Smallest counties by land area
The smallest county equivalents by land area. Independent cities appear alongside counties, so small city jurisdictions can rank ahead of rural counties.
Ranks 1–100
3,222 county equivalents · page 1 of 33
What this part of the ranking shows
This page runs from Falls Church city, Virginia at 2.046 mi² of land area to San Germán Municipio, Puerto Rico at 54.444 mi² of land area. The 100 entries represent 9 state-level jurisdictions. Puerto Rico has the most entries on this page (58).
Falls Church city ranks first at 2.046 mi² of land area. The gap to second-place Lexington city is 0.453 mi². Compare the first two entries for separate land and water measurements.
This ranking compares Census county equivalents, including independent cities. It is not a list restricted to jurisdictions whose official name ends in “County.”
| Rank | County / equivalent | State | Land mi² | Total mi² | Water share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Falls Church city | Virginia | 2 | 2 | 0% |
| 2 | Lexington city | Virginia | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1% |
| 3 | Manassas Park city | Virginia | 3 | 3 | 0% |
| 4 | Cataño Municipio | Puerto Rico | 4.8 | 7 | 31% |
| 5 | Covington city | Virginia | 5.5 | 5.7 | 3.5% |
| 6 | Fairfax city | Virginia | 6.2 | 6.3 | 0.5% |
| 7 | Buena Vista city | Virginia | 6.4 | 6.5 | 1.3% |
| 8 | Emporia city | Virginia | 6.6 | 6.7 | 0.7% |
| 9 | Norton city | Virginia | 7.5 | 7.5 | 0.5% |
| 10 | Colonial Heights city | Virginia | 7.5 | 7.8 | 3.5% |
| 11 | Galax city | Virginia | 8.2 | 8.3 | 0.5% |
| 12 | Franklin city | Virginia | 8.3 | 8.4 | 1.1% |
| 13 | Williamsburg city | Virginia | 8.9 | 9.1 | 1.8% |
| 14 | Winchester city | Virginia | 9.2 | 9.2 | 0.2% |
| 15 | Radford city | Virginia | 9.7 | 10 | 3.3% |
| 16 | Manassas city | Virginia | 9.8 | 9.9 | 0.6% |
| 17 | Charlottesville city | Virginia | 10.2 | 10.3 | 0.2% |
| 18 | Hopewell city | Virginia | 10.4 | 10.8 | 4.4% |
| 19 | Fredericksburg city | Virginia | 10.5 | 10.5 | 0.7% |
| 20 | Martinsville city | Virginia | 11 | 11 | 0.5% |
| 21 | Hormigueros Municipio | Puerto Rico | 11.3 | 11.3 | 0% |
| 22 | Culebra Municipio | Puerto Rico | 11.6 | 168.8 | 93.1% |
| 23 | Kalawao County | Hawaii | 12 | 52.8 | 77.3% |
| 24 | Bristol city | Virginia | 12.9 | 13 | 0.9% |
| 25 | Rincón Municipio | Puerto Rico | 14.3 | 54.4 | 73.7% |
| 26 | Salem city | Virginia | 14.5 | 14.6 | 0.7% |
| 27 | Alexandria city | Virginia | 14.9 | 15.3 | 2.7% |
| 28 | Waynesboro city | Virginia | 15 | 15.1 | 0.9% |
| 29 | Arroyo Municipio | Puerto Rico | 15 | 35.7 | 57.9% |
| 30 | Florida Municipio | Puerto Rico | 15.2 | 15.2 | 0.1% |
| 31 | Poquoson city | Virginia | 15.4 | 78.5 | 80.4% |
| 32 | Harrisonburg city | Virginia | 17.3 | 17.4 | 0.3% |
| 33 | Barceloneta Municipio | Puerto Rico | 18.7 | 31 | 39.7% |
