The Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex comprises the highest concentration of colleges and universities in Texas. In 2020, Dallas–Fort Worth was recognized as the 36th best metropolitan area for STEM professionals in the U.S. In 2015, the conurbated metropolitan area would rank the ninth-largest economy if it were a U.S. If the Metroplex were a sovereign state, it would have the twentieth largest economy in the world as of 2019. The Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex boasted a GDP of just over $620.6 billion in 2020. In 2016, the metropolitan economy surpassed Houston to become the fourth-largest in the U.S. As of 2022, Dallas–Fort Worth is home to 23 Fortune 500 companies, the 4th-largest concentration of Fortune 500 companies in the United States behind New York City (62), Chicago (35), and Houston (24). The metropolitan region's economy, also referred to as Silicon Prairie, is primarily based on banking, commerce, insurance, telecommunications, technology, energy, healthcare, medical research, transportation and logistics. In 2016, the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex had the highest annual population growth in the United States. Census Bureau's 2020 census, making it the most populous metropolitan area in both Texas and the Southern United States, the fourth-largest in the U.S., and the tenth-largest in the Americas. The Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington metropolitan statistical area's population was 7,637,387 according to the U.S. Residents of the area also refer to it as DFW (airport code), or the Metroplex. It is the economic and cultural hub of North Texas. state of Texas encompassing 11 counties and anchored by the major cities of Dallas and Fort Worth.

Office of Management and Budget, is a conurbated metropolitan statistical area in the U.S. The Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, officially designated Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington by the U.S.

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