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North Carolina vs Texas Geography
Land area
- North Carolina has a land area of 48,624 square miles (125,936 km²), while Texas has 261,259 square miles (676,657 km²).
- Texas' land area is 5.4 times (437%) larger than North Carolina's.
Total area
- North Carolina: 53,819 square miles (139,390 km²) vs Texas: 268,599 square miles (695,668 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Texas' total area is 5.0 times (399%) larger than North Carolina's.
Length
- North Carolina is 258 miles (415 km) long from north to south; Texas is 808 miles (1,300 km).
- Texas' north-south length is 3.1 times (213%) longer than North Carolina's.
Width
- North Carolina spans 487 miles (784 km) east to west; Texas spans 777 miles (1,250 km).
- Texas' east-west width is 1.6 times (60%) wider than North Carolina's.
Highest point
- North Carolina's highest point is Mount Mitchell at 6,674 feet (2,034 m); Texas's is Guadalupe Peak at 8,730 feet (2,661 m).
- Guadalupe Peak is 2,056 feet higher than Mount Mitchell.
Lowest point
- North Carolina'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.
North Carolina vs Texas Population and History
Population
- North Carolina has a population of 11,046,024 (2024), while Texas has 31,290,831 (2024).
- Texas' population is 2.8 times (183%) larger than North Carolina's.
Population density
- North Carolina: 227.2 people per square mile vs Texas: 119.8.
- North Carolina's population density is 1.9 times (90%) higher than Texas'.
Biggest city
- North Carolina's biggest city is Charlotte with 943,476 people; Texas's is Houston with 2,390,125.
- Houston's population is 2.5 times (153%) larger than Charlotte's.
Largest metro area
- North Carolina's largest metropolitan area is Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metro area (2,883,370 people) vs Texas's Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area (8,344,032).
- Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area's population is 2.9 times (189%) larger than Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metro area's.
History
- North Carolina: Admitted to the Union on November 21, 1789, as the 12th state.
- Texas: Admitted to the Union on December 29, 1845, as the 28th state.
- In its current form, North Carolina is the older of the two by 56 years.
North Carolina vs Texas Economy
GDP
- North Carolina's GDP is $844.2 billion (2024) vs Texas's $2,769.8 billion.
- Texas' economic output is 3.3 times (228%) larger than North Carolina's.
GDP per capita
- North Carolina: $76,427 per person vs Texas: $88,517.
- Texas' GDP per capita is 1.2 times (16%) higher than North Carolina's.
Average income
- North Carolina: $65,634 vs Texas: $69,823 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Texas' average income is 1.1 times (6%) higher than North Carolina's.
North Carolina vs Texas Counties
Number of counties
- North Carolina has 100 counties, while Texas has 254.
- Texas' county count is 2.5 times (154%) higher than North Carolina's.
Biggest county by area
- North Carolina's largest county is Robeson County at 947 square miles; Texas's is Brewster County at 6,184 square miles.
- Brewster County's land area is 6.5 times (553%) larger than Robeson County's.
Smallest county by area
- North Carolina: Chowan County (173 sq mi) vs Texas: Rockwall County (127 sq mi).
- Chowan County's land area is 1.4 times (36%) larger than Rockwall County's.
Most populous county
- North Carolina: Wake County (1,232,444 people) vs Texas: Harris County (5,009,302 people).
- Harris County's population is 4.1 times (306%) larger than Wake County's.
Least populous county
- North Carolina: Tyrrell County (3,517 people) vs Texas: Loving County (48 people).
- Tyrrell County's population is 73.3 times larger than Loving County's.
Richest county
- North Carolina: Chatham County ($91,638 per capita income) vs Texas: Loving County ($220,625).
- Loving County's income is 2.4 times (141%) richer than Chatham County's.
Poorest county
- North Carolina: Warren County ($40,932 per capita income) vs Texas: Starr County ($34,180).
- Warren County's income is 1.2 times (20%) richer than Starr County's.
North Carolina vs Texas Taxes
State income tax
- North Carolina has a top income tax rate of 3.99%, while Texas has no state income tax.
- North Carolina's top rate is 3.99 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- North Carolina: 0.61% effective rate vs Texas: 1.31% of home value per year.
- Texas's rate is 0.7 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- North Carolina: 7.1% combined state and average local rate vs Texas: 8.2%.
- Texas's combined rate is 1.1 percentage points higher.
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