Dallas County, Texas#Demographics

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According to the United States Census Bureau, the county has a total area of {{convert|908.644|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|873.160|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|35.484|sqmi}} (3.91%) is water.{{Cite web|title=2024 County Gazetteer Files – Texas|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2024_Gazetteer/2024_gaz_counties_48.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=April 7, 2025}} It is the 177th largest county in Texas by total area. 3,519 acres of the county is contained within 21 county-owned nature preserves, which were acquired through the county's Open Space Program.{{Cite web|title=Parks & Open Space Program |url=https://www.dallascounty.org/departments/plandev/openspaces/ |publisher=Dallas County, Texas |date=October 27, 2015 |access-date=November 15, 2020 |language=en}}{{Cite web|title=Dallas County Parks and Open Space Board Collection James Pratt, Board Papers |first=James |last=Pratt |url=https://txarchives.org/dalpub/finding_aids/00002.xml |publisher=Texas Archival Resources Online |website=txarchives.org |access-date=April 7, 2025 |language=en}}

• Lake Ray Hubbard
• White Rock Lake

• Denton County (northwest)
• Collin County (northeast)
• Rockwall County (east)
• Kaufman County (southeast)
• Ellis County (south)
• Tarrant County (west)

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• Carrollton (partly in Denton County and a small part in Collin County)
• Cedar Hill (small part in Ellis County)
• Combine (partly in Kaufman County)
• Coppell (small part in Denton County)
• Dallas (county seat) (small parts in Collin, Denton, Kaufman and Rockwall counties)
• Ferris (mostly in Ellis County)
• Garland (small parts in Collin and Rockwall counties)
• Glenn Heights (partly in Ellis County)
• Grand Prairie (partly in Tarrant County and a small part in Ellis County)
• Grapevine (mostly in Tarrant County and a small part in Denton County)
• Lewisville (mostly in Denton County)
• Mesquite (small part in Kaufman County)
• Ovilla (mostly in Ellis County)
• Richardson (small part in Collin County)
• Rowlett (small part in Rockwall County)
• Sachse (small part in Collin County)
• Seagoville (small part in Kaufman County)
• Wylie (mostly in Collin County and a small part in Rockwall County)

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• Balch Springs
• Cockrell Hill
• DeSoto
• Duncanville
• Farmers Branch
• Hutchins
• Irving
• Lancaster
• University Park
• Wilmer

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• Addison
• Highland Park
• Sunnyvale

• Bear Creek Ranch

• Sand Branch

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• Alpha (not incorporated)
• Buckingham (Annexed by Richardson in 1996)
• Cedar Springs (First settled in February 1841. In 1929 the community was annexed by the city of Dallas.{{cite web|title=TSHA | Cedar Springs, TX (Dallas County) |url=https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hvc34}})
• Duck Creek (merged into Garland in 1887)
• East Dallas (annexed by the city of Dallas in 1890 but was once a city of its own)
• Embree (merged into Garland in 1887)
• Fruitdale (annexed by Dallas in 1964)
• Hatterville (Merged into Sunnyvale in 1953)
• Hord's Ridge (Merged into Oak Cliff in 1887{{cite web|title=TSHA | Hord's Ridge, TX |url=https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hrhnp}})
• Kleberg (Absorbed by City of Dallas in 1978)
• La Reunion (Absorbed by City of Dallas in 1860)
• Letot (Northwest Dallas County, annexed by Dallas)Rose-Mary Rumbley, "LETOT, CLEMENT" [https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fle81 Handbook of Texas Online], accessed December 26, 2010.
• Liberty Grove
• Lisbon (Absorbed by City of Dallas in 1929)
• Little Egypt[https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hrlsk "Little Egypt, TX"] in the Handbook of Texas Online, by Lisa C. Maxwell; accessed December 5, 2015.
• Long Creek (Merged into Sunnyvale in 1953)
• Meaders
• New Hope (Merged into Sunnyvale in 1953 - not to be confused with the Collin County town of the same name)
• Noel Junction (not incorporated, Addison/Dallas)
• Oak Cliff (Annexed by Dallas in 1903)
• Penn Springs (Annexed by Duncanville in 1947)
• Pleasant Grove (Annexed by Dallas by 1962)
• Preston Hollow (Annexed by Dallas in 1945)
• Renner (annexed by Dallas in 1977)
• Rylie (annexed by Dallas in 1978)
• Scyene
• Trinity Mills (Annexed by Carrollton){{Handbook of Texas|id=hvt59|name="Trinity Mills, TX"}}. By Matthew Hayes Nall. Retrieved on March 31, 2007.
• Tripp (Merged into Sunnyvale in 1953)

