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It is said that everything is bigger in Texas, and indeed the Lone Star state spans a whopping 268,820 square miles - second only to Alaska in total area among states. Those miles consist predominately of rolling plains, prairie, woods, and desert and it is this wide-open terrain and the state's long history as a hub of America's cattle industry that give it an international reputation as the home of cowboys. Prominent Texans from Lyndon Johnson to George W. Bush both of whom often wore cowboy hats while in the White House have done little to dispel the notion that Texan = cowboy.

One thing that is not bigger in Texas is actually an anagram of the state: taxes. The Tax Foundation reports that Texas has one of the lowest state and local tax burdens in America, and the state does not impose a state income tax. This business-friendly state is home to the most Fortune 500 company headquarters in the U.S. and its GSP of $1.09 trillion is second in the nation. Texas is a leader in cattle, goat and sheep production and is #1 in the country in production of cotton. Rich in natural resources, Texas boasts of 25% of America's known petroleum deposits and produces the most wind power of any state in the United States.

Incidents

Fatal Truck Accidents: 455 per year
Non-Fatal Truck Accidents: 17,267 per year
Accident Locales: 64%(Rural), 36%(Urban)
Carrier Fact: 41% of Texas' truck accidents involve carriers whose principle place of business is not Texas.

In 85% of Texas' truck accidents, weather conditions were NOT a factor.

Roads

Interstate 10:  The southernmost east/west Interstate in Texas, I-10 passes 879 miles through the state from El Paso to San Antonio to Houston before continuing on into Louisiana.

Interstate 20:  I-20 is an important east/west route that includes the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area in its 636 miles within the state.

Interstate 27:  From Lubbock to Amarillo, I-27 covers 124 miles of Texas in a north/south route.

Interstate 30:  Before it heads east from Dallas-Fort Worth and continues out of Texas into Arkansas at Texarkana, I-30 spends 223 miles in the Lone Star state.

Interstate 35:  I-35 starts at the Mexican border in Laredo and travels due north towards San Antonio before continuing on to Austin. North of the state capital, I-35 splits into I-35E and I-35W, which reunite in Denton where I-35 continues on its 407-mile journey toward Oklahoma.

Interstate 37:  Beginning in Corpus Christi, I-37 heads to the northwest some 143 miles to San Antonio, its northern terminus.

Interstate 40:  I-40 is a convenient, mostly straight shot across the Texas panhandle 177 miles from New Mexico to Oklahoma, approximately matching the original Route 66.

Interstate 44:  I-44 is brief at 14.8 miles, but it is an important route for the residents of Texas' Wichita County who use it to travel north/south to and from Oklahoma.

Interstate 45:  From Galveston in the south to Houston, I-45 travels 284 miles through East Texas ending in Dallas.

Counties

Anderson -- Andrews -- Angelina -- Aransas -- Archer -- Armstrong -- Atascosa -- Austin -- Bailey -- Bandera -- Bastrop -- Baylor -- Bee -- Bell -- Bexar -- Blanco -- Borden -- Bosque -- Bowie -- Brazoria -- Brazos -- Brewster -- Briscoe -- Brooks -- Brown -- Burleson -- Burnet -- Caldwell -- Calhoun -- Callahan -- Cameron -- Camp -- Carson -- Cass -- Castro -- Chambers -- Cherokee -- Childress -- Clay -- Cochran -- Coke -- Coleman -- Collin -- Collingsworth -- Colorado -- Comal -- Comanche -- Concho -- Cooke -- Coryell -- Cottle -- Crane -- Crockett -- Crosby -- Culberson -- Dallam -- Dallas -- Dawson -- Deaf Smith -- Delta -- Denton -- DeWitt -- Dickens -- Dimmit -- Donley -- Duval -- Eastland -- Ector -- Edwards -- El Paso -- Ellis -- Erath -- Falls -- Fannin -- Fayette -- Fisher -- Floyd -- Foard -- Fort Bend -- Franklin -- Freestone -- Frio -- Gaines -- Galveston -- Garza -- Gillespie -- Glasscock -- Goliad -- Gonzales -- Gray -- Grayson -- Gregg -- Grimes -- Guadalupe -- Hale -- Hall -- Hamilton -- Hansford -- Hardeman -- Hardin -- Harris -- Harrison -- Hartley -- Haskell -- Hays -- Hemphill -- Henderson -- Hidalgo -- Hill -- Hockley -- Hood -- Hopkins -- Houston -- Howard -- Hudspeth -- Hunt -- Hutchinson -- Irion -- Jack -- Jackson -- Jasper -- Jeff Davis -- Jefferson -- Jim Hogg -- Jim Wells -- Johnson -- Jones -- Karnes -- Kaufman -- Kendall -- Kenedy -- Kent -- Kerr -- Kimble -- King -- Kinney -- Kleberg -- Knox -- La Salle -- Lamar -- Lamb -- Lampasas -- Lavaca -- Lee -- Leon -- Liberty -- Limestone -- Lipscomb -- Live Oak -- Llano -- Loving -- Lubbock -- Lynn -- Madison -- Marion -- Martin -- Mason -- Matagorda -- Maverick -- McCulloch -- McLennan -- McMullen -- Medina -- Menard -- Midland -- Milam -- Mills -- Mitchell -- Montague -- Montgomery -- Moore -- Morris -- Motley -- Nacogdoches -- Navarro -- Newton -- Nolan -- Nueces -- Ochiltree -- Oldham -- Orange -- Palo Pinto -- Panola -- Parker -- Parmer -- Pecos -- Polk -- Potter -- Presidio -- Rains -- Randall -- Reagan -- Real -- Red River -- Reeves -- Refugio -- Roberts -- Robertson -- Rockwall -- Runnels -- Rusk -- Sabine -- San Augustine -- San Jacinto -- San Patricio -- San Saba -- Schleicher -- Scurry -- Shackelford -- Shelby -- Sherman -- Smith -- Somervell -- Starr -- Stephens -- Sterling -- Stonewall -- Sutton -- Swisher -- Tarrant -- Taylor -- Terrell -- Terry -- Throckmorton -- Titus -- Tom Green -- Travis -- Trinity -- Tyler -- Upshur -- Upton -- Uvalde -- Val Verde -- Van Zandt -- Victoria -- Walker -- Waller -- Ward -- Washington -- Webb -- Wharton -- Wheeler -- Wichita -- Wilbarger -- Willacy -- Williamson -- Wilson -- Winkler -- Wise - Wood