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This list ranks the top 150 U.S. cities (incorporated places) by 2023 land area. Total areas including water are also given, but 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).
In many cases an incorporated place is geographically large 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. Some consolidated city-counties, however, include multiple incorporated places. In such cases, this list presents only that portion (or “balance”) of such consolidated city-counties that are not a part of another incorporated place; these are indicated with asterisks (*). Cities that are not consolidated with or part of any county are independent cities, indicated with two asterisks (**).
All data is from the United States Census.[1][2]
City | ST | Land area | Water area | Total area | Population (2020) | |||
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(mi2) | (km2) | (mi2) | (km2) | (mi2) | (km2) | |||
Sitka | AK | 2,870.1 | 7,434 | 1,945.1 | 5,038 | 4,815.1 | 12,471 | 8,458 |
Juneau | AK | 2,704.2 | 7,004 | 550.7 | 1,426 | 3,254.9 | 8,430 | 32,255 |
Wrangell | AK | 2,556.1 | 6,620 | 920.6 | 2,384 | 3,476.7 | 9,005 | 2,127 |
Anchorage | AK | 1,707.0 | 4,421 | 239.7 | 621 | 1,946.7 | 5,042 | 291,247 |
Tribune[lower-alpha 1]* | KS | 778.2 | 2,016 | 0 | 0 | 778.2 | 2,016 | 1,182 |
Jacksonville | FL | 747.3 | 1,935 | 127.2 | 329 | 874.5 | 2,265 | 949,611 |
Anaconda * | MT | 736.7 | 1,908 | 4.7 | 12 | 741.4 | 1,920 | 9,421 |
Butte * | MT | 715.8 | 1,854 | 0.6 | 1.6 | 716.3 | 1,855 | 34,494 |
Houston | TX | 640.6 | 1,659 | 31.2 | 81 | 671.8 | 1,740 | 2,304,580 |
Oklahoma City | OK | 606.5 | 1,571 | 14.3 | 37 | 620.8 | 1,608 | 681,054 |
Phoenix | AZ | 518.3 | 1,342 | 1.0 | 2.6 | 519.3 | 1,345 | 1,608,139 |
San Antonio | TX | 498.9 | 1,292 | 5.8 | 15 | 504.7 | 1,307 | 1,434,625 |
Nashville * | TN | 475.6 | 1,232 | 21.6 | 56 | 497.2 | 1,288 | 689,447 |
Los Angeles | CA | 470.5 | 1,219 | 31.1 | 81 | 501.6 | 1,299 | 3,898,747 |
Statenville[lower-alpha 2] | GA | 420.4 | 1,089 | 0.3 | 0.78 | 420.7 | 1,090 | 3,697 |
Suffolk[lower-alpha 3]** | VA | 399.2 | 1,034 | 29.7 | 77 | 428.9 | 1,111 | 94,324 |
Buckeye | AZ | 394.8 | 1,023 | 0.2 | 0.52 | 395.0 | 1,023 | 91,502 |
Indianapolis * | IN | 361.0 | 935 | 6.9 | 18 | 367.9 | 953 | 887,642 |
Fort Worth | TX | 350.3 | 907 | 8.3 | 21 | 358.6 | 929 | 918,915 |
Dallas | TX | 339.7 | 880 | 44.0 | 114 | 383.7 | 994 | 1,304,379 |
Chesapeake[lower-alpha 4]** | VA | 338.5 | 877 | 12.5 | 32 | 350.9 | 909 | 249,422 |
Austin | TX | 326.4 | 845 | 6.6 | 17 | 332.9 | 862 | 961,855 |
San Diego | CA | 326.1 | 845 | 46.3 | 120 | 372.4 | 965 | 1,386,932 |
Louisville * | KY | 324.5 | 840 | 16.5 | 43 | 341.0 | 883 | 633,045 |
Kansas City | MO | 314.7 | 815 | 4.1 | 11 | 318.8 | 826 | 508,090 |
