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Texas vs Utah Geography
Land area
- Texas has a land area of 261,259 square miles (676,657 km²), while Utah has 82,596 square miles (213,922 km²).
- Texas' land area is 3.2 times (216%) larger than Utah's.
Total area
- Texas: 268,599 square miles (695,668 km²) vs Utah: 84,898 square miles (219,885 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Texas' total area is 3.2 times (216%) larger than Utah's.
Length
- Texas is 808 miles (1,300 km) long from north to south; Utah is 436 miles (702 km).
- Texas' north-south length is 1.9 times (85%) longer than Utah's.
Width
- Texas spans 777 miles (1,250 km) east to west; Utah spans 268 miles (431 km).
- Texas' east-west width is 2.9 times (190%) wider than Utah's.
Highest point
- Texas's highest point is Guadalupe Peak at 8,730 feet (2,661 m); Utah's is Kings Peak at 13,512 feet (4,118 m).
- Kings Peak is 4,782 feet higher than Guadalupe Peak.
Lowest point
- Texas's lowest point is Gulf of Mexico at 0 feet; Utah's is Beaver Dam Wash at 2,180 feet.
- Texas's lowest point is 2,180 feet lower.
Texas vs Utah Population and History
Population
- Texas has a population of 31,290,831 (2024), while Utah has 3,503,613 (2024).
- Texas' population is 8.9 times (793%) larger than Utah's.
Population density
- Texas: 119.8 people per square mile vs Utah: 42.4.
- Texas' population density is 2.8 times (183%) higher than Utah's.
Biggest city
- Texas's biggest city is Houston with 2,390,125 people; Utah's is Salt Lake City with 217,783.
- Houston's population is 11.0 times larger than Salt Lake City's.
Largest metro area
- Texas's largest metropolitan area is Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area (8,344,032 people) vs Utah's Salt Lake City-Murray, UT metro area (1,300,762).
- Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area's population is 6.4 times (541%) larger than Salt Lake City-Murray, UT metro area's.
History
- Texas: Admitted to the Union on December 29, 1845, as the 28th state.
- Utah: Admitted to the Union on January 4, 1896, as the 45th state.
- In its current form, Texas is the older of the two by 51 years.
Texas vs Utah Economy
GDP
- Texas's GDP is $2,769.8 billion (2024) vs Utah's $299.5 billion.
- Texas' economic output is 9.2 times (825%) larger than Utah's.
GDP per capita
- Texas: $88,517 per person vs Utah: $85,475.
- Texas and Utah have about the same GDP per capita.
Average income
- Texas: $69,823 vs Utah: $67,333 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Texas and Utah have about the same average income.
Texas vs Utah Counties
Number of counties
- Texas has 254 counties, while Utah has 29.
- Texas' county count is 8.8 times (776%) higher than Utah's.
Biggest county by area
- Texas's largest county is Brewster County at 6,184 square miles; Utah's is San Juan County at 7,824 square miles.
- San Juan County's land area is 1.3 times (27%) larger than Brewster County's.
Smallest county by area
- Texas: Rockwall County (127 sq mi) vs Utah: Davis County (325 sq mi).
- Davis County's land area is 2.6 times (155%) larger than Rockwall County's.
Most populous county
- Texas: Harris County (5,009,302 people) vs Utah: Salt Lake County (1,216,274 people).
- Harris County's population is 4.1 times (312%) larger than Salt Lake County's.
Least populous county
- Texas: Loving County (48 people) vs Utah: Daggett County (956 people).
- Daggett County's population is 19.9 times larger than Loving County's.
Richest county
- Texas: Loving County ($220,625 per capita income) vs Utah: Summit County ($280,510).
- Summit County's income is 1.3 times (27%) richer than Loving County's.
Poorest county
- Texas: Starr County ($34,180 per capita income) vs Utah: Beaver County ($39,179).
- Beaver County's income is 1.1 times (15%) richer than Starr County's.
Texas vs Utah Taxes
State income tax
- Texas has no state income tax, while Utah has a top income tax rate of 4.5%.
- Utah's top rate is 4.5 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Texas: 1.31% effective rate vs Utah: 0.49% of home value per year.
- Texas's rate is 0.82 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Texas: 8.2% combined state and average local rate vs Utah: 7.42%.
- Texas's combined rate is 0.78 percentage points higher.
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