Climate
- The average warmest month is July.
- The highest recorded temperature was 111 °F (43.9 °C) in 2000.
- On average, the coolest month is January.
- The lowest recorded temperature was -3 °F in 1989.
- The maximum average precipitation occurs in May.
Like all
SouthernThe Southern United States—commonly referred to as the American South, Dixie, or simply the South—constitutes a large distinctive area in the southeastern and south-central United States...
towns Garland is considered to be part of the humid subtropical region.
Demographics
As of the 2005-2009 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, there were 217,317 people, 68,296 households, and 68,296 families residing in the city. The
population densityPopulation density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans...
was 3,778.1 people per square mile (1,458.7/km²). There were 73,973 housing units at an average density of 1,318.5 per square mile (509.1/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 51.7% White, 13.5% African American, 0.5% Native American, 9.7% Asian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 20.6% from
other racesRace and ethnicity in the United States Census, as defined by the Federal Office of Management and Budget and the United States Census Bureau, are self-identification data items in which residents choose the race or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether or not they are...
, and 4.0% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 37.1% of the population.
The census of 2000 counted 73,241 households out of which 41.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.7% were
married couplesMarriage is a social union or legal contract between people that creates kinship. It is an institution in which interpersonal relationships, usually intimate and sexual, are acknowledged in a variety of ways, depending on the culture or subculture in which it is found...
living together, 13.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.3% were non-families. 19.8% of all households were made up of individuals and 5.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.93 and the average family size was 3.37.
In the city the population was spread out with 29.8% under the age of 18, 9.6% from 18 to 24, 33.0% from 25 to 44, 20.5% from 45 to 64, and 7.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females there were 98.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.3 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $49,156, and the median income for a family was $53,545. Males had a median income of $35,859 versus $29,392 for females. The
per capita incomePer capita income or income per person is a measure of mean income within an economic aggregate, such as a country or city. It is calculated by taking a measure of all sources of income in the aggregate and dividing it by the total population...
for the city was $20,000. About 6.8% of families and 8.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 11.3% of those under age 18 and 8.7% of those age 65 or over.
Government and infrastructure
The
Texas Department of Criminal JusticeThe Texas Department of Criminal Justice is a department of the government of the state of Texas. The TDCJ is responsible for statewide criminal justice for adult offenders, including managing offenders in state prisons, state jails and private correctional facilities, funding and certain...
(TDCJ) operates the Dallas II District Parole Offices in Garland.
The
United States Postal ServiceThe United States Postal Service is an independent agency of the United States government responsible for providing postal service in the United States...
operates the Garland, Kingsley, and North Garland post offices.
Education
Most of Garland is in the
Garland Independent School DistrictGarland Independent School District is a public school district with its headquarters in the Harris Hill Administration Building in Garland, Texas ....
(GISD). Parts of Garland extend into other districts, including the
Dallas Independent School DistrictThe Dallas Independent School District is a school district based in Dallas, Texas . Dallas ISD, which operates schools in much of Dallas County, is the second largest school district in Texas and the twelfth largest in the United States.In 2009, the school district was rated "academically...
(DISD), the
Mesquite Independent School DistrictThe Mesquite Independent School District is a school district in Mesquite, Texas which follows the standard definition of an independent school district.The district is rather large, containing in excess of 35,000...
(MISD), and the
Richardson Independent School DistrictRichardson Independent School District is a school district based in Richardson, Texas .RISD covers and includes most of the city of Richardson, TX and portions of the cities of Dallas, TX and Garland, TX . RISD operates 55 campuses that serve more than 34,000 students...
(RISD).
The GISD does not have school zoning, so GISD residents may apply to any GISD school.
The GISD portion of Garland is served by several high schools.
Garland High SchoolGarland High School is a public secondary school located in Dallas, Texas . Garland High School enrolls students in grades 9-12 and is a part of the Garland Independent School District. The school is a member of the AP program, the IB program, and is known for its football team, the Garland...
is home to the district's International Baccalaureate program.
North Garland High SchoolNorth Garland High School is a public secondary school located in Garland, Texas . North Garland High School enrolls students in grades 9-12 and is a part of the Garland Independent School District...
is the math, science and technology magnet.
