Michigan Is A HUGE State, How Big Are We?

I literally have zero life. I think about random stuff like "how deep are the Great Lakes" or "how do planes actually lift off the ground". Another random thought I am thinking about right now is "how big is Michigan compared to the other states in the U.S.".

If you look at a map of the United States, states like California, Texas and Alaska look huge. I did some research about the sizes of states. The total square miles of each state factors in land area and water area. World Population Review also factored in density, uh, ok. I'll be sharing the total area numbers, a combination of both land area and water area.

It's not surprising that states like Alaska, Michigan, Wisconsin and Florida have large square miles of water area. That can make a state's total area look bigger than some of the land locked states.

Michigans ranks close to the top ten sized states in the U.S., thanks to the Great Lakes. It's no surprise to me that Rhode Island ranks dead last.

Size of States Based On Total Area (square miles)

Alaska - 665,384

Texas - 268,596

California - 163,696

Montana - 147,040

New Mexico - 121,590

Arizona - 113,990

Nevada - 110,572

Colorado - 104,094

Oregon - 98,379

Wyoming - 97,873

Michigan - 96,714

Minnesota - 86,936

Utah - 84,897

Idaho - 83,569

Kansas - 82,278

Nebraska - 77,348

South Dakota - 77,116

Washington - 71,298

North Dakota - 70,698

Oklahoma - 69,899

Missouri - 69,707

Florida - 68,758

Wisconsin - 65,496

Georgia - 59,425

Illinois - 57,914

Iowa - 56,273

New York - 54,555

North Carolina - 53,819

Arkansas - 53,179

Alabama - 52,420

Louisiana - 52,378

Mississippi - 48,432

Pennsylvania - 46,054

Ohio - 44,826

Virginia - 42,775

Tennessee - 42,144

Kentucky - 40,408

Indiana - 36,420

Maine - 35,380

South Carolina - 32,020

West Virginia - 24,230

Maryland - 12,406

Hawaii - 10,932

Massachusetts - 10,554

Vermont - 9,616

New Hampshire - 9,349

New Jersey - 8,723

Connecticut - 5,543

Delaware - 2,489

Rhode Island - 1,545