Texas is located in the south central United States and is the second-largest state by both population and land size. It is bo
rdered by Oklahoma and Arkansas to the north; Louisiana to the east; Mexico and the Gulf of Mexico to the south; and New Mexico to the west. Texas has an area of 268,820 square miles and a population of over 24.7 million people. Major cities in Texas include Houston, Dallas, San Antonio, and Austin, the capital. The Dallas-Ft. Worth-Arlington Metroplex is the largest metropolitan area in Texas.Texas is a notoriously difficult state to travel, due to its size and varying terrain. Driving across Texas, one can encounter many different climates: desert and mountains in the west, rolling hills and grassy plains across central Texas and piney woods and coastal swamps in the east. It claims the country's largest highway and railway systems, as well as the largest number of airports of any st
ate. The Dallas-Ft. Worth International Airport is the largest airport in the state, both by size and number of passengers. All of the larger cities offer public transportation, and both Dallas and Houston have light-rail systems to move about the city.Texas is home to more Fortune 500 companies than any other state in the U.S. and has an economy that is heavily based in the agriculture, petrochemicals, energy, aerospace, and biomedical research fields.
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