2024 population: 8,344,032 ( 705,774 from 2020)
Land area: 8675.1 square miles
Population density: 961.8 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	3,424,112	41.04%	0.8%
Black:	1,411,151	16.91%	12.8%
Indian:	29,017	0.35%	4.5%
Asian:	785,819	9.42%	33.9%
2+ races:	171,835	2.06%	20.5%
Hispanic:	2,522,098	30.23%	12.9%

Total non-White:	4,919,920	58.96%	16.0%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	426,050	13.9
Deaths:	237,137	7.8
Net Migration:	253,879	8.3
Net Immigration:	263,142	8.6

Change in White population:	28,518	0.4
Change in Non-White pop.:	677,256	8.9

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2020
7,638,258
3,395,594	44.46%
1,251,153	16.38%
27,767	0.36%
586,733	7.68%
142,595	1.87%
2,234,416	29.25%
4,242,664	55.54%

2010
6,375,032
3,203,921	50.26%
941,374	14.77%
24,744	0.39%
343,257	5.38%
99,170	1.56%
1,753,504	27.51%
3,171,111	49.74%

2000
5,163,026
3,044,541	58.97%
707,378	13.70%
21,130	0.41%
197,213	3.82%
68,798	1.33%
1,118,467	21.66%
2,118,485	41.03%

1990
3,989,797
2,806,575	70.34%
555,410	13.92%
18,366	0.46%
97,970	2.46%
n/a
511,476	12.82%
1,183,222	29.66%

1980
3,016,493
2,301,380	76.29%
421,576	13.98%
11,783	0.39%
28,825	0.96%
n/a
249,950	8.29%
715,113	23.71%

1970
2,428,720
1,944,565	80.07%
318,462	13.11%
6,370	0.26%
3,394	0.14%
n/a
148,805	6.13%
484,155	19.93%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
903,051	14.2
385,461	6.0
448,957	7.0
237,927	3.7

191,673	3.0
1,071,553	16.8

Number	Rate
2000's
921,828	17.9
310,441	6.0
317,862	6.2
335,301	6.5

159,380	3.1
1,052,626	20.4

Number	Rate
1990's
789,838	19.8
283,798	7.1
255,273	6.4
199,076	5.0

237,966	6.0
935,263	23.4

Number	Rate
1980's
665,970	22.1
238,056	7.9
579,504	19.2
n/a

505,195	16.7
468,109	15.5

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
308,366	12.7
n/a

356,815	14.7
230,958	9.5

Age, Family & Household Data for Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2024
Number	Percent
35.6
1,999,744	24.0%
6,344,288	76.0%
967,934	11.6%

