THE GLOBAL FACE OF DALLAS : CHANGING DEMOGRAPHICS IN THE DFW METROPLEX
44% of North Texas residents were born in another country or are the children of foreign-born. The following figures were supplied by New American community leaders, the Dallas Police Department Community Affairs Division and the U.S. Census American Fact Finder, 2006-2009).
| Country or Region of origin |
Metroplex population |
|
Afghanistan |
2,000 |
Albania/Kosovo |
6,000 |
American Indians |
22,000 |
Arab (various countries) |
40,000 |
Argentina |
5,000 |
Armenia |
1,600 |
Bangladesh |
8,000 |
Bolivia |
1,600 |
Bosnia |
3,000 |
Brazil |
7,000 |
Bulgaria |
1,400 |
Burma |
2,000 |
Burundi |
1,000 |
Cambodia |
4,250 |
Cameroon |
1,000 |
Canada |
16,000 |
Chile |
1,000 |
China |
65,000 |
Colombia |
25,000 |
Congo |
3,500 |
Cote D'Ivoire |
1,000 |
Cuba |
2,500 |
Czech Republic |
5,000 |
Djibouti |
100 |
Dominican Republic |
5,000 |
Ecuador |
2,500 |
Egypt |
5,000 |
El Salvador |
100,000 |
Eritrea |
3,000 |
Ethiopia |
30,000 |
Finland |
2,000 |
Gambia |
450 |
Ghana |
8,000 |
Guatemala |
11,000 |
Haiti |
200 |
Hmong (Laos) |
400 |
Honduras |
10,000 |
Hungary |
200 |
Iceland |
100 |
India |
100,000 |
Indonesia |
2,000 |
Iran |
40,000 |
Iraq |
1,500 |
Ismaelis |
20,000 |
Israel |
3,500 |
Japan |
2,750 |
Jordan |
4,000 |
Korea |
50,000 |
Kurdistan |
5,000 |
Laos |
7,500 |
Latvia |
1,200 |
Malaysia |
300 |
Mali |
200 |
Mexico |
1,000,000 |
Morocco |
1,200 |
Nepal |
11,000 |
Nigeria |
25,000 |
North Africa |
10,000 |
Norway |
1,200 |
Pakistan |
50,000 |
Palestine |
2,750 |
Panama |
1,500 |
Paraguay |
200 |
Peru |
3,679 |
Philippines |
30,000 |
Poland |
40,500 |
Puerto Rico |
22,000 |
Russia |
6,000 |
Senegal |
200 |
Serbia |
1,000 |
Sierra Leone |
3,800 |
Singapore |
300 |
Somalia |
1,200 |
South Africa |
3,000 |
Sri Lanka |
2,500 |
Sweden |
2,500 |
Taiwan |
17,600 |
Thailand |
7,500 |
Tonga |
4,000 |
Turkey |
3,800 |
Uganda |
1,500 |
Ukraine |
400 |
Vietnam |
80,000 |
West Indians |
10,000 |
Yemen |
300 |
Zimbabwe |
3,000 |
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