State size comparison
compared to
Texas is about 1.7 times bigger than California.
California is approximately 403,882 sq km, while Texas is approximately 678,052 sq km, making Texas 68% larger than California. Meanwhile, the population of California is ~37.3 million people (12.1 million fewer people live in Texas).
This to-scale comparison of
California
vs.
Texas
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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