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Arlington is a city in Tarrant County, in the Dallas-Fort Worth metro area.

The community was named in honor of Robert E. Lee's hometown in Virginia.

The latitude of Arlington is 32.735N. The longitude is -97.107W.

It is in the Central Standard time zone. Elevation is 604 feet.

The estimated population, in 2003, was 355,007.

INCOME SNAPSHOT

Median household income

Local

$47,622

National

$41,994

Source: 2000 census, U.S. Census Bureau

For more census details and comparisons, see our Arlington demographic reports

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Arlington is on the Trinity River.

Former and merged names include:
· Bird's Fort
· Johnson Station
· Watson

Arlington is the biggest city in the country with no fixed-route public transit.

Crime: The number of violent crimes recorded by the FBI in 2003 was 1,863. The number of murders and homicides was 9. The violent crime rate was 5.2 per 1,000 people.

No. 5 on the "Best Cities for Women" list (big cities), Ladies' Home Journal, 2002

Filming location for:
· 2002 movie, "The Rookie"

Well-known residents have included:
· Lou Diamond Phillips, actor
· Ben Grieve, baseball player

Coffee: National and regional coffee companies with outlets here include Starbucks

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Local festivals include:

Texas Scottish Festival & Highland Games - June 1-3, 2007
Best of Texas Festival - Sept. 1-16, 2007

Dates often change. Check Arlington web sites and events links in the sections below.

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Arlington attractions: Six Flags Over Texas

Sports teams: Texas Rangers (AL)

Historic sites and museums: Antique Sewing Machine Museum, Arlington Museum of Art, Fielder Museum, Legends of the Game Baseball Museum

Colleges and universities: University of Texas at Arlington

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Support for libraries: Local government funding for the local library system, in fiscal years 2001-2002, was below the national average. (See library links below.)

Gays & lesbians
National index: 100
Local index: 95

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Quotes:
...Arlington, not so much a city as an area of confusion that manages to combine the worst features of Dallas (just to the east) and Fort Worth (just to the west).
-- Roads
Larry McMurtry

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