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Overview for Dallas County, TX
Part of: Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington TX, Metropolitan Area
Part of: Dallas-Fort Worth TX, Combined Statistical Area
Part of: Dallas-Plano-Irving TX, Metropolitan Division
 
Map of Dallas County Dallas County is one of about 3,141 counties and county equivalents in the United States. It has 879.6 sq. miles in land area and a population density of 2,621.0 per square mile. In the last three decades of the 1900s its population grew by 67.1%. On the 2000 census form, 97.3% of the population reported only one race, with 20.3% of these reporting African-American. The population of this county is 29.9% Hispanic (of any race). The average household size is 2.71 persons compared to an average family size of 3.34 persons.

In 2005 manufacturing was the largest of 20 major sectors. It had an average wage per job of $57,798. Per capita income grew by 18.5% between 1994 and 2004 (adjusted for inflation).

 

People & Income Overview
(By Place of Residence)
Value Industry Overview (2005)
(By Place of Work)
Value
Population (2005) 2,305,454 Covered Employment 1,422,252
   Growth (%) since 1990 24.4%    Average wage per job $49,863
Households (2000) 807,621 Manufacturing - % all jobs in County 10.3%
Labor Force (persons) (2005) 1,175,654    Average wage per job $57,798
Unemployment Rate (2005) 5.7 Transportation & Warehousing - % all jobs in County 5.1%
Per Capita Personal Income (2004) $38,606    Average wage per job $43,809
Median Household Income (2003) $41,147 Health Care, Social Assist. - % all jobs in County 9.3%
Poverty Rate (2003) 16.9    Average wage per job $46,955
H.S. Diploma or More - % of Adults 25+ (2000) 75.0 Finance and Insurance - % all jobs in County D
Bachelor's Deg. or More - % of Adults 25+ (2000) 27.0    Average wage per job D

 
 

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