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Population (year 2000): 37,646. Estimated
population in July 2005: 44,653 (+18.6% change)
Males: 17,697 (47.0%), Females: 19,949 (53.0%)
Dallas County
Zip codes:
75115.
Median resident age: 36.1 years
Median household income: $57,699 (year 2000)
Median house value: $110,600 (year 2000)
Races in DeSoto:
- Black (45.5%)
- White Non-Hispanic (44.7%)
- Hispanic (7.3%)
- Other race (2.6%)
- Two or more races (1.4%)
- American Indian (0.7%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: German (7.7%), English (7.3%),
United States (6.0%), Irish (6.0%), Subsaharan African (1.7%),
Scotch-Irish (1.6%).
Elevation: 650 feet
Land area: 21.6 square miles
For population 25 years and over in DeSoto
- High school or higher: 88.4%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 30.2%
- Graduate or professional degree: 10.0%
- Unemployed: 4.3%
- Mean travel time to work: 30.1 minutes
For population 15
years and over in DeSoto city
- Never married: 22.6%
- Now married: 61.2%
- Separated: 2.2%
- Widowed: 5.2%
- Divorced: 8.8%
4.8% Foreign born (2.3% Latin America, 1.4%
Asia, 0.6% Europe).
Population change in the 1990s: +6,905 (+22.5%).
Hospitals/medical centers in DeSoto:
- CEDARS HOSPITAL,THE (2000 N OLD HICKORY
TRAIL)
- SELECT SPECIALTY HOSPITAL SOUTH DALLAS (800
KIRKWOOD DRIVE)
Other hospitals/medical centers near DeSoto:
- MARGARET JONSSON CHARLTON METH HOSP (about 5 miles;
DALLAS, TX)
- MEDICAL CENTER AT LANCASTER (about 7 miles;
LANCASTER, TX)
- DALLAS SOUTHWEST MEDICAL CENTER (about 9 miles;
DALLAS, TX)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
DeSoto:
- DALLAS LOVE FIELD (about 17 miles; DALLAS, TX; ID:
DAL)
- DALLAS/FORT WORTH INTERNATIONAL (about 23 miles;
DALLAS-FORT WORTH, TX; ID: DFW)
- FORT WORTH MEACHAM INTL (about 38 miles; FORT WORTH,
TX; ID: FTW)
Other public-use airports nearest to DeSoto:
- CARROLL AIR PARK (about 4 miles; DE SOTO, TX; ID:
F66)
- DALLAS EXECUTIVE (about 5 miles; DALLAS, TX; ID: RBD)
- LANCASTER (about 11 miles; LANCASTER, TX; ID: LNC)
Amtrak station near DeSoto:
- 13 miles: DALLAS (400 S. HOUSTON ST.). Services:
ticket office, fully wheelchair accessible, enclosed
waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones,
vending machines, paid short-term parking, paid
long-term parking, call for car rental service, taxi
stand, public transit connection.
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
DeSoto:
- MOUNTAIN VIEW COLLEGE (about 10 miles; DALLAS, TX;
Full-time enrollment: 3,029)
- DALLAS BAPTIST UNIVERSITY (about 10 miles; DALLAS,
TX; FT enrollment: 2,496)
- SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY (about 13 miles;
DALLAS, TX; FT enrollment: 8,231)
- EL CENTRO COLLEGE (about 13 miles; DALLAS, TX; FT
enrollment: 2,359)
- UNIVERSITY OF DALLAS (about 19 miles; IRVING, TX; FT
enrollment: 2,400)
- NORTH LAKE COLLEGE (about 21 miles; IRVING, TX; FT
enrollment: 4,554)
- THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON (about 22
miles; ARLINGTON, TX; FT enrollment: 15,467)
Public high school in DeSoto:
- DE SOTO H S (Students: 1,607; Location: 600
EAGLE DR; Grades: 09 - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in DeSoto:
- D H S FRESHMAN CAMPUS (Students: 742;
Location: 620 S WESTMORELAND; Grades: 09 - 09)
- DESOTO EAST J H (Students: 700; Location: 601
E BELT LINE RD; Grades: 07 - 08)
- DESOTO WEST J H (Students: 686; Location: 800
N WESTMORELAND; Grades: 07 - 08)
- AMBER TERRACE INT (Students: 607; Location:
224 AMBER LN; Grades: 05 - 06)
- WOODRIDGE EL (Students: 589; Location: 1001
WOODRIDGE; Grades: PK - 04)
- COCKRELL HILL EL (Students: 558; Location:
425 S COCKRELL HILL; Grades: PK - 04)
- THE MEADOWS INT (Students: 548; Location:
1016 THE MEADOWS PKWY; Grades: 05 - 06)
- RUBY YOUNG EL (Students: 474; Location: 707 N
YOUNG BLVD; Grades: PK - 04)
- NORTHSIDE EL (Students: 467; Location: 525
RAY AVE; Grades: PK - 04)
- P A S S LEARNING CENTER (Students: 22;
Location: 200 E BELT LINE; Grades: 05 - 12)
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