Massachusetts, officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. Wikipedia

Texas is the second most populous and the second-largest of the 50 U.S. states in the United States of America, and the largest state in the 48 contiguous United States. Wikipedia