State size comparison
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Texas is about 2.2 times bigger than New Mexico.
New Mexico is approximately 314,310 sq km, while Texas is approximately 678,052 sq km, making Texas 116% larger than New Mexico. Meanwhile, the population of New Mexico is ~2.1 million people (23.1 million more people live in Texas).
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