Dallas

Dallas
City
Top to bottom, left to right: Downtown Dallas, State Fair of Texas at Fair Park, Old Red Museum, Winspear Opera House, Perot Museum, the American Airlines Center, the UT Southwestern Medical Center, Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge, and JFK Memorial
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Nicknames:  Big D, D-Town, Triple D , 214[1]
Interactive map of Dallas
Coordinates: 32°46′45″N 96°48′32″W / 32.77917°N 96.80889°W / 32.77917; -96.80889
Country	United States
State	Texas
Counties	Dallas, Collin, Denton, Kaufman, Rockwall
Incorporated	February 2, 1856
Government
• Type	Council–Manager
• Body	Dallas City Council
• Mayor	Eric Johnson (R)
Area [2]
• City	385.9 sq mi (999.2 km2)
• Land	339.604 sq mi (879.56 km2)
• Water	43.87 sq mi (113.60 km2)
Elevation	430 ft (131 m)
Population  (2020)[3]
• City	1,304,379
• Rank	9th in the United States 3rd in Texas
• Density	3,840.93/sq mi (1,482.99/km2)
• Urban	5,732,354 (US: 6th)
• Urban density	3,281.5/sq mi (1,267.0/km2)
• Metro [4]	7,637,387 (US: 4th)
Demonym	Dallasite
Time zone	UTC−06:00 (Central)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−05:00 (Central)
ZIP Codes	ZIP Codes[5] 75201-75212, 75214-75238, 75240-75244, 75246-75254, 75260-75267, 75270, 75275, 75277, 75283-75285, 75287, 75301, 75303, 75312-75313, 75315, 75320, 75326, 75336, 75339, 75342, 75354-75360, 75367-75368, 75370-75374, 75376, 75378-75382, 75389-75395, 75397-75398
Area codes	214, 469, 945, 972[6][7]
FIPS code	48-19000[8]
GNIS feature ID	1380944[9]
International airport	Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport
Domestic airport	Dallas Love Field
Interstates
U.S. routes
Rapid transit	DART Light Rail
Commuter rail	Trinity Railway Express
Website	dallascityhall.com

Dallas is a large city in the northern part of the U.S. state of Texas. It is a part of a much larger group of cities called the Metroplex, along with important cities like Arlington, Mansfield, Grand Prarie Denton, Fort Worth, and Plano. The city is the ninth largest in the United States.

For many years, the city was known as the city in which President John F. Kennedy was killed, but that is not associated with the city as much anymore.

1. ↑ "Slang You Need to Know to Survive DFW". Thrillist. March 22, 2016.
2. ↑ "2021 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 23, 2021.
3. ↑ "QuickFacts: Dallas city, Texas". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 20, 2021.
4. ↑ "2020 Population and Housing State Data". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 22, 2021.
5. ↑ "Zip Code Lookup". USPS. Archived from the original on November 4, 2010. Retrieved September 10, 2014.
6. ↑ "Area Code Lookup (NPA NXX)". Area-codes.com. Retrieved August 27, 2017.
7. ↑ "Area Code Lookup (NPA NXX)". Area-codes.com. Retrieved August 27, 2017.
8. ↑ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
9. ↑ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.