Arlington is a large city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 398,431 people and 86 associated neighborhoods, Arlington is the seventh largest community in Texas.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Arlington is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce 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. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 9.79% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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. In terms of college education, Arlington is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 32.41% of adults in Arlington have a college 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. Foreign born people are also an important part of Arlington's cultural character, accounting for 20.84% of the city’s population. The most common language spoken in Arlington is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Vietnamese.
