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Texas Nation

Everything’s bigger in Texas:

— Texas is growing faster than the nation[2]

(Texas pop growth since 2000: 12.7%)

— Texas is the largest contiguous state

Roughly the size of California and Arizona

Or, The size of the 14 smallest states (Including West Virginia Twice)[3]

— Maybe that’s why Texas has the highest speed limits

(85 on some stretches)

— Has the Nation’s largest rural population (3.6 million people)

— Texas has the second most pro sports teams in the nation

(U.S. pop growth since 2000:6.4%)

And the second most sports teams:

Dallas Cowboys

Houston Texans

Dallas Mavericks

Houston Rockets

San Antonio Spurs

Dallas Stars

Houston Astros

Texas Rangers

FC Dallas

Houston Dynamo

San Antonio Silver Stars

But of course, it’s all about football

Texas vs. Texas Tech vs. A&M

–are number 2nd,17th, and 21st for bowl appearances:

Texas Longhorns: 51 bowl appearances .551 winning percentage

Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium:[12]

Home Record: 352-100-10 (77.2% wins)

Seating Record: 101,851

Construction Cost: $275,000 (1924)

$3.75 million in 2013 dollars

Texas Tech Red Raiders: 35 bowl appearances .371 winning percentage

Jones AT&T Stadium:[11]

Home Record: 336-162-13 (67% wins)

Seating Record: 60,997

Construction Cost: $400,000, (1947)

$4.18 million in 2013 dollars

A&M Aggies: 33 bowl appearances .424 winning percentage

Kyle Field “The Twelfth Man”:[10]

Home Record: 287-140-12 (66.7%)

Seating Record: 90,079

Construction Cost: $345,001.67 (1927)

$4.26 million in 2013 dollars

Particularly those Friday night lights

With 3 of the top ten high school football teams in the nation from Texas.[9]

Everything’s bigger in Texas

Economically, Texas could be its own country

With a larger GDP than Spain, Mexico, and South Korea[4]

And coming in right behind Canada, Australia, and India.

gdp:1,458,300,000,000

Or 8.92% of the national gdp

With a well-diversified economy

[#industry and percentage][5]

10.9% Mining

3.8% Construction

13.2% Manufacturing

18.5% Trade, Transportation, and Utilities

4.5% Information

15.7% Financial Services

10.6% Professional and Business Services

6.4% Education and Health Services

2.9% Leisure and Hospitality

2% Other Services

10.9% Government

.6% Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

Cattle And Energy:

Energy: [6]

Accounts for 1/4th of U.S. refining capacity.

1.4th of natural gas production (most in nation)

Largest wind power generation capacity in nation

Texas generates and consumes more electricity than any other state in America

Agriculture:[7]

one in seven Texans works in agriculture

Texas leads the nation in

Cattle, cotton, hay, sheep, wool, goats, and mohair production.

86% of the state is rural, with 130.4 million acres of farmland.

Which is the size of California and Wisconsin in farmland.[8]

There’s always been talk of Texas seceding

“Six Flags over Texas”[13]

Spain: 1519-1685; 1690-1821

France: 1685-1690

Mexico: 1821-1836

Republic of Texas: 1836-1845

Confederate States of America: 1861-1865

United States: 1845-1861; 1865-present.

And while Texas doesn’t have the right to secede, they do have the little known right to break up into as many as 5 separate states (without federal government approval).

Whatever way you cut it, everything’s bigger in Texas.

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