Unbelievably, the 10 biggest cities in the US by area contains neither New York nor Los Angeles. You will find them on the top of The 20 Biggest Cities in the United States list. Though it can take upwards of four hours getting from one place in New York City to another, it’s just not that big. Population density in the two cities explains for the discrepency. We figure bigger the better might not be entirely true in this case.
Even more surprising is the fact that the top contenders in our list of 10 biggest cities in the US by area are one of the least populated ones. The top 4 cities on the list, for instance, are all in the state of Alaska, out of which only Anchorage has a notable population.
However, in any case, US is the 4th largest country area-wise and these cities being the largest in the country do cover a significant area on the earth and deserve some amount of attention for all the right reasons. If you are in the US and your LA dreams haven’t quite turned out as you hoped, look at our list below to find out which places you can move to that suffer no space crunch for one! And, if New York has started to seem too crowded for your tastes lately, you might just find the right city for you with a breath of uncongested air.
So let’s check out the 10 biggest cities in the US by area –
10. Phoenix, Arizona
Land Area: 516.7 sq mi
The capital city of Arizona State, Phoenix has quite a number of laurels to its name other than being the one of the biggest cities in the US by area. It is also the most populous state capital in the country as well as the county seat of Maricopa County.
9. Houston, Texas
Land Area: 599.6 sq mi
It doesn’t get any bigger or better than Texas. Tagged as the Space City and situated on the banks of Allen’s Landing Houston is not only large in land area but additionally includes almost 27.9 sq mi of water area.
8. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Land Area: 607 sq mi
Oklahoma’s largest metropolitan area, whose limits touch the Canadian, Cleveland and Pottawatomi counties, happens to ranks 8th on our list. However, interestingly is second-largest in the area when land area is considered as when the government is not consolidated with a county.
7. Butte, Montana
Land Area: 716.2 sq mi
Flanked by the great divide at all its highway exits, Butte also claims the title of being the most populous US communities in the area. Its limits extend up to the cities of Anaconda, Bozeman, Dillon, and Helena.
6. Anaconda, Montana
Land Area: 736.5 sq mi
The southwestern Montana city, Anaconda, has the Pintlar Mountains overlooking it. The landscape is spotted with mountains, lakes and timbered forestlands. It shares its borders five other counties.
5. Jacksonville, Florida
Land Area: 747 sq mi
The city in Florida stretches over a total area of 885 sq mi with almost 138 sq mi of water bodies with the St. Johns River running across it. It is flanked by the Atlantic Ocean and Jacksonville Beach on the east side. Area-wise it also happens to be the largest city in the contiguous United States.
4. Anchorage, Alaska
Land Area: 1704.7 sq mi
Featuring on the fourth spot of the 10 biggest cities in US by area list is the city of Anchorage in south-central Alaska. Anchorage also enjoys the largest population the state with almost 40% of the state’s population residing in the city.
3. Wrangell, Alaska
Land Area: 2541.5 sq mi
Next on the list is the city and borough of Wrangell. The borough now includes the entire area of Wrangell-Petersburg Census Area plus Mayors Chuck and Thom Place. The borough has a population if only 2369 residing over the land area of 2541.5 sq mi. That’s how many sq mi per person? You can do the math.
2. Juneau, Alaska
Land Area: 2701.9 sq mi
The capital city of Alaska is said to be as large in area as Rhode Island and Delaware put together. It extends to a total area of 3253 sq mi with water bodies covering almost 552 sq mi.
1. Sitka, Alaska
Land Area: 2870.3 sq mi
The city-borough of Sitka located in the Baranof Island, covers a vast expanse of a total area of 4811.4 sq mi with the urban area being on the west side of the Island.
With its staggering expanse of land and water areas Sitka wins the top position of the 10 biggest cities in the US by area list hands down!
