Irving

City in Texas

Description

Irving is a Texas city just northwest of Dallas. The Irving Arts Center offers changing art exhibitions, outdoor installations, theater productions and concerts. Dominating the center of Williams Square is Robert Glen's “Mustangs of Las Colinas," a bronze sculpture of 9 wild horses galloping through water. The faithfully restored Ruth Paine House Museum explores the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy. 

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Mayor: Rick Stopfer

Local time: Monday 2:15 PM

ZIP Codes: 75000–75099

Area code(s): 214, 469, 945, 972, 682, 817

Elevation: 482 ft (147 m)

Neighborhoods: Las Colinas, Valley Ranch, Hackberry Creek, MORE

Cost of living

Cost of living irving texas

Irving cost of living is 102.0

COST OF LIVING

Irving

Texas

Overall

102

94.2

Grocery

99.6

93.7

Health

98.1

100

Housing

96.7

83.5

Income

Irving tx income

Median Income

In 2021, the median household income of Irving households was $69,961. Irving households made slightly more than Travis Ranch households ($69,938) and Weatherford households ($69,953) . However, 8.3% of Irving families live in poverty.

Famous people

Irving texas famous people

Given name

• Irving Abella (1940-2022), Canadian writer.

• Irving Amen (1918–2011), printmaker.

• Irving Azoff (born 1947), American music executive and manager.

• Irving Berlin (1888–1989), Russian-born American songwriter.

• Irving Block, American matte painter and screenwriter, wrote the story on which Forbidden Planet was based.

Irving is a city in the U.S. state of Texas. Located in Dallas County, it is also an inner ring suburb of Dallas. The city of Irving is part of the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. According to a 2019 estimate from the United States Census Bureau, the city population was 239,798, making it the thirteenth-most populous city in Texas, and 93rd most populous city in the U.S.[11] Irving is noted for its racial and ethnic diversity, and has been ranked as one of the most diverse cities in the United States.[12][13] Irving includes the Las Colinas mixed-use master-planned community and part of the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport.

History[edit]

See also: Timeline of Irving, Texas

Irving was founded in 1903 by J.O. "Otto" Schulze and Otis Brown. It is believed literary author Washington Irving was a favorite of Netta Barcus Brown, and consequently the name of the town site, Irving, was chosen. Irving began in 1889 as an area called Gorbit, and in 1894 the name changed to Kit.[14] Irving was incorporated April 14, 1914, with Otis Brown as the first mayor.

By the late nineteenth century the Irving area was the site of churches, two cotton gins, a blacksmith shop and a general store. The Irving district public school system dates to the 1909 establishment of Kit and Lively schools. Population growth was slow and sometimes halting, with only 357 residents in 1925, but a significant increase began in the 1930s.

By the early 1960s the city had a population of approximately 45,000. A number of manufacturing plants operated in Irving, along with transportation, retail and financial businesses. The University of Dallas in Irving opened in 1956, and Texas Stadium was completed in 1971 as the home field of the Dallas Cowboys. The Chateau Theater opened in 1964 as part of a chain of premium, dollar, and drive-in theaters that stretched across North Texas and Oklahoma.

Delta Air Lines Flight 191 crashed in Irving on August 2, 1985.[15]

Irving's population reached 155,037 in 1990 and the United States Census Bureau estimated 236,607 residents in 2016, a 3.5 percent population increase over 2013 census estimates.[11]

In 2000, an Oshman's Sporting Goods store was robbed by the "Texas Seven".[16] In 2011, the Irving Convention Center at Las Colinas opened. Four years later high-school student Ahmed Mohamed was the subject of a hoax bomb incident which ignited allegations of racial profiling and Islamophobia from many media and commentators.

In 2019, Irving completed its construction of an entertainment district in Las Colinas with the opening of the Westin Irving Convention Center Hotel.[17] The entertainment district also includes the Irving Convention Center at Las Colinas[18] and the Toyota Music Factory, an entertainment complex with numerous restaurants, an Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, the Texas Lottery Plaza open-air performance stage and the Pavilion at the Toyota Music Factory concert venue.[19]

On May 8, 2020, the city's local poultry plant run by Westfield, Wisconsin-based Brakebush Bros. Inc reported 40 cases of COVID-19 among its workers during the 2019–2020 coronavirus pandemic.[20]

Geography[edit]

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 67.7 square miles (175 km2), of which 67.2 square miles (174 km2) of it is land and 0.4 square miles (1.0 km2) of it (0.65%) is water.

