page_title: Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex
section_title: Combined statistical area
hierarchical_section_title: Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex / Combined statistical area
caption_attribution_description: Component parts of the Dallas-Fort Worth, TX-OK Combined Statistical Area; created with the GIMP. Made by User:Acntx. Modified by Yassie on March 25, 2018. The nine components of the CSA are colored separately: Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area: red Sherman-Denison, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area: blue Athens, TX Micropolitan Statistical Area: yellow Granbury, TX Micropolitan Statistical Area: orange Corsicana, TX Micropolitan Statistical Area: light green Durant, OK Micropolitan Statistical Area: light purple Gainesville, TX Micropolitan Statistical Area: purple Bonham Micropolitan Statistical Area: light blue Mineral Wells, TX Micropolitan Statistical Area: rose
context_page_description: The Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, officially designated Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, is a conurbated metropolitan statistical area in the U.S. state of Texas encompassing 11 counties. It is the economic and cultural hub of North Texas. Residents of the area also refer to it as DFW, or the Metroplex. The Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington metropolitan statistical area's population was 7,573,136 according to the U.S. Census Bureau's 2019 population estimates, making it the most populous metropolitan area in both Texas and the Southern United States, the fourth-largest in the U.S., and the tenth-largest in the Americas. In 2016, the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex ascended to the number one spot in the U.S. in year-over-year population growth.
  The metropolitan region's economy is primarily based on banking, commerce, insurance, telecommunications, technology, energy, healthcare, medical research, transportation and logistics. As of 2020, Dallas–Fort Worth is home to 24 Fortune 500 companies, the third-largest concentration of Fortune 500 companies in the United States behind New York City and Chicago.
context_section_description: The Dallas–Fort Worth, TX–OK combined statistical area is made up of 20 counties in North Central Texas and one county in South Central Oklahoma. The statistical area includes two metropolitan areas and seven micropolitan areas. The CSA definition encompasses 14,628 sq mi (37,890 km²) of area, of which 14,126 sq mi (36,590 km²) is land and 502 sq mi (1,300 km²) is water. The population density was 485 people per square mile according to estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau.
caption: Counties in the Dallas–Fort Worth, TX–OK combined statistical area[28]   Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington, TX MSA   Sherman-Denison, TX MSA   Athens, TX μSA   Granbury, TX μSA   Corsicana, TX μSA   Durant, OK μSA   Gainesville, TX μSA   Bonham, TX μSA   Mineral Wells, TX μSA
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