Because it's largely worthless, and it needed to be that big in order to have the approximate value of the other states.
I'm kidding, Texans! Ultimately, the answer is that it's that big because it is. There's no law regarding the size of a state (Texas isn't even the biggest, it's the second largest, after Alaska... in fact, if Alaska were divided into two equal halves, Texas would then be the third largest state).
# Alaska # Texas # California.
Canada is 3,856,751 square miles large.The United States is 3,537,441 square miles. Texas is part of the United States. Therefore Texas is not larger than Canada. It is actually 268820 square miles large.
Alaska, Texas, and California are all larger in land area than Minnesota.
Alaska is bigger than Montana, Texas, and California combined. It is the largest state in the United States in terms of land area.
Not a fair question; the US is 50 times bigger than Vietnam...and has oil in Texas, California, and Alaska...and other states.
Colorado is the 8th largest state, so the other 7 states (in order of rank) are Alaska, Texas, California, Montana, New Mexico, Arizona and Nevada
It depends on the meaning of the words North Pole. If you mean the imaginary point on which the Earth rotates, then yes, Texas is bigger. If by the use of the term North Pole, you mean the Arctic Region, then no, Texas is not bigger.
No. Alaska is bigger (larger in area) than California..Alaska and Texas are both larger states than California.California is "bigger" than Alaska based on population - it is more populous.
No, Chicago, a city, is not bigger than Texas, the 2nd largest state.
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I'm pretty sure nothing about, nor in, New Jersey is bigger than Texas. As far as geographic area, Texas is many, many times bigger.
Texas, California, and Alaska are all larger than Oregon in terms of total land area.