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Florida vs Texas Geography
Land area
- Florida has a land area of 53,655 square miles (138,965 km²), while Texas has 261,259 square miles (676,657 km²).
- Texas' land area is 4.9 times (387%) larger than Florida's.
Total area
- Florida: 71,404 square miles (184,934 km²) vs Texas: 268,599 square miles (695,668 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Texas' total area is 3.8 times (276%) larger than Florida's.
Length
- Florida is 471 miles (758 km) long from north to south; Texas is 808 miles (1,300 km).
- Texas' north-south length is 1.7 times (72%) longer than Florida's.
Width
- Florida spans 547 miles (880 km) east to west; Texas spans 777 miles (1,250 km).
- Texas' east-west width is 1.4 times (42%) wider than Florida's.
Highest point
- Florida's highest point is Britton Hill at 344 feet (105 m); Texas's is Guadalupe Peak at 8,730 feet (2,661 m).
- Guadalupe Peak is 8,386 feet higher than Britton Hill.
Lowest point
- Florida'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.
Florida vs Texas Population and History
Population
- Florida has a population of 23,372,215 (2024), while Texas has 31,290,831 (2024).
- Texas' population is 1.3 times (34%) larger than Florida's.
Population density
- Florida: 435.6 people per square mile vs Texas: 119.8.
- Florida's population density is 3.6 times (264%) higher than Texas'.
Biggest city
- Florida's biggest city is Jacksonville with 1,009,833 people; Texas's is Houston with 2,390,125.
- Houston's population is 2.4 times (137%) larger than Jacksonville's.
Largest metro area
- Florida's largest metropolitan area is Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL metro area (6,457,988 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 (29%) larger than Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL metro area's.
History
- Florida: Admitted to the Union on March 3, 1845, as the 27th state.
- Texas: Admitted to the Union on December 29, 1845, as the 28th state.
Florida vs Texas Economy
GDP
- Florida's GDP is $1,726.7 billion (2024) vs Texas's $2,769.8 billion.
- Texas' economic output is 1.6 times (60%) larger than Florida's.
GDP per capita
- Florida: $73,879 per person vs Texas: $88,517.
- Texas' GDP per capita is 1.2 times (20%) higher than Florida's.
Average income
- Florida: $73,006 vs Texas: $69,823 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Florida and Texas have about the same average income.
Florida vs Texas Counties
Number of counties
- Florida has 67 counties, while Texas has 254.
- Texas' county count is 3.8 times (279%) higher than Florida's.
Biggest county by area
- Florida's largest county is Collier County at 1,997 square miles; Texas's is Brewster County at 6,184 square miles.
- Brewster County's land area is 3.1 times (210%) larger than Collier County's.
Smallest county by area
- Florida: Union County (244 sq mi) vs Texas: Rockwall County (127 sq mi).
- Union County's land area is 1.9 times (92%) larger than Rockwall County's.
Most populous county
- Florida: Miami-Dade County (2,838,461 people) vs Texas: Harris County (5,009,302 people).
- Harris County's population is 1.8 times (76%) larger than Miami-Dade County's.
Least populous county
- Florida: Liberty County (7,955 people) vs Texas: Loving County (48 people).
- Liberty County's population is 165.7 times larger than Loving County's.
Richest county
- Florida: Collier County ($150,140 per capita income) vs Texas: Loving County ($220,625).
- Loving County's income is 1.5 times (47%) richer than Collier County's.
Poorest county
- Florida: Union County ($30,156 per capita income) vs Texas: Starr County ($34,180).
- Starr County's income is 1.1 times (13%) richer than Union County's.
Florida vs Texas Taxes
State income tax
- Florida has no state income tax, while Texas has no state income tax.
Property tax
- Florida: 0.75% effective rate vs Texas: 1.31% of home value per year.
- Texas's rate is 0.56 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Florida: 6.98% combined state and average local rate vs Texas: 8.2%.
- Texas's combined rate is 1.22 percentage points higher.
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