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North Texas
Geographic region of the U.S. state of Texas / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
North Texas is a term used primarily by residents of Dallas, Fort Worth [7][8] Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex generally consider North Texas to include the area south of Oklahoma, east of Abilene, west of Paris, and north of Hillsboro.[9] Definitions of the region usually don't include the sparsely populated Panhandle of Texas, which is the northernmost region of Texas bordered by New Mexico to the west and Oklahoma to the north and east.[10][11]
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• Total | 8,584,519[1][2][3][4][5][6] |
Today, North Texas is centered upon the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the largest metropolitan area in Texas and the Southern United States. People in the Dallas and Fort Worth areas sometimes use the terms Metroplex, DFW, and North Texas interchangeably. However, North Texas refers to a much larger area that includes many northern rural counties along the Red River of the South border.[12]