Demographics of Dallas city, Texas

Dallas city, Texas had 1,329,491 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: +25,988 since July 2020. Age, income, poverty, housing and origin below come from the survey, averaged over 2020–2024, each with its margin of error.

Dallas city, in four figures

1,329,491
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate. The survey’s 2020–⁠2024 figure is 1,307,930 ±153.; +2.0%
Change since July 2020: +25,988 people.; 33.4 ±0.3
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $70,518 ±$817
Median household income: ACS 2020–⁠2024, in 2024 dollars.

Population, year by year

July 1 estimates from the Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025. The Bureau publishes no births, deaths or migration for a place, so the change is the difference between one July estimate and the next.

Dallas city, Texas's population grew 2.0% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Dallas city, Texas's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).

Source: The Census Bureau

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The figures

Dallas city, Texas's population grew 2.0% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Dallas city, Texas's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).
July 1	Population	Index	United States
2020	1,303,503	100.0	100.0
2021	1,290,763	99.0	100.2
2022	1,303,744	100.0	100.7
2023	1,318,565	101.2	101.6
2024	1,331,299	102.1	102.5
2025	1,329,491	102.0	103.1

Population of Dallas city, Texas on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change
2020	1,303,503	—
2021	1,290,763	−12,740
2022	1,303,744	+12,981
2023	1,318,565	+14,821
2024	1,331,299	+12,734
2025	1,329,491	−1,808

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 33.4 ±0.3: for men 33.1 ±0.3 and for women 33.7 ±0.3. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Dallas city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Texas	United States
Under 5	91,688 ±2,553	7.0% ±0.2	6.4% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	221,352 ±4,136	16.9% ±0.3	18.6% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	126,964 ±3,239	9.7% ±0.2	9.7% ±<0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	425,679 ±5,144	32.5% ±0.4	28.5% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	287,956 ±4,478	22.0% ±0.3	23.3% ±<0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	154,291 ±3,060	11.8% ±0.2	13.4% ±<0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $70,518 ±$817, and income per person $45,811 ±$587, in 2024 dollars. The median is $78,476 ±$263 in Texas and $80,734 ±$166 in the United States.

Households by income

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Households in Dallas city by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Texas	United States
Under $25,000	88,336 ±3,057	16.5% ±0.6	14.6% ±0.1	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	100,129 ±3,218	18.8% ±0.6	17.3% ±0.1	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	95,747 ±2,961	17.9% ±0.5	16.1% ±0.1	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	67,419 ±2,334	12.6% ±0.4	12.8% ±0.1	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	76,579 ±2,395	14.3% ±0.4	17.3% ±0.1	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	38,269 ±1,625	7.2% ±0.3	9.5% ±0.1	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	67,436 ±1,701	12.6% ±0.3	12.5% ±0.1	13.4% ±0.1

Poverty by age

The poverty rate is the share of people whose family income is below the federal threshold for their family’s size, of everyone for whom the Bureau determines it (B17020).

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Poverty rate in Dallas city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Texas	United States
All ages	216,023 ±8,008	16.7% ±0.6	13.8% ±0.1	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	75,364 ±4,141	24.3% ±1.2	18.7% ±0.2	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	107,326 ±3,832	14.0% ±0.5	12.2% ±0.1	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	33,333 ±1,720	15.3% ±0.7	12.0% ±0.1	11.0% ±<0.1

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Dallas city, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Dallas city	Texas	United States
Housing units	590,237 ±2,921	12,128,515 ±1,574	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	90.5% ±0.3	90.6% ±0.1	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	9.5% ±0.4	9.4% ±0.1	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	42.4% ±0.6	62.6% ±0.3	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	57.6% ±0.4	37.4% ±0.2	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$320,700 ±$5,461	$283,800 ±$738	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$1,472 ±$9	$1,403 ±$4	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1981 ±1	1992 ±1	1980 ±1

Occupied and vacant are shares of all housing units; owner and renter occupied are shares of occupied units. Value and rent are medians in 2024 dollars.

Origin and place of birth, 2020–2024

Hispanic or Latino origin is not a race in the Census Bureau’s tables. Here the people of Hispanic origin, of any race, are one row, and everyone else is counted by race alone (B03002), so the rows add to the whole.

Hispanic origin and race

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People in Dallas city by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Texas	United States
Hispanic or Latino	556,904 ±6,036	42.6% ±0.5	39.7% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	361,309 ±5,215	27.6% ±0.4	39.1% ±<0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	299,064 ±5,193	22.9% ±0.4	11.9% ±<0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	49,936 ±2,592	3.8% ±0.2	5.5% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	2,179 ±441	0.2% ±<0.1	0.1% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	828 ±384	0.1% ±<0.1	0.1% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	3,962 ±1,005	0.3% ±0.1	0.4% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	33,748 ±2,350	2.6% ±0.2	3.1% ±<0.1	4.3% ±<0.1

Place of birth and citizenship

“Born a citizen outside the states” counts people born in Puerto Rico, the island areas, or abroad to American parents. Naturalized citizens and those who are not citizens together make up the people born abroad (B05002).

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People in Dallas city by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Texas	United States
Born in the state	703,870 ±7,232	53.8% ±0.6	58.3% ±0.1	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	278,879 ±5,146	21.3% ±0.4	22.5% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	18,669 ±1,594	1.4% ±0.1	1.7% ±<0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	306,512 ±6,628	23.4% ±0.5	17.6% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	94,052 ±3,225	7.2% ±0.2	7.4% ±<0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	212,460 ±6,463	16.2% ±0.5	10.2% ±0.1	6.8% ±<0.1

Dallas city among the places of Texas

3rd of 428 places of 5,000 or more by the survey’s 2020–2024 count. Every one is listed on the Texas page.

Places of Texas near Dallas city in population, ACS 2020–2024
Place	ACS 2020–⁠2024
Houston city	2,328,253 ±196
San Antonio city	1,479,835 ±251
Dallas city	1,307,930 ±153
Austin city	979,539 ±484
Fort Worth city	963,194 ±475
El Paso city	680,130 ±130
Arlington city	397,742 ±93
Corpus Christi city	317,419 ±50

Elsewhere on the site

Reported crime in Dallas city, Texas

Rankings this appears in

No. 41 Places in Texas by foreign-born share
No. 67 Places in Texas by poverty rate
No. 74 Places in Texas by per capita income
No. 115 Places in Texas by median rent
No. 117 Places in Texas by median home value
No. 119 Places in Texas by Hispanic or Latino share

Sources

Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File

Compiled automatically from Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns and American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

Data retrieved September 25, 2026