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, and the southeastern and southern portions of Denton County; 817 and 682 for Tarrant County (817 also extends into a portion of Denton County, Johnson County, and Parker County); and 940 when including Denton. The 940 area code extends into Wichita Falls, 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.

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 the 52nd largest metropolitan area in the world.

Metroplex counties

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US Government Designated

• Collin County
• Dallas County
• Delta County
• Denton County
• Ellis County
• Hunt County
• Johnson County
• Kaufman County
• Parker County
• Rockwall County
• Tarrant County
• Wise County

North Central Texas Council of Governments listing

The NCTCOG list includes all the counties above, except for Delta County. In addition, the following counties are included:

• Erath County
• Hood County
• Navarro County
• Palo Pinto County
• Somervell County

Metroplex cities, towns, and CDPs

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Principal cities

• Dallas
• Fort Worth
• Arlington
• Plano
• Irving
• Carrollton
• Richardson
• Denton
• McKinney

Cities and towns with more than 100,000 inhabitants

• Garland
• Grand Prairie
• Mesquite

Cities, towns, and CDPs with 10,000 to 100,000 inhabitants

Addison Allen Athens Azle Balch Springs Bedford Benbrook Burleson Cedar Hill Cleburne Colleyville

Coppell DeSoto Duncanville Ennis Euless Farmers Branch Flower Mound Forest Hill Frisco Grapevine Greenville

Haltom City Highland Village Hurst Keller Lancaster Lewisville Mansfield North Richland Hills Rockwall Rowlett Sachse

Seagoville Southlake Terrell The Colony University Park Watauga Waxahachie Weatherford White Settlement Wylie

Cities, towns, and CDPs with less than 10,000 inhabitants

Aledo Alma Alvarado Anna Annetta Annetta North Annetta South Argyle Aubrey Bardwell Bartonville Berryville Brownsboro Blue Mound Blue Ridge Briar Briaroaks Caddo Mills Campbell Caney City Celeste Celina Chandler Cockrell Hill Coffee City Combine Commerce Cool Copper Canyon Corinth Corral City Cottonwood Crandall Cross Roads Cross Timber Crowley Dalworthington Gardens Double Oak Eagle Mountain Edgecliff Village Enchanted Oaks

Eustace Everman Fairview Farmersville Fate Ferris Forney Garrett Glenn Heights Godley Granbury Grandview Grays Prairie Gun Barrel City Hackberry Haslet Hawk Cove Heath Hebron Hickory Creek Highland Park Hudson Oaks Hutchins Italy Josephine Joshua Justin Kaufman Keene Kemp Kennedale Krugerville Krum Lake Dallas Lakeside Lakewood Village Lake Worth Lavon Lincoln Park Lipan Little Elm

Log Cabin Lone Oak Lowry Crossing Lucas Mabank Malakoff Marshall Creek Maypearl McLendon-Chisholm Melissa Midlothian Milford Millsap Mobile City Moore Station Murchison Murphy Nevada Newark New Hope Neylandville Northlake Oak Grove Oak Leaf Oak Ridge Oak Point Oak Trail Shores Ovilla Palmer Pantego Parker Payne Springs Pecan Acres Pecan Hill Pecan Plantation Pelican Bay Pilot Point Ponder Princeton Prosper Post Oak Bend City

Poynor Quinlan Red Oak Rendon Reno Richland Hills Rio Vista River Oaks Roanoke Rosser Royse City Saginaw Saint Paul Sanctuary Sanger Sansom Park Seven Points Shady Shores Springtown Star Harbor Sunnyvale Talty Telico Tolar Tool Trinidad Trophy Club Van Alstyne Venus West Tawakoni Westlake Westminster Weston Westover Hills Westworth Village Wilmer Willow Park Wolfe City

Description of economic activity

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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. Several major defense manufacturers, including Lockheed Martin, Bell Helicopter Textron, and Raytheon, maintain significant operations 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

Media

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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.

See Also:

• Category:Radio stations in Dallas-Fort Worth
• Category:Television stations in Dallas-Fort Worth

See also

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• United States metropolitan area

External links

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Official sites

• North Texas Commission
• DFW International Airport

http://www.gdc.org/

Additional information

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

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