Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex

The Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, officially designated Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget,[3] is a conurbated metropolitan statistical area in the U.S. state of Texas encompassing 11 counties. It is the economic and cultural hub of North Texas. Residents of the area also refer to it as DFW (airport code), or the Metroplex. The Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington metropolitan statistical area's population was 7,573,136 according to the U.S. Census Bureau's 2019 population estimates,[4] making it the most populous metropolitan area in both Texas and the Southern United States, the fourth-largest in the U.S., and the tenth-largest in the Americas. In 2016, the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex ascended to the number one spot in the U.S. in year-over-year population growth.[5]

"Dallas–Fort Worth" redirects here. For the airport, see Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport.
Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington
Conurbation
From top: Dallas, Fort Worth, Arlington, showcasing Six Flags over Texas (Foreground), Globe Life Park (Middleground), and AT&T Stadium (Background).
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)
Population
 (2010)[1][2]
 • Density634/sq mi (245/km2)
 • Urban
5,560,892 (6th)
 • MSA
6,366,542 (4th)
 • CSA
6,807,747 (7th)
 MSA/CSA/Urban: 2010
Time zoneUTC-6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)214, 254, 469, 682, 817, 903, 940, 972
Interstates

The metropolitan region's economy is primarily based on banking, commerce, insurance, telecommunications, technology, energy, healthcare, medical research, transportation and logistics. As of 2020, Dallas–Fort Worth is home to 24[6] Fortune 500 companies,[7] the third-largest concentration of Fortune 500 companies in the United States behind New York City (70) and Chicago (34).[8] In 2016, the metropolitan economy surpassed Houston to become the fourth-largest in the U.S. Currently the Metroplex boasts a GDP of just over $620.6 billion in 2020.[9] In 2020, it was recognized as the 36th best metro area for STEM professionals.[10]

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.[11][12] DFW is also the second most popular metropolis for megachurches in Texas,[13] ranked the largest Christian metropolitan statistical area in the U.S.,[14][15] and has one of the largest LGBT communities in Texas since 2005.[16][17][18][19]

Etymology
See also: Conurbation

A portmanteau of metropolis and complex, the term metroplex is credited to Harve Chapman, an executive vice president with Dallas-based Tracy-Locke which was one of three advertising agencies that worked with the North Texas Commission (NTC) on strategies to market the region.[20] The NTC copyrighted the term "Southwest Metroplex" in 1972 as a replacement for the previously-ubiquitous "North Texas",[21] 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.[22]

Geography

The United States Census Bureau determined the Metroplex encompasses 9,286 square miles (24,100 km2) of total area; 8,991 sq mi (23,290 km2) is land, and 295 sq mi (760 km2) is covered by water. The conurbated metropolitan area is larger in area than the U.S. states of Rhode Island and Connecticut combined,[23] and larger than New Jersey.[23]

The Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex overlooks mostly prairie land with a few rolling hills dotted by man-made lakes cut by streams, creeks and rivers surrounded by forested land. The Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex is situated in the Texas blackland prairies region,[24] 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,[25] 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 and Fort Worth is a line of rugged hills that goes north to south about 15 miles (24 km) that looks similar to the Texas Hill Country 200 miles (320 km) to the south.

Metropolitan divisions and counties

The Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington metroplex 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.[26]

  Dallas–Plano–Irving
  Fort Worth–Arlington–Grapevine

Dallas–Plano–Irving metropolitan division[27][28]

Fort Worth–Arlington–Grapevine metropolitan division[27][29]

Principal communities
Northern Dallas metropolitan area at night – astronaut photo, courtesy NASA (November 15, 2012)

The following are cities and towns categorized based on the latest population estimates from the North Central Texas Council of Governments (as of January 1, 2018).[30] No population estimates are released for census-designated places (CDPs), which are marked with an asterisk (*). These places are categorized based on their 2010 census population.[31]

Places with more than 100,000 inhabitants
Downtown Dallas
Downtown Fort Worth

Places designated "principal cities" by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget are italicized.[32]

