Dallas's population increased from 974,078 in 1980 to 1,006,877 in 1990; by 1998 it had reached 1,075,894. According to the 1990 census, whites constitute 55.4 percent of the population of Dallas; blacks, 29.5 percent; Asians and Pacific Islanders, 2.1 percent; and Native Americans, 0.5 percent. Hispanics, who may be of any race, represent 20.3 percent.
The dominant demographic factor in Dallas, as in the state as a whole, has been the rapid growth of the Hispanic population. The Dallas metropolitan area grew from 2,055,000 in 1980 to 2,676,000 in 1990, with the number of Hispanics nearly doubling to 14.0 percent of the 1990 population. Whites, at 73.3 percent, and blacks, at 15.8 percent, are the two largest racial groups in the metropolitan region.Microsoft® Encarta® Online Encyclopedia 2001
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