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The City of Arlington is a
diverse metropolitan area located
approximately 20 miles west of
downtown Dallas and 12 miles east of
downtown Fort Worth. What started
as a small rural farming community in
1884 is now the nation’s 50 th largest
city with more than 380,000 residents.
From a regional perspective, Arlington
is the seventh-largest city in Texas.

Arlington is a community where
civic organizations, businesses and city
government work together to ensure
the community retains its hometown
identity, high quality of life and natural
beauty.

From shopping, dining and
entertainment, Arlington continues
to prove it really is 99 square miles of
culture and excellence.

Arlington is known for being a
travel destination, boasting some of the
area’s and nation’s top family-friendly
attractions including AT&T Stadium
(home of the Dallas Cowboys), Six
Flags Over Texas, Six Flags Hurricane
Harbor, International Bowling Campus
and Globe Life Park (home of the Texas
Rangers).

Arlington also is home to quality
medical, research and learning
institutions like the University of
Texas at Arlington and Tarrant County
College, as well as Arlington, Mansfield,
Kennedale and Hurst-Euless-Bedford
independent school districts, and
charter, private and parochial schools.

Through the investment of
millions of dollars from the local,
state and federal levels, we have seen
continual improvement in Arlington’s
infrastructure and streets. A local sales
and use tax for street maintenance
continues to provide additional funding
for repairs of neighborhood streets and
thoroughfares.

The local economy is strengthened
Arlington, Texas - City Profile
FACTS & FIGURES
2016 2017 2018
Population 380,740 382,230 383,950
Debt Service Expenditures to Total Expenditures 16.84% 17.06% 16.87%
Labor Force 208,526 207,936 213,284
Unemployment Rate 4.0% 3.4% 3.5%
Housing Start Permits Issued 352 523 566
Foreclosures (residential and commercial) 353 225 181
Office 88.6% 91.8% 90.6%
Industrial 93.2% 92.7% 95.9%
Retail 95.8% 95.2% 95.1%
Occupancy Rates
even more by the presence of quality
neighborhoods, parks, libraries,
commercial development and the
Arlington Municipal Airport, which
provides excellence in corporate and
leisure aviation services.

For more information, visit
www.ArlingtonTX.gov.
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