Charlotte | NC | 310.8 | 805 | 2.0 | 5.2 | 312.7 | 810 | 874,579 |
Augusta * | GA | 302.3 | 783 | 4.2 | 11 | 306.5 | 794 | 202,081 |
New York City | NY | 300.5 | 778 | 172.0 | 445 | 472.4 | 1,224 | 8,804,190 |
Memphis | TN | 296.2 | 767 | 7.6 | 20 | 303.8 | 787 | 633,104 |
Lexington | KY | 283.9 | 735 | 1.7 | 4.4 | 285.6 | 740 | 322,570 |
El Paso | TX | 258.8 | 670 | 0.6 | 1.6 | 259.4 | 672 | 678,815 |
Macon | GA | 249.4 | 646 | 5.5 | 14 | 254.9 | 660 | 157,346 |
Cusseta | GA | 248.7 | 644 | 2.4 | 6.2 | 251.2 | 651 | 9,565 |
Virginia Beach[lower-alpha 5]** | VA | 244.7 | 634 | 252.8 | 655 | 497.5 | 1,289 | 459,470 |
Tucson | AZ | 242.2 | 627 | 0.3 | 0.78 | 242.5 | 628 | 542,629 |
Chicago | IL | 227.7 | 590 | 6.8 | 18 | 234.5 | 607 | 2,746,388 |
Huntsville | AL | 223.6 | 579 | 1.5 | 3.9 | 225.2 | 583 | 215,006 |
Columbus | OH | 220.7 | 572 | 5.9 | 15 | 226.6 | 587 | 905,748 |
Columbus | GA | 216.5 | 561 | 4.5 | 12 | 221.0 | 572 | 206,922 |
Valdez | AK | 212.9 | 551 | 59.0 | 153 | 271.9 | 704 | 3,985 |
Preston[lower-alpha 6] | GA | 209.7 | 543 | 0.9 | 2.3 | 210.6 | 545 | 2,348 |
Boulder City | NV | 208.3 | 539 | 0.0 | 0 | 208.3 | 539 | 14,885 |
California City | CA | 203.6 | 527 | 0.1 | 0.26 | 203.7 | 528 | 14,973 |
Colorado Springs | CO | 201.9 | 523 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 202.2 | 524 | 478,961 |
Tulsa | OK | 197.8 | 512 | 4.1 | 11 | 201.9 | 523 | 413,066 |
Goodyear | AZ | 191.3 | 495 | 0.0 | 0 | 191.3 | 495 | 95,294 |
Albuquerque | NM | 187.3 | 485 | 1.7 | 4.4 | 188.9 | 489 | 564,559 |
Scottsdale | AZ | 184.0 | 477 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 184.4 | 478 | 241,361 |
Hibbing | MN | 182.0 | 471 | 4.4 | 11 | 186.5 | 483 | 16,214 |
Norman | OK | 178.6 | 463 | 10.5 | 27 | 189.2 | 490 | 128,026 |
San Jose | CA | 177.9 | 461 | 3.1 | 8.0 | 181.1 | 469 | 1,013,240 |
Peoria | AZ | 176.7 | 458 | 3.2 | 8.3 | 179.9 | 466 | 190,985 |
New Orleans | LA | 169.5 | 439 | 180.3 | 467 | 349.8 | 906 | 383,997 |
Aurora | CO | 163.0 | 422 | 0.6 | 1.6 | 163.6 | 424 | 386,261 |
Wichita | KS | 162.9 | 422 | 4.5 | 12 | 167.4 | 434 | 397,532 |
Corpus Christi | TX | 162.3 | 420 | 328.7 | 851 | 491.0 | 1,272 | 317,863 |
Montgomery | AL | 159.9 | 414 | 2.4 | 6.2 | 162.3 | 420 | 200,603 |
Denver | CO | 153.1 | 397 | 1.7 | 4.4 | 154.7 | 401 | 715,522 |
Sierra Vista | AZ | 152.4 | 395 | 0.3 | 0.78 | 152.7 | 395 | 45,308 |
Georgetown | GA | 151.2 | 392 | 9.3 | 24 | 160.6 | 416 | 2,235 |
Bakersfield | CA | 150.3 | 389 | 1.5 | 3.9 | 151.7 | 393 | 403,455 |
Raleigh | NC | 149.4 | 387 | 1.1 | 2.8 | 150.5 | 390 | 467,665 |
Fayetteville | NC | 148.3 | 384 | 1.8 | 4.7 | 150.1 | 389 | 208,501 |
Birmingham | AL | 147.1 | 381 | 2.5 | 6.5 | 149.6 | 387 | 200,733 |
Carson City[lower-alpha 7]** | NV | 144.5 | 374 | 12.6 | 33 | 157.1 | 407 | 58,639 |
