Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX

1973‑1983:		Dallas-Fort Worth, TX SMSA
1983‑2003:		Dallas-Fort Worth, TX CMSA
2003‑2006:		Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area in Dallas-Fort Worth, TX CSA

Subareas

Timeline

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Subarea

Dallas, TX

Fort Worth-Arlington, TX

In this area

Defined but not in this area

Components

Population


Component	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990	2000	2005


Collin County, TX	41,692	41,247	66,920	144,576	264,036	491,675	660,926

Dallas County, TX	614,799	951,527	1,327,321	1,556,390	1,852,810	2,218,899	2,308,527

Denton County, TX	41,365	47,432	75,633	143,126	273,525	432,976	554,994

Ellis County, TX	45,645	43,395	46,638	59,743	85,167	111,360	133,527

Hood County, TX	5,287	5,443	6,368	17,714	28,981	41,100	47,772

Johnson County, TX	31,390	34,720	45,769	67,649	97,165	126,811	146,509

Kaufman County, TX	31,170	29,931	32,392	39,015	52,220	71,313	88,901

Parker County, TX	21,528	22,880	33,888	44,609	64,785	88,495	102,665

Rockwall County, TX	6,156	5,878	7,046	14,528	25,604	43,080	62,844

Tarrant County, TX	361,253	538,495	716,317	860,880	1,170,103	1,446,219	1,619,666

Wise County, TX	16,141	17,012	19,687	26,575	34,679	48,793	56,746

Delta County, TX	8,964	5,860	4,927	4,839	4,857	5,327	5,449

Henderson County, TX	23,405	21,786	26,466	42,606	58,543	73,277	79,689

Hunt County, TX	42,731	39,399	47,948	55,248	64,343	76,596	82,289



Total	-	-	-	2,974,805	3,885,415	5,221,801	5,823,043
Percent Change	-	-	-	-	30.6%	34.4%	11.5%



Total (as currently defined)	1,262,834	1,777,776	2,424,486	3,017,178	3,989,294	5,161,544	5,823,043
Percent Change	-	40.8%	36.4%	24.4%	32.2%	29.4%	12.8%

Timeline

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Component

Collin County, TX

Dallas County, TX

Denton County, TX

Ellis County, TX

Hood County, TX

Johnson County, TX

Kaufman County, TX

Parker County, TX

Rockwall County, TX

Tarrant County, TX

Wise County, TX

Delta County, TX

Henderson County, TX

Hunt County, TX

In this area

In another area

Principal/Central Cities

Population


City	1950	1960	1970	1980		1990		2000		2005


Dallas, TX	434,462	679,684	844,401	904,078	*	1,006,877	*	1,188,580	*	1,213,825	*

Fort Worth, TX	278,778	356,268	393,476	385,164	*	447,619	*	534,694	*	624,067	*

Denton, TX	21,372	26,844	39,874	48,063		66,270	*	80,537	*	104,153	*

Irving, TX	2,621	45,985	97,260	109,943		155,037	*	191,615	*	193,649	*

Carrollton, TX	1,610	4,242	13,855	40,595		82,169		109,576		118,870	*

McKinney, TX	10,560	13,763	15,193	16,256		21,283		54,369		96,581	*

Plano, TX	2,126	3,695	17,872	72,331		128,713		222,030		250,096	*

Richardson, TX	1,289	16,810	48,582	72,496		74,840		91,802		99,187	*

Arlington, TX	7,692	44,775	90,643	160,113		261,721	*	332,969	*	362,805	*



Total	0	0	0	1,289,242		1,937,524		2,328,395		3,063,233
Metro	0	0	0	2,974,805		3,885,415		5,221,801		5,823,043
Percent				43.3%		49.9%		44.6%		52.6%

Timeline

Principal or central city of this metro area

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City

Dallas, TX

Fort Worth, TX

Denton, TX

Irving, TX

Carrollton, TX

McKinney, TX

Plano, TX

Richardson, TX

Arlington, TX

Urban/Rural Population



1970				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			2,187,393	92.0%
		UA Population		2,015,628	84.8%
	Rural Population			190,586	8.0%

	Inside Central Cities			1,237,877	52.1%
	Outside Central Cities			1,140,102	47.9%

