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Grand Prairie is a city in the United States that is located in Dallas County, Tarrant County, and Ellis County. It is part of the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex’s Mid-Cities region. According to the 2010 census, it has a population of 175,396 people, making it the state’s fifteenth most populated city.

Grand Prairie lies on the boundary of Tarrant and Dallas counties, with a small portion of the city stretching into Ellis County to the south. The city is bordered on the east by Dallas, on the southeast by Cedar Hill and Midlothian, on the southwest by Mansfield, on the west by Arlington, on the northwest by Fort Worth, and on the north by Irving.

The city has a total area of 81.1 square miles (210.0 km2), of which 72.1 square miles (186.8 km2) is land and 9.0 square miles (23.3 km2), or 11.08 percent, is water, according to the United States Census Bureau.

Grand Prairie is home to the West Fork of the Trinity River and Johnson Creek, an important tributary.

Johnson Creek has flooded Grand Prairie many times in the past. In the 1980s, the Army Corps of Engineers began a significant operation to straighten the channel, which has minimized flooding damage.

The city has 127,427 residents, 43,791 households, and 32,317 families according to the 2000 census. There were 1,784.6 persons per square mile (689.1/km2) in the city. At an average density of 650.2 per square mile (251.0/km2), there were 46,425 dwelling units. The city’s racial makeup was 62 percent White, 13.5 percent African American, 0.8 percent Native American, 4.42 percent Asian, 0.1 percent Pacific Islander, 15.90 percent other races, and 3.34 percent mixed races. A third of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.

The city’s population was diverse, with 30.5 percent under the age of 18, 10.1 percent between the ages of 18 and 24, 34.1 percent between the ages of 25 and 44, 18.8 percent between the ages of 45 and 64, and 6.4 percent beyond the age of 65.

A household’s median income in the city was $46,816, and a family’s typical income was $51,449. Males had a median income of $35,300, while females had a median income of $28,184. The city’s per capita income was $18,978. About 8.7% of households and 11.1 percent of the population were poor, with 15.2 percent of those under the age of 18 and 10.4% of those 65 and older falling into this category.