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Texas vs Wisconsin Geography
Land area
- Texas has a land area of 261,259 square miles (676,657 km²), while Wisconsin has 54,168 square miles (140,294 km²).
- Texas' land area is 4.8 times (382%) larger than Wisconsin's.
Total area
- Texas: 268,599 square miles (695,668 km²) vs Wisconsin: 65,497 square miles (169,636 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Texas' total area is 4.1 times (310%) larger than Wisconsin's.
Length
- Texas is 808 miles (1,300 km) long from north to south; Wisconsin is 368 miles (593 km).
- Texas' north-south length is 2.2 times (120%) longer than Wisconsin's.
Width
- Texas spans 777 miles (1,250 km) east to west; Wisconsin spans 323 miles (521 km).
- Texas' east-west width is 2.4 times (141%) wider than Wisconsin's.
Highest point
- Texas's highest point is Guadalupe Peak at 8,730 feet (2,661 m); Wisconsin's is Timms Hill at 1,946 feet (593 m).
- Guadalupe Peak is 6,784 feet higher than Timms Hill.
Lowest point
- Texas's lowest point is Gulf of Mexico at 0 feet; Wisconsin's is Lake Michigan at 577 feet.
- Texas's lowest point is 577 feet lower.
Texas vs Wisconsin Population and History
Population
- Texas has a population of 31,290,831 (2024), while Wisconsin has 5,960,975 (2024).
- Texas' population is 5.2 times (425%) larger than Wisconsin's.
Population density
- Texas: 119.8 people per square mile vs Wisconsin: 110.0.
- Texas' population density is 1.1 times (9%) higher than Wisconsin's.
Biggest city
- Texas's biggest city is Houston with 2,390,125 people; Wisconsin's is Milwaukee with 563,531.
- Houston's population is 4.2 times (324%) larger than Milwaukee's.
Largest metro area
- Texas's largest metropolitan area is Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area (8,344,032 people) vs Wisconsin's Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro area (3,757,952).
- Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area's population is 2.2 times (122%) larger than Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro area's.
History
- Texas: Admitted to the Union on December 29, 1845, as the 28th state.
- Wisconsin: Admitted to the Union on May 29, 1848, as the 30th state.
- In its current form, Texas is the older of the two by 3 years.
Texas vs Wisconsin Economy
GDP
- Texas's GDP is $2,769.8 billion (2024) vs Wisconsin's $453.3 billion.
- Texas' economic output is 6.1 times (511%) larger than Wisconsin's.
GDP per capita
- Texas: $88,517 per person vs Wisconsin: $76,044.
- Texas' GDP per capita is 1.2 times (16%) higher than Wisconsin's.
Average income
- Texas: $69,823 vs Wisconsin: $67,755 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Texas and Wisconsin have about the same average income.
Texas vs Wisconsin Counties
Number of counties
- Texas has 254 counties, while Wisconsin has 72.
- Texas' county count is 3.5 times (253%) higher than Wisconsin's.
Biggest county by area
- Texas's largest county is Brewster County at 6,184 square miles; Wisconsin's is Marathon County at 1,545 square miles.
- Brewster County's land area is 4.0 times (300%) larger than Marathon County's.
Smallest county by area
- Texas: Rockwall County (127 sq mi) vs Wisconsin: Pepin County (232 sq mi).
- Pepin County's land area is 1.8 times (82%) larger than Rockwall County's.
Most populous county
- Texas: Harris County (5,009,302 people) vs Wisconsin: Milwaukee County (924,740 people).
- Harris County's population is 5.4 times (442%) larger than Milwaukee County's.
Least populous county
- Texas: Loving County (48 people) vs Wisconsin: Menominee County (4,286 people).
- Menominee County's population is 89.3 times larger than Loving County's.
Richest county
- Texas: Loving County ($220,625 per capita income) vs Wisconsin: Ozaukee County ($109,947).
- Loving County's income is 2.0 times (101%) richer than Ozaukee County's.
Poorest county
- Texas: Starr County ($34,180 per capita income) vs Wisconsin: Menominee County ($43,696).
- Menominee County's income is 1.3 times (28%) richer than Starr County's.
Texas vs Wisconsin Taxes
State income tax
- Texas has no state income tax, while Wisconsin has a top income tax rate of 7.65%.
- Wisconsin's top rate is 7.65 percentage points higher.
Property tax
- Texas: 1.31% effective rate vs Wisconsin: 1.25% of home value per year.
- Texas's rate is 0.06 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Texas: 8.2% combined state and average local rate vs Wisconsin: 5.72%.
- Texas's combined rate is 2.48 percentage points higher.
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