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{{US Census population

|1850= 2743

|1860= 8665

|1870= 13814

|1880= 33488

|1890= 67042

|1900= 82726

|1910= 135748

|1920= 210551

|1930= 325691

|1940= 398564

|1950= 614799

|1960= 951527

|1970= 1327321

|1980= 1556390

|1990= 1852810

|2000= 2218899

|2010= 2368139

|2020= 2613539

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|estimate=2656028

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1790–1960{{cite web|title=Historical Census Browser |url=http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu |publisher=University of Virginia Library |url-status=live |date=2007 |access-date=July 20, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091212224028/http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu/ |archive-date=December 12, 2009}} 1900–1990{{cite web|last=Forstall |first=Richard L. |title=Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990 |url=https://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/tx190090.txt |publisher=United States Census Bureau |url-status=live |date=March 27, 1995 |access-date=July 20, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19990219135447/http://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/tx190090.txt |archive-date=February 19, 1999}}
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As of the third quarter of 2024, the median home value in Dallas County was $325,980.{{Cite web|title=County Median Home Price|url=https://www.nar.realtor/research-and-statistics/housing-statistics/county-median-home-prices-and-monthly-mortgage-payment|publisher=National Association of Realtors|access-date=April 7, 2025}}

As of the 2023 American Community Survey, there are 971,690 estimated households in Dallas County with an average of 2.65 persons per household. The county has a median household income of $74,149. Approximately 13.8% of the county's population lives at or below the poverty line. Dallas County has an estimated 68.9% employment rate, with 34.8% of the population holding a bachelor's degree or higher and 81.7% holding a high school diploma.{{Cite web|title=U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: Dallas County, Texas |url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/dallascountytexas/PST045224 |access-date=April 7, 2025 |website=www.census.gov |language=en}}

The top five reported ancestries (people were allowed to report up to two ancestries, thus the figures will generally add to more than 100%) were English (56.8%), Spanish (34.0%), Indo-European (3.0%), Asian and Pacific Islander (4.3%), and Other (1.9%).

The median age in the county was 34.3 years.

Dallas County, Texas – racial and ethnic composition
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As of the 2023 estimate, there were 2,606,358 people and 971,690 households residing in the county. There were 1,079,120 housing units. The racial makeup of the county was 65.2% White (692,400 or 26.6% NH White), 24.1% African American (600,055 or 23.0% NH Black), 1.1% Native American (7,089 or 0.3% NH Native), 7.4% Asian (186,730 or 7.2% NH Asian), 0.1% Pacific Islander (1,220 or 0.1% NH Pacific Islander), _% from some other races and 2.1% from two or more races (41,011 or 1.6% NH Multiracial). Hispanic or Latino people of any race were 1,077,853 or 41.4% of the population.{{Cite web|title=County Population by Characteristics: 2020-2023 |url=https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2020s-counties-detail.html |publisher=United States Census Bureau |website=www.census.gov |access-date=November 18, 2024 |language=en}}

As of the 2020 census, there were 2,613,539 people, 965,537 households, and 616,554 families residing in the county.{{Cite web|title=US Census Bureau, Table P16: Household Type |url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=Dallas%20County,%20Texas%20p16&y=2020 |access-date=April 7, 2025 |publisher=United States Census Bureau}} The population density was {{convert|2993.6|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 1,038,656 housing units at an average density of {{convert|1189.5|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The racial makeup of the county was 35.37% White, 21.97% African American, 1.20% Native American, 7.01% Asian, 0.07% Pacific Islander, 18.28% from some other races and 16.11% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino people of any race were 40.48% of the population.{{Cite web|title=How many people live in Dallas County, Texas |url=https://data.usatoday.com/census/total-population/total-population-change/dallas-county-texas/050-48113/ |access-date=April 7, 2025 |publisher=USA Today}}

