Dallas, Texas

Dallas is the third-largest city within the State of Texas, ninth in the United States, and together with Fort Worth and the Mid-Cities form the largest metropolitan economic area in the south-central United States. As of the 2000 U.S. Census, Dallas had a total population of 1.1 million (est. as of July 1, 2004 at 1,210,393). Dallas is the county seat of Dallas County. A small portion of the city also extends into the neighboring counties of Collin County, Denton County, Kaufman County, and Rockwall County.

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State - Texas - United States - Fort Worth - Mid-Cities - 2000 - U.S. Census - 2004 - Dallas County - Collin County - Denton County - Kaufman County - Rockwall County

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Dallas is within the Dallas?Plano?Irving metropolitan division and is the main cultural and economic center of the Dallas?Fort Worth?Arlington metropolitan area, a title designated by the U.S. Census, and is colloquially referred to as the Dallas Fort Worth Metroplex or simply as "DFW". As of the 2000 census, the Metroplex had a population of about 5.1 million making it the fifth largest United States metropolitan area and one of the 50 largest metropolitan areas in the world. A more recent U.S. Census estimate, however, puts the metropolitan area population at about 5.6 million for 2003.

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Dallas Fort Worth Metroplex - United States metropolitan area - Metropolitan areas in the world - 2003

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Dallas was named a "Gamma World City" by the Globalization and World Cities Study Group & Network (GaWC). The metro area is the largest concentration of corporate headquarters in the United States. The area is also served by the world's third busiest airport.

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Gamma World City - Globalization and World Cities Study Group & Network - Corporate headquarters - World's third busiest airport

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