Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX

Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA)

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US Senator

John Cornyn

Republican Party

US Senator

Ted Cruz

Republican Party

2024 Median Age

35.6

0.282% 1-year increase

2024 Poverty Rate

10.5%

0.777% 1-year decrease

2024 Median Household Income

$90,275

3.58% 1-year growth

2024 Employed Population

4.1M

2.43% 1-year growth

About

None of the households in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, 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.

88.7% of the residents in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX are U.S. citizens.

The largest universities in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX are University of North Texas (13,067 degrees awarded in 2024), The University of Texas at Arlington (12,834 degrees), and Dallas College (12,746 degrees).

Most people in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 27.9 minutes. The average car ownership in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX was 2 cars per household.

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX borders Athens, TX, Bonham, TX, Corsicana, TX, Gainesville, TX, Mineral Wells, TX, Sherman-Denison, TX, Stephenville, TX, and Sulphur Springs, TX.

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Population & Diversity

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX is home to a population of N/A people, from which 88.7% are citizens. As of 2024, 19.3% of Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX residents were born outside of the country (1.54M people).

In 2024, there were 2.62 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (3.35M people) in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX than any other race or ethnicity. There were 1.28M Black or African American (Non-Hispanic) and 1.06M Two Races Including Other (Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

Population & Diversity

Citizenship

88.7%

2024 Citizenship

88.8%

2023 Citizenship

As of 2024, 88.7% of Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX residents were US citizens, which is lower than the national average of 93.2%. In 2023, the percentage of US citizens in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX was 88.8%, meaning that the rate of citizenship has been decreasing.

The following chart shows US citizenship percentages in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX compared to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Diversity

Race and Ethnicity

The 3 largest ethnic groups in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX

White (Non-Hispanic)
3.35M ± 3.75k
Black or African American (Non-Hispanic)
1.28M ± 5.13k
Two Races Including Other (Hispanic)
1.06M ± 13.7k

29.7%

Hispanic Population

2.37M people

29.7% of the people in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX are hispanic (2.37M people).

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

Global Diversity

The PUMS dataset is not available at the MSA level, so we are showing data for Texas.

Most Common Origin

Mexico
2,408,340 ± 36,549 people
India
354,317 ± 14,528 people
El Salvador
223,512 ± 11,564 people

In 2024, the most common birthplace for the foreign-born residents of Texas was Mexico, the natal country of 2,408,340 Texas residents, followed by India with 354,317 and El Salvador with 223,512.

Foreign-Born Population

19.3%

2024 Foreign-Born Population

1.54M people

18.9%

2023 Foreign-Born Population

1.48M people

As of 2024, 19.3% of Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX residents (1.54M 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-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX was 18.9%, meaning that the rate has been increasing.

The following chart shows the percentage of foreign-born residents in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX compared to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Military

Veterans

Most Common Service Period

Gulf War (2001-)
105,699 ± 3,168
Vietnam
82,993 ± 2,534
Gulf War (1990s)
63,254 ± 2,300

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX has a large population of military personnel who served in Gulf War (2001-), 1.27 times greater than any other conflict.

The chart shows the distribution of veterans by conflict in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX.

Health

83.8% of the population of Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX has health coverage, with 51.7% on employee plans, 11% on Medicaid, 9.01% on Medicare, 11.1% on non-group plans, and 1.15% 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, 49.4% were men and 50.6% were women.

Coverage

Patient to Clinician Ratios

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for Texas.

1,657 to 1

Patient to Primary Care Physician Ratio in Texas

Primary care physicians in Texas see an average of 1,657 patients per year. This represents a 0% change from the previous year (1,657 patients).

The following chart shows how the number of patients seen by primary care physicians has been changing over time in Texas in comparison to its neighboring geographies.

Health Care Diversity

In 2024, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in 26.6% under 18 years, 22.7% between 18 and 34 years, 38.8% between 35 and 64 years, and 12% over 64 years.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 49.4% were men and 50.6% were women.

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

Uninsured People

16.2%

Uninsured

51.7%

Employer Coverage

11%

Medicaid

9.01%

Medicare

11.1%

Non-Group

1.15%

Military or VA

Between 2023 and 2024, the percent of uninsured citizens in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX declined by 0.856% from 16.3% to 16.2%.

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

Economy

The economy of Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX employs 4.1M people. In 2024, the largest industries in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX were Health Care & Social Assistance (461,855 people), Retail Trade (448,835 people), and Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services (399,296 people), and the highest paying industries were Management of Companies & Enterprises ($101,422), Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction ($100,515), and Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services ($88,834).

Employment

Occupations

4.1M

2024 Value

± 19,826

2.43%

1 Year growth

± 0.668%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX grew at a rate of 2.43%, from 4M employees to 4.1M employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX, are Management Occupations (512,818 people), Office & Administrative Support Occupations (455,629 people), and Sales & Related Occupations (390,573 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX.

Unemployment Insurance Claims

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for Texas.

This chart shows weekly unemployment insurance claims in Texas (not-seasonally adjusted) compared with the four states with the most similar impact.

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

Industries

Employment by Industries

4.1M

2024 Value

± 19,826

2.43%

1 Year growth

± 0.668%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX grew at a rate of 2.43%, from 4M employees to 4.1M employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX, are Health Care & Social Assistance (461,855 people), Retail Trade (448,835 people), and Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services (399,296 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX, though some of these residents may live in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

Median Earnings by Industry

$60,302

Median earning men ± $325

$44,778

Median earning women ± $342

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2024 are Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($97,360), Information ($95,950), and Professional, Scientific, & Management, & Administrative & Waste Management Services ($82,870).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2024 are Information ($69,588), Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($62,518), and Public Administration ($60,334).

Employment by Industry Sector

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for Texas.

