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Missouri vs Texas Geography
Land area
- Missouri has a land area of 68,746 square miles (178,052 km²), while Texas has 261,259 square miles (676,657 km²).
- Texas' land area is 3.8 times (280%) larger than Missouri's.
Total area
- Missouri: 69,707 square miles (180,540 km²) vs Texas: 268,599 square miles (695,668 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Texas' total area is 3.9 times (285%) larger than Missouri's.
Length
- Missouri is 328 miles (529 km) long from north to south; Texas is 808 miles (1,300 km).
- Texas' north-south length is 2.5 times (146%) longer than Missouri's.
Width
- Missouri spans 437 miles (703 km) east to west; Texas spans 777 miles (1,250 km).
- Texas' east-west width is 1.8 times (78%) wider than Missouri's.
Highest point
- Missouri's highest point is Taum Sauk Mountain at 1,771 feet (540 m); Texas's is Guadalupe Peak at 8,730 feet (2,661 m).
- Guadalupe Peak is 6,959 feet higher than Taum Sauk Mountain.
Lowest point
- Missouri's lowest point is St. Francis River at 230 feet; Texas's is Gulf of Mexico at 0 feet.
- Texas's lowest point is 230 feet lower.
Missouri vs Texas Population and History
Population
- Missouri has a population of 6,245,466 (2024), while Texas has 31,290,831 (2024).
- Texas' population is 5.0 times (401%) larger than Missouri's.
Population density
- Missouri: 90.8 people per square mile vs Texas: 119.8.
- Texas' population density is 1.3 times (32%) higher than Missouri's.
Biggest city
- Missouri's biggest city is Kansas City with 516,032 people; Texas's is Houston with 2,390,125.
- Houston's population is 4.6 times (363%) larger than Kansas City's.
Largest metro area
- Missouri's largest metropolitan area is St. Louis, MO-IL metro area (2,811,927 people) vs Texas's Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area (8,344,032).
- Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area's population is 3.0 times (197%) larger than St. Louis, MO-IL metro area's.
History
- Missouri: Admitted to the Union on August 10, 1821, as the 24th state.
- Texas: Admitted to the Union on December 29, 1845, as the 28th state.
- In its current form, Missouri is the older of the two by 24 years.
Missouri vs Texas Economy
GDP
- Missouri's GDP is $448.7 billion (2024) vs Texas's $2,769.8 billion.
- Texas' economic output is 6.2 times (517%) larger than Missouri's.
GDP per capita
- Missouri: $71,846 per person vs Texas: $88,517.
- Texas' GDP per capita is 1.2 times (23%) higher than Missouri's.
Average income
- Missouri: $64,920 vs Texas: $69,823 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Texas' average income is 1.1 times (8%) higher than Missouri's.
Missouri vs Texas Counties
Number of counties
- Missouri has 115 counties, while Texas has 254.
- Texas' county count is 2.2 times (121%) higher than Missouri's.
Biggest county by area
- Missouri's largest county is Texas County at 1,177 square miles; Texas's is Brewster County at 6,184 square miles.
- Brewster County's land area is 5.3 times (425%) larger than Texas County's.
Smallest county by area
- Missouri: St. Louis city (62 sq mi) vs Texas: Rockwall County (127 sq mi).
- Rockwall County's land area is 2.1 times (106%) larger than St. Louis city's.
Most populous county
- Missouri: St. Louis County (992,929 people) vs Texas: Harris County (5,009,302 people).
- Harris County's population is 5.0 times (404%) larger than St. Louis County's.
Least populous county
- Missouri: Worth County (1,872 people) vs Texas: Loving County (48 people).
- Worth County's population is 39.0 times larger than Loving County's.
Richest county
- Missouri: St. Louis County ($104,775 per capita income) vs Texas: Loving County ($220,625).
- Loving County's income is 2.1 times (111%) richer than St. Louis County's.
Poorest county
- Missouri: Douglas County ($40,515 per capita income) vs Texas: Starr County ($34,180).
- Douglas County's income is 1.2 times (19%) richer than Starr County's.
Missouri vs Texas Taxes
State income tax
- Missouri has a top income tax rate of 4.7%, while Texas has no state income tax.
- Missouri's top rate is 4.7 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Missouri: 0.79% effective rate vs Texas: 1.31% of home value per year.
- Texas's rate is 0.52 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Missouri: 8.44% combined state and average local rate vs Texas: 8.2%.
- Missouri's combined rate is 0.24 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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