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Mississippi vs Texas Geography
Land area
- Mississippi has a land area of 46,925 square miles (121,534 km²), while Texas has 261,259 square miles (676,657 km²).
- Texas' land area is 5.6 times (457%) larger than Mississippi's.
Total area
- Mississippi: 48,436 square miles (125,448 km²) vs Texas: 268,599 square miles (695,668 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Texas' total area is 5.5 times (455%) larger than Mississippi's.
Length
- Mississippi is 337 miles (542 km) long from north to south; Texas is 808 miles (1,300 km).
- Texas' north-south length is 2.4 times (140%) longer than Mississippi's.
Width
- Mississippi spans 340 miles (547 km) east to west; Texas spans 777 miles (1,250 km).
- Texas' east-west width is 2.3 times (129%) wider than Mississippi's.
Highest point
- Mississippi's highest point is Woodall Mountain at 805 feet (245 m); Texas's is Guadalupe Peak at 8,730 feet (2,661 m).
- Guadalupe Peak is 7,925 feet higher than Woodall Mountain.
Lowest point
- Mississippi's lowest point is Gulf of Mexico at 0 feet; Texas's is Gulf of Mexico at 0 feet.
- Both lowest points are at or near sea level.
Mississippi vs Texas Population and History
Population
- Mississippi has a population of 2,943,045 (2024), while Texas has 31,290,831 (2024).
- Texas' population is 10.6 times larger than Mississippi's.
Population density
- Mississippi: 62.7 people per square mile vs Texas: 119.8.
- Texas' population density is 1.9 times (91%) higher than Mississippi's.
Biggest city
- Mississippi's biggest city is Jackson with 141,449 people; Texas's is Houston with 2,390,125.
- Houston's population is 16.9 times larger than Jackson's.
Largest metro area
- Mississippi's largest metropolitan area is Memphis, TN-MS-AR metro area (1,339,345 people) vs Texas's Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area (8,344,032).
- Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area's population is 6.2 times (523%) larger than Memphis, TN-MS-AR metro area's.
History
- Mississippi: Admitted to the Union on December 10, 1817, as the 20th state.
- Texas: Admitted to the Union on December 29, 1845, as the 28th state.
- In its current form, Mississippi is the older of the two by 28 years.
Mississippi vs Texas Economy
GDP
- Mississippi's GDP is $158.2 billion (2024) vs Texas's $2,769.8 billion.
- Texas' economic output is 17.5 times larger than Mississippi's.
GDP per capita
- Mississippi: $53,751 per person vs Texas: $88,517.
- Texas' GDP per capita is 1.6 times (65%) higher than Mississippi's.
Average income
- Mississippi: $52,074 vs Texas: $69,823 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Texas' average income is 1.3 times (34%) higher than Mississippi's.
Mississippi vs Texas Counties
Number of counties
- Mississippi has 82 counties, while Texas has 254.
- Texas' county count is 3.1 times (210%) higher than Mississippi's.
Biggest county by area
- Mississippi's largest county is Yazoo County at 922 square miles; Texas's is Brewster County at 6,184 square miles.
- Brewster County's land area is 6.7 times (570%) larger than Yazoo County's.
Smallest county by area
- Mississippi: Alcorn County (400 sq mi) vs Texas: Rockwall County (127 sq mi).
- Alcorn County's land area is 3.1 times (214%) larger than Rockwall County's.
Most populous county
- Mississippi: Harrison County (213,730 people) vs Texas: Harris County (5,009,302 people).
- Harris County's population is 23.4 times larger than Harrison County's.
Least populous county
- Mississippi: Issaquena County (1,295 people) vs Texas: Loving County (48 people).
- Issaquena County's population is 27.0 times larger than Loving County's.
Richest county
- Mississippi: Madison County ($90,668 per capita income) vs Texas: Loving County ($220,625).
- Loving County's income is 2.4 times (143%) richer than Madison County's.
Poorest county
- Mississippi: Issaquena County ($27,264 per capita income) vs Texas: Starr County ($34,180).
- Starr County's income is 1.3 times (25%) richer than Issaquena County's.
Mississippi vs Texas Taxes
State income tax
- Mississippi has a top income tax rate of 4%, while Texas has no state income tax.
- Mississippi's top rate is 4 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Mississippi: 0.65% effective rate vs Texas: 1.31% of home value per year.
- Texas's rate is 0.66 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Mississippi: 7.06% combined state and average local rate vs Texas: 8.2%.
- Texas's combined rate is 1.14 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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