Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex

The Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, officially designated the Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington metropolitan statistical area by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, is the most populous metropolitan statistical area in the U.S. state of Texas and the Southern U.S., encompassing 11 counties. Its historically dominant core cities are Dallas and Fort Worth. It is the economic and cultural hub of North Texas. Residents of the area also refer to it as DFW (the code for Dallas Fort Worth International Airport) or the Metroplex. The Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington metropolitan statistical area's population was 7,637,387 according to the U.S. Census Bureau's 2020 census, making it the fourth-largest metropolitan area in the U.S. and the tenth-largest in the Americas. In 2016, the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex had the highest annual population growth in the United States. In 2024, the U.S. Census Bureau estimated that the Dallas–Fort Worth metropolitan area's population had increased to 8,344,032.

The metropolitan region's economy is primarily based on banking, commerce, insurance, telecommunications, technology, energy, healthcare, medical research, transportation, manufacturing, and logistics. As of 2022, Dallas–Fort Worth is home to 23 Fortune 500 companies, the fourth-largest concentration of Fortune 500 companies in the United States behind New York City (62), Chicago (35), and Houston (24). In 2016, the metropolitan economy surpassed that of Houston, the second-largest metro area in Texas, to become the fourth-largest in the U.S. The Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex boasted a GDP of just over $620.6 billion in 2020 (although both metropolitan regions have switched places multiple times since GDP began recording). If the Metroplex were a sovereign state, it would have the 22nd largest economy in the world as of 2026. In 2015, the conurbated metropolitan area would rank the ninth-largest economy if it were a U.S. state.

The Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex comprises the highest concentration of colleges and universities in Texas. The UT Southwestern Medical Center is home to six Nobel Laureates and was ranked No. 1 in the world among healthcare institutions in biomedical sciences. The Metroplex is also the second most popular metropolis for megachurches in Texas (trailing the Greater Houston metropolitan area), ranked the largest Christian metropolitan statistical area in the U.S.,

Etymology

A portmanteau of metropolis and complex, the term metroplex is credited to Harve Chapman, an executive vice president with Dallas-based Tracy-Locke, one of three advertising agencies that worked with the North Texas Commission on strategies to market the region. The NTC copyrighted the term "Southwest Metroplex" in 1972 as a replacement for the previously ubiquitous "North Texas", which studies had shown lacked identifiability outside the state. In fact, only 38 percent of a survey group identified Dallas and Fort Worth as part of "North Texas", with the Texas Panhandle also a perceived correct answer, being the northernmost region of Texas.

Geography

thumb|right|Dallas–Fort Worth Metroplex

The United States Census Bureau determined the Metroplex encompasses of total area; is land, and is covered by water. The conurbated metropolitan area is larger in area than the U.S. states of Rhode Island and Connecticut combined, and larger than New Jersey. so named for its fertile black soil found especially in the rural areas of Collin, Dallas, Ellis, Hunt, Kaufman, and Rockwall counties.

Many areas of Denton, Johnson, Parker, Tarrant, and Wise counties are located in the Fort Worth Prairie region of North Texas, which has less fertile and more rocky soil than that of the Texas blackland prairie; most of the rural land on the Fort Worth Prairie is ranch land. A large onshore natural gas field, the Barnett Shale, lies underneath this area; Denton, Tarrant and Wise counties feature many natural gas wells. Continuing land use change results in scattered crop fields surrounded by residential or commercial development. South of Dallas/Fort Worth is a line of rugged hills that goes north to south about that looks similar to the Texas Hill Country to the south.

Metropolitan divisions and counties

thumb|1915 map of Dallas and Tarrant Counties

The Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington metropolitan statistical area is formed by a combination of two separate metropolitan statistical divisions. The Dallas–Plano–Irving MDA and Fort Worth–Arlington–Grapevine MDA come together to form one full metropolitan area or conurbation.

Fort Worth–Arlington–Grapevine metropolitan division

Johnson
Parker
Tarrant
Wise

Climate

Dallas–Fort Worth has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen climate classification: Cfa).

It is also continental, characterized by a relatively wide annual temperature range for the latitude. The Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex is located at the lower end of Tornado Alley, and can experience extreme weather.

In the Metroplex, summers are very hot and humid, although low humidity characteristics of desert locations can appear at any time of the year. July and August are typically the hottest months, with an average high of and an average low of . Heat indexes regularly surpass at the height of summer. The all-time record high is , set on June 26 and 27, 1980 during the Heat Wave of 1980 at nearby Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport.

Winters in the area are cool to mild, with occasional cold spells. The average date of first frost is November 12, and the average date of last frost is March 12. January is typically the coldest month, with an average daytime high of and an average nighttime low of . The normal daily average temperature in January is but sharp swings in temperature can occur, as strong cold fronts known as "Blue Northers" pass through the Metroplex, forcing daytime highs below the mark for several days at a time and often between days with high temperatures above . Snow accumulation is seen in the city in about 70% of winter seasons, and snowfall generally occurs 1–2 days out of the year for a seasonal average of . Some areas in the region, however, receive more than that, while other areas receive negligible snowfall or none at all. The all-time record low temperature within the city is , set on January 18, 1930, however the temperature at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport reached on February 16, 2021, during Winter Storm Uri.

Principal communities

thumb|220x124px | right | January 3, 2020: The International Space Station was orbiting 260 miles above central Texas when this nighttime photograph was taken of the Dallas–Fort Worth metropolitan area

The following are cities and towns categorized based on the latest population estimates from the North Central Texas Council of Governments (as of July 1, 2022). No population estimates are released for census-designated places (CDPs), which are marked with an asterisk (*). These places are categorized based on their 2020 census population.

