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Texas vs Virginia Geography
Land area
- Texas has a land area of 261,259 square miles (676,657 km²), while Virginia has 39,481 square miles (102,256 km²).
- Texas' land area is 6.6 times (562%) larger than Virginia's.
Total area
- Texas: 268,599 square miles (695,668 km²) vs Virginia: 42,775 square miles (110,786 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Texas' total area is 6.3 times (528%) larger than Virginia's.
Length
- Texas is 808 miles (1,300 km) long from north to south; Virginia is 223 miles (359 km).
- Texas' north-south length is 3.6 times (262%) longer than Virginia's.
Width
- Texas spans 777 miles (1,250 km) east to west; Virginia spans 466 miles (750 km).
- Texas' east-west width is 1.7 times (67%) wider than Virginia's.
Highest point
- Texas's highest point is Guadalupe Peak at 8,730 feet (2,661 m); Virginia's is Mount Rogers at 5,729 feet (1,746 m).
- Guadalupe Peak is 3,001 feet higher than Mount Rogers.
Lowest point
- Texas's lowest point is Gulf of Mexico at 0 feet; Virginia's is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet.
- Both lowest points are at or near sea level.
Texas vs Virginia Population and History
Population
- Texas has a population of 31,290,831 (2024), while Virginia has 8,811,195 (2024).
- Texas' population is 3.6 times (255%) larger than Virginia's.
Population density
- Texas: 119.8 people per square mile vs Virginia: 223.2.
- Virginia's population density is 1.9 times (86%) higher than Texas'.
Biggest city
- Texas's biggest city is Houston with 2,390,125 people; Virginia's is Virginia Beach with 454,808.
- Houston's population is 5.3 times (426%) larger than Virginia Beach's.
Largest metro area
- Texas's largest metropolitan area is Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area (8,344,032 people) vs Virginia's Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro area (6,436,489).
- Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area's population is 1.3 times (30%) larger than Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro area's.
History
- Texas: Admitted to the Union on December 29, 1845, as the 28th state.
- Virginia: Admitted to the Union on June 25, 1788, as the 10th state.
- In its current form, Virginia is the older of the two by 57 years.
Texas vs Virginia Economy
GDP
- Texas's GDP is $2,769.8 billion (2024) vs Virginia's $761.7 billion.
- Texas' economic output is 3.6 times (264%) larger than Virginia's.
GDP per capita
- Texas: $88,517 per person vs Virginia: $86,451.
- Texas and Virginia have about the same GDP per capita.
Average income
- Texas: $69,823 vs Virginia: $77,351 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Virginia's average income is 1.1 times (11%) higher than Texas'.
Texas vs Virginia Counties
Number of counties
- Texas has 254 counties, while Virginia has 133.
- Texas' county count is 1.9 times (91%) higher than Virginia's.
Biggest county by area
- Texas's largest county is Brewster County at 6,184 square miles; Virginia's is Pittsylvania County at 969 square miles.
- Brewster County's land area is 6.4 times (538%) larger than Pittsylvania County's.
Smallest county by area
- Texas: Rockwall County (127 sq mi) vs Virginia: Falls Church city (2 sq mi).
- Rockwall County's land area is 63.6 times larger than Falls Church city's.
Most populous county
- Texas: Harris County (5,009,302 people) vs Virginia: Fairfax County (1,160,925 people).
- Harris County's population is 4.3 times (331%) larger than Fairfax County's.
Least populous county
- Texas: Loving County (48 people) vs Virginia: Highland County (2,348 people).
- Highland County's population is 48.9 times larger than Loving County's.
Richest county
- Texas: Loving County ($220,625 per capita income) vs Virginia: Arlington County ($131,624).
- Loving County's income is 1.7 times (68%) richer than Arlington County's.
Poorest county
- Texas: Starr County ($34,180 per capita income) vs Virginia: Sussex County ($41,032).
- Sussex County's income is 1.2 times (20%) richer than Starr County's.
Texas vs Virginia Taxes
State income tax
- Texas has no state income tax, while Virginia has a top income tax rate of 5.75%.
- Virginia's top rate is 5.75 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Texas: 1.31% effective rate vs Virginia: 0.71% of home value per year.
- Texas's rate is 0.6 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Texas: 8.2% combined state and average local rate vs Virginia: 5.77%.
- Texas's combined rate is 2.43 percentage points higher.
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