Dallas is a very large city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 1,299,544 people and 348 associated neighborhoods, Dallas is the third largest community in Texas.Dallas is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Dallas is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Dallas who work in office and administrative support (10.69%), management occupations (10.32%), and sales jobs (10.01%). Also of interest is that Dallas has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 11.87% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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 citizens of Dallas are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 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. Foreign born people are also an important part of Dallas's cultural character, accounting for 23.77% of the city’s population. The most common language spoken in Dallas is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African languages.
