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Dallas, Texas
North-central Texas, United States: Dallas city; Collin, Denton, Rockwell, and Kaufman counties; seat of Dallas county since 1846. It is situated in a region of prairies, tree-lined creeks and rivers, and mild hills along the Trinity River, close to the intersection of that river's three branches. While its summers are hot with low to moderate humidity, its winters are mild with only brief cold periods. Dallas, the capital of the vast Dallas-Fort Worth urban region, sometimes known locally as the Metroplex, is the third most populous city in the state (after Houston and San Antonio). Fort Worth is located 30 miles (48 km) to the west; other significant cities in the metropolitan area include University Park, Carrollton, Denton, Grand Prairie, Irving, Lewisville, Mesquite, Plano, and Richardson. A council-manager system of governance was formed in Dallas in 1931. Inc. town; city; 1856; 1871. 385 square miles are in the city (997 square km). Population: 1,197,816 (2010); 4,235,751 in the Dallas-Plano-Irving Metro Division; 6,371,773 in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington Metro Area; 1,304,379 in 2020; 5,129,966 in the Dallas-Plano-Irving Metro Division; 7,637,387 in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington Metro Area.
The Contemporary City
Today's Dallas is a multicultural city renowned for its dense population of eateries and retail establishments. A striking night skyline is produced by skyscrapers like Bank of America Plaza (1985) and Reunion Tower (1978). Given the prevalence of single-family homes, the population density is unusually low for a major metropolitan area (about two-thirds of all dwelling units). Less than half of the city's residents are of European descent, indicating the city's ethnic diversity. More than one-third of the population is Hispanic, and about one-fourth are African Americans. The eponymous television drama series, which was originally broadcast from 1978 to 1991, was filmed on location at a ranch in Dallas, which is now a popular tourist destination and convention center.
The current economy of Dallas is very diverse. The Dallas Market Center (1957), one of the biggest wholesale merchandise complexes in the world, is located in this city, which is a leading worldwide wholesale market. The U.S. Army and Air Force Exchange Service, which offers goods and services to military members, is headquartered there as well. The core of the economy is made up of wholesale and retail trade as well as services, particularly those in the corporate, financial, and health sectors. For the Southwest, Dallas is the top center for banking, finance, and trade, and there are about 6,000 business headquarters there. The city is also a bustling hub for airline services and a convention center. It is a well-known medical center, home of the American Heart Association's headquarters as well as the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas and the Texas A&M College of Dentistry (1905). (1943).
One of the highest concentrations of high-technology manufacturing and service firms may be found in Dallas. The major technology industries are those that manufacture software, computer services, computer hardware, semiconductors, and wireless communication gear. Additionally significant are advertising, publishing, printing, and food processing. Although there is less clothing manufacturing than in the past, the city is still regarded as a major hub for women's clothing and fashion in the region. Despite a significant decline in production throughout the 1990s, aerospace industry continues to play a role in the economy. Despite the fact that hundreds of oil companies, as well as several drilling equipment suppliers and geophysical exploration organizations, still have their headquarters in Dallas, the economic impact of oil and gas extraction has decreased significantly. The city's dependence on cotton has decreased as well.
Dallas serves as the Southwest's hub for trucking and distribution and is a significant transportation hub. The international airport is among the busiest in the world, and based on the volume of cargo it handles, it is the largest inland port in the United States. Love Field, a second major airport run by the city, as well as a smaller general aviation and business aviation facility. A vast highway, commuter train, and light-rail transit network connects the area.
One of the major hubs for higher education in the state is the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Dallas Baptist University (1898), Southern Methodist University (1911), the University of Dallas (1956), the University of Texas at Dallas (1961), as well as a number of community colleges are among the institutions in the Dallas area in addition to those already mentioned.
The city is well-known for its artistic offerings, which include opera, ballet, musicals, and symphony performances. A famous building is the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Kalita Humphreys Theater, which opened in 1959 and is a member of the Dallas Theater Center. The Dallas Museum of Art, sculpture gardens, Asian art galleries, and the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center (1989), which was created by I.M. Pei, are all located in Dallas' cultural area, which is frequently the location of performances and festivals. A life-size bronze sculpture portraying a cattle drive, complete with 70 head of cattle and 3 cowboys, is located at Pioneer Plaza at the Dallas Convention Center. About 30 restored North Texas buildings, the most dating from the 19th century, are preserved at Old City Park. The area where President John F. Kennedy was killed is close to the John F. Kennedy Memorial Plaza, and the building facing the plaza from which the accused shooter fired is home to the Sixth Floor Museum, which is devoted to the assassination and its consequences.