Places with more than 100,000 inhabitants

thumb|Downtown [[Fort Worth, Texas|Fort Worth.]]

Places designated "principal cities" by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget are italicized.

1,000,000+

Dallas (1,299,544)
Fort Worth (1,015,045)

200,000–499,999

Arlington (394,602)
Plano (289,547)
Irving (254,715)
Garland (240,854)
Frisco (219,587)
McKinney (207,507)
Grand Prairie (201,843)thumb|Downtown [[Dallas.]]

100,000–199,999

Denton (150,353)
Mesquite (147,899)
Carrollton (133,820)
Lewisville (131,215)
Richardson (118,802)
Allen (111,551)thumb|The historical downtown of [[Grapevine, Texas|Grapevine.]]

Places with 10,000 to 99,999 inhabitants

Addison
Anna
Azle
Balch Springs
Bedford
Benbrook
Burleson
Cedar Hill
Celina
Cleburne
Colleyville
Coppell
Corinth
Crowley
DeSoto
Duncanville
Ennis
Euless
Fairview
Farmers Branch
Fate
Flower Mound
Forest Hill
Forney
Glenn Heights
Granbury
Grapevine
Greenville
Haltom City
Heath
Highland Village
Hurst
Keller
Lancaster
Little Elm
Mansfield
Melissa
Midlothian
Mineral Wells (partial)
Murphy
North Richland Hills
Princeton
Prosper
Red Oak
Rendon*
Rockwall
Rowlett
Royse City
Sachse
Saginaw
Seagoville
Southlake
Terrell
The Colony
Trophy Club
University Park
Watauga
Waxahachie
Weatherford
White Settlement
Wylie

Places with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants

Aledo
Alma
Alvarado
Alvord
Annetta North
Annetta South
Annetta
Argyle
Aubrey
Aurora
Bardwell
Bartonville
Blue Mound
Blue Ridge
Boyd
Briar*
Briaroaks
Bridgeport
Caddo Mills
Campbell
Celeste
Chico
Cockrell Hill
Combine
Commerce
Cool
Cooper
Copper Canyon
Corral City
Cottonwood
Covington
Crandall
Cresson (partial)
Cross Roads
Cross Timber
Dalworthington Gardens
Decatur
DeCordova
Dennis
DISH
Double Oak
Eagle Mountain*
Edgecliff Village
Everman
Farmersville
Ferris
Garrett
Glen Rose
Godley
Grandview
Grays Prairie
Gun Barrel City
Hackberry
Haslet
Hawk Cove
Hebron
Hickory Creek
Highland Park
Hudson Oaks
Hutchins
Italy
Itasca
Josephine
Joshua
Justin
Kaufman
Keene
Kemp
Kennedale
Knollwood
Krugerville
Krum
Lake Bridgeport
Lake Dallas
Lake Worth
Lakeside
Lakewood Village
Lavon
Leonard
Lincoln Park
Lone Oak
Lowry Crossing
Lucas
Mabank (partial)
Maypearl
McLendon-Chisholm
Milford
Millsap
Mobile City
Nevada
New Fairview
New Hope
Newark
Neylandville
Northlake
Oak Grove
Oak Leaf
Oak Point
Oak Ridge
Ovilla
Palmer
Pantego
Paradise
Parker
Pecan Acres*
Pecan Hill
Pelican Bay
Pilot Point
Ponder
Post Oak Bend
Providence Village
Quinlan
Reno
Rhome
Richland Hills
Rio Vista
River Oaks
Roanoke
Rosser
Runaway Bay
Saint Paul
Sanctuary
Sanger
Sansom Park
Scurry
Shady Shores
Springtown
Sunnyvale
Talty
Union Valley
Van Alstyne (partial)
Venus
West Tawakoni
Westlake
Weston
Westover Hills
Westworth Village
Willow Park
Wilmer
Wolfe City

Unincorporated Places

Ables Springs
Acton
Avalon
Avondale
Bolivar
Brock
Cash
Copeville
Elizabethtown
Elmo
Floyd
Forreston
Garner
Greenwood
Heartland
Ike
Lantana
Lillian
Merit
Paloma Creek
Peaster
Poetry
Poolville
Rockett
Sand Branch
Savannah
Slidell
Telico
Trumbull
Westminster
Whitt

Demographics

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|Dallas

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|Tarrant

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|Collin

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|Denton

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|Ellis

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|Johnson

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|Kaufman

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|Parker

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|Rockwall

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|Hunt

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thumb|Population density in the Dallas urban area

Numerically, the Metroplex is the fastest growing metropolitan area in the U.S. At the 2020 U.S. census 7,637,387 people lived in the area, and 2,974,805 in 1970. In 2020, the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex's racial composition was 42% non-Hispanic white, 16% Black or African American, 8% Asian, 3–4% two or more races, and 29% Hispanic or Latino American of any race. According to information gathered from the North Texas Commission, the Metroplex's racial and ethnic makeup was 46% non-Hispanic white, 15% Black or African American, 7% Asian American, and 3% from other races in 2017. Ethnically, Hispanics and Latinos of any race made up 29% of the metropolitan population. From 2010 to 2017, Hispanics and Latinos increased an estimated 38.9% followed by Blacks and African Americans.

