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Dallas, TX

1,343,565 Population
339.7 square miles 3,954.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.9 ±0.5 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 35.2 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in Texas: 35.1 ±0.1

Economics

$36,288 ±$1,184 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: $36,274 ±$389
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Texas: $32,267 ±$223
$55,332 ±$1,701 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: $72,265 ±$610
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Texas: $64,034 ±$500

17.5% ±1.5% (232,209  ±19,882) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 10.5% 782,288 (±0.4% / ±31,373)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Texas: 13.6% 3,865,010 (±0.3% / ±70,183)

27 minutes ±0.2 (16,666,930  ±176,677) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2018 5-year data
  • a little less than the figure in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 28.3 95,392,380 (±0.1 / ±416,048)
  • about the same as the figure in Texas: 26.4 322,657,055 (±0.1 / ±882,432)

Families

518,998 ±7,150 Number of households
  • the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 2,635,017 ±10,740
  • Texas: 9,985,126 ±25,440
2.6 ±0 (1,327,381  ±2,032) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 2.8 7,489,445 (±0 / ±6,565)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 2.8 28,395,188 (±0)

6.3% ±0.9% (22,607  ±3,128) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 5.4% 103,531 (±0.3% / ±6,223)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 5.5% 390,925 (±0.2% / ±12,308)

Housing

589,260 ±6,711 Number of housing units
  • the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 2,878,819 ±2,314
  • Texas: 11,283,892 ±954

$231,400 ±$10,849 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: $253,900 ±$2,512
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Texas: $200,400 ±$1,201

16.2% ±1.1% (214,032  ±14,441) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 14.7% 1,096,909 (±0.5% / ±35,160.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 15% 4,294,700 (±0.2% / ±64,565.9)

Social

79.4% ±1.6% (700,808  ±16,360.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 86.6% 4,270,431 (±0.7% / ±35,528.7)
  • a little less than the rate in Texas: 84.7% 15,890,162 (±0.4% / ±75,187)
34.7% ±1.1% (306,678  ±10,435.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 36.3% 1,788,138 (±0.4% / ±21,938)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 30.8% 5,776,533 (±0.2% / ±42,322.2)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2018 5-year data

25.3% ±1% (339,266  ±13,089) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 19.2% 1,454,626 (±0.4% / ±26,848)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 17.1% 4,951,156 (±0.2% / ±53,285)

3.5% ±0.3% (35,560  ±3,110) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 5.8% 325,634 (±0.2% / ±9,412)
  • about half the rate in Texas: 6.5% 1,405,059 (±0.1% / ±15,978)
35,560 Total veterans ±3,110 31,558 Male ±3,136 4,002 Female ±974

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