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United States vs Texas Geography
Land area: United States has a land area of 3,533,467 square miles (9,151,637 km²), while Texas has 261,259 square miles (676,657 km²). United States' land area is 13.5 times larger than Texas'.
Total area: United States: 3,802,784 square miles (9,849,165 km²) vs Texas: 268,599 square miles (695,668 km²), including inland and coastal water. United States' total area is 14.2 times larger than Texas'.
Length: United States is 3,628 miles (5,839 km) long from north to south; Texas is 808 miles (1,300 km). United States' north-south length is 4.5 times (349%) longer than Texas'.
Width: United States spans 4,824 miles (7,763 km) east to west; Texas spans 777 miles (1,250 km). United States' east-west width is 6.2 times (521%) wider than Texas'.
Highest point: United States's highest point is Denali at 20,308 feet (6,190 m); Texas's is Guadalupe Peak at 8,730 feet (2,661 m). Denali is 11,578 feet higher than Guadalupe Peak.
Lowest point: United States's lowest point is Death Valley at -279 feet; Texas's is Gulf of Mexico at 0 feet. United States's lowest point is 279 feet lower.
United States vs Texas Population and History
Population: United States has a population of 340,110,988 (2024), while Texas has 31,290,831 (2024). United States' population is 10.9 times larger than Texas'.
Population density: United States: 96.3 people per square mile vs Texas: 119.8. Texas' population density is 1.2 times (24%) higher than United States'.
Biggest city: United States's biggest city is New York with 8,478,072 people; Texas's is Houston with 2,390,125. New York's population is 3.5 times (255%) larger than Houston's.
Largest metro area: United States's largest metropolitan area is New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area (19,940,274 people) vs Texas's Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area (8,344,032). New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area's population is 2.4 times (139%) larger than Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area's.
History: United States: Declared independence on July 4, 1776. Texas: Admitted to the Union on December 29, 1845, as the 28th state. In its current form, United States is the older of the two by 69 years.
United States vs Texas Economy
GDP: United States's GDP is $30,769.7 billion (2025) vs Texas's $2,769.8 billion. United States' economic output is 11.1 times larger than Texas'.
GDP per capita: United States: $89,599 per person vs Texas: $88,517. United States and Texas have about the same GDP per capita.
Official Websites
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Area, elevation and boundary figures come from official national statistics and US Census Bureau and Natural Earth boundary data; US state population, economic, county and tax figures come from the US Census Bureau, the Bureau of Economic Analysis and the Tax Foundation. Figures are rounded and for general reference.