Y-Axis

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.

Establishments by Size

The industries with the most establishments

19,004
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
11,225
Health Care and Social Assistance
9,607
Retail Trade

The visualization shows the distribution of establishments by industry and by size according to the number of employees.

The visualization shows the number of establishments and its share across establishment sizes.

Payroll by Industry Sector

The industries with the highest total annual payroll

$30.8M
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
$28.2M
Finance and Insurance
$27.1M
Health Care and Social Assistance

The chart shows the total annual payroll and the average annual payroll by industry.

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

Presidential Popular Vote Over Time

Voting results are not available for Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX. Showing the available data for Texas.

2024 Election Results

Donald J. Trump (56.1%)
Republican Party
Kamala Harris (42.5%)
Democratic Party
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.

Senator Elections

US Senators from Texas

Senatorial voting results are only available at the state level. Showing data for Texas.

John Cornyn

Senator from Texas

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 Texas

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.

Education

In 2024, universities in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX awarded 98,312 degrees. The student population of Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX in 2024 is skewed towards women, with 163,008 male students and 225,428 female students.

Most students graduating from Universities in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX are White (31,062 and 35.9%), Hispanic or Latino (26,899 and 31.1%), Black or African American (13,050 and 15.1%), and Asian (9,194 and 10.6%).

The largest universities in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX by number of degrees awarded are University of North Texas (13,067 and 13.3%), The University of Texas at Arlington (12,834 and 13.1%), and Dallas College (12,746 and 13%).

The most popular majors in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX are General Studies (12,344 and 12.6%), Registered Nursing (4,677 and 4.76%), and General Computer & Information Sciences (4,197 and 4.27%).

The median tuition costs are $16,950 for private four year colleges, and $7,220 and $17,625 respectively, for public four year colleges for in-state students and out-of-state students.

Admissions & Enrollments

Applicants, Admissions & Enrolled

University

Measure

In 2024 in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX, the percentage of applicants admitted was 70%, while the percentage of admitted who enrolled was 21.3%. The number of students enrolled in 2024 was 388,436 (42% men and 58% women).

The line chart shows the evolution of the percentage of applicants admitted, admitted who enrolled or the number of students enrolled according to the option selected in the upper button.

Enrollments by Gender and Races

Universities

In 2024 there were 388,436 students enrolled in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX, 42% men and 58% women.

By race, the largest number of students enrolled was concentrated in Hispanic or Latino with 118,467 records, of which 60.9% were women and 39.1% men.

Completions

Concentrations

Most Common

Registered Nursing
3,716 degrees awarded
General Psychology
2,028 degrees awarded
General Biological Sciences
1,288 degrees awarded

In 2024, the most common concentation for Bachelors Degree recipients in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX was Registered Nursing with 3,716 degrees awarded.

This visualization illustrates the percentage of students graduating with a Bachelors Degree from schools in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX according to their major.

Universities

Gender

Race

Largest Universities by degrees awarded

University of North Texas
13,067 degrees awarded
The University of Texas at Arlington
12,834 degrees awarded
Dallas College
12,746 degrees awarded

In 2024, the institution with the largest number of graduating students was University of North Texas with 13,067 degrees awarded.

Student Diversity

University

In 2024, 40,822 men were awarded degrees from institutions in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX, which is 0.71 times less than the 57,490 female students who received degrees in the same year.

In 2024, the most common race/ethnicity group awarded degrees at institutions was White students. These 31,062 degrees mean that there were 1.15 times more degrees awarded to White students then the next closest race/ethnicity group, Hispanic or Latino, with 26,899 degrees awarded.

Awarded Degrees over Time

The graph shows the evolution of awarded degrees by degrees. Under the paragraphs, the average number of awarded degrees by university in each degree is shown.

Tuition

Average Net Price by Sector

Universities

Private for-profit, 2-year ($18,196) is the sector with the highest median state tuition in 2024.

Public, 4-year or above ($2,744) is the sector with the highest median state fee in 2024.

Public, 2-year ($1,719) is the sector with the highest average net price of books and supplies.

The graph shows the average net price by sector and year.

Housing & Living

People in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX have an average commute time of 27.9 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Housing

Rent vs Own

60.1%

Homeownership

2024

64%

Homeowners with Mortgage

2024

In 2024, 60.1% of the housing units in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX were occupied by their owner. This percentage grew from the previous year's rate of 60%.

This chart shows the percentage of owner in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX compared it's parent and neighboring geographies.

Equity

Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.

$90,275

Median Household Income

± $491

2.89M

Number of Households

± 14,994

In 2024, the median household income of the 2.89M households in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX grew to $90,275 from the previous year's value of $87,155.

The following chart displays the households in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, 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.

Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX is from Texas.

0.475

2024 Wage GINI in Texas

0.475

2023 Wage GINI in Texas

In 2024, the income inequality in Texas was 0.475 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.0391% decline from 2023 to 2024, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat more even. The GINI for Texas was higher than than the national average of 0.474. In other words, wages are distributed less evenly in Texas in comparison to the national average.

This chart shows the number of workers in Texas across various wage buckets compared to the national average.

Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2024

Drove Alone (69.2%)
Worked At Home (17.8%)
Carpooled (9.54%)

In 2024, 69.2% of workers in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX drove alone to work, followed by those who worked at home (17.8%) and those who carpooled to work (9.54%).

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.

Commute Time

27.9 minutes

Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX have a longer commute time (27.9 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 1.99% of the workforce in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

The chart below shows how the median household income in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX compares to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Car Ownership

2 cars

Average Number

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

Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

10.5% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX (825k out of 7.89M people) live below the poverty line, a number that is lower than the national average of 12.5%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Females 25 - 34, followed by Females 35 - 44 and then Females 18 - 24.

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

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.