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Dallas Demographics and Statistics

Dallas is a very diverse city that contains a number of individuals from a number of cultures. Because Dallas is made up of so many individuals from a number of ethnicities, you are able to experience a number of different ways of living, as well as taste a variety of foods. when you go to Dallas, it is as if you have traveled around the world because you can experience so many different things all in one place. 

Dallas (city), Texas

  People QuickFacts Dallas Texas
  Population, 2006 estimate 1,232,940 23,507,783
  Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006 3.7% 12.7%
  Population, 2000 1,188,580 20,851,820
  Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000 8.3% 7.8%
  Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000 26.6% 28.2%
  Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000 8.6% 9.9%
  Female persons, percent, 2000 49.6% 50.4%
  White persons, percent, 2000 (a) 50.8% 71.0%
  Black persons, percent, 2000 (a) 25.9% 11.5%
  American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.5% 0.6%
  Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a) 2.7% 2.7%
  Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a) Z 0.1%
  Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000 2.7% 2.5%
  Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b) 35.6% 32.0%
  Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over 43.2% 49.6%
  Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 24.4% 13.9%
  Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 37.1% 31.2%
  High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 70.4% 75.7%
  Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 27.7% 23.2%
  Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 26.9 25.4
 
  Housing units, 2000 484,117 8,157,575
  Homeownership rate, 2000 43.2% 63.8%
  Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $89,800 $82,500
 
  Households, 2000 451,833 7,393,354
  Persons per household, 2000 2.58 2.74
  Median household income, 1999 $37,628 $39,927
  Per capita money income, 1999 $22,183 $19,617
  Persons below poverty, percent, 1999 17.8% 15.4%
  Business QuickFacts Dallas Texas
  Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000) 27,729,541 397,405,111
  Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) 13,141,441 228,694,755
  Retail sales per capita, 2002 $10,914 $10,528
  Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000) 2,784,368 29,914,774
  Total number of firms, 2002 106,617 1,734,509
  Black-owned firms, percent, 2002 8.9% 5.1%
  American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002 S 0.9%
  Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002 4.3% 4.5%
  Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002 12.8% 18.4%
  Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002 F 0.1%
  Women-owned firms, percent, 2002 25.3% 27.0%
 
Geography QuickFacts Dallas Texas
Land area, 2000 (square miles) 342 261,797
Persons per square mile, 2000 3,469.9 79.6
FIPS Code 19000 48
Counties Collin County
Dallas County
Denton County
Kaufman County
Rockwall County