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Dallas County
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county in Texas, United States
Dallas County is a county located in Texas that includes the city of Dallas and surrounding areas. It is one of the most populous counties in Texas and plays a significant role in the state's economy and culture.
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Research organization · ROR
- Type
- Other
- Founded
- 1846
- Location
- Dallas, United States
- Status
- Active
GRID grid.419444.8 · ISNI 0000 0004 0646 0315
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- George M. Dallas
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Texas
- Contains
- Dallas
- Capital
- Dallas
- Population
- 2613539
- Area
- 2353
- Time zone
- Central Time Zone
- Shares border with
- Tarrant County
- Headquarters
- Dallas
- Official website
- www.dallascounty.org
- Image
- Dallas - Old Red Museum 01.jpg
- Households
- 945996
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- Commons category
- Dallas County, Texas
- inception
- 1846-03-30
- topic's main category
- Category:Dallas County, Texas
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Dallas County, Texas
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Dallas County, Texas
- category for people who died here
- Category:Deaths in Dallas County, Texas
- different from
- Dallas County
- water as percent of area
- 4
- native label
- Dallas County
- social media followers
- 6973
- topic has template
- Template:Dallas County, Texas
- per capita income
- 33604
- located in the statistical territorial entity
- Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex
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Encyclopedic overview
Dallas County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, the population was 2,613,539, and was estimated to be 2,656,028 in 2024, making it the second-most populous county in Texas and the eighth-most populous county in the United States. Its county seat is Dallas, the third-most populous city in Texas and the ninth-most populous city in the United States. The county was founded on March 30, 1846 and was possibly named for George M. Dallas, the 11th Vice President of the United States, whom served under President James K. Polk. Dallas County is included in the eleven-county Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington metropolitan statistical area, which is the fourth-most populous metropolitan area in the United States.
Municipal expansion within Dallas County has blurred the geographic lines between cities and between neighboring counties.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dallas County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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