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Almanac
Admitted to Union December 29, 1845
Capital Austin,   [ Find out more ]
Nickname Lone Star State, Beef State, Banner State,   [ Find out more ]
Motto Friendship,   [ Find out more ]
Total Area 268,601 square miles Rank 2nd
Total Land Area 261,914 square miles Rank 2nd
Total Water Area 6,687 square miles Rank 9th
Length 790 miles
Width 660 miles
Highest Point 8,749 feet (Guadalupe Peak) Rank 14th
Lowest Point sea level (Gulf of Mexico) Rank 3rd
Mean Elevation 1,700 feet Rank 17th
Highest Temp 120 degrees on August 12, 1936 at Seymour
Lowest Temp -23 degrees on February 8, 1933 at Seminole
Highest Monthly Avg Temp 98.5 degrees Rank 4th
Lowest Monthly Avg Temp 21.7 degrees Rank 29th
Population
(U.S. Census, April, 2000)		 20,851,820 Rank 2nd
Population per square mile
(Population/Total Land Area)		 79.61 Rank 28th
Ten Largest Cities by Population
State Capital in Red
(U.S. Census, April, 2000)

1. Houston 1,953,631   6. Fort Worth 534,694
2. Dallas 1,188,580 7. Arlington 332,969
3. San Antonio 1,144,646 8. Corpus Christi 277,454
4. Austin 656,562 9. Plano 222,030
5. El Paso 563,662 10. Garland 215,768
Median Age 30.8
Average Lifetime (1979-1981) 73.64 Rank 32nd
Crimes Reported per 100,000 (1992-1993) 6,439.1 Rank 6th
Violent Crimes 762.1 Rank 15th
Property 5,677.0 Rank 6th
Per capita income (2000)
Source:Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. Department of Commerce		 $27,752 Rank 24th
Disposable personal income per capita (2000)
Source:Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. Department of Commerce		 $24,263 Rank 19th
Median income of households(1993) $28,727 Rank 33rd

We've gathered some of this information from The World Almanac® of the U.S.A. by Allan Carpenter and Carl Provorse, published by World Almanac Books (An Imprint of K-III Reference Corporation, A K-III Communications Company). Copyright 1996.

This book is chock full of statistical data, historical information and items of interest for all 50 states. We can recommend it as an excellent resource. If you would like to have this book, click here to purchase this book from

To purchase the 2000-2001 Texas Almanac : Millennium Edition, published by the Dallas Morning News, click here. This is the 60th edition and these guys know Texas!
Additional Sources:
United States Census Bureau, http://www.census.gov.
To Tennessee almanac. To Utah almanac.
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