The median household income in Dallas–Fort Worth was higher than the state average in 2017, and its unemployment (3.6%) and poverty rate was lower. Methodist, Baptist, Presbyterian, and Catholic churches are prominent in many cities and towns in the metropolitan region. The Methodist and Baptist communities anchor two of the area's major private universities (Southern Methodist University and Dallas Baptist University). Non-Christian faiths including Islam, Judaism, Hinduism, Sikhism, Buddhism, and contemporary paganism collectively form a little over 4% of the religious population.

Combined statistical area

The Dallas–Fort Worth, TX–OK combined statistical area is made up of 20 counties in North Central Texas and one county in South Central Oklahoma. The statistical area includes two metropolitan areas and seven micropolitan areas. The CSA definition encompasses of area, of which is land and is water. The population density was 485 people per square mile according to estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Micropolitan statistical areas

Athens (Henderson County); population 84,511 (2022 estimate) In 2018 it had an estimated 7,994,963 residents. The American Community Survey determined 18% of the population was foreign-born. The median household income was $67,589 and the per capita income was $34,455. An estimated 11.5% lived below the poverty line. The median age of the DFW CSA was 35.3.

Urban areas within

[[File:Dallas CSA urban areas.svg|thumb|Urban areas within the Dallas–Fort Worth, TX–OK combined statistical area as of the 2020 census, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

]]

At the core of the Dallas–Fort Worth combined statistical area (CSA) lies the Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington, TX urban area, the sixth-most populous in the United States. Later in 2019, San Francisco-based Uber announced a massive corporate expansion just east of Downtown Dallas.

Banking and finance play a key role in the area's economy. Dallas/Fort Worth recently surpassed Chicago to become the second-largest financial services hub in the nation, eclipsed only by New York. Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase, Liberty Mutual, Goldman Sachs, State Farm, Charles Schwab Corporation, and Fidelity Investments maintain significant operations in the area. The Metroplex also contains the largest Information Technology industry base in the state (often referred to as Silicon Prairie or the Telecom Corridor, especially when referring to US 75 through Richardson, Plano and Allen just north of Dallas itself). This area has a large number of corporate IT projects and the presence of numerous electronics, computing and telecommunication firms such as Microsoft, Texas Instruments, HP Enterprise Services, Dell Services, Samsung, Nokia, Cisco, Fujitsu, i2, Frontier, Alcatel, Ericsson, CA, Google, T-Mobile US, and Verizon. AT&T, the second largest telecommunications company in the world, is headquartered at the Whitacre Tower in Downtown Dallas. McKesson the 9th largest Fortune 500 company by revenue is headquartered in Irving. Fluor, the largest engineering & construction company in the Fortune 500, is also headquartered in Irving. In October 2016, Jacobs Engineering, a Fortune 500 company and one of the world's largest engineering companies, relocated from Pasadena, California to Dallas. Toyota USA, in 2016, relocated its corporate headquarters to Plano. Southwest Airlines is headquartered in Dallas. The airline has more than 53,000 employees as of October 2016 and operates more than 3,900 departures a day during peak travel season.

On the other side of the Metroplex, the Texas farming and ranching industry is based in Fort Worth, though the area's economy is diverse. American Airlines, the largest airline in the world, recently completed their new $350M corporate HQ complex in Fort Worth. American Airlines is also the largest employer in the Metroplex. Several major defense manufacturers, including Lockheed Martin, Bell Helicopter Textron, and Raytheon, maintain significant operations in the Metroplex, primarily on the "Fort Worth side". They are concentrated along SH 170 near I-35W, commonly called the "Alliance Corridor" due to its proximity to the Fort Worth Alliance regional airport.

Changes in house prices for the Metroplex are publicly tracked on a regular basis using the Case–Shiller index; the statistic is published by Standard & Poor's and is also a component of S&P's 20-city composite index of the value of the U.S. residential real estate market.

Sports

The Metroplex is one of the 12 U.S. metropolitan areas that has a team in each of the four major professional sports leagues. Major professional sports first came to the area in 1952, when the Dallas Texans competed in the NFL for one season. In 1960, major professional sports returned when the Dallas Cowboys began competing in the National Football League and the Dallas Texans began competing in the American Football League. The Dallas Texans later relocated to Kansas City and became the Chiefs. In 1972, MLB's Washington Senators moved to Arlington to become the Texas Rangers, named after the statewide law enforcement agency. The National Basketball Association expanded into North Texas in 1980 when the Dallas Mavericks were added to the league. The fourth sport was added in 1993 when the Minnesota North Stars of the National Hockey League moved to Dallas, becoming the Dallas Stars.

The MLS team FC Dallas is based in Frisco, and the Dallas Wings of the WNBA play in Arlington. The area is also home to many minor-league professional teams, and four colleges that compete in NCAA Division I athletics. A NASCAR Cup Series race is hosted annually at Texas Motor Speedway, the AAA Texas 500, and two PGA Tour events are held annually in the Metroplex, the AT&T Byron Nelson and the Colonial National Invitation Tournament. The Metroplex has hosted many premiere sports events on both an annual and one-time basis.

