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Country, States and Waterways that border Texas: Mexico, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Gulf of Mexico *** Official State Home *** The State of Texas, located in the south-central area of the United States, is the second-largest, second-most-populous state in the union. Texas' total area is 267,277 square miles. Texas' population, according to a July 1996 U.S. Census Bureau estimate, is 18,378,185. The ten largest cities in Texas are Houston, with a population of 1,749,001; San Antonio, 1,079,207; Dallas, 1,050,698; El Paso, 583,431; Austin, 557,532; Fort Worth, 478,307; Arlington, 288,227; Corpus Christi, 274,234; Lubbock, 194,522; and Garland, 190,703. Texas' principle manufactured products are chemicals and allied products, petroleum and coal products, food and kindred products, and transportation equipment. Texas' principle farm products are cattle, grain, cotton, wheat, rice, and dairy products. Texas' primary minerals are petroleum, and natural gas. It is no longer a lonely plain, but, rich in natural resources, it is to-day a progressive and a prosperous state. Unlike any other state, it was an independent republic when admitted into the Union. It was named for the Tejas Indians, a federation of tribes of the territory; friends is given as the probable meaning of the name. Texas is known as the Lone Star State, because of the single star in the flag of the republic.The Texas Primer Six Flags over Texas Texas Revolution The Mexican War Texas Democrats Texas Republicans US Census Bureau - Texas Texas Online Humanities-Interactive Texas Lottery
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