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Texas vs West Virginia Geography
Land area
- Texas has a land area of 261,259 square miles (676,657 km²), while West Virginia has 24,041 square miles (62,266 km²).
- Texas' land area is 10.9 times larger than West Virginia's.
Total area
- Texas: 268,599 square miles (695,668 km²) vs West Virginia: 24,230 square miles (62,755 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Texas' total area is 11.1 times larger than West Virginia's.
Length
- Texas is 808 miles (1,300 km) long from north to south; West Virginia is 245 miles (394 km).
- Texas' north-south length is 3.3 times (230%) longer than West Virginia's.
Width
- Texas spans 777 miles (1,250 km) east to west; West Virginia spans 276 miles (444 km).
- Texas' east-west width is 2.8 times (182%) wider than West Virginia's.
Highest point
- Texas's highest point is Guadalupe Peak at 8,730 feet (2,661 m); West Virginia's is Spruce Knob at 4,863 feet (1,482 m).
- Guadalupe Peak is 3,867 feet higher than Spruce Knob.
Lowest point
- Texas's lowest point is Gulf of Mexico at 0 feet; West Virginia's is Potomac River at 240 feet.
- Texas's lowest point is 240 feet lower.
Texas vs West Virginia Population and History
Population
- Texas has a population of 31,290,831 (2024), while West Virginia has 1,769,979 (2024).
- Texas' population is 17.7 times larger than West Virginia's.
Population density
- Texas: 119.8 people per square mile vs West Virginia: 73.6.
- Texas' population density is 1.6 times (63%) higher than West Virginia's.
Biggest city
- Texas's biggest city is Houston with 2,390,125 people; West Virginia's is Charleston with 46,482.
- Houston's population is 51.4 times larger than Charleston's.
Largest metro area
- Texas's largest metropolitan area is Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area (8,344,032 people) vs West 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.
- West Virginia: Admitted to the Union on June 20, 1863, as the 35th state.
- In its current form, Texas is the older of the two by 18 years.
Texas vs West Virginia Economy
GDP
- Texas's GDP is $2,769.8 billion (2024) vs West Virginia's $106.5 billion.
- Texas' economic output is 26.0 times larger than West Virginia's.
GDP per capita
- Texas: $88,517 per person vs West Virginia: $60,156.
- Texas' GDP per capita is 1.5 times (47%) higher than West Virginia's.
Average income
- Texas: $69,823 vs West Virginia: $55,351 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Texas' average income is 1.3 times (26%) higher than West Virginia's.
Texas vs West Virginia Counties
Number of counties
- Texas has 254 counties, while West Virginia has 55.
- Texas' county count is 4.6 times (362%) higher than West Virginia's.
Biggest county by area
- Texas's largest county is Brewster County at 6,184 square miles; West Virginia's is Randolph County at 1,040 square miles.
- Brewster County's land area is 5.9 times (495%) larger than Randolph County's.
Smallest county by area
- Texas: Rockwall County (127 sq mi) vs West Virginia: Hancock County (83 sq mi).
- Rockwall County's land area is 1.5 times (54%) larger than Hancock County's.
Most populous county
- Texas: Harris County (5,009,302 people) vs West Virginia: Kanawha County (173,906 people).
- Harris County's population is 28.8 times larger than Kanawha County's.
Least populous county
- Texas: Loving County (48 people) vs West Virginia: Wirt County (4,924 people).
- Wirt County's population is 102.6 times larger than Loving County's.
Richest county
- Texas: Loving County ($220,625 per capita income) vs West Virginia: Jefferson County ($70,542).
- Loving County's income is 3.1 times (213%) richer than Jefferson County's.
Poorest county
- Texas: Starr County ($34,180 per capita income) vs West Virginia: Webster County ($35,039).
- Starr County and Webster County have about the same income.
Texas vs West Virginia Taxes
State income tax
- Texas has no state income tax, while West Virginia has a top income tax rate of 4.82%.
- West Virginia's top rate is 4.82 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Texas: 1.31% effective rate vs West Virginia: 0.52% of home value per year.
- Texas's rate is 0.79 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Texas: 8.2% combined state and average local rate vs West Virginia: 6.6%.
- Texas's combined rate is 1.6 percentage points higher.
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