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The Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX MSA Situation Report provides a summary of the current demographic-economic situation and trends for this metropolitan area.

The Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX ranks number 4 among all MSAs based on the latest official MSA population estimate (6,145,037).

Performance Indexes & Rankings. The S&O Composite Performance Rank for the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX MSA is 29 among all MSAs.

The Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX MSA is home to these America's largest 1,000 companies (revenue in million$).
Total for MSA
Location
$811,062
100.00
Fort Worth, TX
$22,935
2.83
Dallas, TX
$118,928
14.66
Dallas, TX
$5,773
0.71
Dallas, TX
$2,291
0.28
Fort Worth, TX
$2,340
0.29
Dallas, TX
$5,898
0.73
Dallas, TX
$5,544
0.68
Dallas, TX
$4,377
0.54
Fort Worth, TX
$15,802
1.95
Dallas, TX
$6,641
0.82
Dallas, TX
$14,293
1.76
Midlothian, TX
$1,723
0.21
Plano, TX
$1,683
0.21
Dallas, TX
$4,618
0.57
Irving, TX
$8,751
1.08
Dallas, TX
$3,860
0.48
Fort Worth, TX
$11,297
1.39
Dallas, TX
$11,822
1.46
Dallas, TX
$2,144
0.26
Plano, TX
$22,135
2.73
Dallas, TX
$7,992
0.99
Dallas, TX
$6,792
0.84
Irving, TX
$372,824
45.97
Irving, TX
$3,763
0.46
Irving, TX
$16,691
2.06
Grapevine, TX
$7,094
0.87
Dallas, TX
$4,792
0.59
Dallas/Ft. Worth Airport, TX
$3,189
0.39
Plano, TX
$19,860
2.45
Irving, TX
$18,266
2.25
Richardson, TX
$3,750
0.46
Richardson, TX
$2,236
0.28
Irving, TX
$3,862
0.48
Dallas, TX
$4,420
0.54
Plano, TX
$2,612
0.32
Irving, TX
$2,071
0.26
Fort Worth, TX
$4,252
0.52
Plano, TX
$2,906
0.36
Denton, TX
$2,514
0.31
Dallas, TX
$9,861
1.22
Dallas, TX
$9,358
1.15
Dallas, TX
$13,835
1.71
McKinney, TX
$3,487
0.43
Dallas, TX
$3,833
0.47
Fort Worth, TX
$5,513
0.68
Irving, TX
$2,437
0.30

Lay of the Land. The geographic vicinity and MSA component counties (see see county list) are shown in the map graphic. Click the toolbar MapView button to start/view the GIS project for this metro.


Population. The Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX MSA population changed from 5,197,130 in 2000 to 6,305,062 in 2008, a 21.32 percent change. The population is projected to be 8,379,758 in 2020, a 61.24 percent change between 2000 and 2020.


Population by Component County
2000
2000(%)
2007
2007(%)
2000-07
00-07(%)
MSA Total
5,197,130
100.00
6,145,037
100.00
947,907
18.24
Collin County, TX (48085)
500,270
9.63
730,690
11.89
230,420
46.06
Dallas County, TX (48113)
2,225,997
42.83
2,366,511
38.51
140,514
6.31
Delta County, TX (48119)
5,337
0.10
5,375
0.09
38
0.71
Denton County, TX (48121)
438,999
8.45
612,357
9.97
173,358
39.49
Ellis County, TX (48139)
112,393
2.16
143,468
2.33
31,075
27.65
Hunt County, TX (48231)
76,934
1.48
82,945
1.35
6,011
7.81
Johnson County, TX (48251)
127,970
2.46
149,797
2.44
21,827
17.06
Kaufman County, TX (48257)
72,089
1.39
96,373
1.57
24,284
33.69
Parker County, TX (48367)
89,244
1.72
108,687
1.77
19,443
21.79
Rockwall County, TX (48397)
43,886
0.84
73,810
1.20
29,924
68.19
Tarrant County, TX (48439)
1,454,608
27.99
1,717,435
27.95
262,827
18.07
Wise County, TX (48497)
49,403
0.95
57,589
0.94
8,186
16.57

