Alaska vs Texas: Size Comparison

Alaska covers 571,242 square miles of land, while Texas covers 261,259 square miles — making Alaska about 2.2 times larger than Texas. That surprises most people: Texas is famous for being enormous, the second-largest US state, with its own mythology about size. Yet you could fit the entire state of Texas inside Alaska more than twice over and still have room to spare. The gap — roughly 310,000 square miles — is itself larger than Texas's neighbor New Mexico. Much of the difference comes from Alaska's sheer north-south reach, stretching from the temperate rainforests of the panhandle to tundra above the Arctic Circle. If Alaska were superimposed on the Lower 48, it would sprawl from Georgia to California. Texas, for all its bigness, would fit comfortably inside with space left for a second helping of the Lone Star State.

Alaska vs Texas by the numbers

In other words, you could fit Texas inside Alaska about 2.2 times. Area figures are land area (square miles). Sources: US Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer (land area, sq mi)