Lakeview Centennial High SchoolLakeview Centennial High School is a public secondary school located in Garland, Texas . Lakeview Centennial High School enrolls students in grades 9–12 and is a part of the Garland Independent School District....
is GISD's "College and Career" magnet school.
South Garland High SchoolSouth Garland High School is a secondary school located in Garland, Texas. The school is part of the Garland Independent School District. The mascot for SGHS is the "Southern Colonel," and the school colors are red and Royal blue....
is known within the community for its vocational cosmetology program. Other GISD high schools include
Naaman Forest High SchoolNaaman Forest High School is a public secondary school located in Garland, Texas . Like most Texas high schools, Naaman Forest enrolls students in grades 9-12...
,
Rowlett High SchoolRowlett High School is a public secondary school located in Rowlett, Texas . Rowlett High School enrolls students in grades 9-12 and is a part of the Garland Independent School District. The school opened in the fall of 1996 with Dr. Marlene Hammerle as principal...
, and
Sachse High SchoolSachse High School is a public high school located in Sachse, Texas . Sachse High School enrolls students in grades 9-12 and is a part of the Garland Independent School District...
.
The MISD portion of Garland is served by Price Elementary School, Vanston Middle School, and
North Mesquite High SchoolNorth Mesquite High School is a secondary school in Mesquite, Texas. As of 2011, the school serves northern portions of Mesquite and the MISD portion of Garland...
.
The RISD portion is served by O. Henry Elementary School, Liberty Junior High School, and
Berkner High SchoolLloyd V. Berkner High School is a high school in Richardson, Texas, with a 2008 enrollment of 2,755 and a student/teacher ratio of 16.7. It is one of four high schools in the Richardson Independent School District.-History:...
, which are in the western portion of Garland.
As of November 2006, the GISD had 52,391 students and 3,236 teachers, for an average ratio of 16.2 students per teacher.
http://www.homes101.net/texas-schools/garland-isd-d15049/ The 2006 GISD property tax rate was $1.5449 per hundred dollars of assessed property value.
http://www.dallascad.org/forms/2006rate.pdf
Colleges and universities
In May 2004, the expansion for
Dallas County Community College DistrictThe Dallas County Community College District is a network of seven community colleges in Dallas County, Texas . It is headquartered at 1601 South Lamar in Dallas....
was approved by voters to build five community education campuses in under served or fast-growing areas of Dallas County.
Dallas County Community College DistrictThe Dallas County Community College District is a network of seven community colleges in Dallas County, Texas . It is headquartered at 1601 South Lamar in Dallas....
decided to allow Richland College to oversee the development of the project and broke ground in Fall 2007 on its Garland Campus located at the corner of Glenbrook Drive and Walnut Street. The campus is projected to finish construction in April, 2009. Classes are scheduled to begin in June, 2009.
The new facility will include space for classrooms, computer laboratories, a multipurpose exposition space, conference center, and community-based organization offices, and will provide both academic and workforce development classes to Garland-area residents and businesses.
It is anticipated that only continuing education, non-credit, career-related classes and training (continuing education non-credit) will be offered. A limited amount of college credit, general education courses that support career educational training and corporate training as designed specially for individual companies and organizations will also be offered.
Garland is also the home of
Amberton UniversityAmberton University is a private, non-profit university located in Garland, Texas, in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex of the United States of America. The main campus is adjacent to Interstate 635. Amberton is a private university that adheres to a Evangelical Christian philosophy...
, a fully accredited private university with both undergraduate and graduate degree programs. Amberton University was formerly known as Amber University and previously known as Abilene Christian University at Dallas.
