Arlington, Texas- City Profile
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
FACTS & FIGURES
2014 2015 2016
Population 369,508 379,370 380,740 General Obligation Debt per Citizen $ 892 $ 871 $ 965 Labor Force 202,189 202,431 208,526 Unemployment Rate 5.2 % 4.0 % 4.0 % Housing Start Permits Issued 472 388 352 Foreclosures( residential and commercial) 500 361 353
Occupancy Rates Office |
88.4 % |
88.2 % |
88.6 % |
Industrial |
96.4 % |
95.6 % |
93.2 % |
Retail |
94.6 % |
94.7 % |
95.8 % |
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The local economy is strengthened 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.
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