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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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