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New Hampshire vs Texas Geography
Land area
- New Hampshire has a land area of 8,954 square miles (23,190 km²), while Texas has 261,259 square miles (676,657 km²).
- Texas' land area is 29.2 times larger than New Hampshire's.
Total area
- New Hampshire: 9,350 square miles (24,216 km²) vs Texas: 268,599 square miles (695,668 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Texas' total area is 28.7 times larger than New Hampshire's.
Length
- New Hampshire is 180 miles (290 km) long from north to south; Texas is 808 miles (1,300 km).
- Texas' north-south length is 4.5 times (349%) longer than New Hampshire's.
Width
- New Hampshire spans 95 miles (152 km) east to west; Texas spans 777 miles (1,250 km).
- Texas' east-west width is 8.2 times (718%) wider than New Hampshire's.
Highest point
- New Hampshire's highest point is Mount Washington at 6,277 feet (1,913 m); Texas's is Guadalupe Peak at 8,730 feet (2,661 m).
- Guadalupe Peak is 2,453 feet higher than Mount Washington.
Lowest point
- New Hampshire'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.
New Hampshire vs Texas Population and History
Population
- New Hampshire has a population of 1,409,032 (2024), while Texas has 31,290,831 (2024).
- Texas' population is 22.2 times larger than New Hampshire's.
Population density
- New Hampshire: 157.4 people per square mile vs Texas: 119.8.
- New Hampshire's population density is 1.3 times (31%) higher than Texas'.
Biggest city
- New Hampshire's biggest city is Manchester with 116,386 people; Texas's is Houston with 2,390,125.
- Houston's population is 20.5 times larger than Manchester's.
Largest metro area
- New Hampshire'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
- New Hampshire: Admitted to the Union on June 21, 1788, as the 9th state.
- Texas: Admitted to the Union on December 29, 1845, as the 28th state.
- In its current form, New Hampshire is the older of the two by 57 years.
New Hampshire vs Texas Economy
GDP
- New Hampshire's GDP is $119.3 billion (2024) vs Texas's $2,769.8 billion.
- Texas' economic output is 23.2 times larger than New Hampshire's.
GDP per capita
- New Hampshire: $84,694 per person vs Texas: $88,517.
- New Hampshire and Texas have about the same GDP per capita.
Average income
- New Hampshire: $83,192 vs Texas: $69,823 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- New Hampshire's average income is 1.2 times (19%) higher than Texas'.
New Hampshire vs Texas Counties
Number of counties
- New Hampshire has 10 counties, while Texas has 254.
- Texas' county count is 25.4 times higher than New Hampshire's.
Biggest county by area
- New Hampshire's largest county is Coos County at 1,795 square miles; Texas's is Brewster County at 6,184 square miles.
- Brewster County's land area is 3.4 times (245%) larger than Coos County's.
Smallest county by area
- New Hampshire: Strafford County (368 sq mi) vs Texas: Rockwall County (127 sq mi).
- Strafford County's land area is 2.9 times (189%) larger than Rockwall County's.
Most populous county
- New Hampshire: Hillsborough County (430,462 people) vs Texas: Harris County (5,009,302 people).
- Harris County's population is 11.6 times larger than Hillsborough County's.
Least populous county
- New Hampshire: Coos County (31,094 people) vs Texas: Loving County (48 people).
- Coos County's population is 647.8 times larger than Loving County's.
Richest county
- New Hampshire: Rockingham County ($100,216 per capita income) vs Texas: Loving County ($220,625).
- Loving County's income is 2.2 times (120%) richer than Rockingham County's.
Poorest county
- New Hampshire: Coos County ($60,657 per capita income) vs Texas: Starr County ($34,180).
- Coos County's income is 1.8 times (77%) richer than Starr County's.
New Hampshire vs Texas Taxes
State income tax
- New Hampshire has no state income tax, while Texas has no state income tax.
Property tax
- New Hampshire: 1.46% effective rate vs Texas: 1.31% of home value per year.
- New Hampshire's rate is 0.15 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- New Hampshire: 0% combined state and average local rate vs Texas: 8.2%.
- Texas's combined rate is 8.2 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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