Texas (/ ˈ t ɛ k s ə s /, also locally / ˈ t ɛ k s ɪ z / American Spanish: [8]), officially the State of Texas, is a state in the South Central Region of the United States. It is the second largest US state by total area (after Alaska ) with 268,596 sq mi (695,662 km 2 ) and population (after California ) with nearly 29 million people as …