Dallas, TX

Census Place

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2024 Population
1.31M
US Senator
John Cornyn
Republican Party
US Senator
Ted Cruz
Republican Party
2024 Poverty Rate
16.7%
2.6% 1-year decrease
2024 Median Household Income
$70,518
4.07% 1-year growth
2024 Median Property Value
$320,700
8.6% 1-year growth
2024 Employed Population
672,765
0.961% 1-year growth

About

None of the households in Dallas, TX reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.

83.8% of the residents in Dallas, TX are U.S. citizens.

The largest universities in Dallas, TX are Dallas College (12,102 degrees awarded in 2023), Dallas Baptist University (1,013 degrees), and University of North Texas at Dallas (1,007 degrees).

In 2024, the median property value in Dallas, TX was $320,700, and the homeownership rate was 42.4%.

Most people in Dallas, TX drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 25.7 minutes. The average car ownership in Dallas, TX was 2 cars per household.

About the photo: Dallas skyline, shot from Reunion Tower.
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United StatesTexasCollin County, TXDallas County, TXDenton County, TXDallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX

Population & Diversity

Dallas, TX is home to a population of 1.31M people, from which 83.8% are citizens. As of 2024, 23.3% of Dallas, TX residents were born outside of the country (305k people).

In 2024, there were 1.21 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (361k people) in Dallas, TX than any other race or ethnicity. There were 299k Black or African American (Non-Hispanic) and 241k Two Races Including Other (Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

Population & Diversity

Citizenship

83.8%
2024 Citizenship
83.4%
2023 Citizenship

As of 2024, 83.8% of Dallas, TX residents were US citizens, which is lower than the national average of 93.2%. In 2023, the percentage of US citizens in Dallas, TX was 83.4%, meaning that the rate of citizenship has been increasing.

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Diversity

Race and Ethnicity

The 3 largest ethnic groups in Dallas, TX
  1. White (Non-Hispanic)
    361k ± 5.22k
  2. Black or African American (Non-Hispanic)
    299k ± 5.19k
  3. Two Races Including Other (Hispanic)
    241k ± 7.56k
42.6%
Hispanic Population
557k people

In 2024, there were 1.21 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (361k people) in Dallas, TX than any other race or ethnicity. There were 299k Black or African American (Non-Hispanic) and 241k Two Races Including Other (Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

42.6% of the people in Dallas, TX are hispanic (557k people).

The following chart shows the 8 races represented in Dallas, TX as a share of the total population.

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Global Diversity

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Most Common Origin
  1. Mexico
    2,397,739 ± 36,447 people
  2. India
    325,248 ± 13,925 people
  3. El Salvador
    221,729 ± 11,517 people

In 2023, the most common birthplace for the foreign-born residents of Texas was Mexico, the natal country of 2,397,739 Texas residents, followed by India with 325,248 and El Salvador with 221,729.

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Foreign-Born Population

23.3%
2024 Foreign-Born Population
305k people
23.2%
2023 Foreign-Born Population
302k people

As of 2024, 23.3% of Dallas, TX residents (305k people) were born outside of the United States, which is approximately the same as the national average of 14%. In 2023, the percentage of foreign-born citizens in Dallas, TX was 23.2%, meaning that the rate has been increasing.

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Military

Veterans

Most Common Service Period
  1. Gulf War (2001-)
    11,236 ± 1,116
  2. Vietnam
    10,187 ± 802
  3. Gulf War (1990s)
    6,149 ± 954

Dallas, TX has a large population of military personnel who served in Gulf War (2001-), 1.1 times greater than any other conflict.

The chart shows the distribution of veterans by conflict in Dallas, TX.

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Economy

The economy of Dallas, TX employs 673k people. In 2024, the largest industries in Dallas, TX were Health Care & Social Assistance (76,048 people), Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services (73,773 people), and Retail Trade (68,491 people), and the highest paying industries were Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction ($114,865), Management of Companies & Enterprises ($89,596), and Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services ($86,116).

Employment

Occupations

673k
2024 Value
± 8,371
0.961%
1 Year growth
± 1.72%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Dallas, TX grew at a rate of 0.961%, from 666k employees to 673k employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Dallas, TX, are Management Occupations (75,455 people), Office & Administrative Support Occupations (71,589 people), and Sales & Related Occupations (62,441 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Dallas, TX.

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Unemployment Insurance Claims

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The most recent data point uses Advance State Claims data, which can be revised in subsequent weeks.

