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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.
Map of U.S. time zones with new CST and EST areas displayed. Some U.S. time zones, such as the Samoa Time Zone, are not on this map. This is a list of the time offsets by U.S. states, federal district, and territories. For more about the time zones of the U.S. see time in the United States. Most states are entirely contained within one time zone.
Imagine a metro area with nearly 34 million people. This Texas metropolitan area will be larger than New York, L.A. by year 2100, study shows Skip to main content
Historical Texas time zones. Now only the green area follows Mountain Time, the rest follows Central Time. The "Panhandle and Plains" section of Texas is now in the Central Time Zone, but had a two-year period of being in the Mountain Time Zone between 1919 and 1921.
The all-time record high is 113 °F (45 °C), set on June 26 and 27, 1980 during the Heat Wave of 1980 at nearby Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport. [31] [32] Winters in the area are cool to mild, with occasional cold spells. The average date of first frost is November 12, and the average date of last frost is March 12. [33]
Covering 268,596 square miles (695,660 km 2), it had over 31 million residents as of 2024, [5] and 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, the Republic of Texas. [10] Spain was the first European country to claim and control Texas.
It’s Texas 60 miles from North Korea: the US military’s largest overseas base Brad Lendon, Mike Valerio, Gawon Bae, Yoonjung Seo and Charlie Miller, CNN September 2, 2024 at 3:39 AM