Dallas City Council

Dallas, Texas
City
City of Dallas
Top to bottom, left to right: Downtown Dallas skyline, Old Red Museum, NorthPark Center, Dallas City Hall, Dallas Museum of Art, Winspear Opera House, Perot Museum of Nature and Science, State Fair of Texas at Fair Park, Dallas Union Station, the Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden, and the American Airlines Center
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Nickname(s): Big D, The Four
Location of Dallas in Dallas County and the U.S. state of Texas
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Coordinates: 32°46′33″N 96°47′48″W / 32.77583°N 96.79667°W / 32.77583; -96.79667Coordinates: 32°46′33″N 96°47′48″W / 32.77583°N 96.79667°W / 32.77583; -96.79667
Country	United States
State	Texas
County	Dallas
Incorporated	February 2, 1856
Counties	Dallas, Collin, Denton, Rockwall, Kaufman
Government
• Type	Council–Manager
• Body	Dallas City Council
• Mayor	Mike Rawlings (D)
Area
• City	385.8 sq mi (999.3 km2)
• Land	340.5 sq mi (881.9 km2)
• Water	45.3 sq mi (117.4 km2)
• Urban	1,407.2 sq mi (3,645 km2)
Elevation	430 ft (131 m)
Population (2016)
• City	1,300,092
• Estimate (2016)	1,300,092
• Rank	(US: 9th)
• Density	3,645/sq mi (1,407/km2)
• Urban	5,121,892 (6th)
• Metro	7,102,796 (4th)
• CSA	7,206,144 (7th)
• Demonym	Dallasite
Time zone	Central (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	Central (UTC-5)
ZIP code	ZIP codes 75201-75212, 75214-75238, 75240-75254, 75258, 75260-75267, 75270, 75275, 75277, 75283-75287, 75301, 75303, 75310, 75312-75313, 75315, 75320, 75323, 75326, 75334, 75336, 75339-75340, 75342-75344, 75354-75360, 75367-75368, 75370-75374, 75376, 75378-75382, 75387, 75389-75394
Area code	214, 469, 972, 682, 817
FIPS code	48-19000
GNIS feature ID	1380944
ZIP code prefix	752,753
Interstates
Website	dallascityhall.com

Dallas (/ˈdæləs/) is a major city in the state of Texas and is the largest urban center of the fourth most populous metropolitan area in the United States. The city proper ranks ninth in the U.S. and third in Texas after Houston and San Antonio. The city's prominence arose from its historical importance as a center for the oil and cotton industries, and its position along numerous railroad lines. The bulk of the city is in Dallas County, of which it is the county seat; however, sections of the city are located in Collin, Denton, Kaufman, and Rockwall counties. According to the 2010 United States Census, the city had a population of 1,197,816. The United States Census Bureau's estimate for the city's population increased to 1,300,092 as of July 1, 2015.

The city is the largest economic center of the 12-county Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington metropolitan area (commonly referred to as DFW), which had a population of 7,102,796 as of July 1, 2015, representing growth in excess of 676,000 people since the 2010 census. In 2014, the metropolitan economy surpassed Washington, DC to become the fifth largest in the United States, with a 2014 real GDP over $504 billion. As such, the metropolitan area's economy is the 10th largest in the world. In 2013, the metropolitan area led the nation with the largest year-over-year increase in employment and advanced to become the fourth-largest employment center in the nation (behind New York City, Los Angeles and Chicago) with more than three million non-farm jobs. As of June 2016, the metropolitan job count has increased to 3,523,400 jobs. The city's economy is primarily based on banking, commerce, telecommunications, technology, energy, healthcare and medical research, and transportation and logistics. The city is home to the third-largest concentration of Fortune 500 companies in the nation (behind New York City and Houston).