Omaha | NE | 143.0 | 370 | 3.6 | 9.3 | 146.6 | 380 | 486,051 |
Chattanooga | TN | 142.4 | 369 | 7.7 | 20 | 150.1 | 389 | 181,099 |
Lubbock | TX | 142.0 | 368 | 1.3 | 3.4 | 143.3 | 371 | 257,141 |
Las Vegas | NV | 141.9 | 368 | 0.1 | 0.26 | 141.9 | 368 | 641,903 |
Mesa | AZ | 141.4 | 366 | 0.6 | 1.6 | 142.0 | 368 | 504,258 |
Mobile | AL | 139.5 | 361 | 40.6 | 105 | 180.1 | 466 | 187,041 |
Bunnell | FL | 139.4 | 361 | 0.1 | 0.26 | 139.5 | 361 | 3,276 |
Detroit | MI | 138.7 | 359 | 4.2 | 11 | 142.9 | 370 | 639,111 |
Columbia | SC | 138.3 | 358 | 2.9 | 7.5 | 141.1 | 365 | 136,632 |
Atlanta | GA | 135.3 | 350 | 1.1 | 2.8 | 136.3 | 353 | 498,715 |
Philadelphia | PA | 134.4 | 348 | 8.3 | 21 | 142.7 | 370 | 1,603,797 |
Greensboro | NC | 133.9 | 347 | 5.2 | 13 | 139.1 | 360 | 299,035 |
Winston-Salem | NC | 133.6 | 346 | 1.2 | 3.1 | 134.8 | 349 | 249,545 |
Portland | OR | 133.5 | 346 | 11.5 | 30 | 145.0 | 376 | 652,503 |
Brownsville | TX | 131.8 | 341 | 13.7 | 35 | 145.5 | 377 | 186,738 |
Lynchburg | TN | 129.2 | 335 | 1.2 | 3.1 | 130.4 | 338 | 6,461 |
Kansas City | KS | 124.7 | 323 | 3.6 | 9.3 | 128.3 | 332 | 156,607 |
Fernley | NV | 122.7 | 318 | 6.7 | 17 | 129.5 | 335 | 22,895 |
Marana | AZ | 121.1 | 314 | 0.7 | 1.8 | 121.8 | 315 | 51,908 |
Yuma | AZ | 121.0 | 313 | 0.1 | 0.26 | 121.1 | 314 | 95,548 |
Henderson | NV | 120.5 | 312 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 121.0 | 313 | 317,610 |
Little Rock | AR | 120.3 | 312 | 3.0 | 7.8 | 123.2 | 319 | 202,591 |
Port St. Lucie | FL | 119.2 | 309 | 1.6 | 4.1 | 120.8 | 313 | 204,851 |
Durham | NC | 116.8 | 303 | 0.8 | 2.1 | 117.6 | 305 | 283,506 |
Athens * | GA | 116.4 | 301 | 1.8 | 4.7 | 118.2 | 306 | 127,315 |
Fresno | CA | 115.8 | 300 | 1.2 | 3.1 | 117.0 | 303 | 542,107 |
Charleston | SC | 115.1 | 298 | 20.7 | 54 | 135.7 | 351 | 150,227 |
Eloy | AZ | 114.7 | 297 | 0.1 | 0.26 | 114.7 | 297 | 15,635 |
Hartsville | TN | 114.3 | 296 | 2.3 | 6.0 | 116.6 | 302 | 11,615 |
Casa Grande | AZ | 113.8 | 295 | 0.0 | 0 | 113.8 | 295 | 53,658 |
Tampa | FL | 113.6 | 294 | 63.6 | 165 | 177.2 | 459 | 384,959 |
Jackson | MS | 111.7 | 289 | 2.1 | 5.4 | 113.8 | 295 | 153,701 |
Orlando | FL | 111.2 | 288 | 8.2 | 21 | 119.5 | 310 | 307,573 |
Salt Lake City | UT | 110.9 | 287 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 111.3 | 288 | 199,723 |
Fort Wayne | IN | 110.6 | 286 | 0.3 | 0.78 | 111.0 | 287 | 263,886 |
Surprise | AZ | 110.5 | 286 | 0.2 | 0.52 | 110.7 | 287 | 143,148 |
Reno | NV | 109.0 | 282 | 2.8 | 7.3 | 111.8 | 290 | 264,165 |
Savannah | GA | 108.9 | 282 | 4.8 | 12 | 113.7 | 294 | 147,780 |
Shreveport | LA | 108.1 | 280 | 15.7 | 41 | 123.8 | 321 | 187,593 |
Laredo | TX | 106.8 | 277 | 1.5 | 3.9 | 108.3 | 280 | 255,205 |
Abilene | TX | 106.7 | 276 | 5.4 | 14 | 112.1 | 290 | 125,182 |
Cape Coral | FL | 106.1 | 275 | 13.4 | 35 | 119.5 | 310 | 194,016 |
