Texas Is in North America—Here’s the Geographic Proof

Continental Placement

Texas is a state of the United States of America, which occupies the central-southern portion of North America.

Coordinates & Boundaries

• Latitude: 25°50′ N (Rio Grande) to 36°30′ N (Oklahoma border).
• Longitude: 93°31′ W (Louisiana) to 106°38′ W (New Mexico/El Paso).
• Borders: Oklahoma (N), Arkansas (NE), Louisiana (E), Gulf of Mexico (SE), Mexico (SW—Rio Grande), New Mexico (W).

North American Tectonic Plate

Texas sits on the North American Plate (except a sliver of the Panhandle on the Pacific Plate boundary zone). No part of Texas is on the South American Plate.

Why Confusion Exists

• Southern latitude (Brownsville ~26°N = same as Miami, Delhi, Sahara).
• Spanish/Mexican heritage, proximity to Latin America.
• But politically, geologically, and geographically: firmly North American.