| | FEDERAL STATE | EST. POPULATION | AEREA qkm | STATE CAPITAL | | Abia | 2,833,999 | 4,857 | Umuahia | | Adamawa | 3,168,101 | 37,957 | Yola | | Akwa Ibom | 3,920,208 | 6,788 | Uyo | | Anambra | 4,182,032 | 4,761 | Awka | | Bauchi | 4,676,465 | 48,197 | Bauchi | | Bayelsa | 1,703,358 | 9,363 | Yenagoa | | Benue | 4,219,244 | 30,755 | Makurdi | | Borno | 4,151,193 | 72,767 | Maiduguri | | Cross River | 2,888,966 | 22,112 | Calabar | | Delta | 4,098,391 | 17,095 | Asaba | | Ebonyi | 2,173,501 | 6,342 | Abakaliki | | Edo | 3,218,332 | 19,584 | Benin City | | Ekiti | 2,384,212 | 5,797 | Ado-Ekiti | | Enugu | 3,257,298 | 7,560 | Enugu | | Federal Capital Territory | 1,405,201 | 7,569 | Abuja | | Gombe | 2,353,879 | 17,428 | Gombe | | Imo | 3,934,899 | 5,135 | Owerri | | Jigawa | 4,348,649 | 23,415 | Dutse | | Kaduna | 6,066,562 | 44,217 | Kaduna | | Kano | 9,383,682 | 20,389 | Kano | | Katsina | 5,792,578 | 23,822 | Katsina | | Kebbi | 3,238,628 | 36,320 | Birnin Kebbi | | Kogi | 3,278,487 | 29,063 | Lokoja | | Kwara | 2,371,089 | 33,792 | Ilorin | | Lagos | 9,013,534 | 3,475 | Ikeja | | Nassarawa | 1,863,275 | 26,633 | Lafia | | Niger | 3,950,249 | 72,065 | Minna | | Ogun | 3,728,098 | 16,850 | Abeokuta | | Ondo | 3,441,024 | 15,019 | Akure | | Osun | 3,423,535 | 8,585 | Oshogbo | | Oyo | 5,591,589 | 27,036 | Ibadan | | Plateau | 3,178,712 | 26,539 | Jos | | Rivers | 5,185,400 | 10,361 | Port Harcourt | | Sokoto | 3,696,999 | 32,146 | Sokoto | | Taraba | 2,300,736 | 59,180 | Jalingo | | Yobe | 2,321,591 | 44,880 | Damaturu | | Zamfara | 3,259,846 | 33,667 | Gusau |
The states are subdivided into 774 local government areas. |