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Minnesota vs Texas Geography
Land area
- Minnesota has a land area of 79,632 square miles (206,245 km²), while Texas has 261,259 square miles (676,657 km²).
- Texas' land area is 3.3 times (228%) larger than Minnesota's.
Total area
- Minnesota: 86,943 square miles (225,182 km²) vs Texas: 268,599 square miles (695,668 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Texas' total area is 3.1 times (209%) larger than Minnesota's.
Length
- Minnesota is 408 miles (657 km) long from north to south; Texas is 808 miles (1,300 km).
- Texas' north-south length is 2.0 times (98%) longer than Minnesota's.
Width
- Minnesota spans 360 miles (580 km) east to west; Texas spans 777 miles (1,250 km).
- Texas' east-west width is 2.2 times (116%) wider than Minnesota's.
Highest point
- Minnesota's highest point is Eagle Mountain at 2,292 feet (699 m); Texas's is Guadalupe Peak at 8,730 feet (2,661 m).
- Guadalupe Peak is 6,438 feet higher than Eagle Mountain.
Lowest point
- Minnesota's lowest point is Lake Superior at 601 feet; Texas's is Gulf of Mexico at 0 feet.
- Texas's lowest point is 601 feet lower.
Minnesota vs Texas Population and History
Population
- Minnesota has a population of 5,793,151 (2024), while Texas has 31,290,831 (2024).
- Texas' population is 5.4 times (440%) larger than Minnesota's.
Population density
- Minnesota: 72.7 people per square mile vs Texas: 119.8.
- Texas' population density is 1.6 times (65%) higher than Minnesota's.
Biggest city
- Minnesota's biggest city is Minneapolis with 428,579 people; Texas's is Houston with 2,390,125.
- Houston's population is 5.6 times (458%) larger than Minneapolis'.
Largest metro area
- Minnesota's largest metropolitan area is Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro area (3,757,952 people) vs Texas's Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area (8,344,032).
- Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area's population is 2.2 times (122%) larger than Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro area's.
History
- Minnesota: Admitted to the Union on May 11, 1858, as the 32nd state.
- Texas: Admitted to the Union on December 29, 1845, as the 28th state.
- In its current form, Texas is the older of the two by 13 years.
Minnesota vs Texas Economy
GDP
- Minnesota's GDP is $507.7 billion (2024) vs Texas's $2,769.8 billion.
- Texas' economic output is 5.5 times (446%) larger than Minnesota's.
GDP per capita
- Minnesota: $87,636 per person vs Texas: $88,517.
- Minnesota and Texas have about the same GDP per capita.
Average income
- Minnesota: $75,603 vs Texas: $69,823 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Minnesota's average income is 1.1 times (8%) higher than Texas'.
Minnesota vs Texas Counties
Number of counties
- Minnesota has 87 counties, while Texas has 254.
- Texas' county count is 2.9 times (192%) higher than Minnesota's.
Biggest county by area
- Minnesota's largest county is St. Louis County at 6,248 square miles; Texas's is Brewster County at 6,184 square miles.
- St. Louis County and Brewster County have about the same land area.
Smallest county by area
- Minnesota: Ramsey County (152 sq mi) vs Texas: Rockwall County (127 sq mi).
- Ramsey County's land area is 1.2 times (20%) larger than Rockwall County's.
Most populous county
- Minnesota: Hennepin County (1,273,334 people) vs Texas: Harris County (5,009,302 people).
- Harris County's population is 3.9 times (293%) larger than Hennepin County's.
Least populous county
- Minnesota: Traverse County (3,134 people) vs Texas: Loving County (48 people).
- Traverse County's population is 65.3 times larger than Loving County's.
Richest county
- Minnesota: Hennepin County ($100,352 per capita income) vs Texas: Loving County ($220,625).
- Loving County's income is 2.2 times (120%) richer than Hennepin County's.
Poorest county
- Minnesota: Pine County ($48,677 per capita income) vs Texas: Starr County ($34,180).
- Pine County's income is 1.4 times (42%) richer than Starr County's.
Minnesota vs Texas Taxes
State income tax
- Minnesota has a top income tax rate of 9.85%, while Texas has no state income tax.
- Minnesota's top rate is 9.85 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Minnesota: 1.02% effective rate vs Texas: 1.31% of home value per year.
- Texas's rate is 0.29 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Minnesota: 8.14% combined state and average local rate vs Texas: 8.2%.
- Texas's combined rate is 0.06 percentage points higher.
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