Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex

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Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex
Population
6,003,967 (2,007 est.)[1]

The Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington metropolitan area, a title designated by the U.S. Census as of 2003, encompasses 12 counties within the U.S. state of Texas. The metropolitan area is further divided into two metropolitan divisions: Dallas–Plano–Irving and Fort Worth–Arlington. Residents of this region informally refer to it as the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex, or simply The Metroplex (the term was originally invented to refer to Dallas/Fort Worth). North Texas is also a commonly-used term.

According to the U.S. Census July 1, 2006 estimates, the metropolitan area has a population of 6 million.[4] The Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington MSA is the largest metropolitan area in Texas and the fourth-largest in the United States.[5] The metroplex also encompasses 9,249 square miles (24,000 km2) of land, making it larger in area than the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is also the 44th largest metropolitan area by population in the world.

Metroplex counties

D/FW Counties

US Government Designated

Metroplex cities, towns, and CDPs

Principal cities

Dallas is the 5th largest city in the United States
Fort Worth is the 17th largest city in the United States, behind Memphis

Other DFW Cities over 100,000 population

Cities, towns, and CDPs with 10,000 to 100,000 inhabitants

Cities, towns, and CDPs with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants

Description of economic activity

The cities of Dallas and Fort Worth are the anchor cities of the Metroplex. Dallas and its suburbs have one of the highest concentrations of corporate headquarters in the United States. As such, one of the largest industries in the Metroplex is conducting business. The Metroplex also contains the largest Information Technology industry base in the state (often referred to as Silicon Prairie), owing to the large number of corporate IT projects and the presence of numerous electronics, computing and telecom firms such as Texas Instruments, Electronic Data Systems, Perot Systems, i2, AT&T, and Verizon in and around Dallas. On the other end of the business spectrum, and on the other side of the Metroplex, the Texas farming and ranching industry is based in Fort Worth. According to the Dallas Business Journal's 2006 Book of Lists, American Airlines is the largest employer in the Metroplex. Several major defense manufacturers, including Lockheed Martin, Bell Helicopter Textron, and Raytheon, maintain significant operations in the Metroplex. ExxonMobil, the #2 corporation on the Fortune 500 listings, is headquartered in Irving, Texas.

The Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport (IATA airport code: DFW) is the largest airport in the state of Texas. The airport is located between Dallas and Fort Worth. American Airlines, based in Fort Worth, has its headquarters next to DFW Airport. American is the largest airline in the world in terms of passengers transported and fleet size. It is also a predominant leader in domestic routes and operations.

Love Field Airport (IATA Airport Code: DAL) is located in Dallas. Southwest Airlines, based in Dallas, has its headquarters next to Love Field. The airline is considered as a predominant U.S. low-cost airline for domestic routes.

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Largest area private-sector employers

Source: Dallas Business Journal Book of Lists 2006
company # of employees locally type of business
American Airlines 22,077 Commercial airline
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. 21,133 Retail
Texas Health Resources 16,289 Health care
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company 15,900 Military aircraft design and production
Baylor Health Care System 15,200 Health care
Citigroup 15,000 Financial Services
AT&T, Inc. 13,729 Data, voice, networking and internet services
Verizon Communications 12,500 Telecommunications
Texas Instruments 10,600 Semiconductor manufacturing
Albertsons 10,100 Retail grocery
Brinker International 10,000 Restaurants
HCA Healthcare 9,896 Health care
JPMorgan Chase 8,800 Financial services
J.C. Penney Company, Inc. 7,900 Retail
Kroger Food Stores 7,600 Retail grocery
Target Corporation 7,554 Retail
EDS 7,300 Information technology services
Bank of America 7,000 Financial services
Tom Thumb Food & Pharmacy (Safeway Inc.) 6,314 Retail grocery
Southwest Airlines 5,543 Commercial airline
Bell Helicopter Textron 5,301 Aircraft manufacturing
Minyard Food Stores, Inc. 5,091 Retail grocery
Blockbuster, Inc. 4,500 Retail video and games
General Motors 4,030 Automotive manufacturer
RadioShack Corp. 3,896 Electronics retailer
Sprint 3,500 Communications products

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 were restricted in readership to their own counties; Tarrant County households would never read the Morning News and vice versa. As the two cities' suburbs have grown together in recent years, it is now common to find locations where both of the newspapers are sold. This pattern has been repeated in other print media, radio, and television, but 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. A recent phenomenon seen most clearly in the DFW market has been the rise of "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 100000watts.com, the market has 38 AM stations, 58 FM stations (many of them class Cs), and 18 full-power television stations.

