Higher Education in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area can be considered to have a highly-educated population of the working age, with 30 percent of the population over 25 years old having received at least a Bachelors Degree, according to the American Community Survey of 2005. The Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington MSA counted a higher percent of the population with at least a Bachelors than the State of Texas's proportion of 25.2 percent and a higher percent than the average across the nation of 27.2 percent.

Reported by the 2005 American Community Survey in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area, the most common level of education achieved in the area for the male population is the Bachelors Degree or Higher category, with 32 percent obtaining this level of education. The women in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro area have achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than men; 32 percent (Men) versus 28 percent (Women). Many of the women in the area achieving a Some College or Associates Degree category, with 29.8 percent of the women population in the area achieving this level of education.

From 2000 to 2005, the percent of the male population that can be considered highly educated has increased by 1.0 percent. In the year 2005, 32 percent of the total male population, in the area, has obtained at least a Bachelors Degree. From 2000 to 2005, the percent of women with a Bachelors or Higher has increased by a total of 2.0 percent. By 2005, a total of 28 percent of the female population had achieved this level of education.

From the year 2000, the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro area has increased in the population percent with a Bachelors of Higher. This population percent has grown by 1.6 percent to a total of 30 percent in 2005, as reported by the American Community Survey. The proportion of the 2005 population having received at least a BA is greater than the State of Texas percent of 25.2 and greater than the United States percent of 27.2.

In the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area as reported in the 2005 American Community Survey, 32.8 percent of the White Alone, 19.8 percent of Black or African American, 52.4 percent of the Asian alone and 10.2 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population (over 25) has obtained a Bachelors Degree or Higher.

Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census. 2005 American Community Survey.

Demographic Profile for Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX

The Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro area had a population that was estimated at 5,819,475 for the year 2005. The total population has increased sharply, since the 2000 total population of 5,196,397. This growth shows an increase of 12 percent. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington ranks 1 of 25 MSAs by growth in total population in Texas and the metro area ranks 3 of 361 metro areas when analyzing total MSA population change across the nation.

From 2000, a very high amount of people have migrated into the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro area, with 232,235 people migrating in from another country. The international migration into Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington makes up 35 percent of the total international migration into the State of Texas. This amount of international migration is very high when compared to international migration per 2005 population.

The Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metropolitan statistical area (MSA) has a population base that is comprised of 54.4 percent White, 13.9 percent African American, 4.5 percent Asian, and 25.6 percent Hispanic. The area can be described as having a very high level of diversity, with 44.0 percent of minorities in the 2005 population base. This is less than the State of Texas percent of 49.5. Since 2000, Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington has increased in diversity when 39.5 percent of the total population were minorities.

In terms of total land area, the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro area spans a total area of 8990 square miles. The land areas has a high population density of 647 persons per square mile, in 2005. Other US metro areas with similar densities include: -- more densely populated -- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara (655 per sq. mile ), Cape Coral-Fort Myers (678 per sq. mile ), Flint (694 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Bremerton-Silverdale (608 per sq. mile ), Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land (591 per sq. mile ), Racine (588 per sq. mile ).

In the year 2005, the U.S. Census Bureau estimates the median age in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro area to be 32.9 years of age. The median in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington is less than the median age for the State of Texas of 33.2. Since 2000, the area has experienced an increase in the median age, at that time the median was 32.1 years of age. With a total of 0.6 percent of the population in the year 2005 being made up of individuals less than 18 years old, Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington can be understood as having a medium-high proportion of youths. The working age population group (18-64) has a medium-low representation within the population, making up 61.6 percent of the population falling in this age category. The retirement (65 and over) group makes up 13.4 percent of the population. When compared to other metro areas in the United States, this represents a medium-low proportion of the area population base.

Datasource: Population Estimates Program, U.S. Bureau of the Census.