This list ranks U.S. cities 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.

See also List of United States cities by population

Rank	City	Total Area (mi²)	Total Area (km²)	Land Area (mi²)	Land Area (km²)
1	Sitka, Alaska	4,812	12,462	2,874	7,444
2	Juneau, Alaska	3,255	8,430	2,717	7,036
3	Anchorage, Alaska	1,961	5,079	1,697	4,396
4	Jacksonville, Florida	874	2,264	758	1,962
5	Anaconda, Montana	741	1,920	737	1,909
6	Butte, Montana	717	1,857	716	1,855
7	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	621	1,609	607	1,572
8	Houston, Texas	602	1,558	579	1,501
9	Phoenix, Arizona	475	1,231	475	1,231
10	Nashville, Tennessee	497	1,287	473	1,226
11	Los Angeles, California	498	1,291	469	1,215
12	Skagway, Alaska	464	1,203	452	1,172
13	San Antonio, Texas	412	1,067	408	1,056
14	Suffolk, Virginia	429	1,111	400	1,036
15	New York City, New York	469	1,214	383	786
16	Indianapolis, Indiana	368	954	362	936
17	Dallas, Texas	385	997	343	887
18	Chesapeake, Virginia	351	909	341	883
19	San Diego, California	372	964	324	840
20	Augusta, Georgia	328	851	324	839
21	Kansas City, Missouri	318	824	314	812
22	Fort Worth, Texas	299	774	293	758
23	Lexington, Kentucky	286	740	285	737
24	Memphis, Tennessee	295	763	279	723
25	Austin, Texas	258	669	252	651
26	El Paso, Texas	251	649	249	645
27	Virginia Beach, Virginia	497	1,288	248	643
28	Charlotte, North Carolina	243	629	242	628
29	Chicago, Illinois	234	606	227	588
30	Valdez, Alaska	277	718	222	575
31	Columbus, Georgia	221	572	216	560
32	Columbus, Ohio	213	551	210	545
33	California City, California	204	527	204	527
34	Boulder City, Nevada	203	525	203	525
35	Tucson, Arizona	195	505	195	504
36	Colorado Springs, Colorado	186	482	186	481
37	Scottsdale, Arizona	184	478	184	477
38	Tulsa, Oklahoma	187	484	183	473
39	Hibbing, Minnesota	187	483	182	471
40	New Orleans, Louisiana	350	907	181	468
41	Albuquerque, New Mexico	181	470	181	468
42	Norman, Oklahoma	190	491	177	459
43	San Jose, California	178	462	175	453
44	Huntsville, Alabama	174	452	174	451
45	Montgomery, Alabama	156	405	155	402
46	Corpus Christi, Texas	460	1,192	155	401
47	Sierra Vista, Arizona	154	398	154	398
48	Denver, Colorado	155	401	153	397
49	Birmingham, Alabama	152	394	150	388
50	Buckeye, Arizona	146	378	146	378
51	Carson City, Nevada	156	403	143	371
52	Aurora, Colorado	143	370	143	369
53	Detroit, Michigan	143	370	139	359
54	Peoria, Arizona	142	367	138	358
55	Chattanooga, Tennessee	143	371	135	350
56	Wichita, Kansas	139	360	136	352

Source

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

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