What is the largest state of the United States by area?
The United States is the world's third largest country by area. Its fifty states vary widely in area. The largest state, Alaska, is more than four hundred times larger than Rhode Island, the smallest state. Texas is the largest state of the 48 contiguous states. The U.S. states by area include water features that are part of the state and are ranked in size by square miles.
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116 Comments
Carter Turybury
Dumb meets dumber. Did you even read the question? Alaska is a state in the United States of America.
Buddy Sanders
If laid over the 48 US states, Alaska would stretch from Maine to Arizonia.
Larry Schwartz
Ed Taber, actually it's the county of San Bernardino that is so large....
Larry Schwartz
Alaska is about 2 1/2 times the area of Texas. It always bothers me that Alaska and Hawaii are always put in the bottom corner of maps in schools so one has no idea of their relative size. grrr
Jose Alfredo Diaz Hernandez
Only by seeing the map of the Alaska we realize it is the largest state.
savatagerules
Why do they keep asking this 1? This is the 3rd time I've answered this 1!
Danilo Cacanindin
Alaska was my answer.
Romelia Snyder
Who doesn't know that?
Maria Morales
Easiest question ever! I remember when Alaska became the largest state. Being from TX it was hard to accept TX being the 2nd largest state.
Donna Paul
Bigger than. Texas
Jeannie Ellis
Lee Comer, Alaska is on the same continent as Texas. I think the word you may have been wanting to use is "contiguous " states.
Janice Fish
Good question
Brian J Diaz
Could have been harder
Connie Hurley
I knew it was Alaska as my Sister has lived there, and she told me that it was the biggest.
Daniele DeFelice-Sell
Ellen Rudd, good one! Sorry we made you feel you feel small. Come up and see us sometime
Margie Wilson
Amazingly big
Vonda Summers
Choose Texas