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The second largest state, Texas, has only 40% of the total area of the largest state, Alaska. Rhode Island is the smallest state by total area and land area. San Bernardino County is the largest county in the contiguous U.S. and is larger than each of the nine smallest states; it is larger than the four smallest states combined.
The geography of Texas is diverse and large. Occupying about 7% of the total water and land area of the U.S., [1] it is the second largest state after Alaska, and is the southernmost part of the Great Plains, which end in the south against the folded Sierra Madre Oriental of Mexico.
Covering 268,596 square miles (695,660 km 2), and with over 31 million residents as of 2024, it is the second-largest state by both area and population. Texas is nicknamed the Lone Star State for its former status as an independent republic. Spain was the first European country to claim and control Texas.
The Border 2 Fire was discovered around 2:30 p.m. PT in the Otay Mountain Wilderness Area about 30 miles southeast of the city and just north of the U.S.-Mexico border.
North America. Anglo-America; Northern America. United States. Contiguous United States. Western United States. Southwestern United States; Southern United States. South Central United States; Black Belt; Deep South. Gulf Coast of the United States; Population of Texas: 30,029,572 (2022 U.S. Census [4]) Area of Texas: 268,581 square miles ...
Top sources of Texas' net gain of residents. In 2022, an estimated 668,000 people moved to Texas, according to a new release from Texas Realtors.In all, the state saw a net gain of almost 175,000 ...
President Joe Biden walks with U.S. Border Patrol agents along a stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border in El Paso on Jan. 8, 2023. The president and former President Donald Trump will both be visiting ...
The Sabine River forms a natural border with Louisiana to the east. The Texas Panhandle has an eastern border with Oklahoma at 100° W, a northern border with Oklahoma at 36°30' N and a western border with New Mexico at 103° W. El Paso lies on the state's western tip at 32° N and the Rio Grande. [96]