List Of United States Cities By Area
This list ranks U.S. cities by land area (not including bodies of water). Total areas (including water) are also given, but note that, 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 (601 km²). Note also that 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 (or city-borough in Alaska, or city-parish in Louisiana). These are shown in bold in the list below (but not all examples may be indicated).
| 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 | Yakutat | Alaska | 7,650.5 | 12,312.3 | 1,808.8 | 2,910.98 | 9,459.3 | 15,223.3 | 656 |
| 2 | Sitka | Alaska | 2,870.3 | 7,434.1 | 1,941.0 | 5,027.3 | 4,811.4 | 12,461.4 | 10,323 |
| 3 | Juneau | Alaska | 2,701.9 | 6,998.0 | 552.0 | 1,429.6 | 3,253.9 | 8,427.5 | 31,275 |
| 4 | Wrangell | Alaska | 2,541.5 | 6,582.4 | 920.6 | 2,384.3 | 3,462.1 | 8,966.7 | 2,545 |
| 5 | Anchorage | Alaska | 1,704.7 | 4,415.1 | 256.3 | 663.9 | 1,961.0 | 5,079.0 | 291,826 |
| 6 | Jacksonville | Florida | 747.0 | 1,934.7 | 138 | 330.6 | 885 | 2,265.3 | 821,784 |
| 7 | Anaconda | Montana | 736.5 | 1,907.6 | 4.7 | 12.1 | 741.2 | 1,919.7 | 8,302 |
| 8 | Butte | Montana | 716.2 | 1,855.1 | 0.6 | 1.5 | 716.8 | 1,856.6 | 34,200 |
| 9 | Oklahoma City | Oklahoma | 606.4 | 1,570.6 | 14.4 | 37.3 | 620.8 | 1,607.9 | 579,999 |
| 10 | Houston | Texas | 599.6 | 1,552.9 | 27.9 | 72.3 | 627.8 | 1,625.2 | 2,099,451 |
| 11 | Phoenix | Arizona | 516.7 | 1,338.3 | 1.2 | 3.2 | 517.9 | 1,341.5 | 1,445,632 |
| 12 | Nashville | Tennessee | 475.1 | 1,230.6 | 21.7 | 56.3 | 496.8 | 1,286.8 | 601,222 |
| 13 | Los Angeles | California | 468.7 | 1,213.9 | 34.0 | 88.1 | 502.7 | 1,302.0 | 3,792,621 |
| 14 | San Antonio | Texas | 460.9 | 1,193.8 | 5.8 | 15.0 | 466.7 | 1,208.8 | 1,327,407 |
| 15 | Suffolk | Virginia | 400.2 | 1,036.4 | 28.9 | 74.9 | 429.1 | 1,111.3 | 84,585 |
| 16 | Buckeye | Arizona | 375.3 | 971.9 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 375.4 | 972.3 | 50,876 |
| 17 | Indianapolis | Indiana | 361.4 | 936.1 | 6.6 | 17.1 | 368.0 | 953.2 | 820,445 |
| 18 | Chesapeake | Virginia | 340.8 | 882.7 | 10.1 | 26.1 | 350.9 | 908.8 | 222,209 |
| 19 | Dallas | Texas | 340.5 | 881.9 | 45.3 | 117.4 | 385.8 | 999.3 | 1,197,816 |
| 20 | Fort Worth | Texas | 339.8 | 880.1 | 8.0 | 20.8 | 347.9 | 901.0 | 741,206 |
| 21 | Louisville | Kentucky | 325.2 | 842.4 | 17.0 | 43.9 | 342.2 | 886.3 | 597,337 |
| 22 | San Diego | California | 325.2 | 842.2 | 47.2 | 122.3 | 372.4 | 964.5 | 1,307,402 |
| 23 | Memphis | Tennessee | 315.1 | 816.0 | 8.9 | 23.2 | 324.0 | 839.2 | 646,889 |
| 24 | Kansas City | Missouri | 313.5 | 815.7 | 4.1 | 10.6 | 319.0 | 826.3 | 463,202 |
| 25 | New York City | New York | 302.6 | 783.8 | 165.8 | 429.5 | 468.5 | 1,213.4 | 8,175,133 |
| 26 | Augusta | Georgia | 302.5 | 783.4 | 4.2 | 10.9 | 306.7 | 794.3 | 195,844 |
| 27 | Austin | Texas | 297.9 | 771.5 | 7.2 | 18.6 | 305.1 | 790.1 | 790,390 |