2,891,725
2.73

1,964,353	67.9%
1,461,402	74.4%
190,357	9.7%
927,372	32.1%

2010
Number	Percent
67.2
-2,818,942	-44.2%
9,193,974	144.2%
1,120,156	17.6%

4,595,898
2.74

3,179,647	69.2%
2,327,619	73.2%
360,145	11.3%
1,416,251	30.8%

2000
Number	Percent
32.3
1,447,157	28.0%
3,715,869	72.0%
404,292	7.8%

1,882,739
2.70

1,311,389	69.7%
1,012,121	77.2%
135,417	10.3%
571,350	30.3%

1990
Number	Percent
30.8
1,086,152	27.2%
2,903,645	72.8%
323,819	8.1%

1,490,315
2.64

1,039,417	69.7%
831,934	80.0%
94,757	9.1%
450,898	30.3%

1980
Number	Percent
28.9
882,710	29.3%
2,133,783	70.7%
252,333	8.4%

1,091,609
2.72

797,070	73.0%
665,318	83.5%
67,510	8.5%
294,539	27.0%

2024 Housing Data for Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	113,684	3.9%
$10,000 to $14,999	69,354	2.4%
$15,000 to $19,999	60,978	2.1%
$20,000 to $24,999	73,890	2.6%
$25,000 to $29,999	77,642	2.7%
$30,000 to $34,999	84,166	2.9%
$35,000 to $39,999	90,915	3.1%
$40,000 to $44,999	92,903	3.2%
$45,000 to $49,999	90,965	3.1%
$50,000 to $59,999	179,748	6.2%
$60,000 to $74,999	273,072	9.4%
$75,000 to $99,999	375,475	13.0%
$100,000 to $124,999	307,555	10.6%
$125,000 to $149,999	231,090	8.0%
$150,000 to $199,999	313,788	10.9%
$200,000 or more	456,500	15.8%

Median Household Income	91,818
Per Capita Income	45,982

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	95

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	98,235	3.4%
Public Assistance	53,936	1.9%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	259,379	9.0%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	2,745,344	74.4%
Unemployed	138,924	3.8%
In Armed Forces	5,451	0.1%

Total Labor Force	2,889,719	78.3%
Not in Labor Force	801,523	21.7%

Real Unemployment Rate		25.5%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	1,672,553	1,296,280	56.3%
Non-Profit	87,057	158,937	35.4%
Self-Employed	253,271	159,288	61.4%

Local Government	105,074	176,728	37.3%
State Government	39,550	63,204	38.5%
Federal Government	42,994	35,894	54.5%

Total Private + Self	1,925,824	1,455,568	57.0%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	274,675	434,763	38.7%
Total	2,200,499	1,890,331	53.8%

Pct. Govt.	11.3%
Pct. Private + Self	82.7%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	818,450	20.0%
Sales and Office Occupations	846,202	20.6%
Professional, Technical	989,378	24.1%
Service Occupations	575,493	14.0%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	5,920	0.1%
All others	868,685	21.2%

White Collar		64.8%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	461,855	11.3%
Retail trade	448,835	11.0%
Professional, scientific, technical	399,296	9.7%
Manufacturing	369,922	9.0%
Educational services	343,452	8.4%
Construction	327,955	8.0%
Finance and insurance	298,433	7.3%
Transportation and warehousing	273,438	6.7%
Accommodation and food services	263,627	6.4%
Other services	198,841	4.9%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	185,319	4.5%
Public administration	116,947	2.9%
Wholesale trade	104,996	2.6%
Real estate and rental and leasing	91,362	2.2%
Information	84,828	2.1%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	63,343	1.5%
Utilities	27,037	0.7%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	19,946	0.5%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	11,714	0.3%
Management	7,062	0.2%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	1,838,097	23.02%
Puerto Rican	70,610	0.88%
Cuban	30,660	0.38%
Dominican	9,926	0.12%

Total Central American	215,022	2.69%
Costa Rican	3,975	0.05%
Guatemalan	35,004	0.44%
Honduran	53,290	0.67%
Nicaraguan	10,191	0.13%
Panamanian	4,761	0.06%
Salvadoran	106,876	1.34%
Other Central American	925	0.01%

Total South American	90,228	1.13%
Argentinean	5,895	0.07%
Bolivian	1,713	0.02%
Chilean	3,354	0.04%
Colombian	24,478	0.31%
Ecuadorian	8,374	0.10%
Paraguayan	389	0.00%
Peruvian	13,541	0.17%
Uruguayan	990	0.01%
Venezuelan	30,546	0.38%
Other South American	948	0.01%

