About Dallas & Texas

Visiting Dallas

Dallas is the 9th largest city in the U.S. and the 3rd largest in Texas.  Dallas attracts 22.5 million visitors per year, adding to the 68.4 million who visit the Metroplex each year.  The Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) Metroplex consists of 11 counties and considered to be a hub for North Texas for economic and cultural affiliations.

Art Deco Sculpture at Fair Park

Ft Worth Stockyards

Dallas Skyline

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As of 2022, Dallas is home to 23 Fortune 500 companies in industries including banking, insurance, telecommunications, technology, transportation and medical research.  In 2020, DFW was noted as the 36th best metropolitan area for STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) professionals in the United States.

It includes 9,286 square miles covering both land and water.  It overlooks mostly prairie land with several rolling hills and a few man-made lakes.  Summers are hot and humid, and winters are cool to mild with cold spells occurring at times.

Dallas is the number 1 destination for visitors to Texas.   Dallas is home to several professional sports teams and has over 200 golf courses.  The State Fair of Texas mascot, “Big Tex”, is the tallest cowboy in Texas at 52 feet.  The Dallas Arts District is the largest urban arts district in the U.S.  One of the original copies of the Declaration of Independence, printed on July 4, 1776, is permanently displayed at the Dallas Public Library.

In 2016, the Dallas Arboretum was included in the Architectural Digest’s “list of the world’s 15 most breathtaking botanic gardens.”  It also earned 3 stars and ‘” worth a trip” rating from Michelin Guides.  It was especially noted that the art deco buildings at Fair Park are a “hidden gem”.

See below for websites with more information about Dallas and various places, parks, and more.

Texas Fun Facts

Did you know:

  • There are 254 counties in Texas
  • Texas has 624 miles of coastline running along the Gulf of Mexico
  • The King Ranch, located in Kingsville, Texas is larger than the state of Rhode Island.
  • Texas was the 28th state to enter the union, joining the United States on December 29, 1845
  • Texas gets its name from the Hasinai Indian word Tejas, meaning friends or allies.
  • The capitol building in Austin opened May 16, 1888. The dome stands 7 feet higher than that of the nation’s Capitol in Washington, D.C.
  • Texas was an independent nation from 1836 to 1845.
  • Texas is the 2nd largest state in America in terms of population and landmass.

For more fun facts, visit 50 Texas Facts that Will Blow You Away | Fact Retriever.

Texas State Symbols

  • Flag: known as the Lone Star Flag
  • Motto: Friendship
  • Nickname: The Lone Star State
  • Bird: Mockingbird
  • Flower: Bluebonnet
  • Insect: Monarch Butterfly
  • Tree: Pecan
  • Mammal: Texas Longhorn

For more state symbols and facts, see Texas State Symbols – Texas State Library and Archives Commission | TSLAC.

Texas Symbols Free Activities online for kids in Kindergarten by Cici Lampe

 

 

Visit these websites for more information about Dallas and Fort Worth.

For info about Dallas, visit
https://www.visitdallas.com/

See info about places and events at
The BEST Dallas Tours and Things to Do in 2024 – GetYourGuide.

Browse a guide for visitors at
https://www.thedallaspage.com/

TripAdvisor’s page about things to do and places to visit in Dallas at
https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attractions-g55711-Activities-Dallas_Texas.html

For info about Fort Worth, visit
https://www.fortworth.com/

For more information about touristic sites in the region,
see this document.