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4TH LARGEST U.S. REGIONMuseums Business Expansion RELOCATIONS 2020 Independent Power Grid FASTEST GROWING PROFILE#1REGION IN U.S. AMERICA’S SWEET SPOT AMERICA’S NORTH TEXASHIGH QUALITY OF LIFE Growth DIVERSITY IN INDUSTRY Major Colleges and Universities DIRECT LABOR FORCE INTERNATIONAL Parks and Recreation FLIGHTS ARTS AND CULTURE

MASSIVE 13 COUNTIES | 150+ CITIES | 9,000 SQ. MILES NORTH TEXAS DALLAS-FORT WORTH-ARLINGTON America’s Sweet Spot METROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREA

NORTH TEXAS GROWS BY 1 PERSON EVERY 4 MINUTES 15 PEOPLE AN HOUR | 362 PEOPLE A DAY | 2,534 A WEEK

13 COUNTIES 9000 SQUARE MILES 150+ CITIES 7.5 MILLION PEOPLE

IF NORTH TEXAS WERE A STATE, WE’D BE IF NORTH TEXAS WERE A COUNTRY, WE’D BE IN IN THGDP THGDP BETWEEN NEW JERSEY (8) BETWEEN TAIWAN (23) 9AND GEORGIA (10) 24 AND BELGIUM (25) 4 HOURS FROM EITHER FLYING COAST

WE ARE THE CONVENE EDUCATE ADVOCATE Leaders on regional On opportunities On critical issues with no goals and initiatives and challenges city or county boundary

2 | NORTH TEXAS COMMISSION | NTC-DFW.ORG NORTH TEXAS The Breakdown POPULATION DENSITY LARGEST CITIES

No. City Population 1 Dallas 1,345,047 2 Fort Worth 895,008 3 Arlington 398,112 4 Plano 288,061 5 Garland 242,507 6 Irving 242,242 7 Grand Prairie 194,614 8 McKinney 191,645 9 Frisco 188,170 10 Mesquite 142,816 11 Denton 138,541 12 Carrollton 136,879 13 Richardson 120,981 Population Density 14 Lewisville 106,586 (Persons per square mile) 15 Allen 103,383 < 500 16 Flower Mound 77,329 500 – 1,000 17 Mansfield 70,981 1,001 – 5,000 18 North Richland Hills 70,836 5,001 – 10,000 > 10,000 19 Rowlett 66,285 20 Euless 57,346 Source: 2018 North Central Texas Council of Governments Demographic Forecast Source: 2018 U.S. Census Bureau Estimates

NORTH TEXAS POPULATION GROWTH ESTIMATES 7,894,214 10,001,371 12,890,587 16,768,007 2020 2030 2040 2050

of the 25-and-over population in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro area 35% } has a bachelor’s degree or higher

28% 23% 23% Education Level 12% for North Texas High School Some College Bachelor’s Post-Graduate Diploma or or Associate Degree Degree Workforce Equivalent Degree Source: U.S. Census Bureau (2018)

NORTH TEXAS COMMISSION | NTC-DFW.ORG | 3 NORTH TEXAS Diversity in Industry

MAJOR INDUSTRIES IN NORTH TEXAS HEALTHCARE

6 Nobel 2nd Largest 271,380 30% Industry Sector Financial Labor Force Laureates in North Texas $613.4 Billion of the State’s GDP North Texas GDP 2 of Top 10 Largest Banks in Texas $59.9 Billion 94.6% Comerica & Texas Capital Bank 17% Manufacturing GDP of All Texas Exports are Most Diverse North Texas Economic Economy in Texas 15 Output is Real Estate for North Texas Manufactured Goods Cities Population Over 100 $52 Billion 15% Gross Medical Services of the North Texas Economy The Fed Fastest Growing Dallas is Home to the 11th #1 Region in the U.S. Federal Reserve Bank Headquarters Tower 55 2.8% is the Busiest Railroad 6 Hospitals 288 Million $17 Billion Intersection West of the th with Level 1 Square Feet of Rentable Transportation & Warehousing Mississippi River Job Growth Rate 4 Largest Trauma Facilities 92,200 Jobs Oﬃce Space GDP for North Texas Outpaces the Nation’s 1.5 Economy by GDP in the U.S. in North Texas Real Estate

