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"Texas-sized" describes something that is about the size of the U.S. state of Texas, [340] [341] or something (usually but not always originating from Texas) that is large compared to other objects of its type. [342] [343] [344] Texas was the largest U.S. state until Alaska became a state in 1959. The phrase "everything is bigger in Texas" has ...
The location of the State of Texas in the United States of America. The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Texas: Texas – second-most populous and the second-most extensive of the 50 states of the United States of America. Texas borders Mexico and the Gulf of Mexico in the South Central United States.
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.
A map of the United States of America with the state of Texas highlighted. Texas is a state located in the Southern United States. As of the 2020 census, [1] 29,145,505 (95.55%) of the 30,503,301 residents of Texas lived in a municipality in the 2023 estimate. [2]
The U.S. state of Texas is divided into 254 counties, more than any other U.S. state. [1] While only about 20% of Texas counties are generally located within the Houston—Dallas—San Antonio—Austin areas, they serve a majority of the state's population with approximately 22,000,000 inhabitants.
The current Texas State Capitol is the fourth building to serve that purpose in Austin. The first was a two-room wooden structure (located on the northeast corner of 8th St and Colorado St) which served as the national capitol of the Texas Republic and continued as the seat of government upon Texas' admission to the Union.
Travis County is located in Central Texas.As of the 2020 census, the population was 1,290,188.It is the fifth-most populous county in Texas.Its county seat and most populous city is Austin, [1] the state's capital.
During the third week of September, the Tri-State Fair & Rodeo brings participants mostly from Oklahoma, New Mexico and Texas to Amarillo since 1921. [62] On the Tri-State Exposition grounds, the Amarillo National Center is a special events center for events ranging from national equestrian competitions to motor sports and rodeos.