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Kentucky vs Texas Geography
Land area
- Kentucky has a land area of 39,485 square miles (102,267 km²), while Texas has 261,259 square miles (676,657 km²).
- Texas' land area is 6.6 times (562%) larger than Kentucky's.
Total area
- Kentucky: 40,406 square miles (104,651 km²) vs Texas: 268,599 square miles (695,668 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Texas' total area is 6.6 times (565%) larger than Kentucky's.
Length
- Kentucky is 257 miles (414 km) long from north to south; Texas is 808 miles (1,300 km).
- Texas' north-south length is 3.1 times (214%) longer than Kentucky's.
Width
- Kentucky spans 418 miles (672 km) east to west; Texas spans 777 miles (1,250 km).
- Texas' east-west width is 1.9 times (86%) wider than Kentucky's.
Highest point
- Kentucky's highest point is Black Mountain at 4,134 feet (1,260 m); Texas's is Guadalupe Peak at 8,730 feet (2,661 m).
- Guadalupe Peak is 4,596 feet higher than Black Mountain.
Lowest point
- Kentucky's lowest point is Mississippi River at 270 feet; Texas's is Gulf of Mexico at 0 feet.
- Texas's lowest point is 270 feet lower.
Kentucky vs Texas Population and History
Population
- Kentucky has a population of 4,588,372 (2024), while Texas has 31,290,831 (2024).
- Texas' population is 6.8 times (582%) larger than Kentucky's.
Population density
- Kentucky: 116.2 people per square mile vs Texas: 119.8.
- Kentucky and Texas have about the same population density.
Biggest city
- Kentucky's biggest city is Louisville with 640,796 people; Texas's is Houston with 2,390,125.
- Houston's population is 3.7 times (273%) larger than Louisville's.
Largest metro area
- Kentucky's largest metropolitan area is Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN metro area (2,302,815 people) vs Texas's Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area (8,344,032).
- Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area's population is 3.6 times (262%) larger than Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN metro area's.
History
- Kentucky: Admitted to the Union on June 1, 1792, as the 15th state.
- Texas: Admitted to the Union on December 29, 1845, as the 28th state.
- In its current form, Kentucky is the older of the two by 53 years.
Kentucky vs Texas Economy
GDP
- Kentucky's GDP is $295.4 billion (2024) vs Texas's $2,769.8 billion.
- Texas' economic output is 9.4 times (838%) larger than Kentucky's.
GDP per capita
- Kentucky: $64,375 per person vs Texas: $88,517.
- Texas' GDP per capita is 1.4 times (38%) higher than Kentucky's.
Average income
- Kentucky: $58,256 vs Texas: $69,823 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Texas' average income is 1.2 times (20%) higher than Kentucky's.
Kentucky vs Texas Counties
Number of counties
- Kentucky has 120 counties, while Texas has 254.
- Texas' county count is 2.1 times (112%) higher than Kentucky's.
Biggest county by area
- Kentucky's largest county is Pike County at 786 square miles; Texas's is Brewster County at 6,184 square miles.
- Brewster County's land area is 7.9 times (687%) larger than Pike County's.
Smallest county by area
- Kentucky: Gallatin County (98 sq mi) vs Texas: Rockwall County (127 sq mi).
- Rockwall County's land area is 1.3 times (29%) larger than Gallatin County's.
Most populous county
- Kentucky: Jefferson County (793,881 people) vs Texas: Harris County (5,009,302 people).
- Harris County's population is 6.3 times (531%) larger than Jefferson County's.
Least populous county
- Kentucky: Robertson County (2,382 people) vs Texas: Loving County (48 people).
- Robertson County's population is 49.6 times larger than Loving County's.
Richest county
- Kentucky: Oldham County ($87,137 per capita income) vs Texas: Loving County ($220,625).
- Loving County's income is 2.5 times (153%) richer than Oldham County's.
Poorest county
- Kentucky: Elliott County ($31,817 per capita income) vs Texas: Starr County ($34,180).
- Starr County's income is 1.1 times (7%) richer than Elliott County's.
Kentucky vs Texas Taxes
State income tax
- Kentucky has a top income tax rate of 3.5%, while Texas has no state income tax.
- Kentucky's top rate is 3.5 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Kentucky: 0.71% effective rate vs Texas: 1.31% of home value per year.
- Texas's rate is 0.6 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Kentucky: 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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