Population (2009) 1,266,372 (Wikipedia)
Dallas, Texas has a population of 1,299,543.
The population for Dallas in 1850 was 1.223.789
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In 2011, the population of Dallas was 2.46 million.
The population of Dallas, Texas in 1979 was close to 900,000 people. Today Dallas has over one million residents and is the fourth most populous city in the U.S.
In 2009 the population of Dallas, Texas was reported to be 1,240,499 people.
1,241,162
2,198,991 estimated 2008
According to fedstats.gov, the estimated population of Dallas, Texas, is 1,232,940.
According to the 2010 Census, the population of Dallas, Texas was 1,197,816. The estimate for early 2011 was only slightly higher at 1,197,885. (For comparison, the total Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metropolitan population was estimated as 6.4 million in 2011.)
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Houston is the nation's 4th largest city, and the largest city in Texas. San Antonio is the 2nd largest city in Texas, and Dallas is 3rd. Dallas' metro area is largest in Texas, but that is because it is combined with that of nearby Fort Worth. Without Fort Worth, the Dallas metro population would rank 2nd in Texas.