page_title: Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex
section_title: Metropolitan divisions and counties
hierarchical_section_title: Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex / Geography / Metropolitan divisions and counties
caption_attribution_description: English: DFW Metroplex counties separated by division &#160;&#160; Dallas–Plano–Irving &#160;&#160; Fort Worth–Arlington–Grapevine
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–Arlington metroplex is formed by a combination of two separate metropolitan statistical divisions. The Dallas–Plano–Irving MDA and Fort Worth–Arlington–Grapevine MDA come together to form one full metropolitan area or conurbation.
caption:   Dallas–Plano–Irving   Fort Worth–Arlington–Grapevine
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