Other Hispanic	116,509	1.46%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Indian	272,886	3.42%
Vietnamese	100,707	1.26%
Chinese	69,155	0.87%
Korean	41,486	0.52%
Filipino	39,445	0.49%
Japanese	8,755	0.11%
Laotian	8,257	0.10%
Burmese	7,456	0.09%
Cambodian	6,952	0.09%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	5,075,004	67.9%
Spanish	1,634,674	21.9%
Other Indo-European	205,349	2.7%
Other Asian	149,381	2.0%
Other	96,121	1.3%
Vietnamese	82,682	1.1%
Chinese	60,673	0.8%
Arabic	48,716	0.7%
French, Haitian, Cajun	32,984	0.4%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
English	736,346	9.2%
German	638,897	8.0%
Irish	514,500	6.4%
American	395,704	5.0%
Italian	167,404	2.1%
Scottish	123,266	1.5%
French	109,294	1.4%
European	98,815	1.2%
Polish	77,518	1.0%
African	70,829	0.9%
Scotch-Irish	62,690	0.8%
Nigerian	50,098	0.6%
Norwegian	43,297	0.5%
Dutch	42,567	0.5%
Swedish	40,588	0.5%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	7,082,075	88.7%
Not a citizen	903,515	11.3%

Native	6,435,459	80.6%
Foreign-born	1,550,131	19.4%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
335,946	6.4%	314,606	6.0%	1,131,866	21.6%	1,399,969	26.7%	1,310,869	25.0%	757,079	14.4%
Average years of education: 13.6

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	335,946	6.4%
9-12 Years	314,606	6.0%
H.S. Grad or GED	1,131,866	21.6%
Some College	1,399,969	26.7%
Bach. Degree	1,310,869	25.0%
Grad Degree	757,079	14.4%
Average years of education: 13.6

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	4,566,430	4,332,482	233,948	5.1%
1991	4,625,302	4,329,728	295,574	6.4%
1992	4,700,494	4,373,562	326,932	7.0%
1993	4,762,760	4,471,172	291,588	6.1%
1994	4,899,624	4,634,564	265,060	5.4%
1995	5,005,564	4,766,740	238,824	4.8%
1996	5,132,540	4,923,554	208,986	4.1%
1997	5,300,552	5,104,808	195,744	3.7%
1998	5,442,448	5,260,098	182,350	3.4%
1999	5,600,548	5,424,308	176,240	3.1%

2000	5,705,326	5,500,196	205,130	3.6%
2001	5,793,104	5,523,084	270,020	4.7%
2002	5,843,200	5,465,468	377,732	6.5%
2003	5,852,150	5,463,176	388,974	6.6%
2004	5,906,872	5,562,942	343,930	5.8%
2005	6,022,748	5,704,708	318,040	5.3%
2006	6,117,024	5,820,846	296,178	4.8%
2007	6,163,628	5,896,062	267,566	4.3%
2008	6,241,464	5,933,006	308,458	4.9%
2009	6,330,714	5,838,830	491,884	7.8%

2010	6,556,164	6,023,946	532,218	8.1%
2011	6,690,298	6,167,822	522,476	7.8%
2012	6,767,996	6,325,430	442,566	6.5%
2013	6,878,342	6,455,208	423,134	6.2%
2014	7,003,776	6,646,794	356,982	5.1%
2015	7,110,374	6,819,344	291,030	4.1%
2016	7,347,440	7,062,726	284,714	3.9%
2017	7,551,788	7,270,840	280,948	3.7%
2018	7,711,440	7,437,752	273,688	3.5%
2019	7,884,492	7,625,684	258,808	3.3%

2020	7,906,416	7,347,152	559,264	7.1%
2021	8,163,286	7,749,868	413,418	5.1%
2022	8,441,372	8,144,990	296,382	3.5%
2023	8,682,942	8,362,046	320,896	3.7%
2024	8,977,804	8,627,602	350,202	3.9%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	3,096,731
Median Value	$352,588

Occupied	2,891,725	93.4%
Vacant	205,006	6.6%

Owned	1,737,920	60.1%
Rented	1,153,805	39.9%
Median Rent	$1,616

Single-Family Units	2,041,858	65.9%
Detached	1,938,488	62.6%
Attached	103,370	3.3%
Buldings with 5+ Units	811,007	26.2%
Mobile Homes	94,042	3.0%

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area

2024 Housing Data for Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area

2024 Income & Employment Data for Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area

2024 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area

2024 Educational Attainment Data for Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area