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Nebraska vs Texas Geography
Land area
- Nebraska has a land area of 76,815 square miles (198,950 km²), while Texas has 261,259 square miles (676,657 km²).
- Texas' land area is 3.4 times (240%) larger than Nebraska's.
Total area
- Nebraska: 77,347 square miles (200,329 km²) vs Texas: 268,599 square miles (695,668 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Texas' total area is 3.5 times (247%) larger than Nebraska's.
Length
- Nebraska is 497 miles (800 km) long from north to south; Texas is 808 miles (1,300 km).
- Texas' north-south length is 1.6 times (63%) longer than Nebraska's.
Width
- Nebraska spans 464 miles (747 km) east to west; Texas spans 777 miles (1,250 km).
- Texas' east-west width is 1.7 times (67%) wider than Nebraska's.
Highest point
- Nebraska's highest point is Panorama Point at 5,428 feet (1,654 m); Texas's is Guadalupe Peak at 8,730 feet (2,661 m).
- Guadalupe Peak is 3,302 feet higher than Panorama Point.
Lowest point
- Nebraska's lowest point is Missouri River at 840 feet; Texas's is Gulf of Mexico at 0 feet.
- Texas's lowest point is 840 feet lower.
Nebraska vs Texas Population and History
Population
- Nebraska has a population of 2,005,465 (2024), while Texas has 31,290,831 (2024).
- Texas' population is 15.6 times larger than Nebraska's.
Population density
- Nebraska: 26.1 people per square mile vs Texas: 119.8.
- Texas' population density is 4.6 times (359%) higher than Nebraska's.
Biggest city
- Nebraska's biggest city is Omaha with 489,265 people; Texas's is Houston with 2,390,125.
- Houston's population is 4.9 times (389%) larger than Omaha's.
Largest metro area
- Nebraska's largest metropolitan area is Omaha, NE-IA metro area (1,001,010 people) vs Texas's Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area (8,344,032).
- Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area's population is 8.3 times (734%) larger than Omaha, NE-IA metro area's.
History
- Nebraska: Admitted to the Union on March 1, 1867, as the 37th 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 22 years.
Nebraska vs Texas Economy
GDP
- Nebraska's GDP is $189.2 billion (2024) vs Texas's $2,769.8 billion.
- Texas' economic output is 14.6 times larger than Nebraska's.
GDP per capita
- Nebraska: $94,363 per person vs Texas: $88,517.
- Nebraska's GDP per capita is 1.1 times (7%) higher than Texas'.
Average income
- Nebraska: $72,701 vs Texas: $69,823 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Nebraska and Texas have about the same average income.
Nebraska vs Texas Counties
Number of counties
- Nebraska has 93 counties, while Texas has 254.
- Texas' county count is 2.7 times (173%) higher than Nebraska's.
Biggest county by area
- Nebraska's largest county is Cherry County at 5,960 square miles; Texas's is Brewster County at 6,184 square miles.
- Cherry County and Brewster County have about the same land area.
Smallest county by area
- Nebraska: Sarpy County (238 sq mi) vs Texas: Rockwall County (127 sq mi).
- Sarpy County's land area is 1.9 times (87%) larger than Rockwall County's.
Most populous county
- Nebraska: Douglas County (601,158 people) vs Texas: Harris County (5,009,302 people).
- Harris County's population is 8.3 times (733%) larger than Douglas County's.
Least populous county
- Nebraska: McPherson County (376 people) vs Texas: Loving County (48 people).
- McPherson County's population is 7.8 times (683%) larger than Loving County's.
Richest county
- Nebraska: Pierce County ($112,729 per capita income) vs Texas: Loving County ($220,625).
- Loving County's income is 2.0 times (96%) richer than Pierce County's.
Poorest county
- Nebraska: Johnson County ($45,756 per capita income) vs Texas: Starr County ($34,180).
- Johnson County's income is 1.3 times (34%) richer than Starr County's.
Nebraska vs Texas Taxes
State income tax
- Nebraska has a top income tax rate of 4.55%, while Texas has no state income tax.
- Nebraska's top rate is 4.55 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Nebraska: 1.42% effective rate vs Texas: 1.31% of home value per year.
- Nebraska's rate is 0.11 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Nebraska: 6.98% combined state and average local rate vs Texas: 8.2%.
- Texas's combined rate is 1.22 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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