	Total Metro Area Population			2,377,979	100.0%


	Urbanized Area		Total UA Population	UA Population in Metro Area	Percent of UA in Metro Area

	Dallas, TX		1,338,684	1,338,684	100.0%
	Fort Worth, TX		676,944	676,944	100.0%

	Total			2,015,628


	population figures are from the 1970 census, metro areas as defined Apr 1973




1980				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			2,710,694	92.5%
		UA Population		2,451,390	83.7%
	Rural Population			219,822	7.5%

	Inside Central Cities			1,607,361	54.8%
	Outside Central Cities			1,323,155	45.2%

	Total Metro Area Population			2,930,516	100.0%


	Urbanized Area		Total UA Population	UA Population in Metro Area	Percent of UA in Metro Area

	Dallas-Fort Worth, TX		2,451,390	2,451,390	100.0%

	Total			2,451,390


	population figures are from the 1980 census, metro areas as defined Jun 1983




1990				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			3,646,933	90.3%
		UA Population		3,344,137	82.8%
	Rural Population			390,349	9.7%

	Inside Central Cities			1,937,524	48.0%
	Outside Central Cities			2,099,758	52.0%

	Total Metro Area Population			4,037,282	100.0%


	Urbanized Area		Total UA Population	UA Population in Metro Area	Percent of UA in Metro Area

	Dallas-Fort Worth, TX		3,198,259	3,198,259	100.0%
	Denton, TX		66,445	66,445	100.0%
	Lewisville, TX		79,433	79,433	100.0%

	Total			3,344,137


	population figures are from the 1990 census, metro areas as defined Jun 1993




2000				Population in Metro Area	Percent of Total Metro Area Population

	Urban Population			4,710,870	91.3%
		UA Population		4,500,007	87.2%
	Rural Population			450,674	8.7%

	Inside Principal Cities			2,806,172	54.4%
	Outside Principal Cities			2,355,372	45.6%

	Total Metro Area Population			5,161,544	100.0%


	Urbanized Area		Total UA Population	UA Population in Metro Area	Percent of UA in Metro Area

	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX		4,145,659	4,145,659	100.0%
	Denton-Lewisville, TX		299,823	299,823	100.0%
	McKinney, TX		54,525	54,525	100.0%

	Total			4,500,007


	population figures are from the 2000 census, metro areas as defined Jun 2003

Component Change History




Apr 1950



-		New SMA: Dallas, TX SMA
-		Dallas County, TX included as original component of Dallas, TX SMA
-		Dallas, TX designated as original central city of new Dallas, TX SMA
-		New SMA: Fort Worth, TX SMA
-		Tarrant County, TX included as original component of Fort Worth, TX SMA
-		Fort Worth, TX designated as original central city of new Fort Worth, TX SMA


Dec 1958



-		Johnson County, TX added to Fort Worth, TX SMA


May 1959



-		Collin County, TX added to Dallas, TX SMA
-		Denton County, TX added to Dallas, TX SMA
-		Ellis County, TX added to Dallas, TX SMA


Mar 1967



-		Kaufman County, TX added to Dallas, TX SMSA


Apr 1967



-		Rockwall County, TX added to Dallas, TX SMSA


Apr 1973



-		New SMSA: Dallas-Fort Worth, TX SMSA
-		Hood County, TX included as original SMSA component
-		Parker County, TX included as original SMSA component
-		Wise County, TX included as original SMSA component
-		Dallas, TX designated as original central city of new SMSA, transferred from Dallas, TX SMSA
-		Fort Worth, TX designated as original central city of new SMSA, transferred from Fort Worth, TX SMSA
-		Dallas, TX SMSA abolished
-		Collin County, TX included as original SMSA component, transferred from Dallas, TX SMSA
-		Dallas County, TX included as original SMSA component, transferred from Dallas, TX SMSA
-		Denton County, TX included as original SMSA component, transferred from Dallas, TX SMSA
-		Ellis County, TX included as original SMSA component, transferred from Dallas, TX SMSA
-		Kaufman County, TX included as original SMSA component, transferred from Dallas, TX SMSA
-		Rockwall County, TX included as original SMSA component, transferred from Dallas, TX SMSA
-		Fort Worth, TX SMSA abolished
-		Johnson County, TX included as original SMSA component, transferred from Fort Worth, TX SMSA
-		Tarrant County, TX included as original SMSA component, transferred from Fort Worth, TX SMSA


