveport Louisiana 103.1 267.1 14.6 37.9 117.8 305.1 199,311
96 St. Marys Pennsylvania 99.3 257.2 0.2 0.4 99.5 257.7 14,502
97 Sacramento California 97.2 251.6 2.1 5.4 99.2 257.0 466,488
98 Charleston South Carolina 97.0 251.2 17.1 44.3 114.1 295.5 120,083
99 Nightmute Alaska 97.0 251.2 4.6 11.8 101.5 263.0 208
100 Plymouth Massachusetts 96.5 250.0 37.5 97.0 134.0 347.0 51,701
101 Milwaukee Wisconsin 96.1 248.8 0.9 2.2 96.9 251.0 594,833
102 Arlington Texas 95.8 248.2 3.2 8.3 99.0 256.5 365,438
103 Tallahassee Florida 95.7 247.9 2.5 6.6 98.3 254.5 181,376
104 Clarksville Tennessee 94.9 245.7 0.7 1.8 95.5 247.5 132,929
105 Durham North Carolina 94.6 245.1 0.3 0.7 94.9 245.8 228,330
106 Palm Springs California 94.2 244.1 0.8 2.2 95.1 246.3 42,807
107 Lancaster California 94.0 243.5 0.2 0.5 94.2 243.9 156,633
108 Ellsworth Maine 93.8 243.0 14.6 37.7 7,741
109 Orlando Florida 93.5 242.2 7.5 19.3 101.0 261.5 238,300
110 Knoxville Tennessee 92.7 240.0 5.4 14.1 98.1 254.0 178,874
111 Amarillo Texas 89.9 232.7 0.4 1.2 90.3 233.9 190,695
112 Dothan Alabama 86.6 224.3 0.2 0.5 86.8 224.9 57,737
113 Oak Ridge Tennessee 85.5 221.6 4.4 11.3 89.9 232.9 27,387
114 Edmond Oklahoma 85.1 220.5 2.8 7.3 87.9 227.8 68,315
115 Beaumont Texas 85.0 220.2 0.9 2.4 85.9 222.6 118,296
116 Waco Texas 84.2 218.1 11.3 29.3 95.5 247.4 124,805
117 Seattle Washington 83.9 217.2 58.7 152.0 142.5 369.2 608,660
118 Port Arthur Texas 82.9 214.8 60.8 157.6 143.8 372.3 57,755
119 Baltimore Maryland 80.8 209.3 11.3 29.2 92.1 238.5 620,961
120 Toledo Ohio 80.6 208.8 3.5 8.9 84.1 217.8 287,208
121 Kansas City Kansas 124.3 321.8 3.6 9.2 127.8 331.0 145,786
122 El Reno Oklahoma 80.0 207.1 0.4 1.2 80.4 208.3 16,212
123 Henderson Nevada 79.7 206.4 0.0 0.0 79.7 206.4 257,729
124 Jonesboro Arkansas 79.6 206.3 0.4 0.9 80.0 207.2 55,515
125 Caribou Maine 79.3 205.4 0.9 2.3 80.2 207.7 8,312
126 Ellsworth Maine 79.3 205.3 14.6 37.7 93.8 243.0 6,456
127 Laredo Texas 78.5 203.2 1.1 2.8 79.6 206.0 236,091
128 Fort Wayne Indiana 79.0 204.5 0.2 0.4 79.1 204.9 253,691
129 North Las Vegas Nevada 78.5 203.3 0.0 0.0 78.5 203.3 216,961
130 Independence Missouri 78.3 202.9 0.1 0.3 78.5 203.2 116,830
131 Riverside California 78.1 202.3 0.3 0.7 78.4 203.0 303,871
132 Cincinnati Ohio 78.0 201.9 1.6 4.1 79.6 206.1 296,943
133 Cleveland Ohio 77.6 200.9 4.8 12.5 82.4 213.5 396,815
134 Baton Rouge Louisiana 76.8 199.0 2.2 5.7 79.1 204.8 229,493
135 Fremont California 76.7 198.6 10.4 27.0 87.1 225.6 214,089
136 Presque Isle Maine 75.7 196.2 1.8 4.7 77.5 200.9 9,511
137 Des Moines Iowa 75.8 196.3 1.5 3.8 77.2 200.1 203,433
138 Port St. Lucie Florida 75.5 195.7 1.1 3.0 76.7 198.6 164,603
139 Lawton Oklahoma 75.1 194.6 0.0 0.0 75.1 194.6 92,757
140 Rome New York 74.9 194.1 0.7 1.9 75.7 196.0 34,950
141 North Port Florida 74.8 193.7 0.8 2.0 75.5 195.6 22,797
142 Savannah Georgia 74.7 193.6 3.4 8.7 78.1 202.3 136,286
143 Lincoln Nebraska 74.6 193.3 0.7 1.9 75.4 195.2 258,379
144 Enid Oklahoma 74.0 191.6 0.1 0.2 74.1 191.8 47,045
145 Rio Ranch New Mexico 73.4 190.2 0.1 0.2 73.5 190.4 51,765
146 Apple Valley California 73.3 189.9 0.3 0.8 73.6 190.7 54,239
147 Springfield Missouri 73.2 189.5 0.6 1.7 73.8 191.1 159,498
148 Victorville California 72.8 188.5 0.5 1.4 73.3 189.9 64,029
149 Marana Arizona 72.7
(2010: 121.5)		 188.2
(2010:314.6)		 0.9
(2010: 0.7)		 2.3
(2010: 1.9)		 73.6
(2010: 122.2)		 190.5
(2010: 316.5)		 13,556
150 Eloy Arizona 71.7
(2010: 111.5)		 185.6
(2010: 288.8)		 0.0
(2010: 0.1)		 0.0
(2010: 0.2)		 71.7
(2010: 111.6)		 185.6
(2010: 289.0)		 10,375
151 Plano Texas 71.6 185.4 0.1 0.2 71.6 185.5 259,841
152 Grand Prairie Texas 71.4 184.9 10.1 26.3 81.5 211.2 175,396
153 Wichita Falls Texas 70.7 183.1 0.0 0.1 70.7 183.1 104,553

* consolidated city-county (called city-borough and city-parish in Alaska and Louisiana respectively) (not all marked).

Gallery

1 - Sitka, Alaska  
2 - Juneau, Alaska  
3 - Wrangell, Alaska  
4 - Anchorage, Alaska  
5 - Jacksonville, Florida  
6 - Anaconda, Montana  
7 - Butte, Montana  
8 - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma  
9 - Houston, Texas  
10 - Phoenix, Arizona  
11 - Nashville, Tennessee  
12 - Los Angeles, California  
13 - San Antonio, Texas  
14 - Suffolk, Virginia  
15 - Buckeye, Arizona  
16 - Indianapolis, Indiana  
17 - Chesapeake, Virginia  
18 - Dallas, Texas  
19 - Fort Worth, Texas  
20 - Louisville, Kentucky  
21 - San Diego, California  
22 - Memphis, Tennessee  
23 - Kansas City, Missouri  
24 - New York City, New York  
25 - Augusta, Georgia  

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