Alaska is almost two and a half times bigger than Texas in total area, so even the “huge” state of Texas looks relatively small next to it.

Basic size comparison

  • Texas has a total area of about 268,600 square miles.
  • Alaska has a total area of about 665,000 square miles.
  • That means Alaska is roughly 2.5 times the size of Texas in total area.

Land area vs total area

  • Looking just at land area, Alaska still comes out at about 570,000+ square miles, while Texas is about 262,000 square miles of land.
  • Even by this stricter land-only measure, Alaska is still a bit more than twice as large as Texas.

Visualizing the difference

  • If you could “copy‑paste” Texas into Alaska, you could fit Texas into Alaska about two and a half times with some room to spare.
  • On many interactive map sites, when you drag Alaska down over the lower 48, it stretches from the West Coast deep into the Midwest or beyond, which highlights how massive it is compared to Texas.

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