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Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex

Dallas–Fort Worth-Arlington
Metropolitan Statistical Area
Downtown Dallas, Texas in January 2017
Downtown Dallas, Texas in January 2017
Downtown Fort Worth, Texas in June 2010
Downtown Fort Worth, Texas in June 2010
AT&T Stadium in Arlington
AT&T Stadium in Arlington
Country United States
State Texas
Principal cities
Area
 • Urban 1,407.0 sq mi (3,644.2 km2)
 • Metro 9,286 sq mi (24,059 km2)
Highest elevation 1,368 ft (417 m)
Lowest elevation 430 ft (131 m)
Population (2010)
 • Density 634/sq mi (245/km2)
 • Urban 4,145,659 (6th)
 • MSA 6,426,214 (4th)
 • CSA 6,817,483 (7th)
  MSA/CSA: 2010
Urban: 2000
Time zone CST (UTC-6)
 • Summer (DST) CDT (UTC-5)
Area code(s) 214, 254, 469, 682, 817, 903, 940, 972
Interstates I-20.svg I-30.svg I-35.svg I-45.svg
I-35E.svg I-35W.svg I-345.svg I-635.svg I-820.svg

The Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area, the official title designated by the United States Office of Management and Budget, encompasses 13 counties within the U.S. state of Texas. Residents of the area refer to it as the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex, DFW, or The Metroplex. It is the economic and cultural hub of the region commonly called North Texas or North Central Texas and is the largest inland metropolitan area in the United States.

The 2015 official estimate U.S. Census has the Dallas–Fort Worth Metroplex at 7,102,796, making it the largest metropolitan area in the South. During the 12-month period from July 2008 to July 2009, the Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington metropolitan area gained 146,530 new residents, more than any other metropolitan area in the United States. The area's population has grown by about one million since the 2000 US census. The Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington MSA is, by population, the largest metropolitan area in Texas, the largest in the South, the fourth-largest in the United States, and the tenth-largest in the Americas. The metroplex encompasses 9,286 square miles (24,100 km2) of total area: 8,991 sq mi (23,290 km2) is land, while 295 sq mi (760 km2) is water, making it larger in area than the U.S. states of Rhode Island and Connecticut combined. It also has the fourth largest gross metropolitan product (GMP) in the United States, and approximately tenth largest by GMP in the world.


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