Major professional sports teams

{| class="wikitable"

! Club

! Sport

! Founded

! League

! Venue

! City

|120px Dallas Cowboys

|American Football

| 1960

|NFL

|AT&T Stadium

| Arlington, Texas

|120px Texas Rangers

|Baseball

| 1972^

|MLB

|Globe Life Field

| Arlington, Texas

|120px Dallas Mavericks

|Basketball

| 1980

|NBA

|American Airlines Center

| Dallas, Texas

|120px Dallas Stars

|Ice Hockey

| 1993^

|NHL

|American Airlines Center

| Dallas, Texas

|120px FC Dallas

|Soccer

| 1996

|MLS

|Toyota Stadium

| Frisco, Texas

^- Indicates year team relocated to the area

Other notable professional and amateur teams

{| class="wikitable"

! Club

! Sport

! Founded

! League

! Venue

! City

|Dallas Renegades

|American football

| 2020

|XFL

|Toyota Stadium

| Frisco, Texas

|Frisco RoughRiders

|Baseball

| 2003^

|Texas League

|Riders Field

| Frisco, Texas

|Cleburne Railroaders

|Baseball

| 2017

|AAIPBL

|La Moderna Field

| Cleburne, Texas

|Dallas Wings

|Basketball

|2015^

|WNBA

|College Park Center

| Arlington, Texas

|Texas Legends

|Basketball

| 2010^

|NBA G League

|Comerica Center

| Frisco, Texas

|Texas Super Kings

|Cricket

|2023

|MLC

|Grand Prairie Stadium

| Grand Prairie, Texas

| Dallas Mustangs

|Cricket

| 2020

|MiLC

|Grand Prairie Stadium

| Grand Prairie, Texas

| Dallas Xforia Giants

|Cricket

| 2023

|MiLC

|Grand Prairie Stadium

| Grand Prairie, Texas

|Dallas Fuel

| eSports

| 2017

|Overwatch League

|Esports Stadium Arlington

| Arlington, Texas

|OpTic Texas

| esports

| 2021

|Call of Duty League

| Various

|Allen Americans

|Ice hockey

| 2009

|ECHL

|Credit Union of Texas Event Center

| Allen, Texas

|Lone Star Brahmas

| Ice hockey

| 1999

|NAHL

|NYTEX Sports Centre

| North Richland Hills, Texas

|Mid-Cities Junior Stars

| Ice hockey

| 2013

|NA3HL

| Children's Health StarCenter Euless

| Euless, Texas

|Texas Jr. Brahmas

| Ice hockey

| 2014

|NA3HL

|NYTEX Sports Centre

| North Richland Hills

|Frisco Fighters

|Indoor football

| 2020

|Indoor Football League

|Comerica Center

| Frisco, Texas

|Dallas Sidekicks

|Indoor soccer

| 2012

|Major Arena Soccer League

|Credit Union of Texas Event Center

| Allen, Texas

|Texas Outlaws

|Indoor soccer

| 2019

|Major Arena Soccer League

|Mesquite Arena

| Mesquite, Texas

| North Texas SC

| Soccer

| 2018

| MLS Next Pro

| Choctaw Stadium

| Arlington, Texas

| Dallas City FC

| Soccer

| 2013

|NPSL

| DCFC McKinney Soccer Complex

| McKinney, Texas

| Fort Worth Vaqueros FC

|Soccer

| 2014

|NPSL

| W.O. Barnes stadium

| Fort Worth, Texas

|Texas United

|Soccer

| 2017

|USL2

|John Clark Stadium

| Plano, Texas

| FC Dallas

|Soccer

| 1996

|Women's Premier Soccer League

| Toyota Stadium

| Frisco, Texas

| FC Dallas U-23

|Soccer

| 1996

|Women's Premier Soccer League

| Toyota Soccer Complex

| Frisco, Texas

|Dallas Elite

|Women's American football

| 2015

|Women's Football Alliance

| Prestonwood Christian Academy

| Plano, Texas

|Dallas Trinity FC

|women's soccer

| 2023

|USL Super League

|Cotton Bowl

| Dallas, Texas

|Dallas Team Handball Club

|Handball

|2009

|USA Team Handball Nationals

|Mustang Park Recreation Center

| Irving, Texas

| Mansfield Barracudas

| Ice Hockey

| 2019

| Mountain Hockey League

| Children's Health StarCenter Mansfield

| Mansfield, Texas

| Texas Rattlers

| Bull riding

| 2022

| Professional Bull Riders

| Dickies Arena

| Fort Worth, Texas

^- Indicates year team relocated to the area

Division I college athletics

{| class="wikitable"

! School

! City

! Mascot

! Conference

|120px University of Texas at Arlington

|Arlington

|Mavericks

|Western Athletic Conference

|120px University of North Texas

|Denton

|Mean Green

|American Athletic Conference

|120px Southern Methodist University

|University Park

|Mustangs

|Atlantic Coast Conference

|120px Texas Christian University

|Fort Worth

|Horned Frogs

|Big 12 Conference

|120px

East Texas A&M

|Commerce

|Lions

|Southland Conference

|120px Dallas Baptist University

|Dallas

|Patriots

|C-USA (baseball only)

The headquarters for both the Big 12 and American Athletic Conference are located in Irving, Conference USA headquarters are in Dallas, the Southland Conference headquarters are in Frisco, and the Western Athletic Conference is headquartered in Arlington.

Sports events hosted

Note: Venues are listed with their current names, not necessarily those in use when an event took place.