ENERGY AVIATION 14,361 Miles 866,304 Tons of Rail in Texas, of Air Cargo Annually Through 2nd Largest in the U.S. DFW International Airport 900 Companies in Aerospace World’s 4th & Defense Busiest Airport 8 DFW International Airport 43% 3,000 Highest Concentration Worldwide of Texas High Tech obs 107,650 Fortune 1,000 High Tech Firms in North Texas Permanent obs Companies 7 Runways in Energy 5 Terminals 69 Million Annual Passengers at th DFW International Airport Atmos Energy 164 Gates 5 Energy Transfer Equity DFW International Airport Highest Concentration of Tech Workers in the U.S. Home to the EnLink Midstream ExxonMobil U.S. Patent & HollyFrontier Largest Largest Only State Pioneer Natural Resources 20 Trademark Office with an Range Resources Global Airline Domestic Airline Coworking, Incubators Independent Power Grid Vista Energy American Airlines Southwest Airlines & Accelerators for the Texas Region

4 | NORTH TEXAS COMMISSION | NTC-DFW.ORG NORTH TEXAS Diversity in Industry

FINANCIAL & REAL ESTATE MANUFACTURING

6 Nobel 2nd Largest 271,380 30% Industry Sector Financial Labor Force Laureates in North Texas $613.4 Billion of the State’s GDP North Texas GDP 2 of Top 10 Largest Banks in Texas $59.9 Billion 94.6% Comerica & Texas Capital Bank 17% Manufacturing GDP of All Texas Exports are Most Diverse North Texas Economic Economy in Texas 15 Output is Real Estate for North Texas Manufactured Goods Cities Population Over 100 $52 Billion 15% LOGISTICS Gross Medical Services of the North Texas Economy The Fed Fastest Growing Dallas is Home to the 11th #1 Region in the U.S. Federal Reserve Bank Headquarters Tower 55 2.8% is the Busiest Railroad 6 Hospitals 288 Million $17 Billion Intersection West of the th with Level 1 Square Feet of Rentable Transportation & Warehousing Mississippi River Job Growth Rate 4 Largest Trauma Facilities 92,200 Jobs Oﬃce Space GDP for North Texas Outpaces the Nation’s 1.5 Economy by GDP in the U.S. in North Texas Real Estate

HIGH TECH 14,361 Miles 866,304 Tons of Rail in Texas, of Air Cargo Annually Through 2nd Largest in the U.S. DFW International Airport 900 Companies in Aerospace World’s 4th

& Defense Busiest Airport AMARILLO 8 DFW International Airport 43% 3,000 Highest Concentration Worldwide of Texas High Tech obs 107,650 Fortune 1,000 High Tech Firms in North Texas Permanent obs Companies 7 Runways FORT WORTH DALLAS in Energy 5 Terminals 69 Million Annual Passengers at th DFW International Airport AUSTIN Atmos Energy 164 Gates 5 HOUSTON Energy Transfer Equity DFW International Airport Highest Concentration of Tech Workers in the U.S. Home to the SAN ANTONIO EnLink Midstream ExxonMobil U.S. Patent & HollyFrontier BNSF CORPUS CHRISTI Largest Largest Source: Texas Pioneer Natural Resources Only State 20 Trademark Office Kansas City Southern Department of with an Range Resources Global Airline Domestic Airline Coworking, Incubators Union Pacific Transportation and Independent Power Grid Vista Energy American Airlines Southwest Airlines & Accelerators for the Texas Region Texas Comptroller All Other Tracks of Public Accounts

NORTH TEXAS COMMISSION | NTC-DFW.ORG | 5 NORTH TEXAS Map Midwestern State MAJOR COLLEGES University AND UNIVERSITIES

1 Collin College District* 2 Dallas Baptist University 3 Dallas County Community College District* 4 Midwestern State University 5 Southern Methodist University 6 Tarrant County College* 7 Texas A&M University-Commerce 8 Texas Christian University 9 Texas Wesleyan University 10 Texas Woman’s University 11 The University of Texas at Arlington 12 The University of Texas at Dallas 13 The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center 14 University of Dallas 15 University of North Texas 16 University of North Texas at Dallas 17 University of North Texas Health Science Center *Denotes main campus

FORTUNE 500 HEADQUARTERS*

1 Alliance Data Systems 2 American Airlines Group 3 AT&T 4 Builders FirstSource 5 Celanese 6 Core-Mark Holding 7 D.R. Horton 8 Dean Foods 9 Energy Transfer Equity 10 EnLink Midstream 11 Exxon Mobil 12 Fluor 13 GameStop 14 HollyFrontier 15 J.C. Penney 16 Jacobs Engineering Group 17 Kimberly-Clark 18 McKesson 19 Pioneer Natural Resources 20 Southwest Airlines 21 Tenet Healthcare 22 Texas Instruments 23 Vistra Energy 24 Yum China Holdings

*2019 Fortune 500 list. Listed in alphabetical order.

