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Can you name the states by land area? Enter a state in the box below Correctly named states will show up in the table below Click any empty Land Area (mi2) or State to answer for that location This game was contributed by Sporcle user: Ben Source: census.gov You have 10 minutes to guess after you click the button below.	Search: Popular trivia games today 4 Letter Capitals 3587 TV Shows (U.S.) 2834 Broadway Opening Lines 2774 You Do Know Jack 1228 Lousy descriptions of Tom Hanks movies 1147 Same Last Name 1003 And more...
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#	Land Area (mi2)	State
1	571,951.26
2	261,797.12
3	155,959.34
4	145,552.43
5	121,355.53
6	113,634.57
7	109,825.99
8	103,717.53
9	97,100.40
10	95,996.79
11	82,747.21
12	82,143.65
13	81,814.88
14	79,610.08
15	76,872.41
16	75,884.64
17	68,975.93
18	68,885.93
19	68,667.06
20	66,544.06
21	57,906.14
22	56,803.82
23	55,869.36
24	55,583.58
25	54,310.10

#	Land Area (mi2)	State
26	53,926.82
27	52,068.17
28	50,744.00
29	48,710.88
30	47,213.79
31	46,906.96
32	44,816.61
33	43,561.85
34	41,217.12
35	40,948.38
36	39,728.18
37	39,594.07
38	35,866.90
39	30,861.55
40	30,109.47
41	24,077.73
42	9,773.82
43	9,249.56
44	8,968.10
45	7,840.02
46	7,417.34
47	6,422.62
48	4,844.80
49	1,953.56
50	1,044.93

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There are 83 comments for this game.
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	RedLIon:	Aug 16th, 2009 at 21:10 GMT	13 points
	Awesome quiz!

	MghtyRoach:	Aug 16th, 2009 at 21:11 GMT	3 points
	Any particular reason the quiz won't accept New Hampshire?

	djphob:	Aug 16th, 2009 at 21:12 GMT	8 points
	Cool quiz! Forgot Wyoming, as usual. No offense to any Wyomingians.

	HollywoodLeo:	Aug 16th, 2009 at 21:12 GMT	1 point
	The quiz won't accept New Hampshire.

	stilicho:	Aug 16th, 2009 at 21:14 GMT	1 point
	I typed "new hampshire" about 100 times wondering just that

	SporcleAdmin:	Aug 16th, 2009 at 21:21 GMT	51 points
	Sorry slight glitch, fixed it - the quiz is now ok to live free or die.

	Kicking222:	Aug 16th, 2009 at 21:29 GMT	13 points
	Wow, a lot of states are NOT the sizes I thought they were. I generally knew the top 12 (though Oregon shocked me), and I knew the bottom 10 pretty much in order, but everything else was quite a surprise. With that said, I still got them all, but that was a by-product of having ten minutes, not of having great knowledge of states' areas.

	Padoza:	Aug 16th, 2009 at 21:31 GMT	2 points
	tip: pick a state, then copy and paste!! much faster if you know relative size of state (e.g. copy and paste rhode island in the spots at the bottom of the list)

	superpole2000:	Aug 16th, 2009 at 21:41 GMT	36 points
	Fun at the high/low ends, but by the middle, everything is so closely packed together that it becomes a typing exercise.

	kasejason:	Aug 16th, 2009 at 21:43 GMT	36 points
	This was a very enjoyable quiz. It's nice having a "next" button, but it would also be useful on a quiz like this to have a "previous" button. That way, one could fill the states in reverse order from smallest to largest.

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	OldHickory:	Aug 16th, 2009 at 22:07 GMT	7 points
	My kind of quiz here. Ran out of time, though.

	chrismet:	Aug 16th, 2009 at 22:09 GMT	31 points
	As a Brit this was always going to be hard but that was part of the fun of this quiz, it was challenging and a chance to learn something new. I found the largest ones and smallest ones easier but got bogged down in the middle. This could also be done for English counties and Canadian provinces.

	segacs:	Aug 16th, 2009 at 22:11 GMT	4 points
	Tough guessing game, especially for the middle states with similar areas. Found myself hitting "next" a lot.

	debbiedoesnothin:	Aug 16th, 2009 at 22:14 GMT	6 points
	Loved, loved, loved this one. How about a quiz on state mottos?