| 34 | Loíza Municipio | Puerto Rico | 19.4 | 65.6 | 70.5% |
| 35 | Staunton city | Virginia | 19.9 | 20 | 0.3% |
| 36 | Trujillo Alto Municipio | Puerto Rico | 20.7 | 21.4 | 2.9% |
| 37 | Maunabo Municipio | Puerto Rico | 21.2 | 38.4 | 44.8% |
| 38 | New York County | New York | 22.7 | 33.9 | 33.1% |
| 39 | Quebradillas Municipio | Puerto Rico | 22.7 | 34.3 | 34% |
| 40 | Petersburg city | Virginia | 22.7 | 22.9 | 1% |
| 41 | Dorado Municipio | Puerto Rico | 23.1 | 53.8 | 57% |
| 42 | Toa Baja Municipio | Puerto Rico | 23.3 | 41.8 | 44.3% |
| 43 | Bristol County | Rhode Island | 24.1 | 44.7 | 46.1% |
| 44 | Luquillo Municipio | Puerto Rico | 25.8 | 46.5 | 44.5% |
| 45 | Arlington County | Virginia | 26 | 26.1 | 0.4% |
| 46 | Juncos Municipio | Puerto Rico | 26.5 | 26.6 | 0.5% |
| 47 | Toa Alta Municipio | Puerto Rico | 27 | 27.6 | 2.1% |
| 48 | Naranjito Municipio | Puerto Rico | 27.4 | 27.7 | 1.1% |
| 49 | Guaynabo Municipio | Puerto Rico | 27.6 | 27.7 | 0.7% |
| 50 | Vega Alta Municipio | Puerto Rico | 27.7 | 37.5 | 26.1% |
| 51 | Gurabo Municipio | Puerto Rico | 27.9 | 28.3 | 1.5% |
| 52 | Comerío Municipio | Puerto Rico | 28.4 | 28.6 | 0.5% |
| 53 | Ceiba Municipio | Puerto Rico | 29 | 158.8 | 81.7% |
| 54 | Fajardo Municipio | Puerto Rico | 29.9 | 105.3 | 71.6% |
| 55 | Aguas Buenas Municipio | Puerto Rico | 30.1 | 30.1 | 0% |
| 56 | Aguada Municipio | Puerto Rico | 30.8 | 45.5 | 32.2% |
| 57 | Aibonito Municipio | Puerto Rico | 31.3 | 31.3 | 0.1% |
| 58 | Canóvanas Municipio | Puerto Rico | 32.9 | 33 | 0.4% |
| 59 | Broomfield County | Colorado | 33 | 33.5 | 1.7% |
| 60 | Portsmouth city | Virginia | 33.3 | 46.7 | 28.7% |
| 61 | Las Piedras Municipio | Puerto Rico | 33.9 | 33.9 | 0% |
| 62 | Santa Isabel Municipio | Puerto Rico | 34.1 | 77 | 55.7% |
| 63 | Barranquitas Municipio | Puerto Rico | 34.2 | 34.2 | 0% |
| 64 | Villalba Municipio | Puerto Rico | 35.6 | 37 | 3.8% |
| 65 | Cidra Municipio | Puerto Rico | 36 | 36.4 | 1.2% |
| 66 | Sabana Grande Municipio | Puerto Rico | 36.3 | 36.3 | 0% |
| 67 | Aguadilla Municipio | Puerto Rico | 36.5 | 75.6 | 51.6% |
| 68 | Maricao Municipio | Puerto Rico | 36.6 | 36.6 | 0% |
| 69 | Guánica Municipio | Puerto Rico | 37.1 | 79.5 | 53.3% |
| 70 | Morovis Municipio | Puerto Rico | 38.9 | 38.9 | 0.1% |
| 71 | Añasco Municipio | Puerto Rico | 39.3 | 44.9 | 12.5% |
| 72 | Hatillo Municipio | Puerto Rico | 41.7 | 58.7 | 28.9% |
| 73 | Bronx County | New York | 42.2 | 57.4 | 26.4% |
| 74 | Guayanilla Municipio | Puerto Rico | 42.2 | 64.2 | 34.2% |
| 75 | Roanoke city | Virginia | 42.5 | 42.9 | 0.8% |
| 76 | Corozal Municipio | Puerto Rico | 42.5 | 42.5 | 0% |
| 77 | Danville city | Virginia | 42.8 | 43.7 | 2.1% |
| 78 | Bayamón Municipio | Puerto Rico | 44.4 | 44.6 | 0.3% |
| 79 | Jayuya Municipio | Puerto Rico | 44.5 | 44.5 | 0% |