6 | NORTH TEXAS COMMISSION | NTC-DFW.ORG TEXAS A&M COMMERCE

NORTH TEXAS COMMISSION | NTC-DFW.ORG | 7 NORTH TEXAS Business

FORTUNE 500 COMPANIES IN NORTH TEXAS NORTH TEXAS No. Company City Revenue (Millions) RANKS AMONG THE 2 Exxon Mobil Irving $290,212.0 7 McKesson Irving $208,357.0 9 AT&T Dallas $170,756.0 59 Energy Transfer Dallas $54,436.0 TOP 3 68 American Airlines Fort Worth $44,541.0 U.S. METRO AREAS 142 Southwest Airlines Dallas $21,965.0 164 Fluor Irving $19,166.6 FOR BUSINESS EXPANSION, 171 Kimberly Clark Irving $18,486.0 RELOCATIONS 172 Tenet Healthcare Dallas $18,313.0 & EMPLOYMENT GROWTH 175 HollyFrontier Dallas $17,714.7 194 D.R. Horton Arlington $16,068.0 199 Texas Instruments Dallas $15,784.0 OVER 208 Jacobs Engineering Dallas $14,984.6 250 Core-Mark Holding Westlake $12,903.9 261 J.C. Penney Plano $12,019.0 333 Pioneer Natural Resources Irving $9,415.0 $1 337 Vistra Energy Irving $9,144.0 346 GameStop Grapevine $8,850.7 362 Yum China Holdings Plano $8,415.0 TRILLION 390 Alliance Data Systems Plano $7,791.2 TOTAL REVENUE 393 Dean Foods Dallas $7,755.3 394 Builders FirstSource Dallas $7,724.8 FROM NORTH TEXAS 396 EnLink Midstream Dallas $7,699.0 FORTUNE 500 COMPANIES 426 Celanese Irving $7,155.0 Source: Fortune 2019

LARGEST U.S. METROPOLITAN AREAS

No. Metro Area Population GDP Labor Force Fortune 500

1 New York-Newark-Jersey City 19,979,477 $1,717,712,000,000 10,018,291 73

2 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim 13,291,486 $1,043,735,000,000 6,741,852 8

3 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin 9,498,716 $679,699,000,000 4,979,118 13

4 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington 7,539,711 $613,400,000,000 3,958,200 24

5 Houston-The Woodlands 6,997,384 $490,074,000,000 3,499,159 22

6 Washington D.C.-Arlington-Alexandria 6,249,950 $529,990,000,000 3,512,865 16

7 Miami-Fort Lauderdale 6,198,782 $344,882,000,000 3,224,952 5

8 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington 6,096,372 $444,975,000,000 3,150,013 15

9 Atlanta-Sandy Spring-Roswell 5,949,951 $385,542,000,000 3,086,763 15

10 Boston-Cambridge-Newton 4,875,390 $438,684,000,000 2,772,337 16

Source: U.S. Census Bureau 2018 Population Estimates, Fortune 2019 8 | NORTH TEXAS COMMISSION | NTC-DFW.ORG NORTH TEXAS Labor & Trade

THE NORTH TEXAS LABOR FORCE 8TH LARGEST $19.6B IS OVER 4 MILLION STRONG EXPORT MARKET IN THE U.S. IN TOTAL MERCHANDISE EXPORTS

NORTH TEXAS LABOR FORCE BY INDUSTRY NORTH TEXAS EXPORTS | TOP TRADE AGREEMENT RECEIVERS

LARGEST TOP COUNTRIES

2.1% 3.4% Trade, Transportation, and Utilities Mexico - 16.1% 6.2% 16.1% 21% Professional and Business Services Canada - 13.5%

