Dallas is one of the most attractive larger cities for people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile career starters. This makes it a good place to live for young singles in their 20s and 30s and who have undergraduate or graduate degrees and are starting their professional careers. Although Dallas is a large city, this demographic is significant enough that young professionals will find many others like themselves here, with really good opportunities for friendships, recreation, romance, and more.
The population of Dallas is very well educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation, where the average community has 21.84% of its adult population holding a 4-year degree or higher: 36.55% of adults in Dallas have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.
The per capita income in Dallas in 2022 was $41,761, which is wealthy relative to Texas, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $167,044 for a family of four. However, Dallas contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Dallas is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Dallas home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Dallas, accounting for 42.40% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Dallas residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Dallas include English, German, Irish, Italian, and European.
Dallas also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 23.77%.
The most common language spoken in Dallas is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African languages.