The Cotton Bowl, which hosts the annual American collegiate gridiron football championship, a music hall, several museums (including those dedicated to African American art, natural history, and science), a planetarium, an aquarium, a horticulture center, and the fairgrounds of one of the biggest annual state expositions in the nation are all found in Fair Park. The reptile collection at the Dallas Zoo is well-known. The Dallas Cowboys play American football at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, along with the team's well-known cheerleaders; other professional sports teams in the area include FC Dallas, the Texas Rangers, and the Dallas Mavericks (football [soccer]). Outdoor recreation is available at a number of lakes in and around the city; White Rock Lake, a reservoir in the northeastern corner of the city, is surrounded by parkland that has an arboretum.
Education
Dallas serves as a significant educational hub for most of the South-Central region of the US. Numerous colleges, trade schools, universities, and other educational institutions may be found in the city itself. The University of Texas at Dallas in Richardson, the University of Dallas in Irving, Dallas Christian College in Farmers Branch, Devry University Dallas in Irving, the University of North Texas in Denton, the University of Texas at Arlington in Arlington, and the Southwestern Assemblies of God University in Waxahachie are just a few of the major universities that are located in the city's enclaves, satellite cities, and suburbs.
Private, coeducational Southern Methodist University (SMU) is situated in the University Park neighborhood of Dallas. It was established in 1911 by the Southern Methodist Church [1] and presently has 3,500 postgraduate students in addition to 6,500 undergraduate students and 1,200 professional students in the law and theology departments. Additionally, the Cox School of Business is located at SMU.
In the Mountain Creek neighborhood of southwest Dallas, there is a private, coeducational university called Dallas Baptist University (DBU). It moved to Dallas in 1965 from its original location in Decatur. Over 5,500 students are enrolled in the institution at the moment.
The University of North Texas at Dallas is being constructed in south Dallas along Houston School Road; it is currently housed in a temporary location south of Oak Cliff along Interstate 20.
It will be the first public university located within the boundaries of Dallas.
Southeast of Dallas is home to the private, historically Black college Paul Quinn College. It was formerly housed on the grounds of the former Bishop College, another private, historically Black college, until moving to Dallas in 1993 from Waco, Texas. Comer Cottrell, the ProLine Corporation's founder and a billionaire from Dallas, purchased the Bishop College site and left it to Paul Quinn College in 1993. There are 3,000 undergraduate students at the institution.
The Stemmons Corridor in Dallas is home to the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School. One of the largest facilities of its kind in the world, the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, houses it. The institution only accepts about 200 pupils a year due to its strict standards. 3255 postgraduates are enrolled at the facility.
Architecture
Twenty structures in Dallas' skyline are categorized as skyscrapers since they are taller than 490 feet (150 meters). Dallas does have a trademark structure in the Bank of America Plaza, which is lit up in neon but does not rank among the top 200 tallest structures in the world, despite the city's tallest skyscraper not topping 980 feet (300 m) in height. The majority of Dallas' famous buildings originate from the modernist and postmodernist periods, while some of it is from the late 19th and early 20th century. Reunion Tower, the JFK Memorial, I. M. Pei's Dallas City Hall, and the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center are all iconic examples of modernist architecture. Fountain Place, Bank of America Plaza, Renaissance Tower, JPMorgan Chase Tower, and Comerica Bank Tower are exemplary postmodernist buildings. Additionally, there are residential options in downtown Dallas, some of which are recognizable skyline structures.
Both the neoclassical design of the Davis and Wilson Buildings and the Gothic Revival design of the Kirby Building are used in a number of smaller buildings. A section of historic homes along Swiss Avenue, which features styles ranging from Victorian to neoclassical, is one of the city's architectural "hotbeds." A variety of Dallas' commercial architecture from the 1880s through the 1940s is preserved by the Dallas Downtown Historic District.
Climate
Dallas has a humid subtropical climate, which is typical of the Southern Plains of the United States (Köppen climatic classification: Cfa). Additionally, it possesses traits that are both continental and tropical, as seen by an unusually wide yearly temperature range for the latitude. It is vulnerable to severe weather, tornadoes, and hailstorms because it is situated at the lower end of Tornado Alley.
Dallas's summers are extremely hot and humid, but there are frequently long stretches of dry weather. The hottest months are typically July and August, with average highs of 96.0 °F (36 °C) and lows of 76.7 °F (25 °C). Due to high humidity during the summer, heat indices frequently exceed 105 °F (41 °C), making the heat practically intolerable. On June 26 and 27, 1980, during the Heat Wave of 1980, the neighboring Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport achieved the all-time record high temperature of 113 °F (45 °C).