7.6% Education and Health Services Germany - 6.3.% Government China - 5.4% Leisure and Hospitality All Others - 58.8% 8.3% Financial Activities 13.5% 58.8% 17.2% Manufacturing Mining, Logging and Construction 10.7% 6.3% Other Services

Information 5.4% 11.2% 12.2% SMALLEST Source: International Trade Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics 2019 Administration 2013

NORTH TEXAS LABOR FORCE BY COUNTY NORTH TEXAS EXPORTS | TOP INDUSTRIES

1.1% 1.3% 1.6% LARGEST 1.6% 2.0% 2.3% Dallas - 1,359,225 Tarrant - 1,062,733 $6.7B $3.2B $3B Collin - 545,243 Aerospace Products Semiconductor and Communications 12.1% Denton - 482,610 34.1% and Parts Other Electronic Equipment Ellis - 89,935 Manufacturing Component Manufacturing Manufacturing Johnson - 79,949 Parker - 64,740

13.7% Kaufman - 61,846 Rockwall - 50,192 Hunt - 42,373 $2.7B $1.4B Other counties less than 1% Motor Vehicle Manufacturing Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturing 26.7% SMALLEST Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics 2018 Source: International Trade Administration 2018

FOREIGN TRADE ZONES IN NORTH TEXAS

FTZ. NO. 39 FTZ. NO. 113 FTZ. NO. 168 FTZ. NO. 196 DALLAS/FORT WORTH ELLIS COUNTY DALLAS/FORT WORTH FORT WORTH Grantee/Operator: Grantee/Operator: Grantee: Grantee: DFW International Airport Board Ellis County Trade Zone Corporation Metroplex International Trade Alliance Corridor, Inc. P.O. Drawer 619428 P.O. Box 788 Development Corp. c/o Hillwood Development Corporation DFW Airport, TX 75261 Midlothian, TX 76065 Operator: 13600 Heritage Pkwy. (972) 973-4649 (972) 723-5522 Foreign Trade Zone Operating Co. of Texas Suite 200 Fax (972) 574-8069 P.O. Box 613307, Dallas, TX 75261 Fort Worth, TX 76177 (972) 929-7220 x225 (817) 224-6050 Fax (972) 929-7228 Fax (817) 224-6060

NORTH TEXAS COMMISSION | NTC-DFW.ORG | 9 NORTH TEXAS Quality of Life

Education Non-Proﬁts Aordable Housing Texas Flavor 10 Largest Universities in North Texas

The University of Texas at Arlington 45,282 University of North Texas 37,979 $247,000 The University of Texas at Dallas 26,793 53 61 Texas Woman’s University 15,655 Median home sales price 7th lowest price of top Texas A&M University-Commerce 12,385 Breweries Wineries 20 U.S. metro areas Southern Methodist University 11,739 Texas Christian University 10,394 Colleges Dallas Baptist University 5,156 33 And Universities Texas Wesleyan University 3,030 Culture University of North Texas at Dallas 2,619 North Texas is home to School Districts North Texas Community Colleges 124 6,000 Largest Museums Annual Arts & Contiguous Urban 113 Dallas County Community College 76,312 29% Collin College (Collin County) 53,678 Cultural Events Arts District Public Tarrant County Community College 52,956 of the state’s non-proﬁts in the U.S. is the 58 Charter Schools North Central Texas College 13,861 (the most in the state) Dallas Arts District Source: Education Service Centers egions 10 11 Visitors Professional Sports 48.9M 2.2M & E-Sports Teams people visit annually annually attend 15 the Texas State Fair America’s Biggest Fair

Recreation Sunny Days 234 or Partly Sunny Days Per Year DALLAS COWBOYS DALLAS MAVERICKS DALLAS STARS FC DALLAS TEXAS RANGERS National Football National Basketball National Hockey League Maor League Soccer Maor League Baseball League Association 2,000 60 180+ ALLEN AMERICANS DALLAS FUEL DALLAS RATTLERS DALLAS ROUGHNECKS ECHL Overwatch League Professional Lacrosse League American Ultimate Public Parks State Parks Golf Courses Disc League covering 94,700 acres within 100 miles of North Texas public and private

DALLAS SIDEKICKS DALLAS WINGS FRISCO ROUGHRIDERS LONE STAR BRAHMAS Maor Arena Soccer League Womens National Minor League Baseball North American Hockey League Basketball Association 60 1,000 2 TEXAS AIRHOGS TEXAS LEGENDS American Association of Independent NBA Lakes & Reservoirs Miles of o-street trails World-Class Zoos covering 550,500 acres for cyclists and pedestrians ranked in the top 50 Professional Baseball Development League in the U.S.

