I am looking for list--to settle an argument of the 20 largest cities in the US--by size--i.e sq miles-help?

Question

More details???--just looking for the list--do not not want population--but size I am thinking

LA, JAcksonville, San Berndandino, maybe Va Beach

Answer 1

Wikipedia is a great resource for questions like this.

Answer 2

1.  New York          8683 sq.km.         17.8 mill. people(1)

2.  Chicago            5498   - -                 8.308   (3)

3.  Atlanta               5083   - -                 3.5    (11)

4. Philadelphia      4661    - -                 5.15  (4)

5.  Boston              4497    - -                 4.03    (7)

6. Los Angeles     4320     - -              11.789   (2)

7. Dallas/Ft.Worth 3644    - -                4.146   (6)

8. Houston             3355     - -                3.823   (10)

9. Detroit                3267     - -               3.9       (9)

10.Washington      2996     - -               3.934   (8)

11.Miami                2891     - -               4.919   (5)

12.Seattle              2470      - -               2.712

13.Minneapolis/    

      St.Paul             2316      - -                2.389

14.Pittsburgh         2208      - -                1.753

15.Tampa/            

     St.Petersburgh 2078      - -                2.062

16.Phoenix/Mesa  2069      - -                2.907   (12)

17.San Diego        2026      - -                2.674

18.Baltimore          1768      - -                2.076

19.Cincinnati          1746     - -                1.503

20.Cleveland          1676     - -                1.787

Answer 3

LA & Jacksonville are correct.  Go to wikipedia and search "largest US cities by area" for a complete list.  Its a really good list but apparently I can't cut and paste the link here.

Answer 4

U.S. Cities by Total Land Area in Sq Miles

1. Sitka, Alaska  (4,812)

2. Juneau, Alaska  (3,255)

3. Anchorage, Alaska  (1,961)

4. Jacksonville, Florida  (874)

5. Anaconda, Montana (741)  

6. Butte, Montana  (717)

7. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (621)  

8. Houston, Texas  (602)

9. Honolulu, Hawaii  (600)

10. Phoenix, Arizona (515)

11. Nashville, Tennessee  (502)

12. Los Angeles, California (465)  

13. Skagway, Alaska (464)

14. San Antonio, Texas  (412)

15. Suffolk, Virginia   (429)

16. Indianapolis, Indiana  (368)

17. Dallas, Texas  (385)

18. Chesapeake, Virginia  (351)

19. San Diego, California (372)

20. Kansas City, Missouri (318)

       Virginia Beach, Virginia (249)

San Bernardino County, California is the largest county in the 48 contiguous states.  20,052.50 square miles.  It is larger than 9 states (Maryland, Hawaii, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Connecticut, Delaware and Rhode Island).