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Industries

Employment by Industries

673k
2024 Value
± 8,371
0.961%
1 Year growth
± 1.72%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Dallas, TX grew at a rate of 0.961%, from 666k employees to 673k employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Dallas, TX, are Health Care & Social Assistance (76,048 people), Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services (73,773 people), and Retail Trade (68,491 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Dallas, TX, though some of these residents may live in Dallas, TX and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

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Median Earnings by Industry

$51,242
Median earning men ± $709
$42,739
Median earning women ± $769

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2024 are Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($98,834), Information ($81,652), and Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting, & Mining ($77,313).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2024 are Information ($78,438), Public Administration ($61,412), and Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($60,471).

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Employment by Industry Sector

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4.59%
Year-over-year growth
Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 13.8M people employed in Texas. This represents a 4.59% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

Right after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, during April 2020, a general dip can be seen across industry sectors, resulting in an overall decline in employment by 9.63%.

The following chart shows monthly employment numbers for each industry sector in Texas.

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Civics

In the 2024 presidential election, the popular vote in Texas went to Donald J. Trump with 56.1% of the vote. The runner-up was Kamala Harris (42.5%), followed by Jill Stein (0.726%).

John Cornyn and Ted Cruz are the senators currently representing the state of Texas. In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

Texas is currently represented by 38 members in the U.S. house, and members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms.

Presidential Elections

Voting results are not available for Dallas, TX. Showing the available data for Texas.
2024 Election Results
  1. Donald J. Trump (56.1%)
    Republican Party
  2. Kamala Harris (42.5%)
    Democratic Party
  3. Jill Stein (0.726%)
    Green Party

In the 2024 presidential election, the popular vote in Texas went to Donald J. Trump with 56.1% of the vote. The runner-up was Kamala Harris (42.5%), followed by Jill Stein (0.726%).

The following chart shows the popular vote results in Texas for each registered party from 1976 to 2024.

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Senator Elections

US Senators from Texas

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John Cornyn
Senator from Texas2
Assumed office on December 2, 2002
Phil Gramm resigned (effective November 30, 2002) a few weeks before the expiration of his term in hopes that his successor, fellow Republican John Cornyn, could gain seniority over other newly elected senators. However, Cornyn did not gain additional seniority due to a 1980 Rules Committee policy.
Ted Cruz
Senator from Texas1
Assumed office on January 3, 2013

John Cornyn and Ted Cruz are the senators currently representing Texas.

In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

The following chart shows elected senators in Texas over time, excluding special elections, colored by their political party.

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Education

In 2023, universities in Dallas, TX awarded 18,184 degrees. The student population of Dallas, TX in 2023 is skewed towards women, with 35,005 male students and 51,362 female students.

Most students graduating from Universities in Dallas, TX are Hispanic or Latino (7,996 and 45.1%), White (3,821 and 21.6%), Black or African American (3,575 and 20.2%), and Asian (1,193 and 6.73%).

The largest universities in Dallas, TX by number of degrees awarded are Dallas College (12,102 and 66.6%), Dallas Baptist University (1,013 and 5.57%), and University of North Texas at Dallas (1,007 and 5.54%).

The most popular majors in Dallas, TX are General Studies (5,292 and 29.1%), General Business Administration & Management (969 and 5.33%), and Medical Assistant (821 and 4.51%).

The median tuition costs in Dallas, TX are $19,775 for private four year colleges, and $5,945 and $13,220 respectively, for public four year colleges for in-state students and out-of-state students.

Admissions & Enrollments

Applicants, Admissions & Enrolled

University
Measure

In 2023 in Dallas, TX, the percentage of applicants admitted was 79.7%, while the percentage of admitted who enrolled was 12.5%. The number of students enrolled in 2023 was 86,367 (40.5% men and 59.5% women).

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Enrollments by Gender and Races

Universities

In 2023 there were 86,367 students enrolled in Dallas, TX, 40.5% men and 59.5% women.

By race, the largest number of students enrolled was concentrated in Hispanic or Latino with 38,242 records, of which 61.1% were women and 38.9% men.

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Completions

Concentrations

Most Common
  1. General Business Administration & Management
    247 degrees awarded
  2. General Studies
    5,279 degrees awarded
  3. Registered Nursing
    336 degrees awarded

In 2023, the most common concentation for Associates Degree recipients in Dallas, TX was General Business Administration & Management with 247 degrees awarded.

This visualization illustrates the percentage of students graduating with a Associates Degree from schools in Dallas, TX according to their major.