	JohnJF:	Aug 16th, 2009 at 22:34 GMT	18 points
	Good quiz. We need a states by population quiz next (and if there already is one, than I fail and accept your vote-downs with shame).

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	bmo1616:	Aug 16th, 2009 at 22:51 GMT	4 points
	Great quiz, still trying to see how Iowa is bigger than Florida lol.

	tobinw:	Aug 16th, 2009 at 22:55 GMT	26 points
	And Mississippi cheers because for once they're not last on a list of state rankings.

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	TIMTEBOW15:	Aug 16th, 2009 at 23:08 GMT	-1 points
	@bryant I know, its bigger than 2 WVas when I thought it was smaller than WV

	Robert_Lo:	Aug 16th, 2009 at 23:23 GMT	9 points
	I swear Florida was bigger than that. Wow.

	InsertCleverName:	Aug 16th, 2009 at 23:28 GMT	12 points
	Very fun quiz. I like the fact that the top part is essentially "How many states in the western US can you name?" while the bottom is "How many states in New England can you name?"

	TheImpalerTMX:	Aug 16th, 2009 at 23:30 GMT	6 points
	For those who think there are some that are "off" the quiz is asking for their sizes by land area only. The total area is the land area plus the water area. That's why states like Florida and Michigan are that far down the list - a lot of their total area comes from territory that would fall under the water area.

	elanis:	Aug 16th, 2009 at 23:41 GMT	21 points
	I recently had a squabble with a girl who insisted New York was 2nd biggest state, I laughed at her and said it wasn't. She said "I'm from New York!" and I said "...so?"

	plutogirlgenius:	Aug 16th, 2009 at 23:47 GMT	3 points
	Really fun quiz. I basically sang all the states in alphabetical order and tested any that I thought were pretty big (or pretty small). It was very time consuming, but I enjoyed it.

	WCRoentgen:	Aug 16th, 2009 at 23:49 GMT	5 points
	My biggest surprises: Kansas was that large and Washington was that small.

	NoVan:	Aug 17th, 2009 at 00:02 GMT	6 points
	Aah, what a rush! I think there's just enough time to make it frantic & therefore fun- that is, unless you're a copy/pasting lightweight.

	paparazzi:	Aug 17th, 2009 at 00:17 GMT	5 points
	I always forget about West Virginia. Always. I was really surprised at how small Florida, North Carolina, and Washington were. I wanted them to be a lot bigger for some reason. Fantastic quiz. Very fun.

	orbit:	Aug 17th, 2009 at 00:25 GMT	7 points
	@SporcleAdmin, could you please add the cardinal rankings (1, 2... 49, 50) beside land area? Thank you.

	Kiribati:	Aug 17th, 2009 at 00:27 GMT	3 points
	Harder than a by population quiz as the electoral college votes will help with that as even if you don't know them exactly you have a rough idea

	Anonymous42:	Aug 17th, 2009 at 00:31 GMT	3 points
	I agree with orbit. 10 minutes is a good time: Just enough to get them all, even if you know only the basic rankings.

	Skydog:	Aug 17th, 2009 at 00:44 GMT	0 points
	I forgot Alaska, you can blame Palin

	IHateRegistering:	Aug 17th, 2009 at 01:08 GMT	0 points
	Padoza: thats what I did.

	ZeZapatiste:	Aug 17th, 2009 at 01:17 GMT	-3 points
	I had the Top 12, New York and the bottom 5. Not so bad !

	urban_nomad:	Aug 17th, 2009 at 01:52 GMT	3 points
	This is a great game!

	cheezguyty:	Aug 17th, 2009 at 02:30 GMT	2 points
	Surprising large drop-off in size between West Virginia and Maryland. Great quiz!

	JoeGrzzly:	Aug 17th, 2009 at 02:33 GMT	8 points
	Hawaii tricked me, I was on the small half and all I could think of was the NorthEast, not Pacific.

	darinfic:	Aug 17th, 2009 at 02:44 GMT	2 points
	sorry iowa. i blanked on you.