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 33,040 South Carolina 39 30,989 West Virginia 40 24,170 Maryland 41 12,327 Vermont 42 9,564 New Hampshire 43 9,341 Massachusetts 44 8,266 New Jersey 45 8,224 Connecticut 46 4,965 Delaware 47 2,370 Rhode Island 48 1,248 District of Columbia 49 70 VII--POPULATION OF CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES BY DECADES, 1790-1910 INCREASE OVER CENSUS POPULATION PRECEDING CENSUS PER CENT YEAR NUMBER 1910 91,972,266 15,977,691 21.0 1900 75,994,575 13,046,861 20.7 1890 62,947,714 12,791,931 25.5 1880 50,155,783 11,597,412 30.1 1870 38,558,371 7,115,050 22.6 1860 31,443,321 8,251,445 35.6 1850 23,191,876 6,122,423 35.9 1840 17,069,453 4,203,433 32.7 1830 12,866,020 3,227,567 33.5 1820 9,638,453 2,398,572 33.1 1810 7,239,881 1,931,398 36.4 1800 5,308,483 1,379,269 35.1 1790 3,929,214 VIII-APPROXIMATE POPULATION UNDER THE AMERICAN FLAG, 1910