Irving, Texas

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The 2000 Census showed that Irving had a population of 191,615 people^<1>. This represents 0.91% of the total population of Texas, making it the state's 12th 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
9	Plano	NE	18 mi [28.97 km]	267,480	20.47% increase
10	Garland	E	20 mi [32.19 km]	218,577	1.3% increase
11	Lubbock	W	288 mi [463.5 km]	220,483	10.48% increase
-12-	Irving			201,358	5.08% increase
13	Laredo	S	396 mi [637 km]	221,659	25.53% increase
14	Amarillo	NW	321 mi [516 km]	187,236	7.84% increase
15	Pasadena	SE	245 mi [394.3 km]	146,439	3.36% increase

Irving had 80,293 Housing Units^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Irving has an area^<4> of 67.2 square miles [174.1 km²].

Using the above population and land area values, Irving had a 2000 population density of 2,850 people per square mile [1,100 people/km²], making it the state's 60th most densely populated area.

Dallas County

The city of Irving is located in Dallas County.

The county had a population of 2,225,448 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 191,615 people, Irving contained 8.61% of the Dallas County total.

In addition, where the community of Irving has a population density of 2,850 people per square mile [1,100 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 Irving and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Irving. 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 Irving. Not only does the QuickFact have details about Irving, it also contains a comparison between Irving and the state of Texas.

Click here for the Irving QuickFact (QF-4837000).

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

	Community	Census QuickFact	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Euless	QF-4824768	W	6 mi [9.66 km]	52,579	14.29% increase
	Coppell	QF-4816612	N	7 mi [11.27 km]	39,154	8.89% increase
	Grapevine	QF-4830644	NW	7 mi [11.27 km]	50,471	20% increase
	Bedford	QF-4807132	W	9 mi [14.48 km]	49,155	4.25% increase
	Carrollton	QF-4813024	NE	9 mi [14.48 km]	125,595	14.62% increase
	Dallas	QF-4819000	E	12 mi [19.31 km]	1,279,910	7.68% increase
	Grand Prairie	QF-4830464	S	12 mi [19.31 km]	160,641	26.07% increase
	Hurst	QF-4835576	W	12 mi [19.31 km]	38,550	6.28% increase

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

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 Irving:

Irving 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 Irving.

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Search for Local Businesses

Google's 'Search-by-Location' is a very useful tool for people who might be 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) Irving. 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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