Iowa against Bangladesh
Bangladesh covers about 57,000 square miles, so Iowa is about the same size. Drag Iowa over Bangladesh on the map above to compare.
Between two rivers
Iowa runs from the Mississippi River on the east to the Missouri and Big Sioux rivers on the west.
How it compares
- 36.4×the size of Rhode Island, the smallest state
- ≈ 1×about the same size as New York State
- ≈ 1×about the same size as Illinois
- 8.5%of the area of Alaska, the largest state
- 208×the size of the Little Giant Fire
- 36 millionacres
- 27.2 millionAmerican football fields
- 20.4 millionsoccer pitches
- 42,722×the size of Central Park
- 296,460×the size of Vatican City
- 16.2×the size of Yellowstone National Park
- 295×the size of Lake Tahoe
- 6.7%of the area of Greenland
- 205×the size of Anglesey
- 255×the size of the Isle of Man
Questions people ask
How many square miles is Iowa?
56,273 square miles (145,746 km²), 55,857 of them land.
Is Iowa bigger than Minnesota?
No. Minnesota is about 1.5 times its size.
Where does Iowa rank by size?
26th of the 50 states by total area, and 23rd by land area.
How big is Iowa compared to Texas?
About 21% of the size of Texas.
Where the numbers come from
Official figure: 56,273 square miles in all, 55,857 of them land, per the US Census Bureau. Outline: US Census Bureau (source), licence: Public domain.