Jun 1983



-		Hood County, TX deleted, reverted to nonmetro status
-		Wise County, TX deleted, reverted to nonmetro status
-		PMSA reestablished: Dallas, TX PMSA in Dallas-Fort Worth, TX CMSA
-		Collin County, TX included as original component of reestablished Dallas, TX PMSA in Dallas-Fort Worth, TX CMSA
-		Dallas County, TX included as original component of reestablished Dallas, TX PMSA in Dallas-Fort Worth, TX CMSA
-		Denton County, TX included as original component of reestablished Dallas, TX PMSA in Dallas-Fort Worth, TX CMSA
-		Ellis County, TX included as original component of reestablished Dallas, TX PMSA in Dallas-Fort Worth, TX CMSA
-		Kaufman County, TX included as original component of reestablished Dallas, TX PMSA in Dallas-Fort Worth, TX CMSA
-		Rockwall County, TX included as original component of reestablished Dallas, TX PMSA in Dallas-Fort Worth, TX CMSA
-		Dallas, TX transferred to Dallas, TX PMSA in Dallas-Fort Worth, TX CMSA, designated as original central city of reestablished PMSA
-		Denton, TX designated as original central city of reestablished Dallas, TX PMSA in Dallas-Fort Worth, TX CMSA
-		Irving, TX designated as original central city of reestablished Dallas, TX PMSA in Dallas-Fort Worth, TX CMSA
-		PMSA reestablished: Fort Worth-Arlington, TX PMSA in Dallas-Fort Worth, TX CMSA
-		Johnson County, TX included as original component of reestablished Fort Worth-Arlington, TX PMSA in Dallas-Fort Worth, TX CMSA
-		Parker County, TX included as original component of reestablished Fort Worth-Arlington, TX PMSA in Dallas-Fort Worth, TX CMSA
-		Tarrant County, TX included as original component of reestablished Fort Worth-Arlington, TX PMSA in Dallas-Fort Worth, TX CMSA
-		Arlington, TX designated as original central city of reestablished Fort Worth-Arlington, TX PMSA in Dallas-Fort Worth, TX CMSA
-		Fort Worth, TX transferred to Fort Worth-Arlington, TX PMSA in Dallas-Fort Worth, TX CMSA, designated as original central city of reestablished PMSA


Dec 1992



-		Henderson County, TX added to Dallas, TX PMSA in Dallas-Fort Worth, TX CMSA
-		Hunt County, TX added to Dallas, TX PMSA in Dallas-Fort Worth, TX CMSA
-		Hood County, TX added to Fort Worth-Arlington, TX PMSA in Dallas-Fort Worth, TX CMSA


Jun 2003



-		Title of Dallas-Fort Worth, TX CMSA changed to Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area in Dallas-Fort Worth, TX CSA
-		Title of Dallas, TX PMSA in Dallas-Fort Worth, TX CMSA changed to Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX Metro Division in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area in Dallas-Fort Worth, TX CSA
-		Delta County, TX added to Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX Metro Division in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area in Dallas-Fort Worth, TX CSA
-		Henderson County, TX included as original component of Athens, TX Micro Area in Dallas-Fort Worth, TX CSA, transferred from Dallas, TX PMSA in Dallas-Fort Worth, TX CMSA
-		Carrollton, TX designated as principal city of Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX Metro Division in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area in Dallas-Fort Worth, TX CSA
-		McKinney, TX designated as principal city of Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX Metro Division in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area in Dallas-Fort Worth, TX CSA
-		Plano, TX designated as principal city of Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX Metro Division in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area in Dallas-Fort Worth, TX CSA
-		Richardson, TX designated as principal city of Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX Metro Division in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area in Dallas-Fort Worth, TX CSA
-		Fort Worth-Arlington, TX PMSA in Dallas-Fort Worth, TX CMSA became Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Division in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area in Dallas-Fort Worth, TX CSA
-		Hood County, TX included as original component of Granbury, TX Micro Area in Dallas-Fort Worth, TX CSA, transferred from Fort Worth-Arlington, TX PMSA in Dallas-Fort Worth, TX CMSA
-		Wise County, TX added to Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Division in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area in Dallas-Fort Worth, TX CSA

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