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Delaware vs Texas Geography
Land area
- Delaware has a land area of 1,949 square miles (5,047 km²), while Texas has 261,259 square miles (676,657 km²).
- Texas' land area is 134.1 times larger than Delaware's.
Total area
- Delaware: 2,489 square miles (6,446 km²) vs Texas: 268,599 square miles (695,668 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Texas' total area is 107.9 times larger than Delaware's.
Length
- Delaware is 98 miles (158 km) long from north to south; Texas is 808 miles (1,300 km).
- Texas' north-south length is 8.2 times (724%) longer than Delaware's.
Width
- Delaware spans 96 miles (155 km) east to west; Texas spans 777 miles (1,250 km).
- Texas' east-west width is 8.1 times (709%) wider than Delaware's.
Highest point
- Delaware's highest point is Ebright Azimuth at 450 feet (137 m); Texas's is Guadalupe Peak at 8,730 feet (2,661 m).
- Guadalupe Peak is 8,280 feet higher than Ebright Azimuth.
Lowest point
- Delaware's lowest point is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet; Texas's is Gulf of Mexico at 0 feet.
- Both lowest points are at or near sea level.
Delaware vs Texas Population and History
Population
- Delaware has a population of 1,051,917 (2024), while Texas has 31,290,831 (2024).
- Texas' population is 29.7 times larger than Delaware's.
Population density
- Delaware: 539.9 people per square mile vs Texas: 119.8.
- Delaware's population density is 4.5 times (351%) higher than Texas'.
Biggest city
- Delaware's biggest city is Wilmington with 73,176 people; Texas's is Houston with 2,390,125.
- Houston's population is 32.7 times larger than Wilmington's.
Largest metro area
- Delaware's largest metropolitan area is Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro area (6,330,422 people) vs Texas's Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area (8,344,032).
- Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area's population is 1.3 times (32%) larger than Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro area's.
History
- Delaware: Admitted to the Union on December 7, 1787, as the 1st state.
- Texas: Admitted to the Union on December 29, 1845, as the 28th state.
- In its current form, Delaware is the older of the two by 58 years.
Delaware vs Texas Economy
GDP
- Delaware's GDP is $111.0 billion (2024) vs Texas's $2,769.8 billion.
- Texas' economic output is 25.0 times larger than Delaware's.
GDP per capita
- Delaware: $105,495 per person vs Texas: $88,517.
- Delaware's GDP per capita is 1.2 times (19%) higher than Texas'.
Average income
- Delaware: $68,061 vs Texas: $69,823 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Delaware and Texas have about the same average income.
Delaware vs Texas Counties
Number of counties
- Delaware has 3 counties, while Texas has 254.
- Texas' county count is 84.7 times higher than Delaware's.
Biggest county by area
- Delaware's largest county is Sussex County at 936 square miles; Texas's is Brewster County at 6,184 square miles.
- Brewster County's land area is 6.6 times (561%) larger than Sussex County's.
Smallest county by area
- Delaware: New Castle County (426 sq mi) vs Texas: Rockwall County (127 sq mi).
- New Castle County's land area is 3.4 times (235%) larger than Rockwall County's.
Most populous county
- Delaware: New Castle County (588,093 people) vs Texas: Harris County (5,009,302 people).
- Harris County's population is 8.5 times (752%) larger than New Castle County's.
Least populous county
- Delaware: Kent County (192,690 people) vs Texas: Loving County (48 people).
- Kent County's population is 4,014.4 times larger than Loving County's.
Richest county
- Delaware: Sussex County ($73,647 per capita income) vs Texas: Loving County ($220,625).
- Loving County's income is 3.0 times (200%) richer than Sussex County's.
Poorest county
- Delaware: Kent County ($55,474 per capita income) vs Texas: Starr County ($34,180).
- Kent County's income is 1.6 times (62%) richer than Starr County's.
Delaware vs Texas Taxes
State income tax
- Delaware has a top income tax rate of 6.6%, while Texas has no state income tax.
- Delaware's top rate is 6.6 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Delaware: 0.47% effective rate vs Texas: 1.31% of home value per year.
- Texas's rate is 0.84 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Delaware: 0% combined state and average local rate vs Texas: 8.2%.
- Texas's combined rate is 8.2 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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