Population by Place
Principal cities
2000
2000(%)
2007
2007(%)
2000-07
00-07(%)
MSA Total
5,197,130
100.00
6,145,037
100.00
947,907
18.24
Arlington, TX (4804000)
334,857
6.44
371,038
6.04
36,181
10.80
Carrollton, TX (4813024)
110,269
2.12
123,799
2.01
13,530
12.27
Dallas, TX (4819000)
1,190,784
22.91
1,240,499
20.19
49,715
4.17
Denton, TX (4819972)
83,549
1.61
115,506
1.88
31,957
38.25
Fort Worth, TX (4827000)
544,358
10.47
681,818
11.10
137,460
25.25
Irving, TX (4837000)
191,999
3.69
199,505
3.25
7,506
3.91
McKinney, TX (4845744)
56,096
1.08
115,620
1.88
59,524
106.11
Plano, TX (4858016)
224,550
4.32
260,796
4.24
36,246
16.14
Richardson, TX (4861796)
92,537
1.78
99,649
1.62
7,112
7.69

Cities 20K+ population & 10%+ growth
2000
2000(%)
2007
2007(%)
2000-07
00-07(%)
Allen, TX (4801924)
44,757
0.86
77,644
1.26
32,887
73.48
Benbrook, TX (4807552)
20,251
0.39
22,691
0.37
2,440
12.05
Burleson, TX (4811428)
21,911
0.42
33,359
0.54
11,448
52.25
Cedar Hill, TX (4813492)
32,784
0.63
44,422
0.72
11,638
35.50
Cleburne, TX (4815364)
26,530
0.51
29,552
0.48
3,022
11.39
Colleyville, TX (4815988)
19,807
0.38
23,902
0.39
4,095
20.67
Corinth, TX (4816696)
11,743
0.23
20,411
0.33
8,668
73.81
DeSoto, TX (4820092)
37,848
0.73
46,857
0.76
9,009
23.80
Euless, TX (4824768)
46,230
0.89
52,337
0.85
6,107
13.21
Flower Mound, TX (4826232)
51,796
1.00
68,337
1.11
16,541
31.93
Frisco, TX (4827684)
35,160
0.68
88,529
1.44
53,369
151.79
Grand Prairie, TX (4830464)
128,122
2.47
158,422
2.58
30,300
23.65
Grapevine, TX (4830644)
42,689
0.82
50,113
0.82
7,424
17.39
Keller, TX (4838632)
27,949
0.54
38,082
0.62
10,133
36.26
Lancaster, TX (4841212)
26,011
0.50
35,213
0.57
9,202
35.38
Lewisville, TX (4842508)
78,430
1.51
98,147
1.60
19,717
25.14
Little Elm, TX (4843012)
4,515
0.09
23,884
0.39
19,369
428.99
Mansfield, TX (4846452)
28,422
0.55
44,061
0.72
15,639
55.02
North Richland Hills, TX (4852356)
55,975
1.08
64,408
1.05
8,433
15.07
Rockwall, TX (4862828)
18,607
0.36
33,826
0.55
15,219
81.79
Rowlett, TX (4863572)
45,121
0.87
55,541
0.90
10,420
23.09

Population by Age
Age Group
2000
2000(%)
2007
2007(%)
2000-07
00-07(%)
Total
5,197,130
100.00
6,145,037
100.00
947,907
18.24
Ages 0- 4
418,030
8.04
517,708
8.42
99,678
23.84
Ages 5- 9
412,268
7.93
479,051
7.80
66,783
16.20
Ages 10-14
400,032
7.70
449,874
7.32
49,842
12.46
Ages 15-19
376,660
7.25
420,910
6.85
44,250
11.75
Ages 20-24
372,848
7.17
406,958
6.62
34,110
9.15
Ages 25-29
435,475
8.38
493,061
8.02
57,586
13.22
Ages 30-34
441,681
8.50
480,586
7.82
38,905
8.81
Ages 35-39
465,007
8.95
498,135
8.11
33,128
7.12
Ages 40-44
430,422
8.28
476,528
7.75
46,106
10.71
Ages 45-49
357,442
6.88
461,705
7.51
104,263
29.17
Ages 50-54
303,117
5.83
391,676
6.37
88,559
29.22
Ages 55-59
218,726
4.21
321,855
5.24
103,129
47.15
Ages 60-64
156,606
3.01
245,512
4.00
88,906
56.77
Ages 65-69
123,671
2.38
165,813
2.70
42,142
34.08
Ages 70-74
102,949
1.98
119,478
1.94
16,529
16.06
Ages 75-79
83,343
1.60
89,880
1.46
6,537
7.84
Ages 80-84
52,894
1.02
65,630
1.07
12,736
24.08
Ages 85+
45,959
0.88
60,677
0.99
14,718
32.02

Housing Units.


Market Value of Goods & Services. The per capita real gross domestic product (GDP) in this MSA changed from $47,649 in 2001 to $49,702 in 2006 (a 4.31 percent change). During the same period the all-U.S. MSA per capita GDP changed from $39,231 (2001) to $41,510 (2006), a 5.81 percent change.