| 28 | Charlotte | North Carolina | 297.7 | 771.0 | 2.0 | 5.1 | 299.7 | 776.1 | 731,424 |
| 29 | Lexington | Kentucky | 283.6 | 734.6 | 1.9 | 4.9 | 285.6 | 739.6 | 295,803 |
| 30 | El Paso | Texas | 255.2 | 661.1 | 1.0 | 2.6 | 256.3 | 663.7 | 649,121 |
| 31 | Virginia Beach | Virginia | 249.0 | 644.9 | 248.3 | 643.2 | 497.3 | 1,288.1 | 437,994 |
| 32 | Cusseta | Georgia | 248.7 | 644.2 | 2.4 | 6.3 | 251.2 | 650.5 | |
| 33 | Chicago | Illinois | 227.1 | 588.3 | 6.9 | 17.8 | 234.0 | 606.1 | 2,695,598 |
| 34 | Tucson | Arizona | 226.7 | 587.2 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 227.0 | 588.0 | 520,116 |
| 35 | Columbus | Ohio | 217.2 | 562.5 | 5.9 | 15.4 | 223.1 | 577.8 | 787,033 |
| 36 | Columbus | Georgia | 216.4 | 560.4 | 4.6 | 12.0 | 221.0 | 572.4 | 189,885 |
| 37 | Valdez | Alaska | 216.2 | 560.0 | 59.6 | 154.5 | 275.9 | 714.5 | |
| 38 | Preston | Georgia | 209.1 | 541.6 | 1.1 | 3.0 | 210.3 | 544.6 | |
| 39 | Huntsville | Alabama | 209.1 | 541.4 | 1.3 | 3.5 | 210.4 | 544.9 | 180,105 |
| 40 | Boulder City | Nevada | 208.5 | 540.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 208.6 | 540.2 | |
| 41 | California City | California | 203.5 | 527.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 203.6 | 527.4 | |
| 42 | Tulsa | Oklahoma | 196.8 | 509.6 | 4.2 | 11.0 | 201.0 | 520.6 | 391,906 |
| 43 | Colorado Springs | Colorado | 194.5 | 503.9 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 194.9 | 504.8 | 416,427 |
| 44 | Goodyear | Arizona | 191.5 | 495.9 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 191.5 | 496.0 | |
| 45 | Albuquerque | New Mexico | 187.7 | 486.2 | 1.8 | 4.7 | 189.5 | 490.9 | 545,852 |
| 46 | Scottsdale | Arizona | 183.9 | 476.4 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 184.4 | 477.6 | 217,385 |
| 47 | Hibbing | Minnesota | 181.8 | 470.9 | 4.6 | 11.9 | 186.4 | 482.8 | 16,361 |
| 48 | Norman | Oklahoma | 178.8 | 463.0 | 10.7 | 27.6 | 189.4 | 490.6 | 110,925 |
| 49 | San Jose | California | 176.5 | 457.2 | 3.4 | 8.9 | 180.0 | 466.1 | 945,942 |
| 50 | Peoria | Arizona | 174.4 | 451.7 | 3.6 | 9.2 | 178.0 | 460.9 | 154,065 |
| 51 | New Orleans | Louisiana | 169.4 | 438.8 | 180.8 | 468.2 | 350.2 | 907.0 | 343,829 |
| 52 | Corpus Christi | Texas | 160.6 | 416.0 | 329.0 | 852.1 | 489.6 | 1,268.0 | 305,215 |
| 53 | Montgomery | Alabama | 159.6 | 413.3 | 2.4 | 6.1 | 161.9 | 419.4 | 205,764 |
| 54 | Wichita | Kansas | 159.3 | 412.6 | 4.3 | 11.1 | 163.6 | 423.7 | 382,368 |
| 55 | Aurora | Colorado | 154.7 | 400.8 | 0.7 | 1.8 | 155.4 | 402.6 | 325,078 |
| 56 | Denver | Colorado | 153.0 | 396.3 | 1.6 | 4.2 | 154.6 | 400.5 | 600,158 |
| 57 | Sierra Vista | Arizona | 152.3 | 394.4 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 152.5 | 395.1 | |
| 58 | Georgetown | Georgia | 151.2 | 391.7 | 9.3 | 24.2 | 160.6 | 415.9 | |