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Universities

Gender
Race
Largest Universities by degrees awarded
  1. Dallas College
    12,102 degrees awarded
  2. Dallas Baptist University
    1,013 degrees awarded
  3. University of North Texas at Dallas
    1,007 degrees awarded

In 2023, the institution with the largest number of graduating students was Dallas College with 12,102 degrees awarded.

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Student Diversity

University

In 2023, 7,128 men were awarded degrees from institutions in Dallas, TX, which is 0.645 times less than the 11,056 female students who received degrees in the same year.

In 2023, the most common race/ethnicity group awarded degrees at institutions was Hispanic or Latino students. These 7,996 degrees mean that there were 2.09 times more degrees awarded to Hispanic or Latino students then the next closest race/ethnicity group, White, with 3,821 degrees awarded.

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Awarded Degrees over Time

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Tuition

Average Net Price by Sector

Universities

Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above ($19,775) is the sector with the highest median state tuition in 2023.

Public, 4-year or above ($1,750) is the sector with the highest median state fee in 2023.

Public, 4-year or above ($970) is the sector with the highest average net price of books and supplies.

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Housing & Living

The median property value in Dallas, TX was $320,700 in 2024, which is 0.964 times smaller than the national average of $332,700. Between 2023 and 2024 the median property value increased from $295,300 to $320,700, a 8.6% increase. The homeownership rate in Dallas, TX is 42.4%, which is lower than the national average of 65.2%.

People in Dallas, TX have an average commute time of 25.7 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Dallas, TX is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Housing

Property

$320,700
Median Property Value 2024
±$5,461
$226,615
Median Property Taxes
±$3,984

The following chart display owner-occupied housing units distributed between a series of property tax buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In Dallas, TX the largest share of households pay taxes in the $3k+ range.

The chart underneath the paragraph shows the property taxes in Dallas, TX compared to it's parent and neighbor geographies.

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Rent vs Own

42.4%
Homeownership
2024
62.3%
Homeowners with Mortgage
2024

In 2024, 42.4% of the housing units in Dallas, TX were occupied by their owner. This percentage grew from the previous year's rate of 42.4%.

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Equity

Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.
$70,518
Median Household Income
± $817
534k
Number of Households
± 6,722

In 2024, the median household income of the 534k households in Dallas, TX grew to $70,518 from the previous year's value of $67,760.

The following chart displays the households in Dallas, TX distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the $200k+ range.

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Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Dallas, TX is from Texas.
0.475
2023 Wage GINI in Texas
0.476
2022 Wage GINI in Texas

In 2023, the income inequality in Texas was 0.475 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.208% decline from 2022 to 2023, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat more even. The GINI for Texas was lower than than the national average of 0.476. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Texas in comparison to the national average.

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Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2024
  1. Drove Alone (66.6%)
  2. Worked At Home (15.8%)
  3. Carpooled (11.8%)

In 2024, 66.6% of workers in Dallas, TX drove alone to work, followed by those who worked at home (15.8%) and those who carpooled to work (11.8%).

The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.

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Commute Time

25.7 minutes
Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Dallas, TX have a shorter commute time (25.7 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 1.48% of the workforce in Dallas, TX have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

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Car Ownership

2 cars
Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Dallas, TX distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Dallas, TX have 2 cars.

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Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

16.7% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Dallas, TX (216k out of 1.29M people) live below the poverty line, a number that is higher than the national average of 12.5%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Females 25 - 34, followed by Females 18 - 24 and then Females 35 - 44.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Dallas, TX is Hispanic, followed by Black and White.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

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Health

77.2% of the population of Dallas, TX has health coverage, with 41% on employee plans, 17% on Medicaid, 8.65% on Medicare, 9.86% on non-group plans, and 0.728% on military or VA plans.

Primary care physicians in Texas see 1,657 patients per year on average, which represents a 0% change from the previous year (1,657 patients). Compare this to dentists who see 1590 patients per year, and mental health providers who see 590 patients per year.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 49.8% were men and 50.2% were women.

Coverage

Health Care Diversity

In 2024, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in 25.3% under 18 years, 27.3% between 18 and 34 years, 35.7% between 35 and 64 years, and 11.7% over 64 years.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 49.8% were men and 50.2% were women.

The following chart shows the number of people with health coverage by gender.

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Uninsured People

22.8%
Uninsured
41%
Employer Coverage
17%
Medicaid
8.65%
Medicare
9.86%
Non-Group
0.728%
Military or VA

Between 2023 and 2024, the percent of uninsured citizens in Dallas, TX declined by 1.04% from 23% to 22.8%.

The following chart shows how the percent of uninsured individuals in Dallas, TX changed over time compared with the percent of individuals enrolled in various types of health insurance.

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