Dallas experiences moderate to warm winters with sporadic cold snaps. The average first frost date is in November, while the average last frost date is in March. With an average daytime high of 56.8 °F (14 °C) and an average nighttime low of 37.3 °F (3 °C), January is usually the coldest month. As powerful cold fronts known as "Blue Northers" pass through the Dallas area, forcing temperatures below the 40 °F (4 °C) mark for several days at a time and frequently between days with high temperatures above 80 °F (27 °C), sharp swings in temperature can happen, despite the normal daily average temperature in January being 47.0 °F (8 °C). About 70% of winter seasons in the city result in snow accumulation, and on average, 1-2 days each year receive snowfall, averaging 1.5 inches per season (4 cm). However, certain regions in the region get more snow than that, while other areas just get a little or none at all. On January 18, 1930, the city's record-low temperature of 3 °F (19 °C) was set. On February 16, 2021, during Winter Storm Uri, the temperature at the adjacent Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport dipped to just 2 °F (19 °C).
With mild and agreeable weather, spring and fall are transitional seasons. In the spring, vibrant wildflowers are planted along Texas' roadways, including the bluebonnet, Indian paintbrush, and other types of vegetation. Although springtime temperatures tend to be mild, the weather can be rather unpredictable. The wettest months are typically late spring through early summer, with humidity levels frequently exceeding 75%. From late September through early December, as well as on many winter days, the weather in Dallas is also often good. Although there are frequently more storms and tornado risks in the autumn than in the spring, they are typically fewer and less destructive.
Every spring, warm, humid air coming in from the Gulf Coast collides with cold fronts moving south from the North, causing violent thunderstorms with lightning, torrential rain, hail, and occasionally tornadoes. Due to the city's proximity to Tornado Alley, tornadoes have historically posed the greatest natural threat to it.
Every winter, warm, humid air from the south will occasionally push past Dallas' cold, dry air, bringing with it the possibility of freezing rain or ice and, if the city's roads and highways turn slippery, major disruptions. Averaged throughout the course of each winter month, there are at least four days with temperatures above 70 °F (21 °C). Dallas experiences 26 nights a year that are at or below freezing on average, with only 14 of those nights occurring during the winter of 1999–2000. Only twice in these same 15 years has the temperature in the area dipped below 15 °F (9 °C), despite the fact that most (67%) of the time it will typically do so.
Dallas is classified as being in Plant Hardiness Zone 8a by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The cultivation of cold-sensitive plants like Washingtonia filifera and Washingtonia robusta palms, which virtually all of which perished during Winter Storm Uri, was promoted by the mild winters of the previous 15 to 20 years. Dallas ranks 12th among American cities for air pollution, just behind Los Angeles and Houston, according to the American Lung Association. Cement factories in nearby Ellis County and a hazardous wastes incineration facility in the small town of Midlothian are two sources of significant air pollution in Dallas and the surrounding area.
Dallas experiences daily average lows of 57.4 °F (14 °C) and highs of 76.9 °F (25 °C). Approximately 39.1 inches (993 mm) of rain fall on Dallas each year. On February 11, 2010, 11.2 inches (28 cm) of snow fell in Dallas, setting a record.
Arts & Museums
The largest continuous arts area in the country is located in Downtown's northern part and is home to numerous art venues. The Dallas Museum of Art, the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center, the Nasher Sculpture Center, and the Trammell & Margaret Crow Collection of Asian Art are just a few of the district's notable venues. It also houses the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and Dallas Wind Symphony.
Another natural history and scientific museum in Downtown Dallas is the Perot Museum of Nature and Science. The 180,000 square foot (17,000 m2) structure was created by 2005 Pritzker Architecture Prize Laureate Thom Mayne and his company Morphosis Architects. It has six storeys and is around 14 stories tall.
The Moody Performance Hall, where the Dallas Chamber Symphony performs, the Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre, where the Dallas Theater Center and the Dallas Black Dance Theater perform, and the Winspear Opera House, where the Dallas Opera and Texas Ballet Theater perform, are all venues that are a part of the AT&T Dallas Center for the Performing Arts.
The Meadows Museum at Southern Methodist University is not far from the location. It began a three-year relationship with Madrid's Prado Museum in 2009. A collection of Spanish artwork by de Juanes, El Greco, Fortuny, Goya, Murillo, Picasso, Pkensa, Ribera, Rico, Velasquez, Zurbaran, and other Spaniards is housed in the Prado, a museum in Madrid that specializes in Spanish visual art. The collaboration between the Prado and Meadows has been so successful that additional works, as well as non-Spanish highlights such sculptures by Rodin and Moore, have been added.
The ICR Discovery Center for Science & Earth History is a creationism museum that is run by the Institute for Creation Research in Dallas. The former Texas School Book Depository, from where Lee Harvey Oswald allegedly shot and murdered President John F. Kennedy in 1963, has been a county government office building since the 1980s, with the exception of its sixth and seventh floors, which are home to the Sixth Floor Museum.
The Hall of State in Fair Park is home to the American Museum of the Miniature Arts. The freshly expanded Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts of the Dallas Independent School District is also located in the Arts District. The Dallas Contemporary is located in the City Center District, which is close to the Arts District.