The increase among people of color reflected nationwide demographic trends of greater diversification.{{Cite web|first1=Alexa |last1=Ura |first2=Jason |last2=Kao |first3=Carla |last3=Astudillo |first4=Chris |last4=Essig |title=People of color make up 95% of Texas’ population growth, and cities and suburbs are booming, 2020 census shows |url=https://www.texastribune.org/2021/08/12/texas-2020-census/ |publisher=The Texas Tribune |website=www.texastribune.org |date=August 12, 2021 |access-date=June 2, 2022 |language=en}}

As of the 2010 census, there were 2,368,139 people, 856,290 households, and _ families residing in the county. The population density was {{convert|2718.0|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 943,622 housing units at an average density of {{convert|1083.0|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The racial makeup of the county was 53.55% White, 22.31% African American, 0.72% Native American, 5.04% Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander, 15.53% from some other races and 2.82% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino people of any race were 38.26% of the population.

As of the 2000 census, there were 2,218,899 people, 807,621 households, and 533,837 families residing in the county. The population density was {{convert|2523.0|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 854,119 housing units at an average density of {{convert|971.0|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The racial makeup of the county was 58.35% White, 20.31% African American, 0.56% Native American, 3.98% Asian, 0.06% Pacific Islander, 14.04% from some other races and 2.70% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino people of any race were 29.87% of the population.

There were 807,621 households out of which 35.10% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 46.90% were married couples living together, 14.10% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.90% were non-families. 27.30% of all households were made up of individuals and 5.90% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.71 and the average family size was 3.34.

In the county, the population was spread out with 27.90% under the age of 18, 10.70% from 18 to 24, 34.40% from 25 to 44, 18.90% from 45 to 64, and 8.10% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 31 years. For every 100 females there were 99.80 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98.00 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $43,324, and the median income for a family was $49,062. Males had a median income of $34,988 versus $29,539 for females. The per capita income for the county was $22,603. About 10.60% of families and 13.40% of the population were below the poverty line, including 18.00% of those under age 18 and 10.50% of those age 65 or over.

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Dallas County, like all counties in Texas, is governed by a commissioners' court. This court consists of the county judge (the chairperson of the court), who is elected county-wide, and four commissioners who are elected by the voters in each of four precincts.

The Commissioners' Court is the policy-making body for the county; in addition, the county judge is the senior executive and administrative position in the county. The Commissioners' Court sets the county tax rate, adopts the budget, appoints boards and commissions, approves grants and personnel actions, and oversees the administration of county government. Each commissioner supervises a Road and Bridge District. The Commissioners' Court approves the budget and sets the tax rate for the hospital district, which is charged with the responsibility for providing acute medical care for citizens who otherwise would not receive adequate medical services.{{cite web|title=Dallas County |url=https://www.dallascounty.org/ |website=www.dallascounty.org}}

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The Parkland Health & Hospital System (Dallas County Hospital District) operates the Parkland Memorial Hospital and various health centers.

The Commissioners' Court meets the first and third Tuesday at the Commissioners' Courtroom located in the Dallas County Administration Building at 411 Elm St., corner of Elm and Houston streets. The building was the headquarters of the Texas School Book Depository Company until 1970. In 1963 assassin Lee Harvey Oswald shot President John F. Kennedy from a window located on the sixth floor which today houses the Sixth Floor Museum dedicated to the late president's memory.

Acts of the commissioners court are known as 'court orders'. These orders include setting county policies and procedures, issuing contracts, authorizing expenditures, and managing county resources and departments. Most importantly, the commissioners court sets the annual tax rate and the budget for Dallas County government and the courts. The commissioners also set the tax rate and budget for the Dallas County Hospital District which operates Parkland Hospital.

The commissioners court has direct control over all county offices and departments not otherwise administered by a county elected official. Those departments include Dallas County Elections, Health and Human Services, Facilities Management, Parks and Open Space Program, I.T. Services, Homeland Security and Emergency Services, among others. Through their budget making powers, the commissioners exercise indirect control over the District Attorney's office, Sheriff, District Clerk, County Clerk and County Treasurer. The commissioners also set the budget for each of the District, County, and Justice courts.

