Garland, Texas

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The 2000 Census showed that Garland had a population of 215,768 people^<1>. This represents 1.03% of the total population of Texas, making it the state's 10th 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
7	Arlington	SW	32 mi [51.5 km]	374,417	12.45% increase
8	Corpus Christi	S	359 mi [577 km]	286,462	3.25% increase
9	Plano	NW	11 mi [17.7 km]	267,480	20.47% increase
-10-	Garland			218,577	1.3% increase
11	Lubbock	W	306 mi [492.5 km]	220,483	10.48% increase
12	Irving	W	20 mi [32.19 km]	201,358	5.08% increase
13	Laredo	SW	407 mi [655 km]	221,659	25.53% increase

Garland had 75,300 Housing Units^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Garland has an area^<4> of 57.1 square miles [147.9 km²].

Using the above population and land area values, Garland had a 2000 population density of 3,778 people per square mile [1,458 people/km²], making it the state's 23rd most densely populated area.

Dallas County

The city of Garland is primarily located in Dallas County. A portion of Garland extends into Rockwall County and Collin County.

The county had a population of 2,225,448 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 215,768 people, Garland contained 9.7% of the Dallas County total.

In addition, where the community of Garland has a population density of 3,778 people per square mile [1,458 people/km²], Dallas County averages 2,530 people per square mile [976 people/km²].

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

Population Rings

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

Click here for the Garland QuickFact (QF-4829000).

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

	Community	Census QuickFact	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Rowlett	QF-4863572	E	3 mi [4.83 km]	55,780	25.34% increase
	Richardson	QF-4861796	NW	6 mi [9.66 km]	101,589	10.66% increase
	Mesquite	QF-4847892	S	10 mi [16.09 km]	132,123	6.1% increase
	Dallas	QF-4819000	SW	11 mi [17.7 km]	1,279,910	7.68% increase
	Plano	QF-4858016	NW	11 mi [17.7 km]	267,480	20.47% increase
	Allen	QF-4801924	N	13 mi [20.92 km]	81,268	86.59% increase
	Carrollton	QF-4813024	W	16 mi [25.75 km]	125,595	14.62% increase
	Frisco	QF-4827684	NW	19 mi [30.58 km]	96,676	186.75% increase

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

A Census Quickfact is available for Dallas County (QF-48113).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border Dallas County.

	County	Census QuickFact	Direction	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Collin	QF-48085	N	762,010	52.34% increase
	Denton	QF-48121	NW	636,557	45.01% increase
	Ellis	QF-48139	S	148,186	31.86% increase
	Kaufman	QF-48257	SE	100,527	39.46% increase
	Rockwall	QF-48397	E	77,633	76.92% increase
	Tarrant	QF-48439	W	1,750,091	20.33% increase

Miscellaneous Information

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

Garland 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 Garland.

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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) Garland. 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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