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James Babbage Wells Jr., judge and Democratic party boss in southern Texas 38,662: 865 sq mi (2,240 km 2) Johnson County: 251: Cleburne: 1854: Ellis County, Hill County and Navarro County: Middleton Tate Johnson, a Texas Ranger, soldier in the Mexican–American War, and senator for the Republic of Texas 202,906: 729 sq mi (1,888 km 2) Jones ...
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.
States and territories by density, population and area Location Density Population Land area /mi 2 /km 2 mi 2 km 2 District of Columbia 11,131: 4,297: 678,972: 61: 158 New Jersey 1,263: 488
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's population density as of 2010 is 96.3 people per square mile (37.2 people/km 2) which is slightly higher than the average population density of the U.S. as a whole, at 87.4 people per square mile (33.7 people/km 2).
862/sq mi (333/km 2) Numerically, Greater Houston is the second fastest growing metropolitan area in the U.S. [ 35 ] There were a total of 7,122,240 residents within the Greater Houston metropolitan area as of 2020, according to the United States Census Bureau .
The Texas Triangle is a region of Texas that contains the state's five largest cities and is home to the majority of the state's population. The Texas Triangle is formed by the state's four main urban centers, Austin , Dallas-Fort Worth , Houston , and San Antonio , connected by Interstate 45 , Interstate 10 , and Interstate 35 .
The population density was less than 1/km 2 (2.6/sq mi). The 449 housing units averaged less than 1 per square mile (0.39/km 2). The racial makeup of the county was 96.51% White, 0.34% African American, 0.56% Native American, 0.11% Asian, 1.35% from other races, and 1.13% from two or more races. About 3.16% of the population was Hispanic or ...