Per Capita Personal Income. The per capita personal income in this MSA changed from $33,967 in 2000 to $39,924 in 2006 (a 17.54 percent change). During the same period the all-U.S. MSA per capita personal income changed from $31,474 (2000) to $38,564 (2006), a 22.53 percent change.

Housing Prices. The housing price index changed from 162.00 in the 2nd quarter 2007 to 166.13 in the 2nd quarter 2008 (a change of 3.39 over the one year period).

Labor Force/Employment/Unemployment. Employment changed from 2,956,060 in the 2nd quarter 2007 to 3,012,451 in the 2nd quarter 2008. During the same period, the unemployment rate changed from 4.17 to 4.37.





Industry Infrastructure. High level industry patterns.

High level industry establishments (UI covered)


Establishments2008q1
Total 143,229
Goods 19,771
  Nat Resources & Mining 1,546
  Construction 11,456
  Manufacturing 6,769
Services 123,458
  Trans, Trade, Utilities 32,930
  Information 3,065
  Finance 17,662
  Professional/Business 29,109
  Education/Health 15,014
  Leisure/Hospitality 11,690
  Other 12,864

High level industry employment (UI covered, place of work in metro)


Employment2008q1
Total 2,535,960
Goods 485,424
  Nat Resources & Mining 25,023
  Construction 169,202
  Manufacturing 291,199
Services 2,050,536
  Trans, Trade, Utilities 621,782
  Information 0
  Finance 234,755
  Professional/Business 448,156
  Education/Health 296,757
  Leisure/Hospitality 0
  Other 78,497

High level industry average weekly wages (UI covered, based on employment by place of work in metro)


Avg Weekly Wages2008q1
Total 1,023
Goods 1,210
  Nat Resources & Mining 2,635
  Construction 914
  Manufacturing 1,261
Services 978
  Trans, Trade, Utilities 888
  Information 0
  Finance 1,617
  Professional/Business 1,155
  Education/Health 824
  Leisure/Hospitality 0
  Other 78,497

Recent high level industry infrastructure patterns based on employment.



School Districts and High Schools. Total 2006-07 K-12 school enrollment in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX MSA was 1,142,737. 11th grade enrollment was 72,328 and 12th grade enrollment was 64,811. School districts and high schools(12th grade enrollment of 25 or more -- see additional information) are listed below (school name, city, 12th grade enrollment).