10 | NORTH TEXAS COMMISSION | NTC-DFW.ORG Education Non-Proﬁts Aordable Housing Texas Flavor 10 Largest Universities in North Texas

NORTH TEXAS COMMISSION | NTC-DFW.ORG | 11 ABOUT THE NORTH TEXAS COMMISSION

For more than 45 years, the North Texas Commission has been convening regional leaders and stakeholders to build a better future for all North Texans. Our genesis is rooted in the development of DFW International Airport, and throughout the years we’ve been instrumental in regional transportation initiatives, the Superconducting SuperCollider, the North Texas Super Bowl and launched the regional leadership program, Leadership North Texas and LNT University, a professional development program for Millennials. MISSION Today we market North Texas internationally and domestically, we advocate for issues with no city or county boundary and we foster The North Texas Commission collaboration. The North Texas Commission is a non-profit organization is a public-private partnership with a membership base of local governments, education institutions, and dedicated to advancing the vibrancy the business community. of the North Texas Region.

MAJOR INVESTORS NTC TEAM

AECOM Denton Independent School District President & CEO Alcon Laboratories, Inc. DFW International Airport Chris E. Wallace Alliance Data DHD Films Alliance Operating Services Eagle Mountain - Saginaw Indpendent Vice President, Development American Airlines, Inc. School District & Community Relations AT&T FastSigns Amber Zuckerman Atmos Energy Corporation Fidelity Investments Bank of America Freese and Nichols, Inc. Vice President, Communications Bell Frost Bank Kimberly Walton Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas Gorrondona & Associates, Inc. BNSF Railway Company Hillwood Vice President, Advocacy The Boeing Company HNTB Corporation Holli Davies Capital One Huckabee Carrington Coleman Huitt-Zollars, Inc. Director, Personnel & Accounting Cedar Hill Economic Development Leon Capital Group Dawn Miller Corporation Liberty Mutual Insurance Central Market / HEB Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company Marketing & Events Coordinator Children’s Health System of Texas (CHST) Mbroh Engineering, Inc. Ashley Mergele City of Allen MCP Stakeholder Relations Coordinator City of Arlington Mesquite Independent School District City of Carrollton North Texas Municipal Water District Patrick Brophey City of Dallas North Texas Tollway Authority Strategic Initiatives, Consultants City of Denton Oncor Electric Delivery Charlene Stark City of Farmers Branch Reliant, an NRG company City of Fort Worth SBase Technologies, Inc. Policy Advisor, Education Workforce Development City of Frisco Sewell Automotive Companies Dr. Charles Luke City of Garland Sundance Square City of Granbury Tarrant County College Senior Policy Advisor City of Grand Prairie Tarrant Regional Water District Former Representative Jim Keffer City of Irving Texans Can Academies City of Mansfield Texas A&M University-Commerce Executive Director, Interlink City of McKinney Texas Central Candy Slocum City of Mesquite Texas Health Resources City of North Richland Hills Texas Instruments Incorporated City of Plano The Rios Group, Inc. City of Richardson Tom Thumb Food & Pharmacy CONTACT US Coca-Cola Southwest Beverages, (CCSWB) Town of Flower Mound Collin College Toyota Motor North America, Inc North Texas Commission Community Council of Greater Dallas Trinity Metro Cooksey Communications, Inc. Trinity River Authority P.O. Box 610246 | DFW Airport, TX 75261 Dallas Area Rapid Transit Authority Union Pacific Railroad (972) 621-0400 | www.ntc-dfw.org Dallas Business Journal University of North Texas System [email protected] Dallas County The University of Texas at Arlington Dallas County Community College District Upper Trinity Regional Water District Dallas Cowboys Football Club UT Southwestern Medical Center Dallas Independent School District Verizon DESIGN BY Copyright © 2019 by the North Texas Commission All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be altered without written permission of the publisher. For permission requests, write to the North Texas Commission at [email protected]. As of 10/28/19 12 | NORTH TEXAS COMMISSION | NTC-DFW.ORG