Dallas County employs a commissioners court administrator who is responsible for the day-to-day management of the commissioners court and implementing the Dallas County Master Plan and the directives of the commissioners court. The current commissioners court administrator is Darryl Martin who was hired by the commissioners in 2008.

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Dallas County operates several jail facilities. They include:"[http://www.dallassheriffsoffice.com/intro/main/detentions/jail_information.html Jail Information]." Dallas County Sheriff's Office. Accessed September 14, 2008.

• 111 Riverfront Blvd (Dallas)
• North Tower Jail
• South Tower Jail - also known as the "Suzanne Kays Tower"
• West Tower Jail
• Government Center Jail - 600 Commerce Street (Dallas)
• Decker Detention Center - 899 North Stemmons Freeway (Dallas)
• (formerly) Suzanne Kays Jail - 521 North Industrial Boulevard (Dallas) - population integrated into the South Tower; demolished to clear way for the Trinity River ProjectKrause, Kevin. [http://crimeblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2009/04/suzanne-kays-jail-to-close-in.html Suzanne Kays jail to close in Dallas this week] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120301181300/http://crimeblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2009/04/suzanne-kays-jail-to-close-in.html |date=March 1, 2012}}." The Dallas Morning News. April 14, 2009. Retrieved on June 3, 2013.

The Texas Department of Criminal Justice operates the Hutchins State Jail for men in an unincorporated area adjacent to Hutchins."[http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/unitdirectory/hj.htm HUTCHINS (HJ)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080923221143/http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/unitdirectory/hj.htm |date=September 23, 2008}}." Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Accessed September 14, 2008. Corrections Corporation of America operates the Dawson Unit, a co-gender state jail in Downtown Dallas, under contract."[http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/unit_directory/jd.html DAWSON (JD)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130603165803/http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/unit_directory/jd.html |date=June 3, 2013}}." Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Retrieved on June 3, 2013.

Federal Correctional Institution, Seagoville, is located in Seagoville.

Dallas County was one of the first areas of the South to break away from a Solid South voting pattern. This coincided with the county's explosive postwar growth. It swung from a 13-point win for Democrat Harry Truman in 1948 to a 23-point win for Republican Dwight Eisenhower in 1952. For most of the second half of the 20th century, it would be one of the most conservative urban counties in the nation, voting for the GOP in every presidential election until 2008. The lone exception was when Texas native Lyndon B. Johnson successfully ran for a full term as president on the Democratic ticket in 1964.

In the 2004 election, Democrats won their first countywide administrative office since 1986 by electing Lupe Valdez to the office of Dallas County Sheriff. The last Democratic countywide administrator was D. Connally elected County Surveyor prior to the office's abolition. Democrats also won three district court benches in 2004. Two years later, Democrats swept every contested countywide race, including those for County Judge, District Clerk, County Clerk, District Attorney, County Treasurer, as well as every contested judicial seat.

Since the 1990s, Dallas County has voted more Democratic than the state of Texas as a whole. It swung from an 18-point win for George H. W. Bush in 1988 to only a two-point win in 1992. In 1996, Bill Clinton became only the fourth Democrat since Truman to win 40 percent of the vote. Former Governor of Texas George W. Bush earned relatively narrow wins in 2000 and 2004, even as he easily carried the state. This trend amplified in 2008 when the county swung dramatically to Barack Obama, whose coattails allowed Democrats to win the remaining Republican-held judicial seats.

Since the 2010s, Dallas County has been one of the most Democratic-leaning counties in Texas. In 2012, Obama won Dallas County by virtually the same margin as he had done in 2008. In 2016, Hillary Clinton increased the Democratic margin of victory even further. She became the first Democrat to win 60% of the county's vote since Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1944, while Donald Trump became the first Republican not to win 40% of the vote in the county since 1992. Joe Biden managed an even larger win in 2020.

