PeopleGroups Initiative

The Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area encompasses a 12 county area in north Texas and is commonly referred to as DFW, or the Metroplex. DFW is home to over 420 diaspora people groups, many are unreached and unengaged. They arrived as refugees, international students, and those who migrated from their indigenous homeland for a better life and education for their children.

Total Population: 7,759,615

(An increase of 1.6 % in the past 5 years.)

Census Data

Foreign Born - 1,206,720
Language Spoken at Home - 1,700,000

16.7% of Total Population are Foreign Born

23.5% of Total Population Speak Another Language Other than English at Home

[Source: American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Foreign Born and Language Spoken at Home]

Quick Facts

The population exceeds that of North and South Dakota, Alaska, Delaware, Vermont, Wyoming, and the District of Columbia combined.

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People Group Profiles

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PG Name	Country Of Birth	Affinity Bloc	Primary Religion	Baseline Population Total

Nubian	Sudan	Sub-Saharan African	Islam - Sunni	4,200
Marathi	India	South Asian Peoples	Hinduism	2,600
Arab, Sudanese	Sudan	Arab World	Islam	2,500
Jur Modo	South Sudan	Sub-Saharan African	Ethnic Religions	2,000
Shilluk	South Sudan	Sub-Saharan African	Ethnic Religions	800
Yiddish	United States	Jews	Ethnic Religions - Judaism	250
Arab, Lebanese Druze	Lebanon	Arab World	Islam	250
Malay	Malaysia	Malay Peoples	Islam	240
Kaliko	South Sudan	Sub-Saharan African	Islam - Sunni	200
Bisaya, Sabah	Malaysia	Malay Peoples	Islam	150
Kashmiri	India	South Asian Peoples	Islam	100
Embu-Mbeere	Kenya	Sub-Saharan African	Christianity - Roman Catholic	100
Ewe	Ghana	Sub-Saharan African	Ethnic Religions	100
Georgian	Georgia	Eurasian Peoples	Christianity - Orthodox	100
Thai, Isaan	Thailand	Southeast Asian Peoples	Buddhism - Theravada	100
Ejagham	Nigeria	Sub-Saharan African	Christianity - Other / Marginal	100
Grebo	Ivory Coast	Sub-Saharan African	Ethnic Religions	100
Mande	Sierra Leone	Sub-Saharan African	Ethnic Religions - Ethno-Religion	85
Javanese	Malaysia	Malay Peoples	Islam - Sunni	75
Fur	Sudan	Sub-Saharan African	Islam	60
Mon	Myanmar [Burma]	Southeast Asian Peoples	Buddhism - Theravada	50
Meithei	India	Tibetan / Himalayan Peoples	Hinduism	20
Hindi	India	South Asian Peoples	Hinduism	57,838
Vietnamese	Vietnam	Southeast Asian Peoples	Buddhism	90,000
Gujarati	India	South Asian Peoples	Hinduism	32,132

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