State size comparison

compared to

Texas is about 409 times bigger than Houston.

Houston is approximately 1,659 sq km, while Texas is approximately 678,052 sq km, making Texas 40,778% larger than Houston.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Houston vs. Texas uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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