Hawaii is closer to California, almost 1610 km (1000 miles) closer than Florida is
Vermont, California, Texas, and the part of Louisiana east of the Mississippi River.
California is about 4,000 kilometers from Vermont.
California and Texas total, Vermont and Maine as percentage.
Texas is much larger than Vermont.
Nevada is mush closer
Arizona is closer to Argentina, as are Texas, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, and most of California. Southern states are closer to Argentina, and northern/northwestern states are closer to Spain.
The flight distance from Texas (TX) to Vermont (VT) is: 1,624 miles / 2,613 km
Unlike most US states, they were not territories first. The same is true of Vermont, which like Texas was independent before being granted statehood.
Tyler is closer
San Francisco is north of San Antonio.
Missouri is closer to Texas than Canada. It shares a border with Arkansas and Tennessee, which are closer to Texas than the northern border shared with Iowa, Nebraska, and Kansas, which are closer to Canada.