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How big is Alaska?

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Alaska covers 570,373 square miles of land, plus an additional 45,000 square miles of water.

It's the biggest state in the country. Alaska is 2.3 times the size of Texas, 10 times the size of Georgia or Florida; and 499.7 times the size of frequent comparison victim Rhode Island. Alaska covers 20 percent of the total U.S. area.

Alaska stretches across 57 degrees, 34 minutes of longitude between 52 and 54 degrees latitude.

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