Texas
Texas | |
|---|---|
| Kintra | Unitit States |
| Afore stateheid | Republic of Texas |
| Admittit tae the Union | 29 December 1845 (28t) |
| Lairgest ceety | Houston |
| Lairgest metro | Dallas–Fort Worth[1] |
| Govrenment | |
| • Govrenor | Greg Abbott (R) |
| • Lieutenant Governor | David Dewhurst (R) |
| Legislatur | Texas Legislatur |
| • Upper hoose | Senate |
| • Lawer hoose | Hoose o Representatives |
| U.S. senators | John Cornyn (R) Ted Cruz (R) |
| U.S. Hoose delegation | 23 Republicans, 9 Democrats (leet) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 25,674,681 (2,011 est)[2] |
| • Density | 37.9/km2 (98.1/sq mi) |
| Leid | |
| • Offeecial leid | Nae offeecial leid (see Leids spoken in Texas) |
| • Spoken leid | Inglis 68.7% Spainyie 27.0%[3] |
| Trad. abbreviation | Tex. |
| Latitude | 25° 50′ N tae 36° 30′ N |
| Longitude | 93° 31′ W tae 106° 39′ W |
Texas is the seicont maist populous an the seicont maist extensive o the 50 states in the Unitit States o Americae, an the maist extensive state o the 48 contiguous Unitit States. The name, based on the Caddo wird tejas meanin "friends" or "allies", wis applee'd bi the Spaingie tae the Caddo thairsels an tae the region o thair dounset in East Texas.[4] Texas haes an aurie o 268,820 square mile (696,200 km2), an a growin population of 25.7 million residents.[5]
Footnotes
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ "Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Area Estimates". US Census. 4 Apryle 2007. Retrieved 28 Apryle 2008.
- ↑ "Table 1. Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for the United States, Regions, States, and Puerto Rico: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015" (CSV). U.S. Census Bureau. 23 December 2015. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
- ↑ Texas — Languages. MLA. Archived frae the original on 26 October 2015. Retrieved 15 Apryle 2010.
- ↑ Texas, origin of name Handbook of Texas Online
- ↑ "U.S. Census Bureau Announces 2010 Census Population Counts – Apportionment Counts Delivered to President". Press Release. U.S. Census Bureau. 21 December 2010. Archived frae the original on 24 December 2010. Retrieved 7 Februar 2011.
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