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Dallas was founded in 1841, but formally assimilated as a city in 1856. As of 2010, the population of Dallas was 1,197,816, causing the city to be the ninth-largest in the US and the third-largest in TX. The Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington metropolitan area had a population of 6,645,678 in 2012.  The city became historically noticed with its oil, cotton, and railroad influences. Today, the economy in Dallas is centered around banking, commerce, telecommunications, computer technology, energy, healthcare, medical research, transportation, and logistics. One of the largest and busiest airports in the world, Dallas/Fort Worth International helped Dallas become a strong inland port. The city of Dallas is ranked 14th in the world by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development. It’s the only city in the South Central regional area to be recognized by the OECD.

Dallas Metro Demographics

Population*: 912,254 (18+)
White American: 50.7%
Hispanic or Latino: 42.4%
African-American: 25%
Asian American: 2.9%
From two or more races: 2.6%
Native American: 0.7%
Median household income: $42,259

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Sports in Dallas

Events in Dallas

Most large-scale events in the market are held at the Dallas Convention Center.

Business and Education in Dallas

The city is home to nine Fortune 500 companies. They are AT&T, Southwest Airlines, HollyFrontier, Texas Instruments, Dean Foods, Tenet Healthcare, Energy Transfer Equity, Energy Future Holdings, and Celanese. Other companies of note headquartered in Dallas include Architecting Innovation, The Beck Group, Borden Milk Products, Briggs Equipment, Brinker International, Chief Oil & Gas, Continental Electronics, Dave & Buster’s, ENSCO International, Fairmount Food Group, FedEx Office, FFE Transportation Gap Broadcasting Group, General Electric Capital, Haggar Clothing, Half Price Books, Hall of Fame Racing, Harwood International, HBK Investments, Hoak Media Corporation, i2 Technologies, InfoCom Corporation, Match.com, Matrix Business Technologies, Monitronics, MumboJumbo The Odee Company, PainsCapital Corporation, Reddy Ice, Regus, Rolex, Titanium Metals, Tuesday Morning, and United Surgical Partners International.

Advertising & PR agencies: (AD) Slingshot, LLC, Reynolds Outdoor Media, Inc., Shelley Ellis Consulting, The Hunter Harris Group, LLC, Square One, ExecSearches.com, BUSINESSOFTODAY.COM, The Marketing collaborative, Illume Global Dallas, Apollo Interactive (PR) MM2 Public Relations, Focus Communications, Inc., The Marketing Collaborative, Levenson & Brinker Public Relations, Harrell Group, Ken Benson & Associates, Weber Shandwick, Bacon Global Group, LLC, FleishmanHillard Dallas, and Ketchum, Inc.

Colleges: There are three public universities located within the city limits: University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (UT Southwestern), Texas Woman’s University (TWU), and University of North Texas at Dallas. Private colleges in the city include Paul Quinn College, Dallas Baptist University (DBU), and Criswell College.

Must see destinations in Dallas, TX 

For more information on Dallas, please visit the Dallas Regional Chamber of Commerce website.