# 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.

- 86,936 square miles
- 225,163 km²
- 55.6 million acres
- 42.1 million football fields

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

## 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](https://how-big-is.com/rhode-island/), the smallest state
- ≈ 1× about the same size as [Utah](https://how-big-is.com/utah/)
- ≈ 1× about the same size as [Michigan](https://how-big-is.com/michigan/)
- 13% of the area of [Alaska](https://how-big-is.com/alaska/), the largest state
- 322× the size of [the Little Giant Fire](https://how-big-is.com/little-giant-fire/)
- 55.6 million [acres](https://how-big-is.com/an-acre/)
- 42.1 million [American football fields](https://how-big-is.com/a-football-field/)
- 31.5 million [soccer pitches](https://how-big-is.com/a-soccer-field/)
- 66,001× the size of [Central Park](https://how-big-is.com/central-park/)
- 458,001× the size of [Vatican City](https://how-big-is.com/vatican-city/)
- 25.1× the size of [Yellowstone National Park](https://how-big-is.com/yellowstone-national-park/)
- 455× the size of [Lake Tahoe](https://how-big-is.com/lake-tahoe/)
- 10% of the area of [Greenland](https://how-big-is.com/greenland/)
- 316× the size of [Anglesey](https://how-big-is.com/anglesey/)
- 394× the size of [the Isle of Man](https://how-big-is.com/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 (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.