1,000,000+

500,000–999,999

200,000–499,999

100,000–199,999

Places with 10,000 to 99,999 inhabitants

Places with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants

Unincorporated places

Demographics
Main article: Demographics of Dallas–Fort Worth
See also: Christianity in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex
Historical populations – Dallas–Fort Worth (1980–2010)
CensusPop.%±
19802,974,805—
19903,885,41530.6%
20005,221,80134.4%
20106,426,21423.1%
Est. 20197,573,13617.8%
U.S. Decennial Census
2019 estimate
County 2017 Estimate 2010 Census Change Area Density
Collin County 969,603 782,341 +23.94% 841.22 sq mi (2,178.7 km2) 1,153/sq mi (445/km2)
Dallas County 2,618,148 2,368,139 +10.56% 871.28 sq mi (2,256.6 km2) 3,005/sq mi (1,160/km2)
Denton County 836,210 662,614 +26.20% 878.43 sq mi (2,275.1 km2) 952/sq mi (368/km2)
Ellis County 173,620 149,610 +16.05% 935.49 sq mi (2,422.9 km2) 186/sq mi (72/km2)
Hood County 58,273 51,182 +13.85% 420.64 sq mi (1,089.5 km2) 139/sq mi (53/km2)
Hunt County 93,872 86,129 +8.99% 840.32 sq mi (2,176.4 km2) 112/sq mi (43/km2)
Johnson County 167,301 150,934 +10.84% 724.69 sq mi (1,876.9 km2) 231/sq mi (89/km2)
Kaufman County 122,883 103,350 +18.90% 780.70 sq mi (2,022.0 km2) 157/sq mi (61/km2)
Parker County 133,463 116,927 +14.14% 903.48 sq mi (2,340.0 km2) 148/sq mi (57/km2)
Rockwall County 96,788 78,337 +23.55% 127.04 sq mi (329.0 km2) 762/sq mi (294/km2)
Somervell County 8,845 8,490 +4.18% 186.46 sq mi (482.9 km2) 47/sq mi (18/km2)
Tarrant County 2,054,475 1,809,034 +13.57% 863.61 sq mi (2,236.7 km2) 2,379/sq mi (919/km2)
Wise County 66,181 59,127 +11.93% 904.42 sq mi (2,342.4 km2) 73/sq mi (28/km2)
Total 7,399,662 6,426,214 +15.15% 9,277.78 sq mi (24,029.3 km2) 798/sq mi (308/km2)

At the 2010 census,[33] there were 6,371,773 people. The racial makeup of DFW was 50.2% White, 15.4% African American, 0.6% Native American, 5.9% Asian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 10.0% from other races, and 2.4% from two or more races. Hispanics or Latinos of any race were 27.5% of the population.

The median income for a household in the MSA was $48,062, and the median income for a family was $55,263. Males had a median income of $39,581 versus $27,446 for females. The per capita income for the Metroplex was $21,839.

In 2017, the metropolitan population increased to 7,539,711.[34] In 2019, the metropolitan statistical area had an estimated 7,573,136 residents.[4] According to information gathered from the North Texas Commission, the Metroplex's racial makeup was 46% non-Hispanic white, 15% Black or African American, 7% Asian American, and 3% from other races in 2017. Hispanics and Latinos of any race made up 29% of the metropolitan population.[35] From 2010 to 2017, Hispanics and Latinos increased an estimated 38.9% followed by Blacks and African Americans.[35] In 2015, an estimated 101,588 non-citizen immigrants moved to the Metroplex. 44.1% were from Latin America, 35.8% Asia, 7.1% Europe, and 13.1% Africa. In 2010, 77,702 foreign nations immigrated. 50.6% came from Latin America, 33.0% from Asia, 7.3% Europe, and 9.1% Africa.[35]

The median household income in Dallas–Fort Worth was higher than the state average in 2017, and its unemployment and poverty rate was lower.[35] The median income for males was $51,498 and $44,207 for females.

The Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex's religious demographic are predominantly Christian and the largest metro area that identify with the religion in the United States (78%).[15][14] 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.[36]

Combined statistical area
Counties in the Dallas–Fort Worth, TX–OK combined statistical area[27]
  Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington, TX MSA
  Sherman-Denison, TX MSA
  Athens, TX μSA
  Granbury, TX μSA
  Corsicana, TX μSA
  Durant, OK μSA
  Gainesville, TX μSA
  Bonham, TX μSA
  Mineral Wells, TX μSA

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 14,628 sq mi (37,890 km2) of area, of which 14,126 sq mi (36,590 km2) is land and 502 sq mi (1,300 km2) is water. The population density was 485 people per square mile according to estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau.[37]

Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs)
  • Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington (Collin, Dallas, Denton, Ellis, Hunt, Johnson, Kaufman, Parker, Rockwall, Tarrant, and Wise counties)
  • Sherman-Denison (Grayson County)

Micropolitan Statistical Areas (μSAs)

Demographics

At the census[33] of 2000, there were 5,487,956 people, 2,006,665 households, and 1,392,540 families residing within the CSA. The racial makeup of the CSA was 70.41% white, 13.34% African American, 0.59% Native American, 3.58% Asian, 0.08% Pacific Islander, 9.62% from other races, and 2.39% from two or more races. Hispanics or Latinos of any race were 20.83% of the population. The median income for a household in the CSA was $43,836, and the median income for a family was $50,898. Males had a median income of $37,002 versus $25,553 for females. The per capita income for the CSA was $20,460.

At the 2010 census, the DFW CSA had a population of 6,817,483 (though a July 1, 2015 estimate placed the population at 7,504,362).[38] In 2018 it had an estimated 7,994,963 residents.[37] 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.

Economy
See also: List of companies in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex
Headquarters of AMR Corporation and American Airlines

The cities of Dallas and Fort Worth are the two central cities of the Metroplex, with Arlington being a third economically important city; it is a center for sporting events, tourism and manufacturing. Most other incorporated cities in the Metroplex are "bedroom communities" serving largely as residential and small-business centers, though there are several key employers in these regions. Due to the large number of smaller, less well-known cities, metroplex residents commonly divide the region roughly in half along Texas Interstate 35, which runs north–south, splitting into two 'branches' (I-35E in Dallas and I-35W in Fort Worth) through the Metroplex. They refer to places as being on the "Dallas side" or the "Fort Worth side", or in "the Arlington area", which is almost directly south of the airport. It is nominally between the two major east–west interstates in the region (I-20, passing to the south of both downtowns, and I-30, connecting Dallas and Fort Worth city centers).

AT&T headquarters in Dallas

Business management and operations play a central role in the area's economy. Dallas and its suburbs have the third-largest concentration of corporate headquarters in the United States. Moreover, it is the only metro area in the country home to three of the top-ten largest Fortune 500 companies by revenue. The area continues to draw corporate relocation from across the nation, and especially from California. From late 2018 to early 2019, both McKesson and Charles Schwab announced they would be relocating from San Francisco to the DFW area.[39] Later in 2019, San Francisco-based Uber announced a massive corporate expansion just east of downtown Dallas. The trend of major corporate moves and expansions has influenced the booming DFW construction industry, which ranks first nationally in new apartment development as of 2019.[40]

Banking and finance play a key role in the area's economy. DFW recently surpassed Chicago to become the second-largest financial services hub in the nation, eclipsed only by New York.[41] Bank of America, JP Morgan Chase, Liberty Mutual, Goldman Sachs, State Farm, TD Ameritrade, Charles Schwab, 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, and Verizon. AT&T, the largest telecommunications company in the world, is headquartered at the Whitacre Tower in downtown Dallas. ExxonMobil and McKesson, respectively the 2nd and 7th largest Fortune 500 companies by revenue, are headquartered in Irving, Texas. Fluor, the largest engineering & construction company in the Fortune 500, is also headquartered in Irving.[42] In October 2016, Jacobs Engineering, a Fortune 500 company and one of the world's largest engineering companies, relocated from Pasadena, California to Dallas.[43] Toyota USA, in 2016, relocated its corporate headquarters to Plano, Texas. 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.[44] American Airlines is the largest employer in the Metroplex.[45] 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 State Highway 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 13 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 National Football League 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, Major League Baseball'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 Major League Soccer 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. Two Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series races are hosted annually at Texas Motor Speedway, the Duck Commander 500 and the AAA Texas 500. The metroplex has hosted many premiere sports events on both an annual and one-time basis.

