Yes, Alaska is larger than Texas, which is the second largest state with 268,581 square miles. We all know that Texas is big. Of all the states on the continental United States, it makes all the others look small. But how big is it actually? This new map, courtesy of Reddit user DoNotMakeEyeContact, shows how many times each state would fit in the state of Texas.
It definitely puts things into perspective. There is only one larger state, Alaska. Although most of the time, Alaska is represented off-scale on U.S. maps.
In the U.S., in reality only about 40% of the state could fit in Texas. This new map, courtesy of Reddit user DoNotMakeEyeContact, shows how many times each state would fit in the state of Texas. At 663,300 square miles, Alaska is by far the largest state in the United States, almost two and a half times larger than Texas.
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