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Texas vs Northwest Territories Geography
Land area
- Texas has a land area of 261,259 square miles (676,657 km²), while Northwest Territories has 456,792 square miles (1,183,085 km²).
- Northwest Territories' land area is 1.7 times (75%) larger than Texas'.
Total area
- Texas: 268,599 square miles (695,668 km²) vs Northwest Territories: 519,734 square miles (1,346,106 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Northwest Territories' total area is 1.9 times (93%) larger than Texas'.
Length
- Texas is 808 miles (1,300 km) long from north to south; Northwest Territories is 1,310 miles (2,107 km).
- Northwest Territories' north-south length is 1.6 times (62%) longer than Texas'.
Width
- Texas spans 777 miles (1,250 km) east to west; Northwest Territories spans 990 miles (1,593 km).
- Northwest Territories' east-west width is 1.3 times (27%) wider than Texas'.
Highest point
- Texas's highest point is Guadalupe Peak at 8,730 feet (2,661 m); Northwest Territories's is Mount Nirvana at 9,098 feet (2,773 m).
- Mount Nirvana is 368 feet higher than Guadalupe Peak.
Lowest point
- Texas's lowest point is Gulf of Mexico at 0 feet; Northwest Territories's is Arctic Ocean at 0 feet.
- Both lowest points are at or near sea level.
Texas vs Northwest Territories Population and History
Population
- Texas has a population of 31,290,831 (2024), while Northwest Territories has 45,257 (2024).
- Texas' population is 691.4 times larger than Northwest Territories'.
Population density
- Texas: 119.8 people per square mile vs Northwest Territories: 0.1.
- Texas' population density is 1,198.0 times higher than Northwest Territories'.
Biggest city
- Texas's biggest city is Houston with 2,390,125 people; Northwest Territories's is Yellowknife with 20,340.
- Houston's population is 117.5 times larger than Yellowknife's.
Largest metro area
- Texas's largest metropolitan area is Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area (8,344,032 people) vs Northwest Territories's Yellowknife CMA (20,340).
- Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area's population is 410.2 times larger than Yellowknife CMA's.
History
- Texas: Admitted to the Union on December 29, 1845, as the 28th state.
- Northwest Territories: Became a Canadian territory on July 15, 1870.
- In its current form, Texas is the older of the two by 25 years.
Texas vs Northwest Territories Economy
GDP
- Texas's GDP is $2,769.8 billion (2024) vs Northwest Territories's $3.7 billion.
- Texas' economic output is 748.6 times larger than Northwest Territories'.
GDP per capita
- Texas: $88,517 per person vs Northwest Territories: $82,646.
- Texas' GDP per capita is 1.1 times (7%) higher than Northwest Territories'.
Official Websites
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