Texas is a vast state, with an area of 678,052 square kilometers, while New York is much smaller, with an area of 122,283 square kilometers. This means that New York is only 18.03% the size of Texas. In terms of population, Texas has 25.1 million people, which is 5.8 million fewer than the population of New York. The region of New England is bordered by the state of New York to the west and the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick to the northeast and Quebec to the north.
The Atlantic Ocean lies to the east and southeast, and Long Island Sound is to the southwest. Fifteen of the smallest states in the United States could fit into Texas at once, including Kentucky, Virginia, Maine, South Carolina, West Virginia, Maryland, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Hawaii, Connecticut, Delaware and Rhode Island. When Texas joined the Union it was already a large independent republic and was not divided. If you want to get an idea of what it would be like to drive through Texas on I-10 from El Paso through Houston, there is a great time-lapse video available.
From Corpus Christi to Texarkana there is enough space to fit a good part of Vietnam perfectly. However if you want to include the northern part of Vietnam and Hanoi you will need a second Texas-sized area. When you reach Austin in the west you will be in Cambodia.
