State size comparison
compared to
New Mexico is about 2.2 times smaller than Texas.
Texas is approximately 678,052 sq km, while New Mexico is approximately 314,310 sq km, making New Mexico 46.35% the size of Texas. Meanwhile, the population of Texas is ~25.1 million people (23.1 million fewer people live in New Mexico).
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