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Tennessee vs Texas Geography
Land area
- Tennessee has a land area of 41,224 square miles (106,770 km²), while Texas has 261,259 square miles (676,657 km²).
- Texas' land area is 6.3 times (534%) larger than Tennessee's.
Total area
- Tennessee: 42,130 square miles (109,116 km²) vs Texas: 268,599 square miles (695,668 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Texas' total area is 6.4 times (538%) larger than Tennessee's.
Length
- Tennessee is 191 miles (308 km) long from north to south; Texas is 808 miles (1,300 km).
- Texas' north-south length is 4.2 times (323%) longer than Tennessee's.
Width
- Tennessee spans 497 miles (800 km) east to west; Texas spans 777 miles (1,250 km).
- Texas' east-west width is 1.6 times (56%) wider than Tennessee's.
Highest point
- Tennessee's highest point is Clingmans Dome at 6,624 feet (2,019 m); Texas's is Guadalupe Peak at 8,730 feet (2,661 m).
- Guadalupe Peak is 2,106 feet higher than Clingmans Dome.
Lowest point
- Tennessee's lowest point is Mississippi River at 178 feet; Texas's is Gulf of Mexico at 0 feet.
- Texas's lowest point is 178 feet lower.
Tennessee vs Texas Population and History
Population
- Tennessee has a population of 7,227,750 (2024), while Texas has 31,290,831 (2024).
- Texas' population is 4.3 times (333%) larger than Tennessee's.
Population density
- Tennessee: 175.3 people per square mile vs Texas: 119.8.
- Tennessee's population density is 1.5 times (46%) higher than Texas'.
Biggest city
- Tennessee's biggest city is Nashville with 704,963 people; Texas's is Houston with 2,390,125.
- Houston's population is 3.4 times (239%) larger than Nashville's.
Largest metro area
- Tennessee's largest metropolitan area is Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN metro area (2,150,553 people) vs Texas's Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area (8,344,032).
- Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area's population is 3.9 times (288%) larger than Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN metro area's.
History
- Tennessee: Admitted to the Union on June 1, 1796, as the 16th state.
- Texas: Admitted to the Union on December 29, 1845, as the 28th state.
- In its current form, Tennessee is the older of the two by 49 years.
Tennessee vs Texas Economy
GDP
- Tennessee's GDP is $561.2 billion (2024) vs Texas's $2,769.8 billion.
- Texas' economic output is 4.9 times (394%) larger than Tennessee's.
GDP per capita
- Tennessee: $77,645 per person vs Texas: $88,517.
- Texas' GDP per capita is 1.1 times (14%) higher than Tennessee's.
Average income
- Tennessee: $66,504 vs Texas: $69,823 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Texas' average income is 1.0 times (5%) higher than Tennessee's.
Tennessee vs Texas Counties
Number of counties
- Tennessee has 95 counties, while Texas has 254.
- Texas' county count is 2.7 times (167%) higher than Tennessee's.
Biggest county by area
- Tennessee's largest county is Shelby County at 753 square miles; Texas's is Brewster County at 6,184 square miles.
- Brewster County's land area is 8.2 times (721%) larger than Shelby County's.
Smallest county by area
- Tennessee: Trousdale County (114 sq mi) vs Texas: Rockwall County (127 sq mi).
- Rockwall County's land area is 1.1 times (11%) larger than Trousdale County's.
Most populous county
- Tennessee: Shelby County (910,530 people) vs Texas: Harris County (5,009,302 people).
- Harris County's population is 5.5 times (450%) larger than Shelby County's.
Least populous county
- Tennessee: Pickett County (5,108 people) vs Texas: Loving County (48 people).
- Pickett County's population is 106.4 times larger than Loving County's.
Richest county
- Tennessee: Williamson County ($139,704 per capita income) vs Texas: Loving County ($220,625).
- Loving County's income is 1.6 times (58%) richer than Williamson County's.
Poorest county
- Tennessee: Lake County ($31,572 per capita income) vs Texas: Starr County ($34,180).
- Starr County's income is 1.1 times (8%) richer than Lake County's.
Tennessee vs Texas Taxes
State income tax
- Tennessee has no state income tax, while Texas has no state income tax.
Property tax
- Tennessee: 0.45% effective rate vs Texas: 1.31% of home value per year.
- Texas's rate is 0.86 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Tennessee: 9.61% combined state and average local rate vs Texas: 8.2%.
- Tennessee's combined rate is 1.41 percentage points higher.
Official Websites
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