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Georgia vs Texas Geography
Land area
- Georgia has a land area of 57,717 square miles (149,486 km²), while Texas has 261,259 square miles (676,657 km²).
- Texas' land area is 4.5 times (353%) larger than Georgia's.
Total area
- Georgia: 59,423 square miles (153,905 km²) vs Texas: 268,599 square miles (695,668 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Texas' total area is 4.5 times (352%) larger than Georgia's.
Length
- Georgia is 326 miles (525 km) long from north to south; Texas is 808 miles (1,300 km).
- Texas' north-south length is 2.5 times (148%) longer than Georgia's.
Width
- Georgia spans 343 miles (553 km) east to west; Texas spans 777 miles (1,250 km).
- Texas' east-west width is 2.3 times (127%) wider than Georgia's.
Highest point
- Georgia's highest point is Brasstown Bald at 4,778 feet (1,456 m); Texas's is Guadalupe Peak at 8,730 feet (2,661 m).
- Guadalupe Peak is 3,952 feet higher than Brasstown Bald.
Lowest point
- Georgia'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.
Georgia vs Texas Population and History
Population
- Georgia has a population of 11,180,878 (2024), while Texas has 31,290,831 (2024).
- Texas' population is 2.8 times (180%) larger than Georgia's.
Population density
- Georgia: 193.7 people per square mile vs Texas: 119.8.
- Georgia's population density is 1.6 times (62%) higher than Texas'.
Biggest city
- Georgia's biggest city is Atlanta with 520,070 people; Texas's is Houston with 2,390,125.
- Houston's population is 4.6 times (360%) larger than Atlanta's.
Largest metro area
- Georgia's largest metropolitan area is Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA metro area (6,411,149 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 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA metro area's.
History
- Georgia: Admitted to the Union on January 2, 1788, as the 4th state.
- Texas: Admitted to the Union on December 29, 1845, as the 28th state.
- In its current form, Georgia is the older of the two by 57 years.
Georgia vs Texas Economy
GDP
- Georgia's GDP is $881.5 billion (2024) vs Texas's $2,769.8 billion.
- Texas' economic output is 3.1 times (214%) larger than Georgia's.
GDP per capita
- Georgia: $78,841 per person vs Texas: $88,517.
- Texas' GDP per capita is 1.1 times (12%) higher than Georgia's.
Average income
- Georgia: $63,006 vs Texas: $69,823 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Texas' average income is 1.1 times (11%) higher than Georgia's.
Georgia vs Texas Counties
Number of counties
- Georgia has 159 counties, while Texas has 254.
- Texas' county count is 1.6 times (60%) higher than Georgia's.
Biggest county by area
- Georgia's largest county is Ware County at 899 square miles; Texas's is Brewster County at 6,184 square miles.
- Brewster County's land area is 6.9 times (588%) larger than Ware County's.
Smallest county by area
- Georgia: Clarke County (119 sq mi) vs Texas: Rockwall County (127 sq mi).
- Rockwall County's land area is 1.1 times (7%) larger than Clarke County's.
Most populous county
- Georgia: Fulton County (1,090,354 people) vs Texas: Harris County (5,009,302 people).
- Harris County's population is 4.6 times (359%) larger than Fulton County's.
Least populous county
- Georgia: Taliaferro County (1,620 people) vs Texas: Loving County (48 people).
- Taliaferro County's population is 33.8 times larger than Loving County's.
Richest county
- Georgia: Fulton County ($111,238 per capita income) vs Texas: Loving County ($220,625).
- Loving County's income is 2.0 times (98%) richer than Fulton County's.
Poorest county
- Georgia: Wheeler County ($26,119 per capita income) vs Texas: Starr County ($34,180).
- Starr County's income is 1.3 times (31%) richer than Wheeler County's.
Georgia vs Texas Taxes
State income tax
- Georgia has a top income tax rate of 5.19%, while Texas has no state income tax.
- Georgia's top rate is 5.19 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Georgia: 0.74% effective rate vs Texas: 1.31% of home value per year.
- Texas's rate is 0.57 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Georgia: 7.56% combined state and average local rate vs Texas: 8.2%.
- Texas's combined rate is 0.64 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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