Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex

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The Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex encompasses the metropolitan divisions of Dallas–Plano–Irving and Fort Worth–Arlington, within the U.S. state of Texas. The Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex is officially known as the Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington Metropolitan Area, a title designated by the U.S. Census as of 2003 and consists of twelve counties in North Texas. The Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex is mainly served by the area codes of 214, 972 and 469 for Dallas County, Collin County, Denton County; 817 and 682 for Tarrant County; and 940 when including Denton, Texas. 940 extends into Wichita Falls, Texas, although the city is not included in the metropolitan area. The western portion of area code 903 (which primarily serves east and northeast Texas) extends into the eastern counties of the Metroplex.

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According to the U.S. Census 2000, the metropolitan area had a population of 5.1 million (though a July 1, 2004 estimate placed the population at 5.7 million). The Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington MSA is the fifth largest United States metropolitan area and one of the 50 largest metropolitan areas in the world.

1 Metroplex counties
2 Metroplex cities, towns, and CDPs
3 Description of economic activity
4 Media
5 See also
6 External links
- 6.1 Official sites
- 6.2 Additional information

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Metroplex counties

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Metroplex cities, towns, and CDPs

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Description of economic activity

The cities of Dallas and Fort Worth are the anchor cities of the Metroplex. Dallas and its suburbs have one of the highest concentrations of corporate headquarters in the United States (see the Dallas article for a summary of companies headquartered in the area). As such, one of the largest industries in the Dallas area is conducting business. For example, with Texas Instruments, EDS, Perot Systems, i2, and other companies based in Dallas, the Metroplex contains the largest Information Technology industry in the state. On the other end of the business spectrum, and on the other side of the Metroplex, the Texas farming and ranching industry is based in Fort Worth. Brinker International is the largest employer in the Metroplex.

The Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (IATA Airport Code: DFW) is the largest airport in the state of Texas. The airport is located between Dallas and Fort Worth. American Airlines, based in Fort Worth, has its headquarters next to DFW Airport.

Love Field Airport (IATA Airport Code: DAL) is located in Dallas. Southwest Airlines, based in Dallas, has its headquarters next to Love Field.

Related topics

List of major companies in Dallas/Ft.Worth

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Media

The cities of Dallas and Fort Worth have their own newspapers, The Dallas Morning News and the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, respectively. Historically, the two papers were restricted in readership to their own counties; Tarrant County households would never read the Morning News and vice versa. As the two cities' suburbs have grown together, a large region of overlap has developed in the area around Arlington where Dallas and Tarrant Counties meet. This pattern has been repeated in other print media, radio, and television, but since the 1970s all of the television stations and most of the FM radio stations have chosen to transmit from Cedar Hill so as to serve the entire market, and are programmed likewise. A recent phenomenon seen most clearly in the DFW market has been the rise of "80-90 move-ins", whereby stations have been moved from distant markets, in some cases as far away as Oklahoma, and relicensed to anonymous small towns in the Metroplex to serve as additional DFW stations. According to 100000watts.com, the market has 38 AM stations, 58 FM stations (many of them class Cs), and 18 full-power television stations.

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External links

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Official sites

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Additional information

DFWArea
Star-Telegram - Fort Worth/Dallas news
Metroplex Daily
TourTexas.com: DFW travel and entertainment information guide

Image:Texas state flag.png	Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex
Counties	Collin \| Dallas \| Denton \| Ellis \| Henderson \| Hood \| Hunt \| Johnson \| Kaufman \| Parker \| Rockwall \| Tarrant
Pop. Over 500,000	Dallas^† \| Fort Worth^†
200,000 - 500,000	Arlington \| Garland \| Plano
100,000 - 200,000	Carrollton \| Grand Prairie \| Irving \| Mesquite
50,000 - 100,000	Denton^† \| Flower Mound \| Frisco \| Lewisville \| McKinney^† \| North Richland Hills \| Richardson
10,000 - 50,000	Addison \| Allen \| Athens^† \| Azle \| Balch Springs \| Bedford \| Benbrook \| Burleson \| Cedar Hill \| Cleburne^† \| Colleyville \| Coppell \| DeSoto \| Duncanville \| Ennis \| Euless \| Farmers Branch \| Forest Hill \| Grapevine \| Greenville \| Haltom City \| Highland Village \| Hurst \| Keller \| Lancaster \| Mansfield \| Rockwall^† \| Rowlett \| Sachse \| Seagoville \| Southlake \| Terrell \| The Colony \| University Park \| Watauga \| Waxahachie^† \| Weatherford^† \| White Settlement \| Wylie
† - County Seat. Bolded cities are considered "principal cities."

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Image:Texas state seal.png Metropolitan areas	Abilene \| Amarillo \| Austin-Round Rock \| Beaumont-Port Arthur \| Brownsville-Harlingen \| Bryan-College Station \| Corpus Christi \| Dallas-Plano-Irving \| El Paso \| Fort Worth-Arlington \| Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown \| Killeen-Temple \| Laredo \| Longview-Marshall \| Lubbock \| McAllen-Edinburg-Mission \| Midland-Odessa \| San Angelo \| San Antonio \| Sherman-Denison \| Texarkana \| Tyler \| Victoria \| Waco \| Wichita Falls See also: List of Texas counties