| 59 | Birmingham | Alabama | 146.1 | 378.3 | 2.5 | 6.6 | 148.6 | 384.9 | 212,237 |
| 60 | Fayetteville | North Carolina | 145.8 | 377.7 | 1.9 | 4.8 | 147.7 | 382.6 | 200,654 |
| 61 | Carson City ** | Nevada | 144.7 | 374.7 | 12.6 | 32.6 | 157.2 | 407.3 | |
| 62 | Raleigh | North Carolina | 142.9 | 370.1 | 1.1 | 2.8 | 144.0 | 373.0 | 403,892 |
| 63 | Bakersfield | California | 142.2 | 368.2 | 1.4 | 3.7 | 143.6 | 371.9 | 347,483 |
| 64 | Mobile | Alabama | 139.1 | 360.3 | 40.7 | 105.3 | 179.8 | 465.6 | 195,111 |
| 65 | Detroit | Michigan | 138.8 | 359.4 | 4.1 | 10.7 | 142.9 | 370.0 | 713,777 |
| 66 | Bunnell | Florida | 137.5 | 356.0 | 1.1 | 2.9 | 138.6 | 358.9 | |
| 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 | Chattanooga | Tennessee | 135.2 | 350.2 | 8.0 | 20.7 | 143.2 | 370.9 | 167,674 |
| 70 | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | 134.1 | 347.3 | 8.6 | 22.3 | 142.7 | 369.6 | 1,526,006 |
| 71 | Portland | Oregon | 133.4 | 345.6 | 11.7 | 30.2 | 145.1 | 375.8 | 583,776 |
| 72 | Atlanta | Georgia | 133.2 | 344.9 | 0.9 | 2.2 | 134.0 | 347.1 | 420,003 |
| 73 | Winston-Salem | North Carolina | 132.4 | 343.0 | 1.2 | 3.2 | 133.7 | 346.3 | 229,617 |
| 74 | Brownsville | Texas | 132.2 | 342.7 | 14.0 | 36.1 | 146.3 | 378.9 | 175,023 |
| 75 | Columbia | South Carolina | 132.2 | 342.4 | 2.7 | 7.0 | 134.9 | 349.5 | 129,272 |
| 76 | Lynchburg | Tennessee | 129.2 | 334.7 | 1.2 | 3.1 | 130.4 | 337.8 | 5,740 |
| 77 | Athens | Georgia | 117.8 | 305.0 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 118.2 | 306.2 | 115,452 |
| 78 | Little Rock | Arkansas | 116.2 | 301.0 | 0.6 | 1.6 | 116.8 | 302.5 | 193,524 |
| 79 | Omaha | Nebraska | 115.7 | 299.7 | 3.2 | 8.2 | 118.9 | 307.9 | 408,958 |
| 80 | Lubbock | Texas | 114.8 | 297.4 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 114.9 | 297.6 | 229,573 |
| 81 | Tampa | Florida | 112.1 | 290.2 | 58.5 | 151.6 | 170.6 | 441.9 | 335,709 |
| 82 | Unalaska | Alaska | 111.0 | 287.5 | 101.3 | 262.4 | 212.3 | 549.9 | 4,283 |
| 83 | Salt Lake City | Utah | 109.1 | 282.5 | 1.3 | 3.3 | 110.4 | 285.9 | 186,440 |
| 84 | Columbia | South Carolina | 125.2 | 324.3 | 2.5 | 6.5 | 127.7 | 330.8 | 129,272 |
| 85 | 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 |
| 86 | Babbitt | Minnesota | 105.7 | 273.6 | 1.1 | 2.8 | 106.7 | 276.4 | 1,670 |
| 87 | Cape Coral | Florida | 105.2 | 272.4 | 9.9 | 25.7 | 115.1 | 298.1 | 154,305 |
| 88 | Abilene | Texas | 105.1 | 272.3 | 5.5 | 14.2 | 110.6 | 286.5 | 117,063 |
| 89 | Palmdale | California | 105.0 | 271.8 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 105.1 | 272.2 | 152,750 |
| 90 | Jackson | Mississippi | 104.9 | 271.7 | 1.9 | 5.0 | 106.8 | 276.7 | 173,514 |
| 91 | Greensboro | North Carolina | 104.7 | 271.2 | 4.5 | 11.8 | 109.3 | 283.0 | 269,666 |
| 92 | Fresno | California | 104.4 | 270.3 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 104.8 | 271.4 | 494,665 |