Major professional sports teams
Club Sport Founded League Venue

Dallas Cowboys		 Football 1960 NFL AT&T Stadium

Texas Rangers		 Baseball 1972^ MLB Globe Life Field

Dallas Mavericks		 Basketball 1980 NBA American Airlines Center

Dallas Stars		 Hockey 1993^ NHL American Airlines Center

FC Dallas		 Soccer 1996 MLS Toyota Stadium

Dallas Wings		 Basketball 2015^ WNBA College Park Center

^- Indicates year team relocated to the area

Other notable professional and amateur teams
Club Sport Founded League Venue
Dallas Renegades American football 2020 XFL Globe Life Park
Frisco RoughRiders Baseball 2003^ Texas League Dr Pepper Ballpark
Cleburne Railroaders Baseball 2017 AAIPBL The Depot at Cleburne Station
Grand Prairie AirHogs Baseball 2007 AAIPBL QuikTrip Park
Texas Legends Basketball 2010^ NBA G League Comerica Center
Dallas Fuel eSports 2017 Overwatch League Blizzard Arena
Allen Americans Ice hockey 2009 ECHL Allen Event Center
Lone Star Brahmas Ice hockey 1999 NAHL NYTEX Sports Centre
Mid-Cities Junior Stars Ice hockey 2013 NA3HL Dr. Pepper StarCenter
Texas Jr. Brahmas Ice hockey 2014 NA3HL NYTEX Sports Centre
Dallas Snipers Ice hockey 2011 Western States Hockey League Dr. Pepper StarCenter
Dallas Sidekicks Indoor soccer 2012 Major Arena Soccer League Allen Event Center
Dallas City FC Soccer 2013 NPSL Roffino Stadium
Fort Worth Vaqueros Soccer 2014 NPSL LaGrave Field
FC Cleburne Soccer 2017 PDL The Depot at Cleburne Station
Texas United Soccer 2017 PDL AirHogs Stadium
FC Dallas Soccer 1996 Women's Premier Soccer League Dr. Pink Stadium
FC Dallas U-23 Soccer 1996 Women's Premier Soccer League Toyota Soccer Complex
Texas Spurs FC Soccer 1998 Women's Premier Soccer League Willow Springs Middle School
Dallas Roughnecks Ultimate 2015 American Ultimate Disc League The Colony Five Star Complex
Arlington Impact Women's American football 2015 Women's Football Alliance Pennington Field
Dallas Elite Women's American football 2015 Women's Football Alliance Alfred Loos Stadium

^- Indicates year team relocated to the area

Division I college athletics
School City Mascot Conference

University of Texas at Arlington		 Arlington Mavericks Sun Belt Conference

University of North Texas		 Denton Mean Green Conference USA

Southern Methodist University		 University Park Mustangs American Athletic Conference

Texas Christian University		 Fort Worth Horned Frogs Big 12 Conference

Dallas Baptist University		 Dallas Patriots Missouri Valley Conference (baseball only)

The headquarters for both the Big 12 and Conference USA are located in Irving, and the Southland Conference headquarters are in Frisco.

Sports events hosted

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

Event Sport Year(s) Venue
Red River Rivalry 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 Colonial Country 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
NCAA Women's Final Four Basketball 2017 American Airlines Center
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–present 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
Frisco Bowl College Football 2017–present Toyota Stadium
Breeders' Cup Horse Racing 2004 Lone Star Park
AAA Texas 500 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–present AT&T Stadium
Southwest Classic College Football 2009–2011 AT&T Stadium
First Responder Bowl College Football 2010–present Cotton Bowl
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
Heart of Dallas Classic College Football 2013 Cotton Bowl
College Football Playoff National Championship College Football 2015 AT&T Stadium
WrestleMania 32 Wrestling 2016 AT&T Stadium
NFL Draft Football 2018 AT&T Stadium
NHL Entry Draft Hockey 2018 American Airlines Center
NHL Bridgestone winter Classic Hockey 2020 Cotton Bowl

Education
Further information: List of colleges and universities in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex

Notable colleges and universities
Public universities
School Enrollment Location Mascot Athletic Affiliation
(Conference)		 University System

University of Texas at Arlington		 42,496 Arlington Mavericks NCAA Division I
(Sun Belt)
Non–Football		 University of Texas System

University of North Texas		 37,979 Denton Mean Green NCAA Division I FBS
(C–USA)		 University of North Texas System

