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StateofTexas•Texasisthesecondmostpopulous(afterCalifornia)andthesecondlargestofthe50U.S.states(afterAlaska)intheUnitedStatesofAmerica,andthelargeststateinthe48contiguousUnitedStates.Geographicallylocatedinthesouthcentralpartofthecountry,TexassharesaninternationalborderwiththeMexicanstatesofChihuahua,Coahuila,NuevoLeón,andTamaulipastothesouthandborderstheU.S.statesofNewMexicotothewest,Oklahomatothenorth,Arkansastothenortheast,andLouisianatotheeast.Texashasanareaof268,820squaremiles(696,200km2)andagrowingpopulationofover26.4millionresidents(July2013).•Economy•Asof2010,Texashadagrossstateproduct(GSP)of$1.207trillion,thesecondhighestintheU.S.[147]ItsGSPiscomparabletotheGDPofIndiaorCanada,whicharetheworld's12th-and11th-largesteconomies,respectively.Texas'economyisthefourth-largestofanycountrysubdivisionglobally,behindEngland(aspartoftheUK),California,andTokyoPrefecture.ItsPerCapitapersonalincomein2009was$36,484,ranking29thinthenation.ThesymbolStateflower:BluebonnetNickname:LonestarstateStateanimal:armadillotexaslonghornMexicanbatFlagSealMainCity•CapitalAustin•LargeCityHoustonSanAntonioDallas•HoustonisthelargestcityofDexas•AustinAustinisthecapitaloftheUSstateofTexasandtheseatofTravisCounty.LocatedinCentralTexas,Austinisthe11th-mostpopulouscityintheUnitedStatesandthefourth-mostpopulouscityinTexas.Itwasthethird-fastest-growinglargecityinthenationfrom2000to2006.AustinisalsothesecondlargeststatecapitalintheUnitedStates.AustinhadaJuly1,2013populationof885,400(U.S.CensusBureauestimate).ThecityistheculturalandeconomiccenteroftheAustin–RoundRockmetropolitanarea,whichhadanestimatedpopulationof1,883,051asofJuly1,2013.HOUSTON•HoustonisthemostpopulouscityinTexas,thelargestcityintheSouthernUnitedStates,andthefourthmostpopulouscityintheUnitedStates.Accordingtothe2012U.S.Censusestimates,thecityhadapopulationof2.16millionpeoplewithinalandareaof599.6squaremiles(1,553km2).[5][6]HoustonistheseatofHarrisCounty,anditsmetropolitanareaisthefifth-mostpopulatedintheU.S.,withover6millionpeopleFamousthing•Texashold'emPokerWesterncowboycultureFamousSceneryTheLyndonB.JohnsonSpaceCenter(JSC)istheNationalAeronauticsandSpaceAdministration'scenterforhumanspaceflighttraining,research,andflightcontrol.Thecenterconsistsofacomplexofonehundredbuildingsconstructedon1,620acres(656ha)intheClearLakeAreaofHouston[2]whichacquiredtheofficialnicknameSpaceCityin1967.JohnsonSpaceCenterishometoNASA'sastronautcorpsandisresponsiblefortrainingastronautsfromboththeU.S.anditsinternationalpartners.IthasbecomepopularlyknownbyitscentralfunctionMissionControl,fromtheGemini,Apollo,andSpaceShuttlePrograms.HoustonLyndonB.JohnsonSpaceCenterGuadalupeMountainsNationalParkisintheGuadalupeMountainsofWestTexasandcontainsGuadalupePeak,thehighestpointinTexasat8,749feet(2,667m)inelevation.LocatedeastofElPaso,italsocontainsElCapitan,longusedasalandmarkbypeopletravelingalongtheoldroutelaterfollowedbytheButterfieldOverlandMailstagecoachline.VisitorscanseetheruinsofanoldstagecoachstationnearthePineSpringsVisitorCenter.GuadalupeMountainsNationalParkBigBendNationalParkintheU.S.stateofTexashasnationalsignificanceasthelargestprotectedareaofChihuahuanDeserttopographyandecologyintheUnitedStates.Itcontainsmorethan1,200speciesofplants,morethan450speciesofbirds,56speciesofreptiles,and75speciesofmammals.BigBendNationalParkSportsBaseballHockeyBasketball