What rank in size among all fifty states states?

Texas is the second-largest state by area, after Alaska, and the largest state in the contiguous United States. It has an area of 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), which is about the size of France or Germany. Texas also has the second-longest coastline in the United States, after Alaska, with a length of 3,600 miles (5,800 km).