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The city of Farmers Branch<1> is located in Dallas County.
Typical abbreviation for Farmers Branch: Farmers Br. (or less commonly used: Farmers Brnch.)
Farmers Branch is 150 feet [45.72 m] above sea level.<2>
Time Zone: Farmers Branch lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time.
We searched for American and Canadian communities that also have the name of Farmers Branch, but it seems to be unique to this community.
At the time of the 2000 Census, Farmers Branch had a population of 27,508 people<3> (or 1.24% of the total population of Dallas County). The population of Farmers Branch represented 0.13% of the total of Texas, making it the state's 81st most populous community.
From the Census Estimates for 2008, Farmers Branch had a population of 26,455 people. This is a decrease of 3.83% since the 2000 Census.
The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated. More information can be found on the Census Page for Farmers Branch.
| Year | Population | Change
Since 2000 | Year-to-Year Change |
| 2008 | 26,455 | -3.83% | +0.55% since 2007 |
| 2007 | 26,310 | -4.36% | |
| 2006 | 26,308 | -4.36% | +0.99% since 2005 |
| 2005 | 26,050 | -5.3% | |
| --- | | | | 2000 | 27,508 | The Last Census |
The following is a sample of nearby communities:
| | Community | Direction | Distance<4> | 2008
Population | Change
Since 2000 |
| | Bedford |  W | 15 mi [24.14 km] | 49,155 | 4.25% increase |
| | Dallas |  SE | 11 mi [17.7 km] | 1,279,910 | 7.68% increase |
| | Euless |  SW | 12 mi [19.31 km] | 52,579 | 14.29% increase |
| | Flower Mound |  NW | 15 mi [24.14 km] | 69,307 | 36.69% increase |
| | Garland |  E | 14 mi [22.53 km] | 218,577 | 1.3% increase |
| | Grand Prairie | SW | 18 mi [28.97 km] | 160,641 | 26.07% increase |
To learn more about neighboring communities and counties, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Farmers Branch.
Website for Farmers Branch
| Official Website: | www.ci.farmers-branch.tx.us/ |
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Footnotes
| <1> | Keep in mind that you might find some variations to Farmers Branch: It's frequently the practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names. So Farmers Branch may originally have been Farmer's Branch. Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether. In that case, you may find that a reference to Farmer Branch is actually referring to Farmers Branch. - Return to Citation |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Farmers Branch - it wil be higher in some places and lower in others. - Return to Citation |
| <3> | Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Farmers Branch. - Return to Citation |
| <4> | Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Farmers Branch and the indicated community. The distance should be treated as an estimate and not as the driving distance. - Return to Citation |
| <5> | All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint. - Return to Citation |
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| Last Modified: 05 Nov 2009 |
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