{| class="wikitable"

! Event

! Sport

! Year(s)

! Venue

|Red River Showdown

|College Football

| 1912–present

|Cotton Bowl

|Battle for the Iron Skillet

|College Football

| 1915–present

|Cotton Bowl, Amon G. Carter Stadium, Ownby Stadium, Texas Stadium, Ford Stadium

|Fort Worth Classic

|College Football

| 1921

|Panther Park

|Dixie Classic

|College Football

| 1922, 1925, 1934

| Fair Park Stadium

|State Fair Classic

|College Football

| 1925–present

|Cotton Bowl

|PGA Championship

|Golf

|1927, 1963

|Cedarcrest Golf Course, Dallas Athletic Club

|AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic

|College Football

| 1937–present

|Cotton Bowl, AT&T Stadium

|U.S. Open

|Golf

|1941, 1952

|Colonial Country Club, Northwood Club

|Byron Nelson Golf Classic

|Golf

| 1944–present

| Multiple courses in Dallas

|Colonial National Invitational

|Golf

| 1946–present

|Colonial Country Club

|Pro Bowl

|Football

|1973

|Texas Stadium

|The Players Championship

|Golf

| 1975

|Colonial Country Club

|Dallas Grand Prix

|Auto Racing

| 1984–1996

|Fair Park, Addison, Reunion Arena

|NBA All-Star Game

|Basketball

|1986, 2010

|Reunion Arena, AT&T Stadium

|NCAA Men's Final Four

|Basketball

|1986, 2014

|Reunion Arena, AT&T Stadium

|U.S. Women's Open

|Golf

|1991

|Colonial Country Club

|FIFA World Cup Preliminaries

|Soccer

| 1994

|Cotton Bowl

|Major League Baseball All-Star Game

|Baseball

|1995

|Globe Life Park in Arlington

|Duck Commander 500

|Auto Racing

| 1997–2020

|Texas Motor Speedway

|Bombardier Learjet 550

|Auto Racing

| 1997–present

|Texas Motor Speedway

|Big 12 Championship Game

|College Football

|2001, 2009, 2010, 2017–present

|Texas Stadium, AT&T Stadium

|Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl

|College Football

| 2003–present

|Amon G. Carter Stadium

|Breeders' Cup

|Horse Racing

| 2004

|Lone Star Park

|Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 400

|Auto Racing

| 2005–present

|Texas Motor Speedway

|MLS Cup

|Soccer

|2005, 2006

|Toyota Stadium

|NHL All-Star Game

|Hockey

| 2007

|American Airlines Center

|CONCACAF Gold Cup

|Soccer

|2009, 2011, 2013, 2015

|AT&T Stadium, Toyota Stadium

|Cowboys Classic

|College Football

| 2009–2021

|AT&T Stadium

|Southwest Classic

|College Football

| 2009–2011, 2014–2019, 2021–present

|AT&T Stadium

|First Responder Bowl

|College Football

| 2010–present

|Gerald J. Ford Stadium

|Manny Pacquiao vs. Antonio Margarito

|Professional Boxing

| November 13, 2010

|AT&T Stadium

|NCAA Division I Football Championship

|College Football

| 2011–2014

|Toyota Stadium

|Super Bowl XLV

|Football

| 2011

|AT&T Stadium

|College Football Playoff National Championship

|College football

| 2015

|AT&T Stadium

|WrestleMania 32

|Wrestling

| 2016

|AT&T Stadium

|NCAA Women's Final Four

|Basketball

|2017, 2023

|American Airlines Center

|Frisco Bowl

|College Football

| 2017–present

|Toyota Stadium

|NFL draft

|Football

| 2018

|AT&T Stadium

|NHL entry draft

|Hockey

| 2018

|American Airlines Center

|NHL Winter Classic

|Hockey

| 2020

|Cotton Bowl

|2021 Frisco Football Classic

|College Football

| 2021

|Toyota Stadium

||All In Texas

|Wrestling

| 2025

|Globe Life Field

The AT&T Stadium in Arlington is set to host the most matches during the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

Education

Notable colleges and universities

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"

|+Public universities

!School

!Enrollment

!Location

!Mascot

!Athletic affiliation (conference)

!University system

| 120px University of North Texas

| 46,940

| Denton

| Mean Green

| NCAA Division I FBS (American Athletic Conference)

| University of North Texas System

| 120px University of Texas at Arlington

| 42,496

| Arlington

| Mavericks

| NCAA Division I (WAC) Non–Football

| University of Texas System

| 120px University of Texas at Dallas

| 31,570

| Richardson

| Comets

| NCAA Division III (American Southwest) Non–Football

| University of Texas System

| 120px Texas Woman's University

| 15,472

| Denton

| Pioneers

| NCAA Division II (Lone Star) Women's sports only

| Independent

| 120px East Texas A&M University

| 12,385

| Commerce

| Lions

| NCAA Division I FCS (Southland)

| Texas A&M University System

| 120px University of North Texas at Dallas

| 3,030

| Dallas

| Trailblazers

| NAIA (Sooner) Non–Football

| University of North Texas System

|120px UT Southwestern

|2,235

|Dallas

|N/A

|University of Texas System

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"

|+Private universities

!School

!Enrollment

!Location

!Mascot

!Athletic affiliation (conference)

| 120px Southern Methodist University

| 11,643

| University Park

| Mustangs

| NCAA Division I FBS (Atlantic Coast Conference)

| Texas Christian University

| 10,394

| Fort Worth

| Horned Frogs

| NCAA Division I FBS (Big 12)

| 120px Dallas Baptist University

| 5,445

| Dallas

| Patriots

| NCAA Division II (Lone Star) Non–Football, compete in the Missouri Valley Conference at the Division I level for baseball

| 120px Texas Wesleyan University

| 3,378

| Fort Worth

| Rams

| NAIA (Sooner)

| 120px University of Dallas

| 2,387

| Irving

| Crusaders

| NCAA Division III (SCAC) Non–Football, compete in Texas Rugby Union at the Division II level for Rugby

| 120px Southwestern Assemblies of God University

| 2,012

| Waxahachie

| Lions

| NAIA NCCAA (Sooner and Central States Football League)

| 120px Paul Quinn College

| 600

| Dallas

| Tigers

| NAIA (Red River) Non–Football

Politics

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|+ Presidential Election Results in Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington MSA