| 93 | Shreveport | Louisiana | 103.1 | 267.1 | 14.6 | 37.9 | 117.8 | 305.1 | 199,311 |
| 94 | St. Marys | Pennsylvania | 99.3 | 257.2 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 99.5 | 257.7 | 14,502 |
| 95 | Sacramento | California | 97.2 | 251.6 | 2.1 | 5.4 | 99.2 | 257.0 | 466,488 |
| 96 | Charleston | South Carolina | 97.0 | 251.2 | 17.1 | 44.3 | 114.1 | 295.5 | 120,083 |
| 97 | Nightmute | Alaska | 97.0 | 251.2 | 4.6 | 11.8 | 101.5 | 263.0 | 208 |
| 98 | Plymouth | Massachusetts | 96.5 | 250.0 | 37.5 | 97.0 | 134.0 | 347.0 | 51,701 |
| 99 | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | 96.1 | 248.8 | 0.9 | 2.2 | 96.9 | 251.0 | 594,833 |
| 100 | Arlington | Texas | 95.8 | 248.2 | 3.2 | 8.3 | 99.0 | 256.5 | 365,438 |
| 101 | Tallahassee | Florida | 95.7 | 247.9 | 2.5 | 6.6 | 98.3 | 254.5 | 181,376 |
| 102 | Clarksville | Tennessee | 94.9 | 245.7 | 0.7 | 1.8 | 95.5 | 247.5 | 132,929 |
| 103 | Durham | North Carolina | 94.6 | 245.1 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 94.9 | 245.8 | 228,330 |
| 104 | Palm Springs | California | 94.2 | 244.1 | 0.8 | 2.2 | 95.1 | 246.3 | 42,807 |
| 105 | Lancaster | California | 94.0 | 243.5 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 94.2 | 243.9 | 156,633 |
| 106 | Orlando | Florida | 93.5 | 242.2 | 7.5 | 19.3 | 101.0 | 261.5 | 238,300 |
| 107 | Knoxville | Tennessee | 92.7 | 240.0 | 5.4 | 14.1 | 98.1 | 254.0 | 178,874 |
| 108 | Amarillo | Texas | 89.9 | 232.7 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 90.3 | 233.9 | 190,695 |
| 109 | Dothan | Alabama | 86.6 | 224.3 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 86.8 | 224.9 | 57,737 |
| 110 | Oak Ridge | Tennessee | 85.5 | 221.6 | 4.4 | 11.3 | 89.9 | 232.9 | 27,387 |
| 111 | Edmond | Oklahoma | 85.1 | 220.5 | 2.8 | 7.3 | 87.9 | 227.8 | 68,315 |
| 112 | Beaumont | Texas | 85.0 | 220.2 | 0.9 | 2.4 | 85.9 | 222.6 | 118,296 |
| 113 | Waco | Texas | 84.2 | 218.1 | 11.3 | 29.3 | 95.5 | 247.4 | 124,805 |
| 114 | Seattle | Washington | 83.9 | 217.2 | 58.7 | 152.0 | 142.5 | 369.2 | 608,660 |
| 115 | Port Arthur | Texas | 82.9 | 214.8 | 60.8 | 157.6 | 143.8 | 372.3 | 57,755 |
| 116 | Baltimore ** | Maryland | 80.8 | 209.3 | 11.3 | 29.2 | 92.1 | 238.5 | 620,961 |
| 117 | Toledo | Ohio | 80.6 | 208.8 | 3.5 | 8.9 | 84.1 | 217.8 | 287,208 |
| 118 | Kansas City | Kansas | 124.3 | 321.8 | 3.6 | 9.2 | 127.8 | 331.0 | 145,786 |
| 119 | El Reno | Oklahoma | 80.0 | 207.1 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 80.4 | 208.3 | 16,212 |
| 120 | Henderson | Nevada | 79.7 | 206.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 79.7 | 206.4 | 257,729 |
| 121 | Jonesboro | Arkansas | 79.6 | 206.3 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 80.0 | 207.2 | 55,515 |
| 122 | Ellsworth | Maine | 79.3 | 205.3 | 14.6 | 37.7 | 93.8 | 243.0 | 7,741 |
