Grand Prairie, Texas
Grand Prairie, Texas | |
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Water tower at Market Square | |
| Nickname: "G.P." “GPTX” | |
Location of Grand Prairie in Dallas County, Texas | |
| Coordinates: 32°42′55″N 96°57′58″W / 32.71528°N 96.96611°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Texas |
| Counties | Dallas, Tarrant, Ellis |
| Incorporated as Dechman | 1863 |
| Incorporated as Grand Prairie | 1909 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Council-Manager |
| • Mayor | Ron Jensen |
| Area | |
| 81.47 sq mi (210.99 km2) | |
| • Land | 72.57 sq mi (187.95 km2) |
| • Water | 8.90 sq mi (23.05 km2) |
| Elevation | 528 ft (161 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
| 196,100 | |
| • Rank | (US: 122nd) |
| • Density | 2,400/sq mi (930/km2) |
| • Urban | 5,121,892 (6th) |
| • Metro | 6,810,913 (4th) |
| • Demonym | Grand Prairian |
| Time zone | UTC−6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CDT) |
| ZIP codes | 75050-75054 |
| Area code(s) | 682, 817 214, 469, 945, 972 |
| FIPS code | 48-30464 |
| GNIS feature ID | 2410632 |
| Website | www |
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Grand Prairie is a city in the U.S. state of Texas, located in Dallas, Tarrant, and Ellis counties with a small part extending into Johnson county. It is part of the Mid-Cities region in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. It had a population of 175,396 according to the 2010 census, making it the fifteenth most populous city in the state. Remaining the 15th-most populous city in Texas, the 2020 census reported a population of 196,100.