! Year

!Republican

!Democratic

| style="text-align:left; background:#fff3f3;"|2024

| style="text-align:left; background:#fff3f3;"|52.2% 1,635,723

| style="text-align:left; background:#f0f0ff;"|45.8% 1,435,750

| style="text-align:left; background:#f0f0ff;"|2020

| style="text-align:left; background:#fff3f3;"|48.5% 1,495,550

| style="text-align:left; background:#f0f0ff;"|49.8% 1,535,525

| style="text-align:left; background:#fff3f3;"|2016

| style="text-align:left; background:#fff3f3;"|50.7% 1,218,897

| style="text-align:left; background:#f0f0ff;"|44.4% 1,066,312

| style="text-align:left; background:#fff3f3;"|2012

| style="text-align:left; background:#fff3f3;"|56.4% 1,205,855

| style="text-align:left; background:#f0f0ff;"|42.2% 900,749

| style="text-align:left; background:#fff3f3;"|2008

| style="text-align:left; background:#fff3f3;"|54.6% 1,188,570

| style="text-align:left; background:#f0f0ff;"|44.6% 969,541

| style="text-align:left; background:#fff3f3;"|2004

| style="text-align:left; background:#fff3f3;"|61.5% 1,188,915

| style="text-align:left; background:#f0f0ff;"|37.9% 732,160

| style="text-align:left; background:#fff3f3;"|2000

| style="text-align:left; background:#fff3f3;"|60.8% 971,927

| style="text-align:left; background:#f0f0ff;"|36.7% 587,163

thumb|2024 Presidential Election in DFW Metroplex

The Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex is the most populous Republican-leaning metropolitan area in the country. However, since 2016, Democrats have been making inroads in the area's suburbs. As of 2024, both the mayor of Dallas (elected as a Democrat) and the mayor of Fort Worth are Republicans, with Dallas being the largest city in the United States to have a Republican mayor.

The Republican Party has historically been dominant in the Dallas–Fort Worth area, including in presidential elections. Democrats have consistently won Dallas County since 2008. In 2020, Joe Biden narrowly won Tarrant County, whose county seat is Fort Worth, marking the first time since 1964 that the Democratic candidate had carried the county.

Mass media

The cities of Dallas and Fort Worth have their own newspapers, The Dallas Morning News and the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, respectively. Historically, the two papers had readership primarily in their own counties. As the two cities' suburbs have grown together in recent years (and especially since the demise of the Dallas Times Herald in 1991), many sites sell both papers. This pattern of crossover has been repeated in other print media, radio, and television.

Since the 1970s all of the television stations and most of the FM radio stations have chosen to transmit from Cedar Hill so as to serve the entire market, and are programmed likewise. There has been a rise in "80–90 move-ins", whereby stations have been moved from distant markets, in some cases as far away as Oklahoma, and relicensed to anonymous small towns in the Metroplex to serve as additional DFW stations. According to RadioTime, the market had 38 AM stations, 58 FM stations (many of them class Cs), and 18 full-power television stations. Per another study the area has a total of 62 FM stations and 40 AM stations as of 2020.

Dallas–Fort Worth is the fifth-largest television market in the United States, behind only New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Philadelphia. Two of the Metroplex's AM radio stations, WBAP and KRLD, are 50,000-watt stations with coverage of much of the North American continent and beyond during nighttime hours. The South Asian population (Indian Sub-continent) has increased considerably in the DFW metroplex. They have the FM 104.9 radio channel and 700 AM radio. Recently Sony TV, a subsidiary of Sony TV Asia, launched its FTA (free to Air OTA) channel on 44.2 station in DFW. It was one of the two locations they chose in the United States, the other being New York City, where there is also a large South Asian demographic.

Television

The following are television stations serving the Dallas–Fort Worth television market. Two asterisks (**) denote a network owned-and-operated station.

Full-power

2 KDTN Denton (Daystar)**
4 KDFW Dallas (Fox)**
5 KXAS-TV Fort Worth (NBC)**
8 WFAA Dallas (ABC)
11 KTVT Fort Worth (CBS)**
13 KERA-TV Dallas (PBS)
21 KTXA Fort Worth (Independent)
23 KUVN-DT Garland (Univision)**
27 KDFI Dallas (MyNetworkTV)**
29 KFAA-TV Decatur (Independent and Estrella TV)
33 KDAF Dallas (The CW)**
39 KXTX-TV Dallas (Telemundo)**
47 KTXD-TV Greenville (Merit Street Media)
49 KSTR-DT Irving (UniMás)**
52 KFWD Fort Worth (ShopHQ)
55 KAZD Lake Dallas (WEST and MeTV)**
58 KDTX-TV Dallas (TBN)**
68 KPXD-TV Arlington (Ion Television)**

Low-power

18 KPFW-LD Dallas (Hope Channel)
20 KBOP-LD Dallas (Infomercial)
22 KNAV-LD Dallas (Hot TV Network)
25 K07AAF-D Corsicana (HSN)**
26 KODF-LD Britton (Guide US TV)
28 KHPK-LD DeSoto (SonLife)
31 K07AAD-D Fort Worth (SonLife)
34 KJJM-LD Dallas & Mesquite (HSN)
44 KLEG-CD Dallas (TVC+Latino)
46 KUVN-CD Garland (Univision)**
51 KHFD-LD Cedar Hill (The Walk TV)

Radio stations

The following are radio stations serving the Dallas—Fort Worth Metroplex.

