Which state is the biggest? 🗺️

1Guess

Which states cover the most land? Tap them most-to-least.

Tapping assigns 1→4 in order

I bet… Texas!! This time I'm SURE!

2Answer

The real order is…

Alaska is about 2.19× as big as #2 Texas!

📚 Background Alaska is more than twice the size of Texas. If you cut Alaska in half, Texas would drop to the third biggest state! (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files)

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I bet… Texas!! This time I'm SURE!

3Compare

Land area (sq mi, 2024 Gazetteer)

Pick a state to see its number

Alaska #1 571,242 sq mi (land)

Most: Alaska (571,242 sq mi (land)); least shown here: Rhode Island (1,034 sq mi (land)).

Note: measured in square miles of land (water not counted).

Geography is destiny!

4Recap

🏅 Today's discovery

🏅 Alaska is the USA's #1!

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: 2024 Gazetteer

U.S. Census Bureau: 2024 Gazetteer Files, state land area (ALAND_SQMI) (2026-07-12) — Official published land areas (the committed raw file is the Bureau's Gazetteer state file, unchanged). No national bar is shown (the Bureau file lists states, not a U.S. total).

↳ On census.gov, search “Gazetteer Files”, download the 2024 state file, and read the ALAND_SQMI column.

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