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Oregon vs Texas Geography
Land area
- Oregon has a land area of 95,997 square miles (248,630 km²), while Texas has 261,259 square miles (676,657 km²).
- Texas' land area is 2.7 times (172%) larger than Oregon's.
Total area
- Oregon: 98,379 square miles (254,799 km²) vs Texas: 268,599 square miles (695,668 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Texas' total area is 2.7 times (173%) larger than Oregon's.
Length
- Oregon is 453 miles (730 km) long from north to south; Texas is 808 miles (1,300 km).
- Texas' north-south length is 1.8 times (78%) longer than Oregon's.
Width
- Oregon spans 445 miles (715 km) east to west; Texas spans 777 miles (1,250 km).
- Texas' east-west width is 1.7 times (75%) wider than Oregon's.
Highest point
- Oregon's highest point is Mount Hood at 11,232 feet (3,424 m); Texas's is Guadalupe Peak at 8,730 feet (2,661 m).
- Mount Hood is 2,502 feet higher than Guadalupe Peak.
Lowest point
- Oregon's lowest point is Pacific Ocean at 0 feet; Texas's is Gulf of Mexico at 0 feet.
- Both lowest points are at or near sea level.
Oregon vs Texas Population and History
Population
- Oregon has a population of 4,272,371 (2024), while Texas has 31,290,831 (2024).
- Texas' population is 7.3 times (632%) larger than Oregon's.
Population density
- Oregon: 44.5 people per square mile vs Texas: 119.8.
- Texas' population density is 2.7 times (169%) higher than Oregon's.
Biggest city
- Oregon's biggest city is Portland with 635,749 people; Texas's is Houston with 2,390,125.
- Houston's population is 3.8 times (276%) larger than Portland's.
Largest metro area
- Oregon's largest metropolitan area is Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA metro area (2,537,904 people) vs Texas's Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area (8,344,032).
- Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area's population is 3.3 times (229%) larger than Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA metro area's.
History
- Oregon: Admitted to the Union on February 14, 1859, as the 33rd 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 14 years.
Oregon vs Texas Economy
GDP
- Oregon's GDP is $330.2 billion (2024) vs Texas's $2,769.8 billion.
- Texas' economic output is 8.4 times (739%) larger than Oregon's.
GDP per capita
- Oregon: $77,299 per person vs Texas: $88,517.
- Texas' GDP per capita is 1.1 times (15%) higher than Oregon's.
Average income
- Oregon: $70,823 vs Texas: $69,823 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Oregon and Texas have about the same average income.
Oregon vs Texas Counties
Number of counties
- Oregon has 36 counties, while Texas has 254.
- Texas' county count is 7.1 times (606%) higher than Oregon's.
Biggest county by area
- Oregon's largest county is Harney County at 10,134 square miles; Texas's is Brewster County at 6,184 square miles.
- Harney County's land area is 1.6 times (64%) larger than Brewster County's.
Smallest county by area
- Oregon: Multnomah County (431 sq mi) vs Texas: Rockwall County (127 sq mi).
- Multnomah County's land area is 3.4 times (239%) larger than Rockwall County's.
Most populous county
- Oregon: Multnomah County (795,897 people) vs Texas: Harris County (5,009,302 people).
- Harris County's population is 6.3 times (529%) larger than Multnomah County's.
Least populous county
- Oregon: Wheeler County (1,456 people) vs Texas: Loving County (48 people).
- Wheeler County's population is 30.3 times larger than Loving County's.
Richest county
- Oregon: Deschutes County ($86,176 per capita income) vs Texas: Loving County ($220,625).
- Loving County's income is 2.6 times (156%) richer than Deschutes County's.
Poorest county
- Oregon: Malheur County ($42,974 per capita income) vs Texas: Starr County ($34,180).
- Malheur County's income is 1.3 times (26%) richer than Starr County's.
Oregon vs Texas Taxes
State income tax
- Oregon has a top income tax rate of 9.9%, while Texas has no state income tax.
- Oregon's top rate is 9.9 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Oregon: 0.78% effective rate vs Texas: 1.31% of home value per year.
- Texas's rate is 0.53 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Oregon: 0% combined state and average local rate vs Texas: 8.2%.
- Texas's combined rate is 8.2 percentage points higher.
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