Top employers
According to Garland's 2009 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the top employers in the city were:
| # |
Employer |
# of Employees |
| 1 |
Raytheon Intelligence and Information Systems Raytheon Intelligence and Information Systems is a business of Raytheon Company. It is led by Lynn Dugle and its headquarters is located in Garland, Texas, United States...
|
3,500 |
| 2 |
Sears |
1,300 |
| 3 |
Atlas CopcoAtlas Copco is a Swedish industrial company that was founded in 1873. It manufactures industrial tooling and equipment.The Atlas Copco Group is a global industrial group of companies headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden. Revenues for 2009 totaled 63 billion SEK. The Group employs more than 33,000...
|
700 |
| 4 |
International Truck |
700 |
| 5 |
DanaherThe Danaher Corporation , is a large global company headquartered in Washington, D.C., United States. Its products are concentrated in the fields of design, manufacture, and marketing of industrial and consumer products....
|
650 |
| 6 |
General DynamicsGeneral Dynamics Corporation is a U.S. defense conglomerate formed by mergers and divestitures, and as of 2008 it is the fifth largest defense contractor in the world. Its headquarters are in West Falls Church , unincorporated Fairfax County, Virginia, in the Falls Church area.The company has...
|
550 |
| 7 |
Kraft FoodsKraft Foods Inc. is an American confectionery, food and beverage conglomerate. It markets many brands in more than 170 countries. 12 of its brands annually earn more than $1 billion worldwide: Cadbury, Jacobs, Kraft, LU, Maxwell House, Milka, Nabisco, Oscar Mayer, Philadelphia, Trident, Tang...
|
500 |
| 8 |
US Foodservice |
490 |
| 9 |
Interceramic |
474 |
| 10 |
L-3 CommunicationsL-3 Communications Holdings, Inc. is a company that supplies command and control, communications, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance systems and products, avionics, ocean products, training devices and services, instrumentation, space, and navigation products. Its customers include...
|
450 |
Neighborhoods and historical communities
- Centerville
Centerville is an area in Garland, Texas, United States; it used to be a distinct unincorporated community in Dallas County.-External links:* Handbook of Texas...
- Eastern Hills
- Duck Creek
Duck Creek is an area in Garland, Texas, United States that once consisted of two distinct unincorporated communities in northeastern Dallas County....
- Embree
Embree refers to an area in Garland, Texas, United States that once was its own city in northeastern Dallas County.In 1891 Embree disincorporated and on March 31 of that year Garland took the former area of Embree in its city.- External links :...
- Rose Hill
Rose Hill is an area located in southeast Garland, Texas, United States. It was formerly a distinct unincorporated community in Dallas County until annexed by Garland in 1970....
- Border of Richardson and Dallas
- Firewheel
Major highways
- Interstate 30
- Interstate 635
Interstate 635 or the Lyndon B. Johnson Freeway is a partial loop around Dallas, Texas between Interstate 20 in Balch Springs, Texas and State Highway 121 at the north entrance of the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport in Grapevine, Texas. The route is long...
- President George Bush Turnpike
The President George Bush Turnpike is a 45.1-mile toll road running generally east–west through the northern suburbs of Dallas, Texas, United States. It is named for George H. W. Bush, the 41st President of the United States...
(toll)
- State Highway 78
- Belt Line Loop (some parts are named as First Street and Broadway Blvd)
Belt Line Road is a loop road that traverses through 16 cities in Dallas County, Texas. Belt Line Road is the outer complete loop which encircles Dallas, in contrast with Interstate 635 which forms an inner loop....
Trains
A Kansas City Southern track runs parallel to State Highway 78 (Garland Road), coming out of Dallas and heading all the way through the other side of Garland towards Wylie, TX. There is also a DGNO line serving inustries around the city.
Light rail
- DART
The Dallas Area Rapid Transit authority is a transit agency based in Dallas, Texas . It operates buses, light rail, commuter rail, and high-occupancy vehicle lanes in Dallas and 12 of its suburbs...
: Blue LineThe Blue Line is a light rail line in the system of mass transit in Dallas, Texas , operated by the Dallas Area Rapid Transit system. Along with the , it is one of the original modern rail lines in Dallas....
- Forest/Jupiter Station
Forest/Jupiter Station is a DART Light Rail station located in Garland, Texas near Forest Lane and Jupiter Road. It opened 18 November 2002 and is the penultimate station on the , serving Garland-area businesses including Raytheon Systems and Sears Service Center.- External links :*...
- Downtown Garland Station
Downtown Garland Station is a DART Light Rail station located in Garland, Texas at Walnut and Fifth Streets. It reopened 18 November 2002 and is the northeast terminus of the , serving the downtown Garland area including Garland City Hall, Historic Downtown Garland and Heritage Park.-External...
