Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX


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

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PG Name Country Of Birth IMB Affinity Group Affinity Bloc Primary Religion Baseline Population Total
Chinese, HuiChinaEast Asian PeoplesEast Asian PeoplesIslam10
Kachin, RawangMyanmar [Burma]Southeast Asian PeoplesTibetan / Himalayan PeoplesChristianity - Protestant10
Kachin, ZaiwaMyanmar [Burma]Southeast Asian PeoplesTibetan / Himalayan PeoplesChristianity - Protestant10
MeitheiIndiaSouth Asian PeoplesTibetan / Himalayan PeoplesHinduism20
MamGuatemalaAmerican PeoplesLatin-Caribbean AmericansEthnic Religions25
QuicheGuatemalaAmerican PeoplesLatin-Caribbean AmericansEthnic Religions25
Nepali, BrahmanNepalSouth Asian PeoplesSouth Asian PeoplesHinduism30
OriyaIndiaSouth Asian PeoplesSouth Asian PeoplesHinduism50
LisuMyanmar [Burma]Southeast Asian PeoplesTibetan / Himalayan PeoplesChristianity - Protestant50
MonMyanmar [Burma]Southeast Asian PeoplesSoutheast Asian PeoplesBuddhism - Theravada50
PonapeanMicronesiaEast Asian PeoplesPacific IslandersChristianity - Other / Marginal55
FurSudanNorth African and Middle Eastern PeoplesSub-Saharan AfricanIslam60
JavaneseMalaysiaSoutheast Asian PeoplesMalay PeoplesIslam - Sunni75
Chin, ZotungMyanmar [Burma]Southeast Asian PeoplesTibetan / Himalayan PeoplesChristianity - Protestant80
JamaicanJamaicaAmerican PeoplesNorth American PeoplesChristianity - Roman Catholic85
MandeSierra LeoneSub-Saharan African PeoplesSub-Saharan AfricanEthnic Religions - Ethno-Religion85
NiloticKenyaSub-Saharan African PeoplesSub-Saharan AfricanChristianity - Protestant95
ChamorroMicronesiaEast Asian PeoplesPacific IslandersChristianity - Roman Catholic100
Hausa MuslimNigerSub-Saharan African PeoplesSub-Saharan AfricanIslam - Sunni100
IgboCameroonSub-Saharan African PeoplesSub-Saharan AfricanChristianity100
Filipino, IlocanoPhilippinesSoutheast Asian PeoplesMalay PeoplesChristianity100
Kachin, JingphoMyanmar [Burma]Southeast Asian PeoplesTibetan / Himalayan PeoplesChristianity - Protestant100
KashmiriIndiaSouth Asian PeoplesSouth Asian PeoplesIslam100
Dakota, SiouxUnited StatesAmerican PeoplesNorth American PeoplesEthnic Religions100
TibetanChinaEast Asian PeoplesTibetan / Himalayan PeoplesBuddhism - Lamaism100