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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.
Texas state highways are a network of highways owned and maintained by the U.S. state of Texas. The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) is the state agency responsible for the day-to-day operations and maintenance of the system. Texas has the largest state highway system, followed closely by North Carolina's state highway system.
The Texas State Highway system was established in 1917 to create a structured network of roads that would enhance connectivity and support economic development across the state. The initial system included 22 state highways, many of which followed pre-existing trails and trade routes.
Texas population density map. As of May 2024, the 1,225 Texas municipalities [3] [a] include 971 cities, 231 towns, and 23 villages.These designations are determined by United States Census Bureau requirements based on state statutes and may not match a municipality's self-reported designation. [4]
The 2022 rural roadway fatality rate for Texas was 2.52 per 100 million VMT — double the fatality rate on all other roads (1.26). The national average was 2.02 for rural roadways and 1.12 for ...
The state with the lowest rural median household income was Mississippi ($40,200). Among rural areas, poverty rates varied from a low in Connecticut (4.6 percent) to a high in New Mexico (21.9 percent). [12] About 13.4 million children under the age of 18 live in rural areas of the nation. [12]
Here's what people who left big cities in favor of rural life say about the pros and cons — and what experts make of the trend. The motivation Erin Austen Abbott wrote the book (literally) on ...
The rural land feeding frenzy isn’t over, but it has quickly slowed. Statewide, the volume of rural land sales dropped 26.5% from mid-2021 to mid-2022, according to a new report from the Texas ...