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Massachusetts vs Texas Geography
Land area
- Massachusetts has a land area of 7,801 square miles (20,204 km²), while Texas has 261,259 square miles (676,657 km²).
- Texas' land area is 33.5 times larger than Massachusetts'.
Total area
- Massachusetts: 10,554 square miles (27,335 km²) vs Texas: 268,599 square miles (695,668 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Texas' total area is 25.4 times larger than Massachusetts'.
Length
- Massachusetts is 123 miles (198 km) long from north to south; Texas is 808 miles (1,300 km).
- Texas' north-south length is 6.6 times (557%) longer than Massachusetts'.
Width
- Massachusetts spans 185 miles (297 km) east to west; Texas spans 777 miles (1,250 km).
- Texas' east-west width is 4.2 times (320%) wider than Massachusetts'.
Highest point
- Massachusetts's highest point is Mount Greylock at 3,489 feet (1,063 m); Texas's is Guadalupe Peak at 8,730 feet (2,661 m).
- Guadalupe Peak is 5,241 feet higher than Mount Greylock.
Lowest point
- Massachusetts'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.
Massachusetts vs Texas Population and History
Population
- Massachusetts has a population of 7,136,171 (2024), while Texas has 31,290,831 (2024).
- Texas' population is 4.4 times (338%) larger than Massachusetts'.
Population density
- Massachusetts: 914.8 people per square mile vs Texas: 119.8.
- Massachusetts' population density is 7.6 times (664%) higher than Texas'.
Biggest city
- Massachusetts's biggest city is Boston with 673,458 people; Texas's is Houston with 2,390,125.
- Houston's population is 3.5 times (255%) larger than Boston's.
Largest metro area
- Massachusetts's largest metropolitan area is Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area (5,025,517 people) vs Texas's Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area (8,344,032).
- Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area's population is 1.7 times (66%) larger than Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area's.
History
- Massachusetts: Admitted to the Union on February 6, 1788, as the 6th state.
- Texas: Admitted to the Union on December 29, 1845, as the 28th state.
- In its current form, Massachusetts is the older of the two by 57 years.
Massachusetts vs Texas Economy
GDP
- Massachusetts's GDP is $778.5 billion (2024) vs Texas's $2,769.8 billion.
- Texas' economic output is 3.6 times (256%) larger than Massachusetts'.
GDP per capita
- Massachusetts: $109,095 per person vs Texas: $88,517.
- Massachusetts' GDP per capita is 1.2 times (23%) higher than Texas'.
Average income
- Massachusetts: $93,607 vs Texas: $69,823 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Massachusetts' average income is 1.3 times (34%) higher than Texas'.
Massachusetts vs Texas Counties
Number of counties
- Massachusetts has 14 counties, while Texas has 254.
- Texas' county count is 18.1 times higher than Massachusetts'.
Biggest county by area
- Massachusetts's largest county is Worcester County at 1,511 square miles; Texas's is Brewster County at 6,184 square miles.
- Brewster County's land area is 4.1 times (309%) larger than Worcester County's.
Smallest county by area
- Massachusetts: Nantucket County (46 sq mi) vs Texas: Rockwall County (127 sq mi).
- Rockwall County's land area is 2.8 times (175%) larger than Nantucket County's.
Most populous county
- Massachusetts: Middlesex County (1,668,956 people) vs Texas: Harris County (5,009,302 people).
- Harris County's population is 3.0 times (200%) larger than Middlesex County's.
Least populous county
- Massachusetts: Nantucket County (14,670 people) vs Texas: Loving County (48 people).
- Nantucket County's population is 305.6 times larger than Loving County's.
Richest county
- Massachusetts: Nantucket County ($129,250 per capita income) vs Texas: Loving County ($220,625).
- Loving County's income is 1.7 times (71%) richer than Nantucket County's.
Poorest county
- Massachusetts: Hampshire County ($65,432 per capita income) vs Texas: Starr County ($34,180).
- Hampshire County's income is 1.9 times (91%) richer than Starr County's.
Massachusetts vs Texas Taxes
State income tax
- Massachusetts has a top income tax rate of 9%, while Texas has no state income tax.
- Massachusetts's top rate is 9 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Massachusetts: 1% effective rate vs Texas: 1.31% of home value per year.
- Texas's rate is 0.31 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Massachusetts: 6.25% combined state and average local rate vs Texas: 8.2%.
- Texas's combined rate is 1.95 percentage points higher.
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