89
41. Montana November 8, 1889
42. Washington November 11, 1889
43. Idaho July 3, 1890
44. Wyoming July 10, 1890
45. Utah January 4, 1896
46. Oklahoma 1908
47. New Mexico 1912
48. Arizona 1912
VI--AREA OF THE UNITED STATES
ACCESSION GROSS AREA
(SQUARE MILES)
Continental United States 3,026,789
Area, 1790 892,135
Louisiana Purchase, 1803 827,987
Florida Purchase, 1819 58,666
Treaty with Spain, 1819 13,435
Texas, 1845 389,166
Oregon, 1846 286,541
Mexican Cession, 1848 529,189
Gadsden Purchase, 1853 29,670
Outlying Possessions 716,517
Alaska, 1867 590,884
Hawaii, 1898 6,449
Philippine Islands, 1899 115,026
Porto Rico, 1899 3,435
Guam, 1899 210
Samoa, 1900 77
Panama Canal Zone, 1904 436
AREA OF THE UNITED STATES (CONTINUED)
STATE RANK IN AREA
AREA (SQUARE MILES)
Texas 1 265,896
California 2 158,297
Montana 3 146,997
New Mexico 4 122,634
Arizona 5 113,956
Nevada 6 110,690
Colorado 7 103,948
Wyoming 8 97,914
Oregon 9 96,699
Utah 10 84,990
Minnesota 11 84,682
Idaho 12 83,888
Kansas 13 82,158
South Dakota 14 77,615
Nebraska 15 77,520
North Dakota 16 70,837
Oklahoma 17 70,057
Missouri 18 69,420
Washington 19 69,127
Georgia 20 59,265
Florida 21 58,666
Michigan 22 57,980
Illinois 23 56,665
Iowa 24 56,147
Wisconsin 25 56,066
Arkansas 26 53,335
North Carolina 27 52,426
Alabama 28 51,998
New York 29 49,204
Louisiana 30 48,506
Mississippi 31 46,865
Pennsylvania 32 45,126
Virginia 33 42,627
Tennessee 34 42,022
Ohio 35 41,040
Kentucky 36 40,598
Indiana 37 36,354
Maine 38
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