Get to know Texas – interesting facts

Get to know Texas interesting facts

Get to know Texas interesting facts

If you're visiting Texas for work or pleasure be sure to get to know the place before you head out. There's so much to see and do in this incredible state that you'll be spoilt for choice. It is full of interest and history, with great cities like Austin and Dallas to visit. Getting the lowdown on Texas before you set up base there will give you the best chance to get the most from your time there. Here are some interesting facts about Texas to get you started!

Did you know?

Texas is the second biggest US state by size and population.

It was once known as the Republic of Texas before it became a recognised state.

The motto of Texas is friendship' and the name means friends' in the Caddoan language of the Southern plains spoken by the Caddo tribes who were settled in East Texas.

It borders Mexico, New Mexico, Arkansas and Oklahoma and covers 268,820 square miles.

Nearly 25 million people live in Texas, with the largest city being Houston and the state capital being Austin.

El Paso is another major city in Texas with Paso International Airport and one of the biggest US Military bases.

A number of different nations have ruled over Texas, with Mexico, France, Spain all having had control over the state at some point in its history.

If Texas were a country it would be the 40th largest in the world.

There is a large German community in Texas, which numbers 11 percent as a proportion of the groups in Texas.

Three cities in Texas have populations that exceed over the one million mark Houston, San Antonio and Dallas.

Seventy percent of the population of Texas lives within a 200 mile radius of Austin.

John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas on November 22nd in 1963 by Lee Harvey Oswald.

Texas has more counties than any of the other American states, with two hundred and fifty four altogether.

With office headquarters in Austin and Fort Worth offices, Texas has the most Fortune 500 companies of any US state.

You'll find more than 15 million cattle in Texas, which nearly outnumbers its 18 million residents!

Texas has a reputation for being one of America's leading producers of a range of products, from wool to cotton, rice, oil, natural gas to livestock like beef, sheep and goats. It is even the biggest producer in the US of watermelons.

Far from being just a desert state, nearly 10 percent of Texas is covered in forest and green lands.

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