Like anywhere on the planet, the landmass of 1 square mile is 1 square mile!
Ohio, USA - 44,825 square miles (34th largest of the 50 US states).
New Jersey with about 1,171 persons per square mile.
Winthrop, Massachusetts
The largest city in the US, by area is Yakutat Alaska. Yakutat hat a population of 808, and an total area of 9459.3 square miles. The largest US city by population is New York, NY with 8,008,278 people, but it is only 468.9 square miles in area. The capital city is Washington D.C.
With an area of 885 square miles (2,265 square kilometers), Jacksonville, Florida is the largest city in the 48 Contiguous US States.However, out of the 49 Continental US States, Yakutat City, Alaska is the largest city by land mass with an area of 9,459 square miles (24,500 square kilometers).
Sitka, Alaska is the largest city in the US geographically, covering an area of 4,815 square miles with much of that being water.
The largest Us city by area is Yakutat Alaska with 9,459.3 square miles, and by population, New York, New York with 8,008,278 people.
A square mile is an area, the simplest shape is a square with all sides 1 mile, but it can be any shape. The mile is the same in other countries such as the UK. A US mile is 1760 yards long, so a US square mile equals 3,097,600 square yards. A US mile converts to metric as 1,609.34 meters, so a US square mile equals 2,589,975 square meters, or approximately 2.6 square kilometers.Prior to the 13th century, a mile (Roman mile) was considered to be a thousand average-sized(3') double paces, or 6000 feet.
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Which United States city has the largest land area? provide the name of the city, the state in which it is located, and the number of square miles it occupies.
The largest city in the US according to the US Census Bureau as of 2011 is New York, NY, population of 8,175,133.