Utilities
The city of Garland operates the city's water system and waste services.
Electricity for about 85 percent of Garland is provided by the city's municipal utility, Garland Power & Light (GP&L). Electricity for the other 15 percent was formerly provided by
TXUEnergy Future Holdings Corporation is an electric utility company headquartered in Energy Plaza in Downtown Dallas, Texas, United States. The company was known as TXU until its $45 billion leveraged buyout by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, Texas Pacific Group and Goldman Sachs...
, but is now supplied by multiple companies after
deregulation of the Texas electricity marketElectricity deregulation in Texas was the result of the coming into force of Texas Senate Bill 7 on January 1, 2002. According to the law, deregulation is to be phased in over several years....
.
In 2008,
CNNCable News Network is a U.S. cable news channel founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. Upon its launch, CNN was the first channel to provide 24-hour television news coverage, and the first all-news television channel in the United States...
and
Money MagazineMoney Magazine is a business news and financial programme that is broadcast on Sundays at 7:00pm in Hong Kong by television channel TVB Pearl.-Producers and reporters:...
released their list of the Top 100 Places to Live, and Garland was ranked number 67. The city’s comfortable, hometown feel in the midst of a thriving metropolitan area was just one of the outstanding characteristics mentioned in the report.
Some of the Garland assets mentioned in the article were the solid base of sound infrastructure, excellent city services, and responsive, locally-owned utilities, anchored by Garland’s Environmental Waste Services, Water and Wastewater Utility, and Garland Power & Light.
Environmental waste services
Garland’s award winning Environmental Waste Services, headed by Lonnie Banks, has long been recognized as the gold standard for customer service. Waste management personnel have voluntarily moved heavy waste containers for citizens who have physical limitations that prevent them from “putting their trash out.” They have gone far beyond just “picking up the trash” to providing real compassionate caring service to Garland’s citizens. This level of service along with the city’s weekly bulk pickup has resulted in a very clean and healthy environment for the residents.
Recently, however, a controversy has developed with the neighboring
City of Rowlett, TX-External links:*...
in which the Garland owned and operated
Hinton LandfillHinton Landfill is owned and operated by the City of Garland TX, the C.M. Hinton Jr. Regional Landfill located at 3175 Elm Grove, Rowlett, TX accepts municipal solid waste, construction and demolition waste- External links :...
has been venting
methane gasLandfill gas is a complex mix of different gases created by the action of microorganisms within a landfill.-Production:Landfill gas production results from chemical reactions and microbes acting upon the waste as the putrescible materials begins to break down in the landfill...
into the surrounding communities during the nighttime hours. The issue is complicated by the fact that the residents affected are not actually City of Garland Residents, and the Lonnie Banks and the City of Garland's response to public inquiry on the matter has done little to resolve the issue.
Water and wastewater utilities
Garland is an original member city of the North Texas Municipal Water District (NTMWD). The vision of the City fathers in the early 1940s resulted in Garland and its companion member cities benefitting from reliable, high quality, affordable water from the water district’s many reservoirs. Most significantly, last year Garland residents were only minimally affected by the region’s worst drought in almost a century. The water district’s decision to move forward with a high tech ozonation of its raw water will result in a higher quality safe water with a significant reduction in the chlorine currently used.
The effluent from Garland’s Wastewater Treatment Plant flows through a NTMWD man- made, 1840 acres (7.4 km²) wetland. This provides a natural habitat for a wide variety of birds and reduces the sediment, nitrogen, and phosphorus contents of the water to a drinkable level. Through the use of selected aquatic plants, this environmentally friendly project will provide millions of gallons of reusable water and reduce the environmental impact.
Garland Power & Light
Garland Power & Light (GP&L) was founded in 1923 to provide Garland residents not-for-profit
public utilityA public utility is an organization that maintains the infrastructure for a public service . Public utilities are subject to forms of public control and regulation ranging from local community-based groups to state-wide government monopolies...
services, locally controlled by its citizens. GP&L provides services to nearly 68,000 customers making it the third largest municipal utility in Texas and the 41st largest in the nation.
