Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex

Metroplex is the name of the Dallas - Fort Worth (Texas) metropolitan area; this region consists of twelve counties.

According to the 2000 Census, approximately 5,220,000 people live in the Metroplex, which is officially known as the Dallas-Fort Worth Consolidated Statistical Metropolitan Area (Dallas-Fort Worth CSMA).

Table of contents

1 Metroplex Counties
2 Metroplex cities

2.1 Primary cities:
2.2 Suburbs with 100,000 people or more:
2.3 Suburbs with between 10,000 and 100,000 people:

3 Description of Economic Activity
4 See Also

Metroplex Counties

Metroplex cities

Primary cities:

Suburbs with 100,000 people or more:

Carrollton
Garland
Grand Prairie
Irving (Major airport: adjacent to Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport)
Mesquite
Plano

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

Suburbs with under 10,000 people:

Description of Economic Activity

The cities of Dallas, Fort Worth, and Arlington are the anchor cities of the Metroplex. With Texas Instruments and other companies based in Dallas, the Metroplex contains the largest IT industry in the state. The Texas farming and ranching industry is based in Fort Worth.

The Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport is the largest airport in the state of Texas. The airport is located between Dallas and Fort Worth. American Airlines is based in Fort Worth while Southwest Airlines, whom operates out of Love Field in Dallas, is based in that respective city.