Palmdale | CA | 106.1 | 275 | 0.2 | 0.52 | 106.3 | 275 | 169,450 |
Babbitt | MN | 106.0 | 275 | 0.8 | 2.1 | 106.8 | 277 | 1,397 |
North Las Vegas | NV | 105.3 | 273 | 0.0 | 0 | 105.4 | 273 | 262,527 |
Amarillo | TX | 103.6 | 268 | 1.6 | 4.1 | 105.2 | 272 | 200,393 |
Rio Rancho | NM | 103.4 | 268 | 0.3 | 0.78 | 103.6 | 268 | 104,046 |
Tallahassee | FL | 102.4 | 265 | 2.9 | 7.5 | 105.3 | 273 | 196,169 |
Unalaska | AK | 102.2 | 265 | 108.7 | 282 | 210.9 | 546 | 4,254 |
Lincoln | NE | 100.0 | 259 | 1.4 | 3.6 | 101.3 | 262 | 291,082 |
Clarksville | TN | 99.7 | 258 | 0.7 | 1.8 | 100.4 | 260 | 166,722 |
North Port | FL | 99.4 | 257 | 4.8 | 12 | 104.2 | 270 | 74,793 |
St. Marys | PA | 99.3 | 257 | 0.2 | 0.52 | 99.5 | 258 | 12,738 |
Nightmute | AK | 99.0 | 256 | 5.4 | 14 | 104.4 | 270 | 306 |
Knoxville | TN | 98.7 | 256 | 5.5 | 14 | 104.3 | 270 | 190,740 |
Sacramento | CA | 98.6 | 255 | 2.1 | 5.4 | 100.7 | 261 | 524,943 |
Denton | TX | 96.9 | 251 | 1.4 | 3.6 | 98.3 | 255 | 139,869 |
Milwaukee | WI | 96.2 | 249 | 0.6 | 1.6 | 96.8 | 251 | 577,222 |
Arlington | TX | 95.8 | 248 | 3.6 | 9.3 | 99.4 | 257 | 394,266 |
Palm Coast | FL | 95.7 | 248 | 1.2 | 3.1 | 96.9 | 251 | 89,258 |
Palm Springs | CA | 94.5 | 245 | 0.1 | 0.26 | 94.7 | 245 | 44,575 |
Lancaster | CA | 94.3 | 244 | 0.3 | 0.78 | 94.5 | 245 | 173,516 |
South Fulton | GA | 93.0 | 241 | 1.2 | 3.1 | 94.2 | 244 | 107,436 |
Waco | TX | 91.0 | 236 | 12.4 | 32 | 103.4 | 268 | 138,486 |
Dothan | AL | 89.8 | 233 | 0.3 | 0.78 | 90.2 | 234 | 71,072 |
Des Moines | IA | 88.2 | 228 | 2.5 | 6.5 | 90.7 | 235 | 214,133 |
Baton Rouge | LA | 86.9 | 225 | 2.2 | 5.7 | 89.1 | 231 | 227,470 |
Palm Bay | FL | 86.7 | 225 | 3.2 | 8.3 | 89.9 | 233 | 119,760 |
Oak Ridge | TN | 85.3 | 221 | 4.7 | 12 | 90.0 | 233 | 31,402 |
Boise | ID | 84.6 | 219 | 1.0 | 2.6 | 85.5 | 221 | 235,684 |
Edmond | OK | 84.4 | 219 | 3.1 | 8.0 | 87.5 | 227 | 94,428 |
Seattle | WA | 84.0 | 218 | 58.1 | 150 | 142.1 | 368 | 737,015 |
Springfield | MO | 83.2 | 215 | 0.6 | 1.6 | 83.8 | 217 | 169,176 |
Coolidge | AZ | 83.1 | 215 | 0.2 | 0.52 | 83.3 | 216 | 13,218 |
Madison | WI | 83.1 | 215 | 21.4 | 55 | 104.5 | 271 | 269,840 |
Sioux Falls | SD | 82.7 | 214 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 83.2 | 215 | 192,517 |
Beaumont | TX | 82.1 | 213 | 2.8 | 7.3 | 84.9 | 220 | 115,282 |
Lawton | OK | 81.4 | 211 | 0.0 | 0 | 81.5 | 211 | 90,381 |
Riverside | CA | 81.1 | 210 | 0.3 | 0.78 | 81.5 | 211 | 314,998 |
Baltimore ** | MD | 80.9 | 210 | 11.1 | 29 | 92.1 | 239 | 585,708 |
Toledo | OH | 80.5 | 208 | 3.3 | 8.5 | 83.8 | 217 | 270,871 |
Jonesboro | AR | 80.2 | 208 | 0.6 | 1.6 | 80.7 | 209 | 78,576 |
El Reno | OK | 79.6 | 206 | 0.6 | 1.6 | 80.2 | 208 | 16,989 |
Caribou | ME | 79.3 | 205 | 0.8 | 2.1 | 80.1 | 207 | 7,396 |
Ellsworth | ME | 79.3 | 205 | 14.6 | 38 | 93.9 | 243 | 8,399 |