Garland Power & Light has three gas-fired generating plants, which combined have 640 megawatts of generation capacity. In addition, Garland partners in the Texas Municipal Power Agency which operates the 462 megawatt coal-fired Gibbons Creek Power Plant. Garland's electric distribution system has 1007 miles (1,620.6 km) of overhead lines and 1000 miles (1,609.3 km) of underground lines. Its transmission system consists of 23 substations and 133 miles (214 km) of transmission lines. Garland's peak load for 2007 was 483 megawatts, with annual operating revenues of nearly $238 million dollars.
The two national indexes are System Average Interruption Frequency Index
SAIFIThe System Average Interruption Frequency Index is commonly used as a reliability indicator by electric power utilities. SAIFI is the average number of interruptions that a customer would experience, and is calculated as...
and System Average Interruption Duration Index
SAIDI. SAIFI is the number of times power is lost, and SAIDI is the length of time the power is out. These standards compare the frequency and duration of power outages and the customers affected. Garland is one of the few power providers that post their SAIDA/SAIFI numbers.
Move towards green energy
In an effort to provide its citizens with the broadest green power opportunities, the City Council recently passed a residential wind energy ordinance. They already had a residential solar panel ordinance. In addition to traditional fossil fueled power generating stations, GP&L owns a hydro-electric facility at the Lake Lewisville dam and purchases wind turbine power.
GP&L like all private utility services (such as cable television, internet service, phone service, and other electric service providers) pays the city for the right to use City easements. All cities generate general operation funds from the leasing of their public right-of-ways to utility service providers. GP&L’s fund transfers to the City are commensurate to those fees collected from similar right-of-way agreements with private providers throughout the City.
Cultural arts & entertainment
- Historic Downtown Garland
- Patty Granville Arts Center is a complex owned and operated by the city. Included within the complex are two elegant proscenium theatres which seat 720 and 200, respectively. Also included as part of the complex is the Plaza Theatre, which has seating for 350. The Atrium at the Granville Arts Center is a 6500 square feet (603.9 m²) ballroom encased in glass on two sides and opening onto an elegant outdoor courtyard. The Atrium provides civic, community and commercial organizations the opportunity to house banquets, receptions, trade shows, and conventions.
- The Plaza Theater
- Pace House
Parks and recreation
- See also Spring Creek Forest Preserve
The Spring Creek Forest Preserve is a city-owned nature preserve located in Garland, a suburb of Dallas, Texas.-History:In 1978, Bobby C. Scott, a self-taught botanist, recognized some plants in a section of woods in Garland, Texas as indicators of virgin forest...
- Rowlett Creek Preserve and Mountain Bike Trails
- Firewheel Golf Park
- Hawaiian Falls
- Surf and Swim @ Audubon Park
- Lake Ray Hubbard
Lake Ray Hubbard, formerly Forney Lake, is a reservoir located in Dallas, Texas in the counties of Dallas, Kaufman, Collin, and Rockwall County, Texas, just north of Forney, Texas, built on the East Fork Trinity River and impounded by the Rockwall-Forney Dam.It measures 22,745 acres in size with...
- Lake Lavon, tributary to Lake Ray Hubbard
Lake Lavon is a reservoir located in North Texas on the East Fork of the Trinity River in Collin County near Wylie. It is off of State Highway 78. Lake Lavon's dominant fish species are the largemouth bass, white bass, blue catfish, and crappie....
Popular culture connections
The animated television series
King of the HillKing of the Hill is an American animated dramedy series created by Mike Judge and Greg Daniels, that ran from January 12, 1997, to May 6, 2010, on Fox network. It centers on the Hills, a working-class Methodist family in the fictional small town of Arlen, Texas...
was created by former Garland resident
Mike JudgeMichael Craig Judge is an American animator, film director, writer and voice actor, best known as the creator and star of the animated television series Beavis and Butt-head , King of the Hill , and The Goode Family .He also wrote, directed and in some instances produced the films Beavis and...
, who used elements of Garland as an inspiration for its setting — the fictional (and similar-sounding) town of Arlen.
Other former and current Garland residents who have gained national and international recognition include singer
LeAnn RimesLeAnn Rimes is an American country/pop singer. She is known for her rich vocals and her rise to fame as an eight-year-old champion on the original Ed McMahon version of Star Search, followed by the release of the Patsy Cline-intended single "Blue" when Rimes was only age 13, resulting in her...
