Arlington is a large city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 394,602 people and 86 associated neighborhoods, Arlington is the seventh largest community in Texas.Unlike some cities, Arlington isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Arlington are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Arlington is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Arlington who work in office and administrative support (12.14%), sales jobs (10.99%), and management occupations (9.03%). Also of interest is that Arlington has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. A relatively large number of people in Arlington telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 9.79% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. The education level of Arlington citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 32.41% of adults in Arlington have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Arlington in 2022 was $33,477, which is upper middle income relative to Texas, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $133,908 for a family of four. However, Arlington contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Arlington is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Arlington home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Arlington residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Arlington also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 29.96% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Arlington include German, English, Irish, African, and Italian. Arlington also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 20.84%. The most common language spoken in Arlington is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Vietnamese.
