# How big is Utah?

Utah covers 84,897 square miles (219,882 km²), 82,170 of them land. It is the 13th-biggest state, a little smaller than Romania.

- 84,897 square miles
- 219,882 km²
- 54.3 million acres
- 41.1 million football fields

Interactive map, to drop it on any town at its true size: https://how-big-is.com/utah/

## 350 miles by 270

It is about 350 miles long and 270 miles wide.

## Utah against Romania

Romania covers about 92,000 square miles, so Utah is a little smaller. Drag Utah over Romania on the map above to compare.

## The Four Corners

Utah's south-east corner meets Arizona, Colorado and New Mexico at a single point, the Four Corners.

## How it compares

- 55× the size of [Rhode Island](https://how-big-is.com/rhode-island/), the smallest state
- ≈ 1× about the same size as [Idaho](https://how-big-is.com/idaho/)
- ≈ 1× about the same size as [Minnesota](https://how-big-is.com/minnesota/)
- 13% of the area of [Alaska](https://how-big-is.com/alaska/), the largest state
- 314× the size of [the Little Giant Fire](https://how-big-is.com/little-giant-fire/)
- 54.3 million [acres](https://how-big-is.com/an-acre/)
- 41.1 million [American football fields](https://how-big-is.com/a-football-field/)
- 30.8 million [soccer pitches](https://how-big-is.com/a-soccer-field/)
- 64,453× the size of [Central Park](https://how-big-is.com/central-park/)
- 447,259× the size of [Vatican City](https://how-big-is.com/vatican-city/)
- 24.5× the size of [Yellowstone National Park](https://how-big-is.com/yellowstone-national-park/)
- 444× the size of [Lake Tahoe](https://how-big-is.com/lake-tahoe/)
- 10% of the area of [Greenland](https://how-big-is.com/greenland/)
- 309× the size of [Anglesey](https://how-big-is.com/anglesey/)
- 384× the size of [the Isle of Man](https://how-big-is.com/isle-of-man/)

## Questions people ask

**How many square miles is Utah?**
84,897 square miles (219,882 km²), 82,170 of them land.

**Is Utah bigger than Nevada?**
No. Nevada is about 1.3 times its size.

**Where does Utah rank by size?**
13th of the 50 states by total area, and 12th by land area.

**How long is Utah?**
About 350 miles (563 km) long and 270 miles (435 km) wide.

**How big is Utah compared to Texas?**
About 32% of the size of Texas.

## Where the numbers come from

Official figure: 84,897 square miles in all, 82,170 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.
