Alaska is the largest state of the US by area. Texas is the second larges state of the US by area.
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To be precise Alaska is more than twice the area of Texas. Old Alaskan joke told to bellyaching Texans. " Stop complaining about being the second largest state or we will cut Alaska in two and you will be the third largest state! "
Alaska is larger.On a map it is smaller because it is a flat map
Alaska is larger
Alaska is larger.On a map it is smaller because it is a flat map
Alaska is larger.On a map it is smaller because it is a flat map
Alaska is larger.On a map it is smaller because it is a flat map
It is over twice as big as Texas.
No US State is only a little smaller then Alaska. The three largest contiguous states of Texas, California and Montana will fit together into Alaska. The 22 smallest US States will all fit into Alaska at the same time and there are only 18 Nations that are larger then Alaska.
Alaska has 665,384 square miles of total area which includes 570,641 square miles of land area. Alaska ranks #1 among the 50 U.S. states based on total area and #1 based on land area. Texas has total area of 268,596 square miles which includes 261,231 square miles of land. Based on area, Texas ranks #2 among U.S. states behind Alaska.
Traditional Tibet (965,000 sq mi) is slightly larger than Alaska (268,500 sq mi) and Texas (663,260 sq mi) combined.
I think that the state of Texas is the same size of Afghanistan. I'm not so sure, so don't write down as an answer to a question that is important. Texas is closest in size, only about 17,000 miles larger.
Traditional Tibet (965,000 sq mi) is slightly larger than Alaska (268,500 sq mi) and Texas (663,260 sq mi) combined.
a lot larger
same size