AM

540 KDFT Ferris (Religious)
570 KLIF Dallas (Conservative talk)
620 KTNO Plano (Christian radio)
660 KSKY Balch Springs (Conservative talk)
700 KHSE Wylie (South Asian)
730 KKDA Grand Prairie (Korean/full-service)
770 KAAM Garland (Brokered/Christian)
820 WBAP Fort Worth (Talk radio)
850 KJON Carrollton (Spanish/Catholic)
870 KFJZ Fort Worth (Business news)
890 KTXV Mabank (Punjabi/full-service)
910 KATH Frisco (Catholic/Guadalupe Radio/EWTN)
970 KHVN Fort Worth (Black Information Network)
990 KFCD Farmersville (Brokered/Spanish Christian)
1040 KGGR Dallas (Urban gospel)
1080 KRLD Dallas (Talk radio)
1110 KVTT Mineral Wells (South Asian)
1140 KHFX Cleburne (Spanish/Christian)
1160 KBDT Highland Park (Vietnamese/full-service)
1190 KFXR Dallas (Conservative talk)
1220 KZEE Weatherford (Brokered/South Asian)
1270 KFLC Benbrook (Spanish/Sports)
1310 KTCK Dallas (Sports)
1340 KAND Corsicana (Country)
1360 KMNY Hurst (Spanish Christian)
1390 KBEC Waxahachie (Texas country)
1420 KPIR Granbury (Classic country)
1440 KEXB University Park (Catholic/Relevant Radio)
1460 KCLE Cleburne (Vietnamese)
1480 KNGO Dallas (Vietnamese/full-service)
1540 KAMM University Park (Indie rock)
1570 KPYK Terrell (Adult standards)
1600 KRVA Cockrell Hill (Vietnamese)
1630 KKGM Fort Worth (Black Information Network)
1700 KKLF Richardson (Tejano)

FM

88.1 KNTU McKinney (College/Alternative/University of North Texas)
88.3 KJRN Keene (Christian adult contemporary)
88.5 KEOM Mesquite (Classic hits/Community/Mesquite Independent School District)
88.7 KTCU-FM Fort Worth (College/Texas Christian University)
89.1 KSQX Springtown (Christian radio)
89.3 KNON Dallas (Community, Variety)
89.5 KYQX Weatherford (Classic country)
89.7 KAWA Sanger (Christian contemporary/WayFM)
90.1 KERA Dallas (Public radio/NPR)
90.5 KTXG Greenville (Christian/AFR)
90.9 KCBI Dallas (Christian)
91.3 KDKR Decatur (Christian)
91.7 KKXT Dallas (Public/AAA)
92.1 KXEZ Farmersville (Classic country)
92.5 KZPS Dallas (Classic rock)
93.3 WBAP-FM Haltom City (Talk radio)
93.7 KNOR Krum (Regional Mexican)
94.1 KLNO Fort Worth (Regional Mexican)
94.5 KZMJ Gainesville (Urban adult contemporary)
94.9 KLTY Arlington (Christian contemporary/K-Love)
95.3 KHYI Howe (Country/Americana)
95.9 KFWR Jacksboro (Texas country)
96.3 KSCS Fort Worth (Country)
96.7 KTCK-FM Flower Mound (Sports radio)
97.1 KEGL Fort Worth (Mainstream rock)
97.5 KLAK Tom Bean (Adult contemporary)
97.9 KBFB Dallas (Rhythmic contemporary)
98.3 KBOC Brideport (Spanish adult contemporary)
98.7 KSPF Dallas (Classic hits)
99.1 KFZO Denton (Regional Mexican)
99.5 KPLX Fort Worth (Country)
100.3 KJKK Dallas (Adult hits)
100.7 KWRD-FM Highland Village (Christian)
101.1 WRR Dallas (Classical music)
101.7 KYDA Azle (Christian worship/Air1)
102.1 KDGE Fort Worth & Dallas (Adult Contemporary)
102.9 KDMX Dallas (Hot adult contemporary)
103.3 KVDT Allen (Christian/VCY America)
103.7 KVIL Highland Park (Alternative rock)
104.1 KTCG Sanger (South Asian)
104.5 KKDA-FM Dallas (Urban contemporary)
104.9 KZMP-FM Pilot Point (South Asian)
105.3 KRLD-FM Dallas (Sports)
105.7 KRNB Decatur (Urban adult contemporary)
106.1 KHKS Denton (Contemporary hits)
107.1 KESS-FM Benbrook (Contemporary hits/Latin pop)
107.5 KMVK Fort Worth (Regional Mexican)
107.9 KDXX Lewisville (Contemporary hits/Latin pop)

Transportation

Air travel

thumb|[[Dallas Fort Worth International Airport]]

Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (IATA airport code: DFW), located between the cities of Dallas and Fort Worth, is the largest and busiest airport in the state of Texas. At of total land area, DFW is also the second-largest airport in the country and the sixth-largest in the world. It is the third-busiest airport in the world in terms of aircraft movements and the world's seventh-busiest by passenger traffic, transporting 62.9 million passengers in FY 2014. Based in Fort Worth, American Airlines' headquarters are adjacent to DFW. Recently having regained the title as the largest airline in the world in terms of both passengers transported and fleet size, American is a predominant leader in domestic routes and operations.

