Texas vs. Alaska: Texas Wins on Population by 40x

Texas: 29.1 million (2020 Census) vs. Alaska: 731,545 – Texas has ~40× more people.

Context

• Texas – 2nd largest state (pop. & area), 268K sq mi, diverse economy (energy, tech, healthcare, trade).
• Alaska – Largest state (665K sq mi), 48th in population, resource-dependent (oil, fishing, tourism), 1.3 people/sq mi.

Fun Comparison

• Texas adds an Alaska's-worth of people every ~2 years.
• Houston metro (7.2M) > entire state of Alaska.
• Alaska has more land per person than any nation except Mongolia, Namibia, Australia.

Same country. Vastly different human geographies.