Arlington is a large city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 398,431 people and 86 associated neighborhoods, Arlington is the seventh largest community in Texas.Arlington is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Arlington is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Arlington who work in office and administrative support (12.08%), sales jobs (10.16%), and management occupations (9.14%). Also of interest is that Arlington has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. A relatively large number of people in Arlington telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 11.78% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. The education level of Arlington citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 33.06% of adults in Arlington have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Arlington in 2022 was $35,226, which is upper middle income relative to Texas, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $140,904 for a family of four. However, Arlington contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Arlington is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Arlington home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Arlington residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Arlington also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 31.02% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Arlington include English, German, Irish, African, and Italian. Foreign born people are also an important part of Arlington's cultural character, accounting for 21.32% of the city’s population. The most common language spoken in Arlington is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Vietnamese.
