With 268,820 square miles of area and 640 acres per square mile the actual acerage is 172,044,800 acres. You probably notice that the question asks about land and not land and water. Texas does have a little land (about 2.5 percent) that is covered by water.
There are 639.73 acres in a square miles So using the 268,820 x 639.7 = 171,972,218.60 ac - 4,299,305.47 (2.5% for water)= 167,672,913.14 approximate total land area in acres OR 7,307,017,881,510.165 sq feet.
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The American state of Texas covers an area of 171,891,840 acres (268,581 square miles).
Texas is the second-largest state in the United States of America. This state has an area of 268,581 square miles.