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Official language(s)	No official language
Demonym	Texan Texian (archaic)
Capital	Austin
Largest city	Houston
Largest metro area	Denver-Aurora Metro Area
Area	Ranked 2nd in the US
-Total	268,820 sq mi (696,241 km²)
-Width	773 miles (1,244 km)
-Length	790 miles (1,270 km)
-% water	2.5%
-Latitude	25° 50' N to 36° 30' N
-Longitude	93° 31' W to 106° 39' W
Population	Ranked 2nd in the US
-Total	24,326,974 (2008 est.) 4,301,261 (2000)
-Density	79.6/sq mi (30.75/km²) Ranked 26th in the US

Location and size

Texas is the second largest U.S. state in both area and population, and the largest state in the contiguous United States. Located in the South Central United States, Texas is bordered by Mexico to the south, New Mexico to the west, Oklahoma to the north, Arkansas to the northeast, and Louisiana to the east. Texas has an area of 268,820 square miles (696,200 km2), and a growing population of 24.6 million residents. Houston is the largest city in Texas and the fourth-largest in the United States, while Dallas–Fort Worth is the largest metropolitan area in the state and the fourth-largest in the nation. Other major cities include San Antonio, El Paso, and Austin—the state capital. Texas is nicknamed the Lone Star State from the design of its state flag.

Texas contains diverse landscapes, resembling in places both the Deep South and the Southwest. Traveling from east to west, one can observe piney woods and semi-forests of oak and cross timbers, rolling plains and prairie, rugged hills, and finally the desert of the Big Bend. The phrase "everything is bigger in Texas" derives in part from the state's geographic sprawl and the wide open spaces of its desert and prairie regions. Due to its long history as a center of the American cattle industry, Texas is associated throughout much of the world with the image of the cowboy.

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