Aledo ISD (Aledo)
Aledo High School
Aledo
289
Allen ISD (Allen)
Allen H S
Allen
1,147
Alvarado ISD (Alvarado)
Alvarado H S
Alvarado
222
Alvord ISD (Alvord)
Alvord H S
Alvord
58
Anna ISD (Anna)
Anna High School
Anna
97
Argyle ISD (Argyle)
Argyle High School
Argyle
115
Arlington ISD (Arlington)
Arlington H S
Arlington
584
Bowie H S
Arlington
552
Lamar H S
Arlington
581
Martin H S
Arlington
725
Sam Houston H S
Arlington
485
Seguin H S
Arlington
368
Aubrey ISD (Aubrey)
Aubrey H S
Aubrey
78
Avalon ISD (Avalon)
Azle ISD (Azle)
Azle H S
Azle
376
Birdville ISD (Haltom City)
Birdville High School
Haltom City
457
Haltom H S
Haltom City
577
Richland H S
Haltom City
435
Bland ISD (Merit)
Bland H S
Merit
33
Blue Ridge ISD (Blue Ridge)
Blue Ridge H S
Blue Ridge
55
Boles ISD (Quinlan)
Boles Isd High School
Quinlan
41
Boyd ISD (Boyd)
Boyd H S
Boyd
84
Bridgeport ISD (Bridgeport)
Bridgeport H S
Bridgeport
111
Brock ISD (Brock)
Brock H S
Brock
39
Burleson ISD (Burleson)
Burleson H S
Burleson
509
Caddo Mills ISD (Caddo Mills)
Caddo Mills H S
Caddo Mills
85
Campbell ISD (Campbell)
Campbell H S
Campbell
31
Carroll ISD (Grapevine)
Carroll Senior High School
Grapevine
572
Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD (Carrollton)
Creekview High School
Carrollton
467
Ranchview High School
Carrollton
172
Smith High School
Carrollton
416
Turner High School
Carrollton
333
Castleberry ISD (Fort Worth)
Castleberry H S
Fort Worth
167
Cedar Hill ISD (Cedar Hill)
Cedar Hill High School
Cedar Hill
472
Celeste ISD (Celeste)
Celeste High School
Celeste
30
Celina ISD (Celina)
Celina H S
Celina
102
Chico ISD (Chico)
Chico High School
Chico
47
Cleburne ISD (Cleburne)
Cleburne H S
Cleburne
274
Commerce ISD (Commerce)
Commerce H S
Commerce
115
Community ISD (Nevada)
Community H S
Nevada
96
Cooper ISD (Cooper)
Cooper H S
Cooper
69
Coppell ISD (Coppell)
Coppell H S
Coppell
687
Crandall ISD (Crandall)
Crandall H S
Crandall
113
Crowley ISD (Crowley)
Crowley H S
Crowley
389
North Crowley H S
Crowley
492
Dallas ISD (Dallas)
A Maceo Smith H S
Dallas
206
Booker T Washington H S
Dallas
157
Bryan Adams H S
Dallas
381
David W Carter H S
Dallas
334
H Grady Spruce H S
Dallas
205
Hillcrest H S
Dallas
257
James Madison H S
Dallas
110
Justin F Kimball H S
Dallas
260
L G Pinkston H S
Dallas
181
Lincoln H S
Dallas
251
Moises Molina H S
Dallas
405
North Dallas H S
Dallas
254
Roosevelt H S
Dallas
228
Sch Of Govt/Law/Law Enforcement
Dallas
87
School For The Talented & Gifted
Dallas
43
School Of Business & Management
Dallas
119
School Of Education & Social Servi
Dallas
48
School Of Health Professions
Dallas
118
School Of Science & Engineering
Dallas
95
Seagoville H S
Dallas
197
Skyline H S
Dallas
964
South Oak Cliff H S
Dallas
205
Sunset H S
Dallas
372
Thomas Jefferson H S
Dallas
243
W H Adamson H S
Dallas
232
W T White H S
Dallas
432
W W Samuell H S
Dallas
274
Woodrow Wilson H S
Dallas
260
Decatur ISD (Decatur)
Decatur H S
Decatur
184
Denton ISD (Denton)
Denton H S
Denton
330
John H Guyer Hs
Denton
209
Ryan H S
Denton
400
Desoto ISD (Desoto)
De Soto H S
Desoto
507
Duncanville ISD (Duncanville)
Duncanville H S
Duncanville
720
Eagle Mt-Saginaw ISD (Fort Worth)
Boswell H S
Fort Worth
526
Ennis ISD (Ennis)
Ennis H S
Ennis
318
Everman ISD (Everman)
Everman H S
Everman
217
Farmersville ISD (Farmersville)
Farmersville H S
Farmersville
70
Ferris ISD (Ferris)
Ferris H S
Ferris
116
Forney ISD (Forney)
Forney H S
Forney
267
Fort Worth ISD (Fort Worth)
Arlington Heights H S
Fort Worth
373
Carter-Riverside H S
Fort Worth
206
Diamond Hill-Jarvis H S
Fort Worth
208
Dunbar H S
Fort Worth
255
Eastern Hills H S
Fort Worth
300
North Side H S
Fort Worth
332
O D Wyatt H S
Fort Worth
204
Paschal H S
Fort Worth
428
Polytechnic H S
Fort Worth
199
South Hills High School
Fort Worth
309
Southwest H S
Fort Worth
381
Trimble Technical H S
Fort Worth
372
Western Hills H S
Fort Worth
354
Frisco ISD (Frisco)
Centennial High School
Frisco
463
Frisco High School
Frisco
502
Garland ISD (Garland)
Garland H S
Garland
515
Lakeview Centennial H S
