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 Highlights

Displaying 1-25 of 176 results.

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

Chinese, Hui	China	East Asian Peoples	East Asian Peoples	Islam	10
Kachin, Rawang	Myanmar [Burma]	Southeast Asian Peoples	Tibetan / Himalayan Peoples	Christianity - Protestant	10
Kachin, Zaiwa	Myanmar [Burma]	Southeast Asian Peoples	Tibetan / Himalayan Peoples	Christianity - Protestant	10
Meithei	India	South Asian Peoples	Tibetan / Himalayan Peoples	Hinduism	20
Mam	Guatemala	American Peoples	Latin-Caribbean Americans	Ethnic Religions	25
Quiche	Guatemala	American Peoples	Latin-Caribbean Americans	Ethnic Religions	25
Nepali, Brahman	Nepal	South Asian Peoples	South Asian Peoples	Hinduism	30
Oriya	India	South Asian Peoples	South Asian Peoples	Hinduism	50
Lisu	Myanmar [Burma]	Southeast Asian Peoples	Tibetan / Himalayan Peoples	Christianity - Protestant	50
Mon	Myanmar [Burma]	Southeast Asian Peoples	Southeast Asian Peoples	Buddhism - Theravada	50
Ponapean	Micronesia	East Asian Peoples	Pacific Islanders	Christianity - Other / Marginal	55
Fur	Sudan	North African and Middle Eastern Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Islam	60
Javanese	Malaysia	Southeast Asian Peoples	Malay Peoples	Islam - Sunni	75
Chin, Zotung	Myanmar [Burma]	Southeast Asian Peoples	Tibetan / Himalayan Peoples	Christianity - Protestant	80
Jamaican	Jamaica	American Peoples	North American Peoples	Christianity - Roman Catholic	85
Mande	Sierra Leone	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Ethnic Religions - Ethno-Religion	85
Nilotic	Kenya	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Christianity - Protestant	95
Chamorro	Micronesia	East Asian Peoples	Pacific Islanders	Christianity - Roman Catholic	100
Hausa Muslim	Niger	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Islam - Sunni	100
Igbo	Cameroon	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Christianity	100
Filipino, Ilocano	Philippines	Southeast Asian Peoples	Malay Peoples	Christianity	100
Kachin, Jingpho	Myanmar [Burma]	Southeast Asian Peoples	Tibetan / Himalayan Peoples	Christianity - Protestant	100
Kashmiri	India	South Asian Peoples	South Asian Peoples	Islam	100
Dakota, Sioux	United States	American Peoples	North American Peoples	Ethnic Religions	100
Tibetan	China	East Asian Peoples	Tibetan / Himalayan Peoples	Buddhism - Lamaism	100

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