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Louisiana vs Texas Geography
Land area
- Louisiana has a land area of 43,213 square miles (111,921 km²), while Texas has 261,259 square miles (676,657 km²).
- Texas' land area is 6.0 times (505%) larger than Louisiana's.
Total area
- Louisiana: 52,375 square miles (135,652 km²) vs Texas: 268,599 square miles (695,668 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Texas' total area is 5.1 times (413%) larger than Louisiana's.
Length
- Louisiana is 301 miles (484 km) long from north to south; Texas is 808 miles (1,300 km).
- Texas' north-south length is 2.7 times (168%) longer than Louisiana's.
Width
- Louisiana spans 356 miles (574 km) east to west; Texas spans 777 miles (1,250 km).
- Texas' east-west width is 2.2 times (118%) wider than Louisiana's.
Highest point
- Louisiana's highest point is Driskill Mountain at 533 feet (162 m); Texas's is Guadalupe Peak at 8,730 feet (2,661 m).
- Guadalupe Peak is 8,197 feet higher than Driskill Mountain.
Lowest point
- Louisiana's lowest point is New Orleans at -8 feet; Texas's is Gulf of Mexico at 0 feet.
- Louisiana's lowest point is 8 feet lower.
Louisiana vs Texas Population and History
Population
- Louisiana has a population of 4,597,740 (2024), while Texas has 31,290,831 (2024).
- Texas' population is 6.8 times (581%) larger than Louisiana's.
Population density
- Louisiana: 106.4 people per square mile vs Texas: 119.8.
- Texas' population density is 1.1 times (13%) higher than Louisiana's.
Biggest city
- Louisiana's biggest city is New Orleans with 362,701 people; Texas's is Houston with 2,390,125.
- Houston's population is 6.6 times (559%) larger than New Orleans'.
Largest metro area
- Louisiana's largest metropolitan area is New Orleans-Metairie, LA metro area (966,230 people) vs Texas's Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area (8,344,032).
- Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area's population is 8.6 times (764%) larger than New Orleans-Metairie, LA metro area's.
History
- Louisiana: Admitted to the Union on April 30, 1812, as the 18th state.
- Texas: Admitted to the Union on December 29, 1845, as the 28th state.
- In its current form, Louisiana is the older of the two by 33 years.
Louisiana vs Texas Economy
GDP
- Louisiana's GDP is $329.2 billion (2024) vs Texas's $2,769.8 billion.
- Texas' economic output is 8.4 times (741%) larger than Louisiana's.
GDP per capita
- Louisiana: $71,594 per person vs Texas: $88,517.
- Texas' GDP per capita is 1.2 times (24%) higher than Louisiana's.
Average income
- Louisiana: $61,897 vs Texas: $69,823 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Texas' average income is 1.1 times (13%) higher than Louisiana's.
Louisiana vs Texas Counties
Number of counties
- Louisiana has 64 counties, while Texas has 254.
- Texas' county count is 4.0 times (297%) higher than Louisiana's.
Biggest county by area
- Louisiana's largest county is Vernon Parish at 1,327 square miles; Texas's is Brewster County at 6,184 square miles.
- Brewster County's land area is 4.7 times (366%) larger than Vernon Parish's.
Smallest county by area
- Louisiana: Orleans Parish (170 sq mi) vs Texas: Rockwall County (127 sq mi).
- Orleans Parish's land area is 1.3 times (33%) larger than Rockwall County's.
Most populous county
- Louisiana: East Baton Rouge Parish (453,022 people) vs Texas: Harris County (5,009,302 people).
- Harris County's population is 11.1 times larger than East Baton Rouge Parish's.
Least populous county
- Louisiana: Tensas Parish (3,844 people) vs Texas: Loving County (48 people).
- Tensas Parish's population is 80.1 times larger than Loving County's.
Richest county
- Louisiana: St. Tammany Parish ($82,398 per capita income) vs Texas: Loving County ($220,625).
- Loving County's income is 2.7 times (168%) richer than St. Tammany Parish's.
Poorest county
- Louisiana: East Carroll Parish ($36,751 per capita income) vs Texas: Starr County ($34,180).
- East Carroll Parish's income is 1.1 times (8%) richer than Starr County's.
Louisiana vs Texas Taxes
State income tax
- Louisiana has a top income tax rate of 3%, while Texas has no state income tax.
- Louisiana's top rate is 3 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Louisiana: 0.53% effective rate vs Texas: 1.31% of home value per year.
- Texas's rate is 0.78 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Louisiana: 10.13% combined state and average local rate vs Texas: 8.2%.
- Louisiana's combined rate is 1.93 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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