How Big Is Minnesota? 86,936 square miles, shown on your town

How big is Minnesota?

Minnesota covers 86,936 square miles (225,163 km²), 79,627 of them land. It is the 12th-biggest state, a little smaller than Romania.

square miles

86,936

km²

225,163

acres

55.6 million

football fields

42.1 million

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Minnesota against Romania

Romania covers about 92,000 square miles, so Minnesota is a little smaller. Drag Minnesota over Romania on the map above to compare.

Land of 10,000 Lakes

Minnesota has 14,420 bodies of fresh water of at least ten acres each, and in the north-east its share of Lake Superior.

How it compares

56.3×the size of Rhode Island, the smallest state
≈ 1×about the same size as Utah
≈ 1×about the same size as Michigan
13%of the area of Alaska, the largest state
322×the size of the Little Giant Fire
55.6 millionacres
42.1 millionAmerican football fields
31.5 millionsoccer pitches
66,001×the size of Central Park
458,001×the size of Vatican City
25.1×the size of Yellowstone National Park
455×the size of Lake Tahoe
10%of the area of Greenland
316×the size of Anglesey
394×the size of the Isle of Man

Questions people ask

How many square miles is Minnesota?

86,936 square miles (225,163 km²), 79,627 of them land.

Is Minnesota bigger than North Dakota?

Yes. It is about 1.2 times the size of North Dakota.

Where does Minnesota rank by size?

12th of the 50 states by total area, and 14th by land area.

How long is Minnesota?

About 400 miles (640 km) long and 200 to 350 miles (320 to 560 km) wide.

How big is Minnesota compared to Texas?

About 32% of the size of Texas.

Where the numbers come from

Official figure: 86,936 square miles in all, 79,627 of them land, per the US Census Bureau. Outline: US Census Bureau (source), licence: Public domain.