Dallas, Texas

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The 2000 Census showed that Dallas had a population of 1,188,580 people^<1>. This represents 5.67% of the total population of Texas, making it the state's 2nd 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
1	Houston	S	223 mi [358.9 km]	2,242,193	14.77% increase
-2-	Dallas			1,279,910	7.68% increase
3	San Antonio	SW	252 mi [405.6 km]	1,351,305	18.05% increase
4	Austin	S	181 mi [291.3 km]	757,688	15.4% increase
5	El Paso	W	567 mi [912 km]	613,190	8.79% increase
6	Fort Worth	W	33 mi [53.1 km]	703,073	31.49% increase
7	Arlington	W	21 mi [33.8 km]	374,417	12.45% increase

Dallas had 484,117 Housing Units^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Dallas has a total area of 385 square miles [997 km²]^<4>. Of this total, 342.5 square miles [887 km²]42.46 square miles [110 km²]).

Using the above population and land area values, Dallas had a 2000 population density of 3,469 people per square mile [1,339 people/km²], making it the state's 30th most densely populated area.

Collin County

The city of Dallas is primarily located in Collin County and is the county seat. A portion of Dallas extends into Dallas County.

The county had a population of 500,198 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 1,188,580 people, Dallas contained 237.6% of the Collin County total.

In addition, where the community of Dallas has a population density of 3,469 people per square mile [1,339 people/km²], Collin County averages 590 people per square mile [227.9 people/km²].

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

Population Rings

To help identify the number of people who live in Dallas and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Dallas. 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 Dallas. Not only does the QuickFact have details about Dallas, it also contains a comparison between Dallas and the state of Texas.

Click here for the Dallas QuickFact (QF-4819000).

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

	Community	Census QuickFact	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Mesquite	QF-4847892	E	10 mi [16.09 km]	132,123	6.1% increase
	Garland	QF-4829000	NE	11 mi [17.7 km]	218,577	1.3% increase
	Irving	QF-4837000	W	12 mi [19.31 km]	201,358	5.08% increase
	Richardson	QF-4861796	N	12 mi [19.31 km]	101,589	10.66% increase
	Duncanville	QF-4821628	SW	13 mi [20.92 km]	36,109	---
	Rowlett	QF-4863572	NE	13 mi [20.92 km]	55,780	25.34% increase
	DeSoto	QF-4820092	S	14 mi [22.53 km]	47,568	26.36% increase
	Carrollton	QF-4813024	NW	15 mi [24.14 km]	125,595	14.62% increase

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

A Census Quickfact is available for Collin County (QF-48085).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border Collin County.

	County	Census QuickFact	Direction	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Dallas	QF-48113	S	2,412,827	8.42% increase
	Denton	QF-48121	W	636,557	45.01% increase
	Fannin	QF-48147	NE	33,229	6.03% increase
	Grayson	QF-48181	N	118,804	7.04% increase
	Hunt	QF-48231	E	82,805	7.64% increase
	Rockwall	QF-48397	SE	77,633	76.92% increase

Miscellaneous Information

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

Dallas 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 Dallas.

The Commemorative Quarter for Texas<6>

Search for Local Businesses

Google's 'Search-by-Location' has proven to be a useful tool by people who planned 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) Dallas. 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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