University of Texas at Dallas		 26,793 Richardson Comets NCAA Division III
(American Southwest)
Non–Football		 University of Texas System

Texas Woman's University		 15,472 Denton Pioneers NCAA Division II
(Lone Star)
Women's sports only		 Independent

Texas A&M University–Commerce		 12,385 Commerce Lions NCAA Division II
(Lone Star)		 Texas A&M University System

University of North Texas at Dallas		 3,030 Dallas Trailblazers No Athletics
(N/A)		 University of North Texas System

UT Southwestern		 2,235 Dallas N/A N/A University of Texas System
Private universities
School Enrollment Location Mascot Athletic Affiliation
(Conference)

Southern Methodist University		 11,643 University Park Mustangs NCAA Division I FBS
(American)

Texas Christian University		 10,394 Fort Worth Horned Frogs NCAA Division I FBS
(Big 12)

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

Texas Wesleyan University		 3,378 Fort Worth Rams NAIA
(Sooner)

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

Southwestern Assemblies of God University		 2,012 Waxahachie Lions NAIA NCCAA
(Sooner and Central States Football League)

Paul Quinn College		 600 Dallas Tigers NAIA
(Red River)
Non–Football

Politics
Presidential Election Results
Year Republican Democratic
2016 53% 1,217,018 46% 1,062,196
2012 57% 1,202,585 43% 896,612
2008 55% 1,190,150 45% 970,130
2004 62% 1,190,362 38% 732,787
2000 62% 973,070 38% 587,889

Since the late 20th century and the realignment of party affiliations, conservatives have shifted to the Republican Party, and its national candidates have won in the Dallas–Fort Worth area, including in presidential elections. Democratic voters dominate a majority of areas in the large cities of Dallas, Fort Worth, Grand Prairie, and Arlington (especially areas east of Interstate 35W).[46][47] Republicans dominate North Dallas, western Fort Worth and the rest of Tarrant County, most suburbs, and the rural areas of the Metroplex.

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 has 38 AM stations, 58 FM stations (many of them class Cs), and 18 full-power television stations. Dallas–Fort Worth is the fifth-largest television market in the United States, behind only New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Philadelphia.

Two metroplex AM radio stations, 820 WBAP and 1080 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.[48] 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 USA; the other being NYC, where there is also a large South Asian demographic.

TV stations

The following are full-powered stations serving the Dallas–Fort Worth television market. Network owned-and-operated stations are highlighted in bold.

ChannelCall Sign
(branding)		Primary Network AffiliationSubchannel(s)City of LicenseOwner
2.1KDTNDaystarNoneDenton, TXWord of God Fellowship
(Community Television Educators of DFW, Inc.)
4.1KDFW
(Fox 4)		FoxNoneDallasFox Television Stations
(NW Communications of Texas, Inc.)
5.1KXAS-TV
(NBC 5)		NBC5.2 Cozi TVFort WorthNBCUniversal Owned Television Stations
(Station Venture Operations, LP)
8.1WFAA
(WFAA-TV Channel 8)		ABC8.2 AccuWx
8.3 Justice Network

8.4 Quest

 DallasTegna Media
(WFAA-TV, Inc.)
11.1KTVT
(CBS 11)		CBS11.2 DecadesFort WorthCBS Corporation
(CBS Stations Group of Texas, Inc.)
13.1KERA-TV
(KERA)		PBS13.2 KERA Kids
13.3 Create		DallasNorth Texas Public Broadcasting
18.1KPFW-LDHope Channel broadcastingNoneDallasIglesia JesuCristo es mi Refugion, Inc.
(Sale to DTV America Corporation pending)
20.1KBOP-LDInfomercial20.2 Infomercial
20.3 3ABN (Spanish)
20.4 3ABN		DallasRandolph W. Weigner
(D.T.V., LLC.)
21.1 KTXA
(TXA 21)		Independent21.2 MeTVFort WorthCBS Corporation
(Television Station KTXA Inc.)
22KNAV-LPHot TV NetworkNone
(low-power analog)		DeSoto, TXTuck Properties
23.1KUVN-DT
(Univision 23)		Univision23.2 Bounce TV
23.3 Escape
23.4 LAFF		Garland, TXUnivision Communications
(KUVN License Partnership, LP)
25.1K25FW-DHSNNoneCorsicana, TXVentana Television, Inc.
26.1KODF-LD
(KODF-TV)		Guide US TV26.2 Soul of the South TV
26.3 Almavision
26.4 HSN2		Britton, TXMako Communications, LLC
27.1KDFI
(My27)		MyNetworkTV27.2 Movies!
27.3 Buzzr
27.4 Heroes and Icons
27.5 Light TV		DallasFox Television Stations
(NW Communications of Texas, Inc.)
28.1KHPK-LDSonLife28.2 Guide US TV
28.3 Shop LC
28.4 Soul of the South TV		DeSoto, TXMako Communications, LLC
29.1KMPX
(Estrella TV KMPX 29)		Estrella TV29.2 Inmigrante TVDecatur, TXLiberman Broadcasting
(Liberman Television of Dallas License LLC)
31.1K31GL-DSonLife31.2 Hot TV Network
31.3 Hot TV Network
31.4 RTV		DeSoto, TXMako Communications, LLC
33.1KDAF
(CW33)		The CW33.2 Antenna TV
33.3 This TV

