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Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area Demographics

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area is the 4th most populous of 935 metro areas in the United States, with 7,637,387 residents across 8,676 square miles. That is about 880 people per square mile.

At the 2020 census

Population 7,637,387
Land area 8,676 sq mi
Density 880 / sq mi

Data: 2020 Census · American Community Survey 2024

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Counties in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area area

Name Population Sq mi Per sq mi
Dallas County 2,613,539 873.1 2,993
Tarrant County 2,110,640 865.2 2,439
Collin County 1,064,456 841.3 1,265
Denton County, TX 906,431 878.6 1,032
Ellis County, TX 192,455 935.7 206
Johnson County, TX 179,927 724.8 248
Parker County 148,222 903.7 164
Kaufman County, TX 145,310 780.8 186
Rockwall County, TX 107,819 127.2 848
Hunt County 99,956 840.4 119
Wise County 68,632 904.4 76

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