David CL Francis wrote:
On Wed, 22 Dec 2004 at 22:26:44 in message ,
According to the Times World Atlas (it just happened to be handy!):

USA 3,614,170 sq miles 100%
Alaska 570,680 sq miles 15.79%
Texas 261,950 sq miles 7.25%
California 156,260 sq miles 4,32%
Montana 145,350 sq miles 4.02%
New Mexico 121,300 sq miles 3.36%

Alaska is VERY BIG but not quite that big. Equivalent to Texas,
California and Montana combined.

A friend of mine put it in a different way:
When Alaska became a state the Texans were quite 'displeased', because they
weren't the largest state any more. Luckily Alaska wasn't split in two equal
pieces, because then Texas would have been only number 3 and then the Texans
would have been really ****ed.

jue