Metroplex

 

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington AreaThe North Texas region consists of 12-country Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metropolitan statistical area (MSA). The MSA is divided into two metropolitan divisions, at the eight-county Dallas-PLano-Irving MD and the four-county Fort Worth-Arlington MD.
North Texas is the fourth largest metropolitan area in the country with more than 6 million people including 13 cities with at least 100,000 residents.


Largest North Texas Cities

  • 1. Dallas 1,316.350
  • 2. Fort Worth 736,200
  • 3. Arlington 370,650
  • 4. Plano 265,000
  • 5. Garland 229,600
  • 6. Irving 213,700
  • 7. Grand Prairie 169,350
  • 8. Mesquite 139,550
  • 9. McKinney 126,900
  • 10. Carollton 122,100
  • 11. Denton 110,300
  • 12. Frisco 107,050
  • 13. Richardson 101,200
  • 14. Lewisville 96,450
  • 15. Allen 84,200

Fortune 500′s in North Texas

2.     Exxon Mobil                          – Irving
12.   AT&T                                      – Dallas
118. AMR                                       – Fort Worth
124. Fluor                                      – Irving
130. Kimberly-Clark                   – Irving
146. J.C. Penney                          – Plano
175. Texas Instruments              – Dallas
203. Dean Foods                         – Dallas
205. Southwest Airalines          – Dallas
262. GameStop                           – Grapevine
266. Tenet Healthcare              – Dallas
289. Holly                                   – Dallas
292. Energy Future Holdings – Dallas
351. Energy Transfer Equity   – Dallas
361. Commercial Metals          – Irving
388. Celanese                            – Dallas
404. Dr. Pepper Snapple Group – Plano
473. Atmos Energy                  – Dallas
492. Radio Shack                     – Fort Worth
499. D.R. Horton                     – Fort Worth

Source: Fortune Magazine, May 2011

Dallas-Fort Worth Arlington Area: Market Report for the 1st Quarter of 2011

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