Texas shares a border with a place.
Arkansas ( [ ˈɑrkənsɔː ] ) is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States . Chihuahua ( [ tʃiˈwawa ] ) , officially the Free and Sovereign State of Chihuahua ( Estado Libre y Soberano de Chihuahua ) , is one of the 32 states of Mexico . Coahuila ( [ koaˈwila ] ) , formally Coahuila de Zaragoza ( [ koaˈwila ðe saɾaˈɣosa ] ) , officially the Free and Sovereign State of Coahuila de Zaragoza ( Estado Libre y Soberano de Coahuila de Zaragoza ) , is one of the 31 states which , along with Mexico City , compose the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico . Louisiana ( [ luːziˈænə ] Louisiana French : La Louisiane , [ la lwizjɑ̃n ] or [ la luzjɑ̃n ] Louisiana Creole : Léta de la Lwizyàn ; Standard French État de Louisiane , [ lwizjan ] ) is a state located in the southern region of the United States . Mexico ( México , [ ˈme.xi.ko ] , modern Nahuatl ) , officially the United Mexican States ( [ Estados Unidos Mexicanos , links = no ] , ) , is a federal republic in the southern portion of North America . New Mexico ( Nuevo México [ ˈnweβo ˈmexiko ] [ ˈnwẽβo ˈmeχiko ] ; Yootó Hahoodzo [ jò : txó hàhò : tsò ] ) is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States of America . Oklahoma ( [ oʊkləˈhoʊmə ] Cherokee : Asgaya gigageyi / ᎠᏍᎦᏯ ᎩᎦᎨᏱ ; Pawnee : Uukuhuúwa , Cayuga : Gahnawiyoˀgeh ) is a state in the South Central region of the United States . Texas . Geographically located in the South Central region of the country , Texas shares borders with the U.S. states of Louisiana to the east , Arkansas to the northeast , Oklahoma to the north , New Mexico to the west , and the Mexican states of Chihuahua , Coahuila , Nuevo León , and Tamaulipas to the southwest , while the Gulf of Mexico is to the southeast .