Largest state in land square miles east of the Mississippi?

Answer 1

Michigan

Answer 2

Michigan is the largest state east of the Mississippi with 97,716 sq miles. However, only 57,324,000 of that area is land. The majority of the remainder is that portion of the Great Lakes which lie within the borders of the state (primarily Michigan, Huron and Superior).

Florida is second at 65,755 mi^2 of which 54,018 is land.

Georgia is third at 59,425, of which 57,880 is land, followed closely by Illinois, New York, North Carolina, and Alabama.

(Georgia is the state with the largest LAND area east of the Mississippi River.)

Answer 3

Florida and Georgia are the largest eastern states based on area. Florida ranks #22 among U.S. states based on total area (including land and water) and #26 based on total land area. Georgia ranks # 21 based on total land area and #24 based on total area. Other state rankings based on total area include #27 New York; #28 North Carolina; #33 Pennsylvania; #35 Virginia; #39 Maine; and # 40 South Carolina.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

Georgia