In the 1920s and 1930s, Deep Ellum, which is located just east of Downtown, rose to prominence as the premier jazz and blues hot spot in the South.
In the early Deep Ellum bars like the Harlem and the Palace, musicians like Blind Lemon Jefferson, Robert Johnson, Huddie "Lead Belly" Ledbetter, and Bessie Smith performed. In addition to clubs, pubs, and concert venues, Deep Ellum is now home to hundreds of artists who live in lofts and work in studios scattered across the neighborhood.
Due to the city's lenient attitude toward graffiti, there has been a significant influx of art in the neighborhood, and murals have been painted on many public spaces, including roadways, tunnels, building sides, and sidewalks. One notable instance was the Good-Latimer tunnel, which was demolished in late 2006 to make room for the installation of a light rail line that will pass through the area.
The Cedars neighborhood south of Downtown has experienced a rise in the number of studio artists and an expansion of entertainment options, much like Deep Ellum before it. With the opening of Southside on Lamar, a former Sears Roebuck and Company warehouse transformed into lofts, studios, and retail, the neighborhood's art scene started to expand in the early 2000s.
Poor David's Pub and Gilley's Dallas are two popular destinations right now. Locals believe that Dallas Mavericks owner and businessman Mark Cuban is developing an entertainment complex on the land he bought near Cedars Station along Lamar Street in September 2005. Many studio artists reside in converted warehouses in the Bishop Arts District of Oak Cliff, which is located south of the Trinity River. Murals are painted on the walls of buildings along alleyways and streets, and the nearby streets are home to a variety of unique restaurants and boutiques.
The city of Dallas maintains a department called the Office of Cultural Affairs. The agency is in charge of six cultural centers spread around the city, as well as the sponsorship of regional performers and theaters, the inception of public art initiatives, and the management of the city's classical radio station WRR. After her decommissioning in September 2014, the Los Angeles-class submarine USS Dallas was supposed to become a museum ship close to the Trinity River, but this has since been postponed. It will be disassembled into enormous pieces in Houston, hauled by trucks to the museum location, and then put back together.
Sports
The Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League, the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association, the Texas Rangers of Major League Baseball, the Dallas Stars of the National Hockey League, FC Dallas of Major League Soccer, and the Dallas Wings of the Women's National Basketball Association all call Dallas and the Dallas metropolitan area home.
Major collegiate sports teams in the Dallas area include the Mustangs of Southern Methodist University, which is located in the University Park neighborhood, and the Patriots baseball team of Dallas Baptist University, which is based in southwest Dallas. The University of North Texas Mean Green, University of Texas at Arlington Mavericks, and Texas Christian University Horned Frogs are located in neighboring cities Fort Worth, Arlington, and Denton, respectively.
Population
Texas's Dallas County is home to the city of Dallas. Additionally, Dallas County's county seat is there. It is the ninth-largest city in the United States and the third-largest city in Texas as of 2020, with a population of 1,325,691. Dallas' population has decreased by -0.98% since the most recent census, which showed a population of 1,338,846 in 2020. Currently, Dallas is growing at a rate of 0.81% annually. Dallas has a population density of 3,902 people per square mile, spanning over 384 miles.
With a poverty rate of 18.11 percent, Dallas has an average household income of $86,393. The median monthly cost of rent in recent years has been, and the median value of a home is. Dallas has a 32.7 year median age, with 32.3 year males and 33.2 year females.
Dallas, which is in North Texas, is the third-largest city in Texas and the ninth-largest city in the nation. Dallas was most recently designated a "beta plus" global city.
The Dallas metropolitan area is one of the fastest-growing in the nation and is substantially larger. With a population of 6.8 million, the 13-county Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro area ranks as the seventh-largest metro area in the country.
Current City Mayor
Dallas, Texas's 60th mayor, Eric Johnson, was chosen in June 2019. Johnson held the position of mayor before serving as a representative for the City of Dallas in the Texas House of Representatives from April 2010 to June 2019. Johnson served on a number of legislative committees during his time in the Texas Legislature, including Appropriations, Ways and Means, Higher Education, and Natural Resources. Additionally, he presided over the Dallas Area Legislative Delegation.
Johnson was born in Dallas and attended schools in the Dallas Independent School District through first grade before receiving a scholarship from the Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Dallas to attend Greenhill School. He studied history at Harvard College, where he received a commendable degree. Johnson also has a law degree from the University of Pennsylvania Law School and a master's in public affairs from Princeton University's School of Public and International Affairs. He graduated from the Senior Executives in State and Local Government program at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
With his wife Nikki, their three children William, George, and Lela, as well as their dog Penny, Mayor Johnson resides in Dallas. The Mountain View Church of Christ is where he attends.