THE GLOBAL FACE OF DALLAS : CHANGING DEMOGRAPHICS IN THE DFW METROPLEX

40% 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, the Asian-American Women's Business Council, the Mexican Consulate General, and the U.S. Census (2000).

Country or Region of origin	Metroplex population
Afghanistan	2,000
Albania/Kosovo	3,000
American Indians	22,000
Arab (various countries)	40,000
Argentina	6,000
Bangladesh	8,000
Bolivia	1,600
Bosnia	7,000
Brazil	8,000
Burma	1,200
Cambodia	7,500
Cameroon	1000
Chile	750
China / Taiwan	90,000
Colombia	25,000
Congo	3,500
Cote D'Ivoire	500
Cuba	2,500
Czech Republic	30,000
Dominican Republic	1,300
Ecuador	2,500
Egypt	5,000
El Salvador	75,000
Eritrea	3,000
Ethiopia	11,000
Finland	2,000
Gambia	450
Ghana	8,000
Guatemala	18,000
Hmong (Laos)	400
Honduras	10,000
Iceland	60
India	90,000
Indonesia	600
Iran	40,000
Iraq	1,000
Ismaelis	20,000
Japan	2,000
Korea	50,000
Kosovo/Albania	3,000
Kurdistan	5,000
Laos	7,500
Malaysia	300
Mexico	1,000,000
Nepal	11,000
Nigeria	25,000
North Africa	10,000
Norway	1,200
Pakistan	50,000
Palestine	2,750
Panama	1,500
Peru	8,000
Philippines	30,000
Poland	40,500
Puerto Rico	22,000
Russia	6,000
Rwanda and Burundi	750
Senegal	200
Serbia	1,000
Sierra Leone	4,000
Singapore	300
South Africa	5,000
Sweden	2,500
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