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Sports

The Metroplex is one of just thirteen American metropolitan areas that have a team in each of the four major professional sports leagues. Major professional sports first came to the area in 1960, when the Dallas Cowboys began competing in the National Football League and the Dallas Texans began competing in the American Football League (the Texans would later relocate to Kansas City and become the Chiefs). In 1972, Major League Baseball's Washington Senators moved to Arlington to become the Texas Rangers. The National Basketball Association expanded into North Texas in 1980 when the Dallas Mavericks were added to the league. The fourth piece was added in 1993 when the Minnesota North Stars of the National Hockey League became the Dallas Stars. The area is also home to many other minor-league professional teams, four colleges that compete in NCAA Division I athletics and has played host to 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 Texas Stadium Texas Rangers Baseball 1972^ MLB Rangers Ballpark in Arlington Dallas Mavericks Basketball 1980 NBA American Airlines Center FC Dallas Soccer 1996 Major League Soccer Pizza Hut Park Dallas Stars Hockey 1993^ NHL American Airlines Center

^- Indicates year team relocated to the area

Other Professional Teams

Club Sport Founded League Venue Dallas Desperados Arena Football 2002 Arena Football League American Airlines Center Frisco RoughRiders Baseball 2003^ Texas League Dr Pepper Ballpark Fort Worth Cats Baseball 2001 AAIPBL LaGrave Field Fort Worth Flyers Basketball 2005 NBA D-League Fort Worth Convention Center

^- Indicates year team relocated to the area

Division I College Athletics

School City Mascot Conference Texas Christian University Fort Worth Horned Frogs Mountain West Southern Methodist University Dallas Mustangs Conference USA University of North Texas Denton Mean Green Sun Belt University of Texas at Arlington Arlington Mavericks Southland

Sports Events Hosted

Event Sport Year(s) Venue Texas vs. Oklahoma 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 AT&T Cotton Bowl College Football 1937-Present Cotton Bowl 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 U.S. Open Golf 1952 Northwood Club Pro Bowl Football 1973 Texas Stadium The Players Championship Golf 1975 Colonial Country Club NBA All-Star Game Basketball 1986 Reunion Arena NCAA Men's Final Four Basketball 1986 Reunion Arena U.S. Women's Open Golf 1991 Colonial Country Club FIFA World Cup Preliminaries Soccer 1994 Cotton Bowl MLB All-Star Game Baseball 1995 The Ballpark in Arlington Samsung 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 Texas Stadium, Dallas Cowboys New Stadium Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl College Football 2003-Present Amon G. Carter Stadium Dickies 500 Auto Racing 2005-Present Texas Motor Speedway MLS Cup Soccer 2005, 2006 Pizza Hut Park NHL All-Star Game Hockey 2007 American Airlines Center Super Bowl XLV Football 2011 Dallas Cowboys New Stadium

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Notes

  1. ^ http://www.census.gov/population/www/estimates/CBSA-est2006-pop-chg.html
  2. ^ Slipdown Mountain, in western Parker County. Note: Some editions of the Texas Almanac prior to 2000 (the latest being the 1998-1999 edition, ed. Mary G. Ramos) give a maximum elevation of 1,553 feet in Hunt County; this is probably an error. Texas Almanac data, depending on the edition, are obtained from the U.S. Geological Survey, the Texas Railroad Commission, and the Texas Department of Transportation.
  3. ^ Southeastern Ellis County, along the Trinity river, where Ellis County, Navarro County and Henderson County meet. Note: Texas Almanac editions after 1998-1999 give a minimum elevation of 300 feet (approximately 90 m) for both Ellis and Kaufman Counties, but these appears to be estimates.
  4. ^ http://www.census.gov/population/www/estimates/metro_general/2006/CBSA-EST2006-01.xls
  5. ^ http://www.census.gov/population/www/estimates/CBSA-est2006-pop-chg.html

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Additional information

Transportation


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