, actress
Crystal BernardCrystal Lynn Bernard is an American actress and singer, most widely known for her seven-year-long role on the situation comedy Wings. While her main work has been on television, she has appeared in some films, and also attempted to pursue a music career as a songwriter/performer.-Early...
, musician Dean Sams of the band
LonestarLonestar is an American country music group consisting of Richie McDonald , Michael Britt , Keech Rainwater , Dean Sams , and Michael Hill . McDonald left the band in November 2007 for a solo career before returning in 2011...
, singer
Amber DotsonAmber Dotson is an American country music artist. Initially a songwriter for Sony/Tree Publishing, Dotson soon began singing demos as well. She also made an appearance on Travis Tritt's 2004 album My Honky Tonk History as a background vocalist...
, and
Rockabilly Hall of FameThe Rockabilly Hall of Fame was established on the internet on March 21, 1997, to present early rock and roll history and information relative to the artists and personalities involved in this pioneering American music genre....
inductee,
Gene SummersGene Summers is an American rock/rockabilly singer and entertainer. Some of his classic recordings include "School of Rock 'n Roll", "Straight Skirt", "Nervous", "Gotta Lotta That", "Twixteen", "Alabama Shake" and his biggest-selling single "Big Blue Diamonds"...
Garland has also had its share of sports stars including NFL
placekickerPlacekicker, or simply kicker , is the title of the player in American and Canadian football who is responsible for the kicking duties of field goals, extra points...
Mac PercivalMac L. Percival is a former American football placekicker in the National Football League from ....
, NFL
All-ProAll-Pro is a term mostly used in the NFL for the best players of each position during that season. It began as polls of sportswriters in the early 1920s...
Bobby BoydRobert Dean Boyd is a former NFL cornerback who played for the Baltimore Colts in a nine-year career from 1960 to 1968. A quarterback in college at the University of Oklahoma under Bud Wilkinson, Boyd was a two-time Pro Bowler, was voted First Team All-Pro three times, and led the NFL with 9...
, NFL Safety
Melvin BullittMelvin Terry Bullitt is an American football defensive back for the NFL's Indianapolis Colts.-Early years:...
and NBA players
Mookie BlaylockDaron Oshay "Mookie" Blaylock , is a retired American professional basketball player. He spent 13 years in the NBA with three teams.-Professional career:...
and
Ricky PierceRicky Charles Pierce is a retired American National Basketball Association player.-Playing career:...
.
Some episodes of the
Chuck NorrisCarlos Ray "Chuck" Norris is an American martial artist and actor. After serving in the United States Air Force, he began his rise to fame as a martial artist and has since founded his own school, Chun Kuk Do...
television series
Walker, Texas RangerWalker, Texas Ranger is an American television action crime drama series created by Leslie Greif and Paul Haggis, and starring Chuck Norris as a member of the Texas Ranger Division. The show aired on CBS in the spring of 1993, with the first season consisting of three pilot episodes. Eight full...
were filmed in Garland, as well as some scenes for the Fox Network series
Prison BreakPrison Break is an American television serial drama created by Paul Scheuring, that was broadcast on the Fox Broadcasting Company for four seasons, from 2005 until 2009. The series revolves around two brothers; one has been sentenced to death for a crime he did not commit, and the other devises an...
. Garland has a street called Star Trek Lane, the first official place name of the
Star TrekStar Trek is an American science fiction entertainment franchise created by Gene Roddenberry. The core of Star Trek is its six television series: The Original Series, The Animated Series, The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Voyager, and Enterprise...
television series created by
Gene RoddenberryEugene Wesley "Gene" Roddenberry was an American television screenwriter, producer and futurist, best known for creating the American science fiction series Star Trek. Born in El Paso, Texas, Roddenberry grew up in Los Angeles, California where his father worked as a police officer...
(who was born in
El Paso, TexasEl Paso, is a city in and the county seat of El Paso County, Texas, United States, and lies in far West Texas. In the 2010 census, the city had a population of 649,121. It is the sixth largest city in Texas and the 19th largest city in the United States...
).
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