Sitka city and, AK has the largest municipal land area in the included Census city/place universe at 2,870.2 square miles (U.S. Census Bureau Gazetteer). The table ranks all 19,483 records with a Gazetteer match. Land area measures the legal place boundary, not the size of its urban or metro area.
SourceU.S. Census · Gazetteer + PEP
Gazetteer2025 places file
PopulationV2025 · 2025-07-01
MetricLand square miles
Coverage19,483 of 19,483 included records
Last build2026-08-27
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All 19,483 included U.S. city/place records with Census Gazetteer land area, ranked largest to smallest.
0 of 19,483 included records lack a usable Gazetteer match and are omitted. Water area is shown separately and never added to the ranking value.
Methodology · municipal boundaries
Land area measures the legal city or place boundary.
Land and water area come from the Census Bureau 2025 Gazetteer places file. Gazetteer square meters are converted to square miles. The ranking uses land area only.
A geographically large municipal boundary does not mean the developed city, urban area, or metropolitan area is equally large. Annexation and local government structure make city-proper area comparisons sensitive to boundaries.
For eight consolidated city-county governments, the site uses the Gazetteer geometry of the published balance entry. That geometry excludes separately incorporated enclaves and slightly understates the consolidated land area.