In 2024, though Trump did not carry the county, he received his best-ever vote share, with 38%.{{Cite web|title=Texas election results 2024 {{!}} Dallas County Votes |url=https://www.dallascountyvotes.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Unofficial-Final-Results-ED.pdf |publisher=Dallas County Votes |website=www.dallascountyvotes.org |access-date=November 16, 2024 |language=en}} This was likely due to his increase in Hispanic support, which was 55% in the state of Texas compared to Kamala Harris’s 44%.{{Cite web|title=Exit poll results 2024 {{!}} CNN Politics |url=https://www.cnn.com/election/2024/exit-polls/texas/general/president/7 |publisher=CNN |website=www.cnn.com |access-date=November 12, 2024 |language=en}}

{{PresHead|place=Dallas County, Texas|source={{Cite web|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS|title=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections|last=Leip|first=David|website=uselectionatlas.org|access-date=July 21, 2018}}}}

{{PresRow|2024|Democratic|322,569|511,118|19,847|Texas}}

{{PresRow|2020|Democratic|307,076|598,576|16,861|Texas}}

{{PresRow|2016|Democratic|262,945|461,080|41,657|Texas}}

{{PresRow|2012|Democratic|295,813|405,571|10,228|Texas}}

{{PresRow|2008|Democratic|310,000|422,989|7,085|Texas}}

{{PresRow|2004|Republican|346,246|336,641|4,822|Texas}}

{{PresRow|2000|Republican|322,345|275,308|15,386|Texas}}

{{PresRow|1996|Republican|260,058|255,766|40,129|Texas}}

{{PresRow|1992|Republican|256,007|231,412|173,833|Texas}}

{{PresRow|1988|Republican|347,094|243,198|4,246|Texas}}

{{PresRow|1984|Republican|405,444|203,592|1,460|Texas}}

{{PresRow|1980|Republican|306,682|190,459|21,072|Texas}}

{{PresRow|1976|Republican|263,081|196,303|5,001|Texas}}

{{PresRow|1972|Republican|305,112|129,662|4,021|Texas}}

{{PresRow|1968|Republican|184,193|123,809|55,552|Texas}}

{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|137,065|166,472|621|Texas}}

{{PresRow|1960|Republican|149,369|88,876|2,054|Texas}}

{{PresRow|1956|Republican|125,361|65,472|1,862|Texas}}

{{PresRow|1952|Republican|118,218|69,394|850|Texas}}

{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|35,664|47,464|11,216|Texas}}

{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|21,099|60,909|12,028|Texas}}

{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|16,574|49,431|131|Texas}}

{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|7,204|42,153|300|Texas}}

{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|8,919|37,363|371|Texas}}

{{PresRow|1928|Republican|27,272|17,437|78|Texas}}

{{PresRow|1924|Democratic|8,618|30,207|1,012|Texas}}

{{PresRow|1920|Democratic|4,984|14,390|1,973|Texas}}

{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|2,554|13,410|289|Texas}}

{{PresFoot|1912|Democratic|590|7,725|1,367|Texas}}

{{U.S. SenHead|place=Dallas County, Texas|Seat=1|source={{cite news |title=2024 Senate Election (Official Returns) |website=Commonwealth of Texas by county |date=November 5, 2024 |access-date=December 5, 2024 |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-elections/texas-senate-results}}}}

{{U.S. SenRow|2024|Democratic|291,528|531,153|19,744|Texas}}

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Dallas County has had three openly LGBT elected county officials: Lupe Valdez, elected Sheriff in 2004 and serving until 2017; Jim Foster, elected county judge in 2006, serving one term before defeat in the Democratic primary in 2010; and Gary Fitzsimmons, elected District Clerk in 2006.{{Cite web|title=The Lavender Heart of Texas |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1622593,00.html |date=May 20, 2007 |access-date=March 18, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070520071250/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1622593,00.html |archive-date=May 20, 2007}}

The following school districts serve Dallas County:{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st48_tx/schooldistrict_maps/c48113_dallas/DC20SD_C48113.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st48_tx/schooldistrict_maps/c48113_dallas/DC20SD_C48113.pdf |archive-date=October 9, 2022 |url-status=live |title=2020 census - School District reference map: Dallas County, TX |publisher=United States Census Bureau |accessdate=June 30, 2022}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st48_tx/schooldistrict_maps/c48113_dallas/DC20SD_C48113_SD2MS.txt Text list]