Developments[edit]

Irving includes the Las Colinas planned community, a mixed-use development with a land area of more than 12,000 acres (4,856 ha) that is home to many Fortune 500 companies and the Las Colinas Entertainment District. It also includes part of the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport.

Climate[edit]

The warmest month on average is July, and the highest recorded temperature was 112 °F (44 °C) in 1980. The average coolest month is January, and the lowest recorded temperature was −8 °F (−22 °C) in 1899.[21] Irving is considered to be part of the humid subtropical region. May is the average wettest month.[citation needed]

Demographics[edit]

Census Pop. Note%±

1920 357 —

1930 731 104.8%

1940 1,089 49.0%

1950 2,621 140.7%

1960 45,985 1,654.5%

1970 97,260 111.5%

1980 109,943 13.0%

1990 155,037 41.0%

2000 191,615 23.6%

2010 216,290 12.9%

2020 256,684 18.7%

U.S. Decennial Census[22]

2018 Estimate[23]

Race Number Percentage

White (NH) 53,982 21.03%

Black or African American (NH) 31,714 12.36%

Native American or Alaska Native (NH) 733 0.29%

Asian (NH) 57,301 22.32%

Pacific Islander (NH) 250 0.1%

Some Other Race (NH) 1,227 0.48%

Mixed/Multi-Racial (NH) 6,008 2.34%

Hispanic or Latino 105,469 41.09%

Total 256,684

At the census[9] of 2010,[27] there were 216,290 people, 82,538 households, and 51,594 families residing in the city. The population density was 3,218.6 people per square mile (1,242.1/km2). There were 91,128 housing units at an average density of 1,356 per square mile (523.3/km2).[28] According to the 2020 United States census, there were 256,684 people, 86,023 households, and 57,330 families residing in the city.

Irving has been noted for its racial and ethnic diversity.[12] A 2012 study by the real estate website Trulia found that Irving's 75038 zip code was the most diverse zip code in the United States,[12] while Irving was ranked as the ninth-most diverse city in the United States with over 200,000 residents according to a Diversity Index developed by Brown University's American Communities Project. The same survey said Irving was the eighth-most diverse city at a neighborhood level (again among cities with over 200,000 residents); Irving was the highest-ranked city in Texas at the city level and behind only Garland, TX at the neighborhood level.[13]

According to the 2010 census, the racial makeup of the city was 53.1% White (30.8% non-Hispanic white), 12.3% African American, 0.9% Native American, 14.0% Asian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 16.2% from other races, and 3.5% from two or more races.[28] Hispanic or Latinos of any race were 41.1% of the population.[29] The largest group of Hispanic or Latinos were of Mexican origin, while those of Salvadoran heritage form the second largest group; in 2009 they formed 11.8% of those born outside of the United States. The Hispanic and Latino residents have moved into eastern Irving, which contains older neighborhoods than other areas of Irving.[30] By 2020, the composition of Irving was 21.03% non-Hispanic white, 12.36% Black or African American, 0.29% Native American, 22.32% Asian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 0.48% some other race, 2.34% multiracial, and 41.09% Hispanic or Latino of any race.[24]

The largest Asian American ethnic group in Irving is the Asian Indians.[30] As of 2009 the Indians have mainly settled in proximity to high technology companies,[31] into an area in western Irving along Texas State Highway 114.[32] To absorb the Indian population, dense condominium and rental properties have opened in western Irving.[31]

There were 82,538 households, out of which 33.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 43.1% were married couples living together, 13.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 37.5% were non-families.[28] 30.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 4.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.61 and the average family size was 3.31.[28]

In the city, 29% of the population was under the age of 19, 8% was between ages 20 to 24, 35.8% from 25 to 44, 20.3% from 45 to 64, and 6.9% were 65 years of age or older.[28] The median age was 31.3 years. For every 100 females, there were 99.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98.6 males.

The 2012 median income for a household in the city was $49,303, and the median income for a family was $54,755.[33] Males had an estimated median income of $40,986 versus $36,518 for females.[34] The per capita income for the city was $26,970.[33] About 13.2% of families and 16.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 24.5% of those under age 18 and 9.4% of those age 65 or over.[33]