Dallas–Fort Worth is the most populous metropolitan area of Texas, and the Southern United States.
In 2010, 77,702 foreign nationals immigrated; approximately 50.6% came from Latin America, 33.0% from Asia, 7.3% Europe, and 9.1% Africa.
[8] There are approximately 275,000 Arab-Americans around Dallas County, with many of them coming from countries such as Egypt, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, Jordan, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Yemen, etc.
[9] The Roman Catholic Diocese of Dallas maintains a Lebanese Maronite Christian mission at Our Lady of Lebanon in Lewisville, established in 1990; as well as the St.
Plano’s Iranian community was large and influential enough to host U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo for a private visit in April 2019.
There are roughly around 8,000 Kurds in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex, with many of them residing around the northern suburbs, especially around Plano.
There are concentrations of Mexican Americans in Oak Cliff, West Dallas and Arlington.
[16] As of 2009, Salvadoran Americans were the second largest Hispanic and Latino ethnic group in DFW.
[20] In northern DFW suburbs, the black population rate has grown 178 percent since the 1990s.
[20] Historically, the black community was strongly concentrated in the inner-city of Dallas and Fort Worth but that has slowly changed since the 1980s.
[22] In addition to the New Great Migration, many African Americans began moving to Dallas and Fort Worth for affordable cost of living and job opportunities.
[26] Nigerians have a strong presence among top performers at the local universities in the Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington metropolitan area.
[29] The Asian American community, alongside other groups, has remained steadily growing in the area.
[35] Of the suburbs in the DFW area, Richardson in Dallas County had one of the earliest Indian settlements.
[18] As of 2009 the Indians have mainly settled into an area in western Irving along Texas State Highway 114.
[41] In order to absorb the Indian population, dense condominium and rental properties have opened in western Irving.
The reputation of the Plano Independent School District has attracted many Indian residents.
There are also sizable Asian Indian communities in Flower Mound, Murphy and Carrollton.
[30] As of 2012 there was a dispute between ethnic Korean business owners and African-Americans in the DFW area.
They are in many cities, including Dallas, Plano, Frisco, Allen, Richardson, Carrollton, Arlington, Irving, Euless, Bedford, etc.
As of 2000 there are fewer Vietnamese in the northern suburbs, which are wealthier compared to other parts of the DFW area.
This petition argued that the logo was too similar to the star of the Vietnamese Communist Party.
The president of the Vietnamese-American Community of Greater Dallas, Thanh Cung, signed this petition.
[52] The Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex's religious population are predominantly Christian and it is the largest metro area that identifies with the religion in the United States (78%).
[53][54] Methodist, Baptist, Presbyterian, and Catholic churches are prominent in many cities and towns in the metropolitan region.
The Methodist, Baptist, and Roman Catholic denominations all support private universities here.
Non-Christian faiths including Islam, Judaism, Hinduism, Sikhism, Buddhism, and contemporary paganism collectively form a little over 4% of the religious population.
[55] Dallas Fort-Worth also hosts the largest Mosque in Texas, the Islamic Center of Irving.