Texas

Texas is the seicont maist populous an the seicont maist extensive o the 50 states in the Unitit States o Americae, an the maist extensive state o the 48 contiguous Unitit States. The name, based on the Caddo wird tejas meanin "friends" or "allies", wis applee'd bi the Spaingie tae the Caddo thairsels an tae the region o thair dounset in East Texas.^[4] Texas haes an aurie o 268,820 square mile (696,200 km²), an a growin population of 25.7 million residents.^[5]

Texas
State
Kintra	Unitit States
Afore stateheid	Republic of Texas
Admittit tae the Union	29 December 1845 (28t)
Lairgest ceety	Houston
Lairgest metro	Dallas–Fort Worth[1]
Govrenment
• Govrenor	Greg Abbott (R)
• Lieutenant Governor	David Dewhurst (R)
Legislatur	Texas Legislatur
• Upper hoose	Senate
• Lawer hoose	Hoose o Representatives
U.S. senators	John Cornyn (R) Ted Cruz (R)
U.S. Hoose delegation	23 Republicans, 9 Democrats (leet)
Population
• Total	25,674,681 (2,011 est)[2]
• Density	37.9/km2 (98.1/sq mi)
Leid
• Offeecial leid	Nae offeecial leid (see Leids spoken in Texas)
• Spoken leid	Inglis 68.7% Spainyie 27.0%[3]
Trad. abbreviation	Tex.
Latitude	25° 50′ N tae 36° 30′ N
Longitude	93° 31′ W tae 106° 39′ W