Dallas Love Field Airport (IATA airport code: DAL) is located in Northwest Dallas. Based in Dallas, Southwest Airlines is headquartered next to Love Field.

Freeways

thumb|right|250px|DFW freeway map

The Dallas–Fort Worth area has thousands of lane-miles of freeways and interstates. The Metroplex has the second-largest number of freeway-miles per capita in the nation, behind only the Kansas City Metro Area. As in most major metropolitan areas in Texas, most interstates and freeways have access or frontage roads where most of the businesses are located; these access roads have slip ramps allowing traffic to transition between the freeway and access road. North–south interstates include I-35 and I-45. East–west routes include I-30 and I-20. I-35 splits into I-35E and I-35W from Denton to Hillsboro: I-35W goes through Fort Worth while I-35E goes through Dallas. (This is one of only two examples of an interstate splitting off into branches and then rejoining as one; the other such split is in Minneapolis-St. Paul where I-35E goes into St. Paul and I-35W goes through Minneapolis.) I-30 connects Dallas and Fort Worth, and I-45 connects Dallas to Houston. The "multiple-of-5" numbers used for the interstate designations are notable, as these numbers were designed to be used for major multi-state arteries of the U.S. Interstate Highway System. The North Texas region is the terminus for two of them, and I-45 is located only within Texas.

HOV lanes exist along I-35E, I-30, I-635, US 67, and US 75. I-20 bypasses both Dallas and Fort Worth to the south while its loop, I-820, goes around Fort Worth. I-635 splits to the north of I-20 and loops around east and North Dallas, ending at SH 121 north of DFW Airport. I-35E, Loop 12, and Spur 408 ultimately connect to I-20 southwest of Dallas, completing the west bypass loop around Dallas. A large number of construction projects are planned or are already underway in the region to alleviate congestion. Due largely to funding issues, many of the new projects involve building new tollways or adding tolled express lanes to existing highways, which are managed by the North Texas Tollway Authority. It was originally established to manage the Dallas North Tollway and oversees several other toll projects in the area.

Public transit

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Public transit options continue to expand significantly throughout the Metroplex. However, it is limited in several outlying and rural suburbs. Dallas County and portions of Collin and Rockwall counties have bus service and light rail operated by DART, covering thirteen member cities. DART's rail network currently sprawls for 93 miles throughout the area. The Red Line extends north to Plano and southwest to Oak Cliff. The Blue Line reaches from Rowlett in the northeast to the University of North Texas at Dallas campus near I-20 in the south. The 28-mile Green Line, which opened in December 2010, connects Carrollton in the northwest through downtown Dallas to Pleasant Grove in the southeast. The Orange Line, which completed expansion in 2014, parallels the Red Line from Plano to Downtown Dallas and the Green Line from downtown Dallas to Northwest Highway before extending through the Las Colinas area of Irving to reach DFW International Airport.

Denton County has bus service limited to Denton, Highland Village, and Lewisville (with commuter service to downtown Dallas) provided by the Denton County Transportation Authority. The A-train, a diesel commuter rail line, parallels I-35E to connect Denton, Highland Village, Lewisville, and Carrollton. Several smaller towns along this line, Corinth, Shady Shores, and Lake Dallas, voted to abstain from the Denton County Transportation Authority and do not have stations. There is an across-the-platform transfer in Carrollton to the DART Green Line. A-Train service began June 20, 2011.

Tarrant County has bus services operated by Trinity Metro (formerly the Fort Worth Transportation Authority, popularly known as 'The T'), available only in Fort Worth. It additionally operates TEXRail commuter rail, which serves to connect downtown Fort Worth with DFW Airport and the DART Orange Line. The diesel commuter train that serves Fort Worth and its eastern suburbs is operated as the Trinity Railway Express; it connects downtown Fort Worth to downtown Dallas, where it links to the DART light rail system. A station near its midpoint, Centerport, also serves DFW Airport via a free airport shuttle bus. The TRE is jointly owned by FWTA and DART. Amtrak serves two stations in the Metroplex—Dallas Union Station and Fort Worth Central Station. Both are served by the Texas Eagle route, which operates daily between Chicago and San Antonio (continuing on to Los Angeles three days a week), though only Fort Worth is served by the Fort Worth-Oklahoma City Heartland Flyer.

As of 2016 the Taiwanese airline EVA Air operates a shuttle bus service from George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston to Richardson, so that Dallas-based customers may fly on its services to and from Houston.

Notes

References

External links

Dallas–Fort Worth Property Tax Rates by City and County

Etymology

Geography

Metropolitan divisions and counties

Fort Worth–Arlington–Grapevine metropolitan division

Climate

Principal communities

Places with more than 100,000 inhabitants

Places with 10,000 to 99,999 inhabitants

Places with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants

Unincorporated Places

Demographics

Combined statistical area

Micropolitan statistical areas

Urban areas within

Sports

Major professional sports teams

Other notable professional and amateur teams

Division I college athletics

Sports events hosted

Education

Notable colleges and universities

Politics

Mass media

Television

Full-power

Low-power

Radio stations

AM

FM

Transportation

Air travel

Freeways

Public transit

See also

Notes

References

External links