Dallas-Fort Worth is like a hefty adolescent who is learning to control his eating. The urbanized area that includes the two cities and their contiguous suburbs consumed 372 square miles of open land between 1970 and 1990, growing by more than one-third, according to U.S. Census Bureau figures. That put it at No. 7 on a list of the nation's most sprawling cities, according to the authors of a study released Monday. In a busy area called Sleepy Hollow, new homes poke up from the dark earth like the first shoots of spring. The tracks of heavy construction equipment scar virgin back yards.
Tiny canyons etched by winter rains slice the soil.
The state's Hispanic population doubled in the 1990s, contributing to a revival in some rural towns and adding to overall growth in Oklahoma's urban centers, the 2000 census found. The borough of Slovenska Narodna Podporna Jednota, otherwise known as the Slovene National Benefit Society, has a recreation hall, a pool and a liquor license. Growing feeling The story of northeast Tarrant County's explosive population and commercial growth is a tale lived, not told, by hundreds of thousands of residents in the state's third-most populous county. Redistricting concerns grow Dallas' population growth over the last decade has wreaked havoc with its City Council districts. Some have swelled by almost 40 percent, while others have grown as little as 6 percent, according to new U.S. Census Bureau figures.