Talk:List of U.S. states and territories by area

message: I've noticed several of the numbers don't match up the source that was given by the article here:
http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/2012/tables/12s0358.pdf
Alaska, for example, is given as 663,267 sq mi but the Census table's number is 664,988 sq mi. Where did '663,267' come from? Ww7439 (talk) 02:27, 29 December 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: The source used was the 2000 Census.  I just found the areas used in the 2010 census, so I will update this article soon.  --Lasunncty (talk) 07:29, 1 January 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Updated to 2010 census. Hwy43 (talk) 17:32, 8 February 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks, I forgot about it. --Lasunncty (talk) 00:45, 10 February 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Numbers don't match up

message: I genuinely have no idea how to fix it, but the page is showing the country Georgia instead of the state... --94.43.9.81 (talk) 10:43, 8 February 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Fixed. Hwy43 (talk) 17:27, 8 February 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Georgia 

message: While it was proposed in the previous post, the Rank column for Water wasn't added to the first table; that's been done.
Per MOS:LARGENUM, it's probably best to delete the decimal places for miles and just round to whole numbers. A difference of less than one square mile is hardly consequential; additionally, note that kilometers are already rounded. Since this is (hopefully very slightly) controversial, I haven't done it; it will require quite a bit of keyboarding.107.27.118.209 (talk) 14:03, 17 October 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  New column / Miles with decimal places, Kilometers without? 

message: Hello, all! I have noticed that on this page "List of U.S. states and territories by area" there has been lots of vandalism. I would like to request that this page is upgraded to Semi-protection status for additional protection.
Thanks,
Enigma
EnigmaLord515 (talk) 03:20, 11 June 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected status 

message: ? area by acres or other units - is that possible in wiki, have columns that can be changed on teh fly ?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.245.17.105 (talk) 17:20, 3 August 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  great page, thanks 

message: The legend on the map says "states by Land area" but Michigan's color(80,000 - 100,000) indicates that it includes the water area. It should be a lighter shade of blue for 40,000 to 60,000 sq. mi. --BillB346 (talk) 18:31, 16 December 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Apparently the legend is incorrect.  The map is pretty much a duplicate of the Total Area map at the bottom of the page.  --Lasunncty (talk) 09:57, 18 December 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  legend on map 

message: This site lists the area of the island at 5.3 thousand square miles and other sources, including the wikipedia entry for PR give 3.5 thousand.  Clearly, one is wrong and must be changed.  My sources suggest that 3.5 is correct.  (I did not check the square kilometer numbers)  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Homebuilding (talk • contribs) 03:12, 21 November 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes Micahmassado (talk) 23:38, 15 June 2019 (UTC)
replies: text:  So who is correcting it?  Clicking through shows the smaller figure. 161.38.130.16 (talk)  —Preceding undated comment added 15:43, 25 October 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Puerto Rico 

message: What's Wrong With Mississippi's Flag? DSOFOreverTYU (talk) 19:43, 19 August 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: It currently does not have an official flag. A new flag is scheduled to be selected in November.  See Flag of Mississippi for more info.  --Lasunncty (talk) 09:42, 21 August 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mississippi 

message: Does anyone know if the census released the new area counts for the 2020 census? They usually have the information in their gazetteer files but I can't find where the state area files are. Thanks and have a great day! DiscoA340 (talk) 14:27, 13 September 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't see them either.  Maybe they haven't been published yet? --Lasunncty (talk) 00:03, 18 September 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  2020 area update 

message: I have updated the main table, and can do so for the other two: census division and census region. But before I do, I wanted to ask: are they of general interest? Most people would not know of how the Census divides up the US, and might not even care if they did. 
Of all of the regions mentioned, "New England" sticks out as being possibly interesting, and maybe the south. But New England excludes all of upstate New York, the South includes all of Maryland, and the Pacific region groups together Hawaii and Alaska - point being, this is just a convenient category that the Census likes to use, but possibly doesn't represent a list of coherent and distinct regions.
But if somebody disagrees, that's fine, it's not too much work to update the tables. Wizmut (talk) 03:33, 3 December 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: I wouldn't miss them if they were removed.  Not all definitions of these regions/divisions agree, so just going with the Census Bureau's definitions may be considered undue weight. --Lasunncty (talk) 06:46, 11 December 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Census regions