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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 is in the South Central United States of America, and is considered to form part of the U.S. South and ...
Texas is the second-largest U.S. state in population, after California. [7] The state is also the most populous state in the South Central United States, and the most populous state in the South. [8] Texas' population growth between 2000 and 2010 represents the highest population increase, by number of people, for any U.S. state during this time period.
Houston. Population. (2020) • Total. 8,814,548. East Texas is a broadly defined cultural, geographic, and ecological region in the eastern part of the U.S. state of Texas that comprises most of 41 counties. It is primarily divided into Northeast and Southeast Texas. Most of the region consists of the Piney Woods ecoregion.
The following is a complete list of 25 metropolitan areas in Texas, as defined by the United States Office of Management and Budget. The largest two are ranked among the top 10 metropolitan areas in the U.S. Some metropolitan areas contain metropolitan divisions. Two metropolitan divisions exist within the Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington MSA.
Texas statistical areas. Coordinates: 31.4757°N 99.3312°W. An enlargeable map of the 71 core-based statistical areas in Texas. [1] The U.S. State of Texas currently has 79 statistical areas that have been delineated by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). On July 21, 2023, the OMB delineated 13 combined statistical areas, 25 ...
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.
South Texas is a region of the U.S. state of Texas that lies roughly south of—and includes— San Antonio. The southern and western boundary is the Rio Grande, and to the east it is the Gulf of Mexico. The population of this region is about 4.96 million according to the 2017 census estimates. [1] The southern portion of this region is often referred to as the Rio Grande Valley. The eastern ...
As of 2021, Austin had an estimated population of 964,177, [16] up from 961,855 at the 2020 census. [17] The city is the cultural and economic center of the Austin–Round Rock metropolitan statistical area, which had an estimated population of 2,473,275 as of July 1, 2023. Located in Central Texas within the greater Texas Hill Country, it is home to numerous lakes, rivers, and waterways ...