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District of Columbia vs Texas Geography
Land area
- District of Columbia has a land area of 61 square miles (158 km²), while Texas has 261,259 square miles (676,657 km²).
- Texas' land area is 4,282.6 times larger than District of Columbia's.
Total area
- District of Columbia: 68 square miles (177 km²) vs Texas: 268,599 square miles (695,668 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Texas' total area is 3,930.3 times larger than District of Columbia's.
Length
- District of Columbia is 13 miles (22 km) long from north to south; Texas is 808 miles (1,300 km).
- Texas' north-south length is 62.2 times longer than District of Columbia's.
Width
- District of Columbia spans 12 miles (19 km) east to west; Texas spans 777 miles (1,250 km).
- Texas' east-west width is 64.8 times wider than District of Columbia's.
Highest point
- District of Columbia's highest point is Fort Reno at 429 feet (131 m); Texas's is Guadalupe Peak at 8,730 feet (2,661 m).
- Guadalupe Peak is 8,301 feet higher than Fort Reno.
Lowest point
- District of Columbia's lowest point is Potomac River at 0 feet; Texas's is Gulf of Mexico at 0 feet.
- Both lowest points are at or near sea level.
District of Columbia vs Texas Population and History
Population
- District of Columbia has a population of 702,250 (2024), while Texas has 31,290,831 (2024).
- Texas' population is 44.6 times larger than District of Columbia's.
Population density
- District of Columbia: 11,493.5 people per square mile vs Texas: 119.8.
- District of Columbia's population density is 95.9 times higher than Texas'.
Biggest city
- District of Columbia's biggest city is Washington with 702,250 people; Texas's is Houston with 2,390,125.
- Houston's population is 3.4 times (240%) larger than Washington's.
Largest metro area
- District of Columbia's largest metropolitan area is Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro area (6,436,489 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 (30%) larger than Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro area's.
History
- District of Columbia: The federal district, established by the Residence Act on July 16, 1790; not a state.
- Texas: Admitted to the Union on December 29, 1845, as the 28th state.
- In its current form, District of Columbia is the older of the two by 55 years.
District of Columbia vs Texas Economy
GDP
- District of Columbia's GDP is $184.3 billion (2024) vs Texas's $2,769.8 billion.
- Texas' economic output is 15.0 times larger than District of Columbia's.
GDP per capita
- District of Columbia: $262,439 per person vs Texas: $88,517.
- District of Columbia's GDP per capita is 3.0 times (196%) higher than Texas'.
Average income
- District of Columbia: $111,185 vs Texas: $69,823 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- District of Columbia's average income is 1.6 times (59%) higher than Texas'.
District of Columbia vs Texas Counties
Number of counties
- District of Columbia has 1 counties, while Texas has 254.
- Texas' county count is 254.0 times higher than District of Columbia's.
Biggest county by area
- District of Columbia's largest county is District of Columbia at 61 square miles; Texas's is Brewster County at 6,184 square miles.
- Brewster County's land area is 101.2 times larger than District of Columbia's.
Smallest county by area
- District of Columbia: District of Columbia (61 sq mi) vs Texas: Rockwall County (127 sq mi).
- Rockwall County's land area is 2.1 times (108%) larger than District of Columbia's.
Most populous county
- District of Columbia: District of Columbia (702,250 people) vs Texas: Harris County (5,009,302 people).
- Harris County's population is 7.1 times (613%) larger than District of Columbia's.
Least populous county
- District of Columbia: District of Columbia (702,250 people) vs Texas: Loving County (48 people).
- District of Columbia's population is 14,630.2 times larger than Loving County's.
Richest county
- District of Columbia: District of Columbia ($111,185 per capita income) vs Texas: Loving County ($220,625).
- Loving County's income is 2.0 times (98%) richer than District of Columbia's.
Poorest county
- District of Columbia: District of Columbia ($111,185 per capita income) vs Texas: Starr County ($34,180).
- District of Columbia's income is 3.3 times (225%) richer than Starr County's.
District of Columbia vs Texas Taxes
State income tax
- District of Columbia has a top income tax rate of 10.75%, while Texas has no state income tax.
- District of Columbia's top rate is 10.75 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- District of Columbia: 0.63% effective rate vs Texas: 1.31% of home value per year.
- Texas's rate is 0.68 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- District of Columbia: 6% combined state and average local rate vs Texas: 8.2%.
- Texas's combined rate is 2.2 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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