| 80 | Peñuelas Municipio | Puerto Rico | 44.7 | 67.9 | 34.2% |
| 81 | Humacao Municipio | Puerto Rico | 44.7 | 71.4 | 37.4% |
| 82 | Manatí Municipio | Puerto Rico | 44.7 | 70.6 | 36.6% |
| 83 | Carolina Municipio | Puerto Rico | 45.4 | 60.3 | 24.8% |
| 84 | Vega Baja Municipio | Puerto Rico | 45.9 | 68.2 | 32.8% |
| 85 | Nantucket County | Massachusetts | 46.2 | 303.7 | 84.8% |
| 86 | Hudson County | New Jersey | 46.2 | 62.3 | 25.9% |
| 87 | Las Marías Municipio | Puerto Rico | 46.4 | 46.5 | 0.2% |
| 88 | Camuy Municipio | Puerto Rico | 46.4 | 62 | 25.1% |
| 89 | Patillas Municipio | Puerto Rico | 46.6 | 75.2 | 38% |
| 90 | San Francisco County | California | 46.7 | 231.9 | 79.9% |
| 91 | San Juan Municipio | Puerto Rico | 47.9 | 77 | 37.8% |
| 92 | Lynchburg city | Virginia | 48.9 | 49.5 | 1.1% |
| 93 | Moca Municipio | Puerto Rico | 50.4 | 50.4 | 0% |
| 94 | Vieques Municipio | Puerto Rico | 50.8 | 264 | 80.8% |
| 95 | Hampton city | Virginia | 51.5 | 136.3 | 62.2% |
| 96 | Naguabo Municipio | Puerto Rico | 51.7 | 72.3 | 28.5% |
| 97 | Cayey Municipio | Puerto Rico | 51.9 | 51.9 | 0.1% |
| 98 | San Lorenzo Municipio | Puerto Rico | 53.1 | 53.2 | 0.2% |
| 99 | Norfolk city | Virginia | 53.3 | 96.4 | 44.7% |
| 100 | San Germán Municipio | Puerto Rico | 54.4 | 54.5 | 0% |
Read the differences behind ranks 1–100
The median land area among these 100 entries is 27.784 mi². The first and last entries span 52.398 square miles. This median describes the entries on this page, not the full national dataset. Pagination is a browsing boundary, not a distinct geographic region.
A difference of one position means only that two entries are adjacent in this ordering. Their actual size difference can be tiny or substantial. Compare the measurements as well as the rank, and use the original square-meter fields when rounded labels appear equal.
Where the entries on this page are located
- Puerto Rico58 entries · 58% of this page
- Virginia34 entries · 34% of this page
- New York2 entries · 2% of this page
- California1 entry · 1% of this page
- Colorado1 entry · 1% of this page
- Hawaii1 entry · 1% of this page
The remaining 3 jurisdictions contribute 3 entries. The list above shows the six most represented, with alphabetical ordering when counts tie.
These counts describe representation in this slice of the ranking. They do not measure a state’s share of national land or population. Compare the first and last county equivalents on this page to inspect land, water, and total area separately.
Read the geographic explanation behind this ranking, or return to the ranking overview for the national distribution and guidance on selecting a measurement.
Land rankings use original ALAND square meters; total-area rankings use ALAND + AWATER. Exact ties use ascending GEOID. Displayed square-mile values are rounded. Read the methodology.