# How big is Massachusetts?

Massachusetts covers 10,554 square miles (27,336 km²). About a quarter of that is water, mostly the bays and sea along its coast, leaving 7,800 square miles of land. It is the seventh-smallest state.

- 10,554 square miles
- 27,336 km²
- 6.75 million acres
- 5.11 million football fields

Interactive map, to drop it on any town at its true size: https://how-big-is.com/massachusetts/

## 190 miles by 115

It is about 190 miles long and 115 miles wide.

## How it compares

- 6.8× the size of [Rhode Island](https://how-big-is.com/rhode-island/), the smallest state
- ≈ 1× about the same size as [Vermont](https://how-big-is.com/vermont/)
- ≈ 1× about the same size as [Hawaii](https://how-big-is.com/hawaii/)
- 1.6% of the area of [Alaska](https://how-big-is.com/alaska/), the largest state
- 39.1× the size of [the Little Giant Fire](https://how-big-is.com/little-giant-fire/)
- 6.75 million [acres](https://how-big-is.com/an-acre/)
- 5.11 million [American football fields](https://how-big-is.com/a-football-field/)
- 3.83 million [soccer pitches](https://how-big-is.com/a-soccer-field/)
- 8,013× the size of [Central Park](https://how-big-is.com/central-park/)
- 55,603× the size of [Vatican City](https://how-big-is.com/vatican-city/)
- 3.0× the size of [Yellowstone National Park](https://how-big-is.com/yellowstone-national-park/)
- 55.3× the size of [Lake Tahoe](https://how-big-is.com/lake-tahoe/)
- 1.3% of the area of [Greenland](https://how-big-is.com/greenland/)
- 38.4× the size of [Anglesey](https://how-big-is.com/anglesey/)
- 47.8× the size of [the Isle of Man](https://how-big-is.com/isle-of-man/)

## Questions people ask

**How many square miles is Massachusetts?**
10,554 square miles (27,336 km²), 7,800 of them land.

**Is Massachusetts bigger than Connecticut?**
Yes. It is about 1.9 times the size of Connecticut.

**Where does Massachusetts rank by size?**
44th of the 50 states by total area, and 45th by land area.

**How long is Massachusetts?**
About 190 miles (306 km) long and 115 miles (185 km) wide.

**How big is Massachusetts compared to Texas?**
About 4% of the size of Texas.

## Where the numbers come from

Official figure: 10,554 square miles in all, 7,800 of them land, per the US Census Bureau. Outline: US Census Bureau (https://www.census.gov/geographies/mapping-files/time-series/geo/cartographic-boundary.html), licence: Public domain.

Credit: Map: how-big-is.com. Outline: US Census Bureau.