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Texas vs Wyoming Geography
Land area
- Texas has a land area of 261,259 square miles (676,657 km²), while Wyoming has 97,089 square miles (251,458 km²).
- Texas' land area is 2.7 times (169%) larger than Wyoming's.
Total area
- Texas: 268,599 square miles (695,668 km²) vs Wyoming: 97,810 square miles (253,326 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Texas' total area is 2.7 times (175%) larger than Wyoming's.
Length
- Texas is 808 miles (1,300 km) long from north to south; Wyoming is 324 miles (522 km).
- Texas' north-south length is 2.5 times (149%) longer than Wyoming's.
Width
- Texas spans 777 miles (1,250 km) east to west; Wyoming spans 410 miles (659 km).
- Texas' east-west width is 1.9 times (90%) wider than Wyoming's.
Highest point
- Texas's highest point is Guadalupe Peak at 8,730 feet (2,661 m); Wyoming's is Gannett Peak at 13,788 feet (4,203 m).
- Gannett Peak is 5,058 feet higher than Guadalupe Peak.
Lowest point
- Texas's lowest point is Gulf of Mexico at 0 feet; Wyoming's is Belle Fourche River at 3,108 feet.
- Texas's lowest point is 3,108 feet lower.
Texas vs Wyoming Population and History
Population
- Texas has a population of 31,290,831 (2024), while Wyoming has 587,618 (2024).
- Texas' population is 53.3 times larger than Wyoming's.
Population density
- Texas: 119.8 people per square mile vs Wyoming: 6.1.
- Texas' population density is 19.6 times higher than Wyoming's.
Biggest city
- Texas's biggest city is Houston with 2,390,125 people; Wyoming's is Cheyenne with 65,704.
- Houston's population is 36.4 times larger than Cheyenne's.
Largest metro area
- Texas's largest metropolitan area is Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area (8,344,032 people) vs Wyoming's Cheyenne, WY metro area (101,783).
- Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area's population is 82.0 times larger than Cheyenne, WY metro area's.
History
- Texas: Admitted to the Union on December 29, 1845, as the 28th state.
- Wyoming: Admitted to the Union on July 10, 1890, as the 44th state.
- In its current form, Texas is the older of the two by 45 years.
Texas vs Wyoming Economy
GDP
- Texas's GDP is $2,769.8 billion (2024) vs Wyoming's $51.5 billion.
- Texas' economic output is 53.8 times larger than Wyoming's.
GDP per capita
- Texas: $88,517 per person vs Wyoming: $87,639.
- Texas and Wyoming have about the same GDP per capita.
Average income
- Texas: $69,823 vs Wyoming: $86,477 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Wyoming's average income is 1.2 times (24%) higher than Texas'.
Texas vs Wyoming Counties
Number of counties
- Texas has 254 counties, while Wyoming has 23.
- Texas' county count is 11.0 times higher than Wyoming's.
Biggest county by area
- Texas's largest county is Brewster County at 6,184 square miles; Wyoming's is Sweetwater County at 10,427 square miles.
- Sweetwater County's land area is 1.7 times (69%) larger than Brewster County's.
Smallest county by area
- Texas: Rockwall County (127 sq mi) vs Wyoming: Hot Springs County (2,004 sq mi).
- Hot Springs County's land area is 15.8 times larger than Rockwall County's.
Most populous county
- Texas: Harris County (5,009,302 people) vs Wyoming: Laramie County (101,783 people).
- Harris County's population is 49.2 times larger than Laramie County's.
Least populous county
- Texas: Loving County (48 people) vs Wyoming: Niobrara County (2,301 people).
- Niobrara County's population is 47.9 times larger than Loving County's.
Richest county
- Texas: Loving County ($220,625 per capita income) vs Wyoming: Teton County ($532,903).
- Teton County's income is 2.4 times (142%) richer than Loving County's.
Poorest county
- Texas: Starr County ($34,180 per capita income) vs Wyoming: Uinta County ($50,370).
- Uinta County's income is 1.5 times (47%) richer than Starr County's.
Texas vs Wyoming Taxes
State income tax
- Texas has no state income tax, while Wyoming has no state income tax.
Property tax
- Texas: 1.31% effective rate vs Wyoming: 0.57% of home value per year.
- Texas's rate is 0.74 percentage points higher.
Sales tax
- Texas: 8.2% combined state and average local rate vs Wyoming: 5.39%.
- Texas's combined rate is 2.81 percentage points higher.
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