Maryland was the 7th state admitted to the union on April 28th, 1788.
The largest US state is Alaska with 663,267.26 square miles. The smallest is Rhode Island with 1,545.05 square miles.
Virginia, USA - The state of Virginia ranks 35thin size at 42,769 square miles.
18th in total area with 71,299.64 square miles.
Colorado is the 8th largest US State at 104,094 square miles.
Louisiana is 51,839 square miles, and is number 31 in rank with the other states
Illinois ranks 25th with 57,914.38 square miles of area.
Michigan is the 11th largest state in terms of total area, with a land area of 96,714 square miles.
It is the 41st state in total area.
Mississippi ranks 32nd in size with 48,434 square miles.
Indiana is 38th in size with 36,417.73 square miles.
Iowa ranks 26th in total area (land and water) with 56,271.55 square miles.