Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex Metroplex Counties Metroplex Cities

According to the 2000 Census, approximately 5,220,000 people live in the Metroplex, which is officially known as the Dallas-Fort Worth Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area (Dallas-Fort Worth CMSA). This makes the Metroplex the largest metropolitan area in Texas, the ninth largest metropolitan area in the United States, and one of the 50 largest metropolitan areas in the world.

2 Metroplex cities

2.1 Primary cities:

DallasDallas redirects here. For other uses see Dallas (disambiguation Dallas is one of the ten largest cities in the United States and the heart of the largest metropolitan area in Texas. It is the county seat of Dallas County and small portions of the city al (Major airport: Love Field)
Fort Worth

2.2 Suburbs with 100,000 people or more:

Arlington (Acts as a Primary city)
Carrollton
Garland
Grand Prairie
Irving (Major airport: Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport)
Mesquite
Plano

2.3 Suburbs with between 10,000 and 100,000 people:

Addison
Allen
Athens
Azle
Balch Springs
Bedford
Benbrook
Burleson
Cedar Hill
Cleburne
Colleyville
Coppell
Denton (Acts as a primary city)
DeSoto
Duncanville
Ennis
Euless (Major airport: Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport)
Farmers Branch
Flower Mound
Forest Hill
Frisco
Grapevine (Major airport: Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport)
Greensville
Haltom City
Highland Village
Hurst
Keller
Lancaster
Lewisville
Mansfield
McKinney (Acts as a primary city)
North Richland Hills
Richardson
Rockwall
Rowlett
Sachse
Seagoville
Southlake
Terrell
The Colony
University Park
Watauga
Waxahachie
Weatherford
White Settlement
Wylie

2.4 Suburbs with under 10,000 people:

3 Description of Economic Activity

The cities of Dallas, Fort Worth, and Arlington are the anchor cities of the Metroplex. Dallas and its suburbs have one of the highest concentrations of corporate headquarters in the United States (see the Dallas article for a summary of companies headquartered in the area). As such, one of the largest industries in the Dallas area is conducting business. For example, with Texas Instruments, EDS, Perot Systems, i2 , and other companies based in Dallas, the Metroplex contains the largest Information Technology industry in the state. 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.

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.

Love Field Airport (IATA Airport Code: DAL) is located in Dallas. Southwest Airlines, based in Dallas, has its headquarters next to Love Field.

4 See Also

United States metropolitan area

Texas
Regions: Arklatex \| Central Texas \| Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex \| East Texas \| Edwards Plateau \| Houston Metropolitan Area \| North Texas \| Northeast Texas \| Piney Woods \| Rio Grande Valley \| Texas Hill Country \| Texas Panhandle \| Llano Estacado \| Southeast Texas \| South Texas \| West Texas
Largest Metropolitan areas: Abilene \| Amarillo \| Austin- San Marcos \| Beaumont- Port Arthur \| Brownsville- Harlingen- San Benito \| Bryan- College Station \| Corpus Christi \| Dallas- Fort Worth \| El Paso \| Houston- Galveston- Brazoria \| Killeen- Temple \| Laredo \| Longview- Marshall \| Lubbock \| McAllen- Edinburg- Mission \| Odessa- Midland \| San Angelo \| San Antonio \| Sherman- Denison \| Texarkana \| Tyler \| Victoria \| Waco \| Wichita Falls
See also: List of counties in Texas

Metropolitan areas Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex

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