White flight meant the decrease of non-Hispanic white students in Dallas County K-12 school districts from 1997 until the 2014–2015 school year. The number was 138,760 in the former and 61,538 in the latter; during 2014–2015 county charter schools had about 5,000 non-Hispanic white students. In 2016 Eric Nicholson of the Dallas Observer wrote that the bulk of white K-12 enrollment is shifting to more distant suburban areas beyond Dallas County, and that "Teasing out causation is tricky" but that the perception of poverty, which many white families wish to avoid, is tied with race.{{cite web|title=In Dallas, White Flight Never Ends |first=Eric |last=Nicholson |url=https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/in-dallas-white-flight-never-ends-8265092 |publisher=Dallas Observer |date=May 3, 2016 |access-date=October 29, 2019}}

Wilmer-Hutchins Independent School District formerly served a part of the county.Texas Education Agency: See map of [https://web.archive.org/web/20040611085020/http://penick.tea.state.tx.us/SchoolDistrictLocator/adobe/counties/dallas.pdf Dallas County]. Retrieved on July 3, 2022. In 2006 WHISD officially merged into DISD.{{cite web|title=Consolidations, Annexations and name changes for Texas Public Schools |url=https://tea.texas.gov/sites/default/files/consolidations-and-annexations-thru-2021-2022.pdf |publisher=Texas Education Agency |access-date=July 1, 2022 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://tea.texas.gov/sites/default/files/consolidations-and-annexations-thru-2021-2022.pdf |archive-date=October 9, 2022 |url-status=live}}

Dallas County is served by the Dallas College system of seven community colleges.{{Cite web|title=Maps and Locations |url=https://www.dallascollege.edu/maps/pages/default.aspx |publisher=Dallas College |website=www.dallascollege.edu |access-date=January 5, 2022 |language=en-US}} Dallas College is the designated community college for the entire county.[https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ED/htm/ED.130.htm Texas Education Code, Section 130.176, "Dallas County Community College District Service Area"].

There are two public universities in Dallas County: the University of North Texas at Dallas and the University of Texas at Dallas, of which the latter is also partially located in Collin County.

• Dallas Baptist University, located in Dallas
• University of Dallas, located in Irving
• Southern Methodist University, located in University Park

Dallas Area Rapid Transit provides bus and rail service to many cities in Dallas County, with Dallas being the largest.

The Trinity Railway Express, operated jointly by Dallas Area Rapid Transit and Trinity Metro, provides commuter rail service to both Dallas County and Tarrant County, connecting downtown Fort Worth with Downtown Dallas.

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NOTE: US 67 and US 77 are not signed fully along their routes in Dallas County.

• Love Field, located in Dallas, serves only domestic passengers.
• Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport is partially located in the city of Irving in Dallas County, and Grapevine and Euless in Tarrant County.

• Addison Airport is located in and owned by the city of Addison.
• Dallas Executive Airport is located in and owned by the city of Dallas.
• Mesquite Metro Airport is located in and owned by the city of Mesquite.

{{Portal|Texas}}

• Dallas County District Attorney
• List of museums in North Texas
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Dallas County, Texas
• Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks in Dallas County

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{{Commons category|Dallas County, Texas}}

• [https://www.dallascounty.org/ Dallas County Government official site]
• {{Handbook of Texas|id=hcd02|name=Dallas County}}
• [http://texashistory.unt.edu/permalink/meta-pth-14390 History of Dallas County, Texas: from 1837 to 1887] by John Henry Brown, published 1887, hosted by the [https://web.archive.org/web/20000210020912/http://texashistory.unt.edu/ Portal to Texas History.]
• [http://texashistory.unt.edu/permalink/meta-pth-20932 Memorial and biographical history of Dallas County, Texas] published 1892, hosted by the [https://web.archive.org/web/20000210020912/http://texashistory.unt.edu/ Portal to Texas History.]
• [http://texashistory.unt.edu/permalink/meta-pth-20995 Official directory, taxpayers of Dallas County, Texas] published 1896, hosted by the [https://web.archive.org/web/20000210020912/http://texashistory.unt.edu/ Portal to Texas History.]
• [http://www.municode.com/resources/gateway.asp?pid=13347&sid=43 Dallas County Code] (ordinances / regulations) from Municode

{{Geographic Location

|Centre = Dallas County

|North = Collin County

|Northeast = Rockwall County

|East = Kaufman County

|Southeast =

|South = Ellis County

|Southwest = Johnson County

|West = Tarrant County

|Northwest = Denton County

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