Arlington, Texas

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The 2000 Census showed that Arlington had a population of 332,969 people^<1>. This represents 1.59% of the total population of Texas, making it the state's 7th most populous community.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated.

Below is a list of similarily sized communities (while rank is based on the 2000 Census, the population shown is estimated for 2008):

Rank in 2000	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
4	Austin	S	169 mi [272 km]	757,688	15.4% increase
5	El Paso	W	546 mi [878 km]	613,190	8.79% increase
6	Fort Worth	NW	13 mi [20.92 km]	703,073	31.49% increase
-7-	Arlington			374,417	12.45% increase
8	Corpus Christi	S	342 mi [550 km]	286,462	3.25% increase
9	Plano	NE	32 mi [51.5 km]	267,480	20.47% increase
10	Garland	NE	32 mi [51.5 km]	218,577	1.3% increase

Arlington had 130,628 Housing Units^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Arlington has a total area of 99 square miles [256.5 km²]^<4>. Of this total, 95.8 square miles [248.2 km²]3.21 square miles [8.3 km²]).

Using the above population and land area values, Arlington had a 2000 population density of 3,475 people per square mile [1,341 people/km²], making it the state's 29th most densely populated area.

Tarrant County

The city of Arlington is located in Tarrant County.

The county had a population of 1,454,431 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 332,969 people, Arlington contained 22.89% of the Tarrant County total.

In addition, where the community of Arlington has a population density of 3,475 people per square mile [1,341 people/km²], Tarrant County averages 1,684 people per square mile [650 people/km²].

For more information, please visit our Census Page for Tarrant County.

Population Rings

To help identify the number of people who live in Arlington and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Arlington. We counted the number of communities within each ring and summed their populations.^<5>

US Census QuickFacts

The Census Bureau has created documents containing demographic information called QuickFacts. Although they don't create QuickFacts for all communities, they do have one for Arlington. Not only does the QuickFact have details about Arlington, it also contains a comparison between Arlington and the state of Texas.

Click here for the Arlington QuickFact (QF-4804000).

The following communities are nearby Arlington and also have Census QuickFacts:

	Community	Census QuickFact	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Grand Prairie	QF-4830464	E	6 mi [9.66 km]	160,641	26.07% increase
	Mansfield	QF-4846452	S	8 mi [12.87 km]	46,142	64.61% increase
	Hurst	QF-4835576	N	9 mi [14.48 km]	38,550	6.28% increase
	Bedford	QF-4807132	N	10 mi [16.09 km]	49,155	4.25% increase
	Euless	QF-4824768	N	10 mi [16.09 km]	52,579	14.29% increase
	Haltom City	QF-4831928	NW	11 mi [17.7 km]	40,181	2.98% increase
	Cedar Hill	QF-4813492	SE	12 mi [19.31 km]	44,786	39.55% increase
	Duncanville	QF-4821628	E	12 mi [19.31 km]	36,109	---

For more about neighboring communities, please visit our Neighborhood Page for Arlington.

A Census Quickfact is available for Tarrant County (QF-48439).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border Tarrant County.

	County	Census QuickFact	Direction	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Dallas	QF-48113	E	2,412,827	8.42% increase
	Denton	QF-48121	NE	636,557	45.01% increase
	Ellis	QF-48139	SE	148,186	31.86% increase
	Johnson	QF-48251	S	153,630	20.05% increase
	Parker	QF-48367	W	111,776	25.26% increase
	Wise	QF-48497	NW	58,506	18.43% increase

Miscellaneous Information

The Federal government has assigned identifying codes to each community, county and state. The following FIPS codes apply to Arlington:

Arlington is located in Census Region #3 (the South Region) and in Division #7 (the West South-Central Division).

For more information about various Federal Codes, please visit our Misc. Page for Arlington.

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Search for Local Businesses

People have found Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Arlington. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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