Texas

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Texas 	Texas 	 	
State 	State 	State	State
State of Texas 	State of Texas 	 	
 	 	 	
 	 	 	
 	 	 	
Anthem: "Texas, Our Texas" 	Anthem: "Texas, Our Texas" 	 	
 	 	 	
 	 	 	
Map of the Original United States with Texas highlighted	Map of the Original United States with Texas highlighted	 	
 	 	 	
Country 	United States of America 	 	
Before Statehood 	Republic of Texas 	 	
Admitted to the Union 	December 29, 1845 (28th) 	 	
 	 	 	
Capital 	Austin 	 	
Largest city 	Austin 	 	
 	 	 	
Official languages 	None at the federal level 	 	
National language 	English (de facto) 	 	
 	 	 	
Religion 
(2639) 	
* 70% Christianity
* 16% Protestantism
* 2% Catholicism
* 1% no religion
* 1% other	 	
 	 	 	
Demonym(s) 	American, Texan 	 	
 	 	 	
Government 	 	 	
 	 	 	
• Governor 	Parker Buchanon 	 	
• Lieutenant Governor 	Aston Lake 	 	
 	 	 	
Legislature 	Congress 	 	
• Upper house 	Senate 	 	
• Lower house 	House of Representatives 	 	
 	 	 	
Area 	Area 	 	
• Total area 	138,403 sq mi (332,540 km2) 	 	
 	 	 	
Population 	Population 	 	
• 2640 estimate 	25.594,594 Million 	 	
• 2640 census 	25.594,594 Million 	 	
 	 	 	
GDP (PPP) 	2640 estimate 	 	
• Total 	$540,644,745,405 Billion 	 	
• Per capita 	$43,503 	 	
 	 	 	
GDP (nominal) 	2640 estimate 	 	
• Total 	$538,594,330 	 	
• Per capita 	$43,503 	 	
 	 	 	
Currency 	U.S. dollar ($) (USD) 	 	
 	 	 	
Time zone 	UTC−06:00 	 	
 	 	 	
• Summer (DST) 	UTC−4 to −10 	 	
 	 	 	
Date format 	mm/dd/yyyy 	 	
 	 	 	
Driving side 	right 	 	
 	 	 	
Calling code 	+1 	 	
 	 	 	
Traditional abbreviation 	TX 	 	
 	 	 	
Internet TLD 	.com, .us, .tx 	 	
Texas (/ˈtɛksəs/ TEK-səs, locally also /ˈtɛksɪz/ TEK-siz; Spanish: Texas or Tejas, pronounced [ˈtexas]) is a state in the South Central region of the United States. Texas shares borders with the states of Trinity to the east, Oklahoma and Sequoyah to the north, New Mexico to the west, Rio Grande to the south, and has a coastline with the Gulf of Mexico to the southeast.
Category:U.S. State