33.4 Charge

 DallasNexstar Media Group
(Tribune Media Company)
34.1KJJM-LD
(Access 34)		HSN34.2 Shop LC
34.3 HSN2
34.4 Jewelry TV
34.5 Infomercial		Dallas & Mesquite, TXMako Communications, LLC
38.1KVFW-LD
(KVFW 38)		Infomercial38.3 RTN
38.4 Rev'n		Fort WorthCMMB America
(New York Spectrum Holding Company, LLC)
39.1KXTX-TV
(Telemundo 39)		Telemundo39.2 TeleXitosDallasNBCUniversal
(NBC Telemundo License LLC)
44.1KLEG-CD
(Vmas)		TVC+Latino44.3 Diya TV - America's first South Asian broadcast television network
44.4 SAB TV (Indian)		DallasDilip Viswanath
46.1KUVN-CD
(Univision 23)		UnivisionNone
(mirror broadcast of KUVN-DT)		Garland, TXUnivision Communications
(KUVN License Partnership, LP)
47.1KTXD-TV
(Texas 47)		Independent47.2 Comet
47.3 Charge
47.4 TBD
47.5 SonLife		Greenville, TXLondon Broadcasting Company
(KTXD License Company, LLC)
49.1KSTR-DT
(UniMás 49)		UniMás49.2 GetTV
49.3 Grit		Irving, TXUnivision Communications
(UniMas Dallas, LLC)
51.1KHFD-LDThe Walk TV51.2 Cornerstone Television
51.4 Global Christian Network		Cedar Hill, TXRandall & Adrienne Weiss
(EICB-TV West LLC)
52.1KFWDSonLife52.3 QVC Plus
52.4 Evine		Fort WorthNRJ Holdings LLC
(NRJ TV DFW License Co, LLC)
55.1KAZD
(Azteca 55)		Azteca América55.2 MBC America (Korean)
55.3 SBTN (Vietnamese)
55.4 QVC
55.5 VietFace TV (Vietnamese)
55.6 Biz Television
55.7 Spanish-language infomercials		Lake Dallas, TXNorthstar Media, LLC
(Northstar Dallas License, LLC)
58.1KDTX-TVTBN58.2 Hillsong Channel
58.3 JUCE TV
58.4 Enlace
58.5 Smile		DallasTrinity Broadcasting Network
(Trinity Broadcasting of Texas, Inc.)
68.1KPXD-TV
(Ion Television)		Ion Television68.2 qubo
68.3 Ion Life
68.4 Ion Shop

68.5 QVC

68.6 HSN

 Arlington, TXIon Media Networks
(Ion Media Dallas License, Inc.)

Transportation
See also: List of Dallas–Fort Worth-area freeways
Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport

The 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 17,207 acres (6,963 ha) 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.[49] 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.[50]

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

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 metropolitan 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
See also: Dallas Area Rapid Transit, Trinity Metro, and Denton County Transportation Authority
Map of rail public rail transit in the Dallas–Fort Worth area

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 Dallas Area Rapid Transit (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 Westmoreland Road. 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 Hwy 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 (DCTA). 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 DCTA 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.[51]

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.[52] 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 the latter station 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.[53]

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