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Irving is a city in Dallas County, Texas, United States.It is part of the Mid-Cities region of the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex and is an inner city suburb of Dallas.Irving is noted for its racial and ethnic diversity.
6,371,773. 23.4%. 2020. 7,637,387. 19.9%. Dallas–Fort Worth is the most populous metropolitan area of Texas, and the Southern United States. Having 7,637,387 residents at the 2020 U.S. census, [1] the metropolitan statistical area has experienced positive growth trends since the former Dallas and Fort Worth metropolitan areas conurbated into ...
The University of Dallas is a private Catholic university in Irving, Texas.Established in 1956, it is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. [14]The university comprises three academic units: the Braniff Graduate School of Liberal Arts, the Constantin College of Liberal Arts, and the Satish & Yasmin Gupta College of Business. [15]
A mix of white people, enslaved black people, and free black people moved to the areas around the creek that gives the area its name in the late 1850s. [1] Jim Green, a formerly enslaved person, became Bear Creek's first Black landowner in 1878. [1] Other Black families began to move to the area, and Bear Creek became a predominantly Black ...
The Dallas-Fort Worth area is home to one of the oldest Indian American communities in Texas. Despite harsh immigration laws being passed in the early and mid 1900s, such as the Immigration Act of 1917 and the 1946 Luce-Celler Act, Indian immigrants, mainly skilled farmers from North India seeking agricultural work came to the region.
1903 - Irving founded by real estate developers Julius Otto Schulze and Otis Brown. [1] 1904. Post Office relocated to Irving from nearby Kit settlement. [2] First Baptist Church of Irving founded. [3] Irving Index newspaper begins publication (approximate date).
MacArthur High School is a public high school in Irving, Texas. Opened in 1963, it is named for the American General of the Army Douglas MacArthur. In 2010, the school was rated "Academically Recognized" by the Texas Education Agency.
Demographics of Texas. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, as of 2023, Texas was the second largest state in population after California, with a population of 30,503,301, an increase of more than 1.3 million people, or 4.7%, since the 29,145,505 of the 2020 census. [1][2] Its apportioned population in 2020 was 29,183,290. [3]