Editing Dallas (section)

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| population_footnotes = <ref name="QuickFacts">{{cite web |title=QuickFacts: Dallas city, Texas |url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/dallascitytexas/POP010220 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=August 20, 2021}}</ref>
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'''Dallas''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|d|æ|l|ə|s|audio=LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Dallas.wav}}) is a city in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Texas]] and the most populous city in the [[Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex]], the [[List of Texas metropolitan areas|most populous metropolitan area in Texas]] and the [[Metropolitan statistical area|fourth-most populous metropolitan area in the United States]] at 7.5&nbsp;million people.<ref>{{Cite web |publisher=United States Census Bureau |title=American FactFinder – Results |url=https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/PEP/2018/PEPANNCHG.US24PR |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213004937/https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/PEP/2018/PEPANNCHG.US24PR |archive-date=February 13, 2020 |access-date=May 29, 2019 |website=factfinder.census.gov |language=en}}</ref> It is the most populous city in and the [[county seat|seat]] of [[Dallas County, Texas|Dallas County]], covering nearly 386 square miles into [[Collin County, Texas|Collin]], [[Denton County, Texas|Denton]], [[Kaufman County, Texas|Kaufman]], and [[Rockwall County, Texas|Rockwall]] counties. With a [[2020 United States census|2020 census]] population of 1,304,379, it is the [[List of United States cities by population|ninth-most populous city in the U.S.]] and the [[List of cities in Texas by population|third-most populous city in Texas]] after [[Houston]] and [[San Antonio]].<ref name="Infoplease-2023">{{Cite web |title=Top 50 Cities in the U.S. by Population and Rank |url=https://www.infoplease.com/us/cities/top-50-cities-us-population-and-rank |website=www.infoplease.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=November 20, 2017 |title=Facts |url=https://texasalmanac.com/topics/facts-profile |access-date=November 19, 2018 |website=Texas Almanac |language=en}}</ref> Located in the [[North Texas]] region, the city of Dallas is the main core of the largest metropolitan area in the [[Southern United States]] and the largest inland metropolitan area in the U.S. that lacks any navigable link to the sea.{{efn|In ascending order from the [[Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex]] ([[List of United States cities by population|in terms of metropolitan population]]): Chicago via [[Lake Michigan]], Los Angeles via the Pacific Ocean, and New York City via the Atlantic Ocean. For attempts to render the Trinity River navigable to the Gulf of Mexico, see {{cite web |title=Trinity River Navigation Projects  |series=The Handbook of Texas Online |publisher=Texas State Historical Association (TSHA) |last=Gard |first=Wayne |url=https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/ett01 |access-date=February 9, 2023}}; The Trinity River Authority of Texas (TRA), {{cite web |url=http://www.trinityra.org/ourhistory|title=The Trinity River Authority of Texas (TRA) |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130916213822/http://www.trinityra.org/ourhistory |archive-date=September 16, 2013 |url-status=dead |access-date=September 16, 2013}} (last visited September 16, 2013); {{cite AV media |title=Living with the Trinity: The Trinity River in Dallas, Fort Worth, North Texas and Beyond |url=http://trinityrivertexas.org/video_full.php |access-date=September 16, 2013 |archive-date=August 31, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130831105707/http://www.trinityrivertexas.org/video_full.php |url-status=dead }}. See also [[Trinity River (Texas)]].}}

Dallas and nearby [[Fort Worth, Texas|Fort Worth]] were initially developed as a product of the construction of major railroad lines through the area allowing access to cotton, cattle, and later oil in North and [[East Texas]]. The construction of the [[Interstate Highway System]] reinforced Dallas's prominence as a transportation hub, with four major interstate highways converging in the city and a fifth interstate loop around it. Dallas then developed as a strong industrial and financial center and a major inland port, due to the convergence of major railroad lines, interstate highways, and the construction of [[Dallas Fort Worth International Airport]], one of the largest and [[List of busiest airports by passenger traffic|busiest airports]] in the world.<ref name="handbook_dallas2">{{Handbook of Texas|id=hdd01|name=Dallas, TX|first1=Jackie |last1=McElhaney |first2=Michael V. |last2=Hazel|retrieved=April 20, 2006}}</ref> In addition, [[Dallas Area Rapid Transit]] (DART) operates rail and bus transit services throughout the city and its surrounding suburbs.<ref>{{Cite web |title=DART Rail System Map |url=https://dart.org/maps/printrailmap.asp |access-date=September 16, 2020 |website=dart.org}}</ref>

Dominant sectors of its diverse economy include defense, financial services, information technology, telecommunications, and [[Transportation in Dallas|transportation]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dallas: Economy – Major Industries and Commercial Activity, Incentive ProgramsNew and Existing Companies |url=http://www.city-data.com/us-cities/The-South/Dallas-Economy.html |access-date=June 30, 2018 |website=City-data.com |language=en}}</ref> The Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex hosts 23 [[Fortune 500|''Fortune'' 500]] companies, the second-most in Texas and fourth-most in the United States,<ref name="ODOnnell-2022">{{Cite web |date=May 23, 2022 |title=Led by Exxon Mobil, 23 Dallas-Fort Worth companies score spots on 2022's Fortune 500 |url=https://www.dallasnews.com/business/local-companies/2022/05/23/led-by-exxon-mobil-23-dallas-fort-worth-companies-score-spots-on-2022s-fortune-500/ |access-date=June 10, 2022 |website=The Dallas Morning News |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Fortune-2022a">{{Cite web |title=Here are this year's Fortune 500 companies by region |url=https://fortune.com/2022/06/04/fortune-500-companies-by-region-west-midwest-south-northeast/ |access-date=June 10, 2022 |website=Fortune |language=en}}</ref> and 11 of those companies are located within Dallas city limits.<ref name="Fortune-2022">{{Cite web |title=Fortune 500 |url=https://fortune.com/fortune500/2022/search/?hqcity=Dallas&hqstate=TX |access-date=June 10, 2022 |website=Fortune |language=en}}</ref> [[List of colleges and universities in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex|Over 41 colleges and universities]] are located within its metropolitan area, which is the most of any metropolitan area in Texas. The city has a population from a myriad of ethnic and religious backgrounds and is one of the largest [[LGBT demographics of the United States|LGBT communities in the U.S.]]<ref name="Lindsey-2019a">{{cite web |title=About Dallas LGBT Community |url=https://www.visitdallas.com/about/diverse-dallas/-lgbt.html |access-date=April 25, 2019 |website=www.visitdallas.com |publisher=Visit Dallas}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=February 5, 2015 |title=Same-sex Couples and the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual Population: New Estimates from the American Community Survey |url=http://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/Gates-Same-Sex-Couples-GLB-Pop-ACS-Oct-2006.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150205101241/http://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/Gates-Same-Sex-Couples-GLB-Pop-ACS-Oct-2006.pdf |archive-date=February 5, 2015 |access-date=June 29, 2020}}</ref>