List of United States cities by area

This list ranks U.S. cities with over 100 square miles of land by land area (not including bodies of water). Total areas are also given. If ranked by total area, a number of coastal cities would appear disproportionately "larger". San Francisco is an extreme example; water makes up nearly 80% of its total area of 232 mi² (601 km²).

Not surprisingly, the list is headed by consolidated city-counties, cases where a city comprises the whole area of a county (or county equivalent), which may include significant portions of rural areas or even wilderness. Without the benefit of such amalgamations, the largest cities are Oklahoma City, Houston, Phoenix, Los Angeles and San Antonio - all western cities that have had few or no geographical constraints to their expansion, whose greatest growth has occurred in the postwar automobile age, and which have had relatively little competition from their neighbors to annex additional land.

Rank	City	Land Area (mi²)	Land Area (km²)	Total Area (mi²)	Total Area (km²)
1	Sitka, Alaska	2,874	7,444	4,812	12,462
2	Juneau, Alaska	2,717	7,036	3,255	8,430
3	Anchorage, Alaska	1,697	4,396	1,961	5,079
4	Jacksonville, Florida	758	1,962	874	2,265
5	Anaconda, Montana	737	1,909	741	1,920
6	Butte, Montana	716	1,855	717	1,857
7	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	607	1,572	621	1,609
8	Houston, Texas	579	1,501	602	1,558
9	Phoenix, Arizona	475	1,231	475	1,231
10	Nashville, Tennessee	473	1,226	497	1,287
11	Los Angeles, California	469	1,215	498	1,291
12	Skagway, Alaska	452	1,172	464	1,203
13	San Antonio, Texas	408	1,056	412	1,067
14	Suffolk, Virginia	400	1,036	429	1,111
15	Indianapolis, Indiana	362	936	368	954
16	Dallas, Texas	343	887	385	997
17	Chesapeake, Virginia	341	883	351	909
18	San Diego, California	324	840	372	964
20	Augusta, Georgia	324	839	328	851
21	Kansas City, Missouri	314	812	318	824
15	New York City, New York	303	786	469	1,214
22	Fort Worth, Texas	293	758	299	774
23	Lexington, Kentucky	285	737	286	740
24	Memphis, Tennessee	279	723	295	763
25	Austin, Texas	252	651	258	669
26	El Paso, Texas	249	645	251	649
27	Virginia Beach, Virginia	248	643	497	1,288
28	Charlotte, North Carolina	242	628	243	629
29	Chicago, Illinois	227	588	234	606
30	Valdez, Alaska	222	575	277	718
31	Columbus, Georgia	216	560	221	572
32	Columbus, Ohio	210	545	213	551
33	California City, California	204	527	204	527
34	Boulder City, Nevada	203	525	203	525
35	Tucson, Arizona	195	504	195	505
36	Colorado Springs, Colorado	186	481	186	482
37	Scottsdale, Arizona	184	477	184	478
38	Tulsa, Oklahoma	183	473	187	484
39	Hibbing, Minnesota	182	471	187	483
40	New Orleans, Louisiana	181	468	350	907
41	Albuquerque, New Mexico	181	468	181	470
42	Norman, Oklahoma	177	459	190	491
43	San Jose, California	175	453	178	462
44	Huntsville, Alabama	174	451	174	452
45	Montgomery, Alabama	155	402	156	405
46	Corpus Christi, Texas	155	401	460	1,192
47	Sierra Vista, Arizona	154	398	154	398
48	Denver, Colorado	153	397	155	401
49	Birmingham, Alabama	150	388	152	394
50	Buckeye, Arizona	146	378	146	378
51	Carson City, Nevada	143	371	156	403
52	Aurora, Colorado	143	369	143	370
53	Detroit, Michigan	139	359	143	370
54	Peoria, Arizona	138	358	142	367
55	Wichita, Kansas	136	352	139	360
56	Chattanooga, Tennessee	135	350	143	371
57	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	135	350	142	369
58	Portland, Oregon	134	348	145	377

Source

All data is provided by the United States Census Bureau and is current as of 2000.

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