Garland
420
N Garland H S
Garland
463
Naaman Forest H S
Garland
511
Rowlett H S
Garland
594
S Garland H S
Garland
497
Sachse H S
Garland
573
Garner ISD (Weatherford)
Godley ISD (Godley)
Godley H S
Godley
86
Grand Prairie ISD (Grand Prairie)
Grand Prairie H S
Grand Prairie
533
So Grand Prairie H S
Grand Prairie
648
Grandview ISD (Grandview)
Grandview H S
Grandview
81
Grapevine-Colleyville ISD (Grapevine)
Colleyville Heritage H S
Grapevine
519
Grapevine H S
Grapevine
510
Greenville ISD (Greenville)
Greenville H S
Greenville
298
Highland Park ISD (Dallas)
Highland Park High School
Dallas
465
Hurst-Euless-Bedford ISD (Bedford)
Bell H S
Bedford
597
Trinity H S
Bedford
720
Irving ISD (Irving)
Irving H S
Irving
432
Macarthur H S
Irving
456
Nimitz H S
Irving
366
The Academy Of Irving Isd
Irving
331
Italy ISD (Italy)
Italy H S
Italy
52
Joshua ISD (Joshua)
Joshua H S
Joshua
265
Kaufman ISD (Kaufman)
Kaufman H S
Kaufman
187
Keene ISD (Keene)
Wanda R Smith High School
Keene
43
Keller ISD (Keller)
Central High School
Keller
546
Fossil Ridge H S
Keller
426
Keller H S
Keller
647
Kemp ISD (Kemp)
Kemp High School
Kemp
101
Kennedale ISD (Kennedale)
Kennedale H S
Kennedale
186
Krum ISD (Krum)
Krum H S
Krum
63
Lake Dallas ISD (Lake Dallas)
Lake Dallas H S
Lake Dallas
209
Lake Worth ISD (Lake Worth)
Lake Worth H S
Lake Worth
134
Lancaster ISD (Lancaster)
Lancaster H S
Lancaster
358
Lewisville ISD (Flower Mound)
Flower Mound H S
Flower Mound
668
Hebron H S
Flower Mound
527
Lewisville H S
Flower Mound
680
Marcus H S
Flower Mound
655
The Colony H S
Flower Mound
403
Little Elm ISD (Little Elm)
Little Elm H S
Little Elm
211
Lone Oak ISD (Lone Oak)
Lone Oak H S
Lone Oak
59
Lovejoy ISD (Allen)
Mabank ISD (Mabank)
Mabank H S
Mabank
217
Mansfield ISD (Mansfield)
Mansfield High School
Mansfield
588
Mansfield Timberview High School
Mansfield
407
Summit High School
Mansfield
583
Maypearl ISD (Maypearl)
Maypearl H S
Maypearl
66
Mckinney ISD (Mckinney)
Mckinney High School
Mckinney
469
Mckinney North High School
Mckinney
472
Melissa ISD (Melissa)
Melissa High School
Melissa
47
Mesquite ISD (Mesquite)
Horn High School
Mesquite
458
Mesquite High School
Mesquite
539
North Mesquite High School
Mesquite
476
Poteet High School
Mesquite
343
West Mesquite High School
Mesquite
344
Midlothian ISD (Midlothian)
Midlothian H S
Midlothian
448
Milford ISD (Milford)
Millsap ISD (Millsap)
Millsap H S
Millsap
47
Northwest ISD (Justin)
Northwest H S
Justin
407
Palmer ISD (Palmer)
Palmer H S
Palmer
85
Paradise ISD (Paradise)
Paradise H S
Paradise
77
Peaster ISD (Weatherford)
Peaster H S
Weatherford
83
Pilot Point ISD (Pilot Point)
Pilot Point H S
Pilot Point
110
Plano ISD (Plano)
Plano East Sr H S
Plano
1,251
Plano Sr H S
Plano
1,276
Plano West Senior H S
Plano
940
Ponder ISD (Ponder)
Ponder H S
Ponder
52
Poolville ISD (Poolville)
Poolville H S
Poolville
41
Princeton ISD (Princeton)
Princeton H S
Princeton
150
Prosper ISD (Prosper)
Prosper H S
Prosper
112
Quinlan ISD (Quinlan)
Wh Ford High School
Quinlan
169
Red Oak ISD (Red Oak)
Red Oak H S
Red Oak
356
Richardson ISD (Richardson)
Berkner H S
Richardson
660
Lake Highlands H S
Richardson
560
Pearce H S
Richardson
455
Richardson H S
Richardson
437
Rio Vista ISD (Rio Vista)
Rio Vista H S
Rio Vista
59
Rockwall ISD (Rockwall)
Rockwall H S
Rockwall
761
Royse City ISD (Royse City)
Royse City H S
Royse City
171
Sanger ISD (Sanger)
Sanger H S
Sanger
133
Scurry-Rosser ISD (Scurry)
Scurry-Rosser H S
Scurry
54
Slidell ISD (Slidell)
Springtown ISD (Springtown)
Springtown H S
Springtown
251
Sunnyvale ISD (Sunnyvale)
Terrell ISD (Terrell)
Terrell H S
Terrell
220
Venus ISD (Venus)
Venus H S
Venus
113
Waxahachie ISD (Waxahachie)
Waxahachie H S
Waxahachie
412
Weatherford ISD (Weatherford)
Weatherford H S
Weatherford
440
White Settlement ISD (White Settlement)
Brewer H S
White Settlement
266
Wilmer-Hutchins ISD (Dallas)
Wolfe City ISD (Wolfe City)
Wolfe City H S
Wolfe City
41
Wylie ISD (Wylie)
Wylie H S
Wylie
458


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