| 123 | Caribou | Maine | 79.3 | 205.4 | 0.9 | 2.3 | 80.2 | 207.7 | 8,312 |
| 124 | Laredo | Texas | 90.01 | 203.2 | 1.1 | 2.8 | 79.6 | 206.0 | 236,091 |
| 125 | Fort Wayne | Indiana | 79.0 | 204.5 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 79.1 | 204.9 | 253,691 |
| 126 | North Las Vegas | Nevada | 78.5 | 203.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 78.5 | 203.3 | 216,961 |
| 127 | Independence | Missouri | 78.3 | 202.9 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 78.5 | 203.2 | 116,830 |
| 128 | Riverside | California | 78.1 | 202.3 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 78.4 | 203.0 | 303,871 |
| 129 | Cincinnati | Ohio | 78.0 | 201.9 | 1.6 | 4.1 | 79.6 | 206.1 | 296,943 |
| 130 | Las Cruces | New Mexico | 77.9 | 201.4 | 1.2 | 4.7 | 81.6 | 200.9 | 99,788 |
| 131 | Cleveland | Ohio | 77.6 | 200.9 | 4.8 | 12.5 | 82.4 | 213.5 | 396,815 |
| 132 | Baton Rouge | Louisiana | 76.8 | 199.0 | 2.2 | 5.7 | 79.1 | 204.8 | 229,493 |
| 133 | Fremont | California | 76.7 | 198.6 | 10.4 | 27.0 | 87.1 | 225.6 | 214,089 |
| 134 | Presque Isle | Maine | 75.7 | 196.2 | 1.8 | 4.7 | 77.5 | 200.4 | 9,511 |
| 135 | Des Moines | Iowa | 75.8 | 196.3 | 1.5 | 3.8 | 77.2 | 200.1 | 203,433 |
| 136 | Port St. Lucie | Florida | 75.5 | 195.7 | 1.1 | 3.0 | 76.7 | 198.6 | 164,603 |
| 137 | Lawton | Oklahoma | 75.1 | 194.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 75.1 | 194.6 | 92,757 |
| 138 | Rome | New York | 74.9 | 194.1 | 0.7 | 1.9 | 75.7 | 196.0 | 34,950 |
| 139 | North Port | Florida | 74.8 | 193.7 | 0.8 | 2.0 | 75.5 | 195.6 | 22,797 |
| 140 | Savannah | Georgia | 74.7 | 193.6 | 3.4 | 8.7 | 78.1 | 202.3 | 136,286 |
| 141 | Lincoln | Nebraska | 74.6 | 193.3 | 0.7 | 1.9 | 75.4 | 195.2 | 258,379 |
| 142 | Enid | Oklahoma | 74.0 | 191.6 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 74.1 | 191.8 | 47,045 |
| 143 | Rio Rancho | New Mexico | 73.4 | 190.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 73.5 | 190.4 | 51,765 |
| 144 | Apple Valley | California | 73.3 | 189.9 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 73.6 | 190.7 | 54,239 |
| 145 | Springfield | Missouri | 73.2 | 189.5 | 0.6 | 1.7 | 73.8 | 191.1 | 159,498 |
| 146 | Victorville | California | 72.8 | 188.5 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 73.3 | 189.9 | 64,029 |
| 147 | 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 |
| 148 | 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 |
| 149 | Plano | Texas | 71.6 | 185.4 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 71.6 | 185.5 | 259,841 |
| 150 | Grand Prairie | Texas | 71.4 | 184.9 | 10.1 | 26.3 | 81.5 | 211.2 | 175,396 |
| 151 | Wichita Falls | Texas | 70.7 | 183.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 70.7 | 183.1 | 104,553 |
** These are independent cities, meaning they are not a part of any county.
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