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Which state has the most water? 💧

1Guess
Which states have the most water (lakes, rivers & coastal waters)? Tap them most-to-least.

Tapping assigns 1→4 in order

I bet… Michigan — FOUR Great Lakes!
2Answer
The real order is…
    Alaska has about 2.36× as much water as #2 Michigan!
    📚 Background Michigan touches four Great Lakes — and still loses! Alaska has more than twice Michigan's water, counting its countless lakes, rivers and island-dotted coastal waters. (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files)
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    I bet… Michigan — FOUR Great Lakes!
    3Compare
    Water area (sq mi, 2024 Gazetteer)
    Alaska #1 94,483 sq mi (water)
    Most: Alaska (94,483 sq mi (water)); least shown here: West Virginia (189 sq mi (water)).

    Note: measured in square miles of water inside state borders.

    Geography is destiny!
    4Recap
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    : 2024 Gazetteer
    U.S. Census Bureau: 2024 Gazetteer Files, state water area (AWATER_SQMI) (2026-07-12) — Official published water areas (the committed raw file is the Bureau's Gazetteer state file, unchanged). No national bar is shown (the file lists states, not a U.S. total).
    ↳ On census.gov, search “Gazetteer Files”, download the 2024 state file, and read the AWATER_SQMI column.