Tourist Information

Grand Prairie offers a variety of attractions that encourage visitors to experience life as an adventure. The city include world-class museums, internationally regarded orchestras, theaters etc. Tourist attractions include Fort Worth Stockyards, Lone Star Park, Louis Tussaud's Palace of Wax, Loyd Park, Lynn Creek Marina, Nokia Theatre, Traders Village, The Tangle Ridge and Prairie Lake’s Golf Course, The Dallas and Fort Worth Zoo and Joe Pool Lake.

General Information

Grand Prairie is the seventh largest city in the Dallas-Fort worth Metroplex, 16th largest city in Texas and the sixth fastest-growing city in the nation, with over 100,000 population. Grand Prairie was incorporated as a city in 1909. Grand Prairie has a long history of flooding from Johnson Creek, a major tributary of The West Fork of the Trinity River, which flows through Grand Prairie. The City of Grand Prairie has won the Governor's Community Achievement Award in 1971, 1973, 1991, 2003 and 2006 respectively for outstanding community improvement. The city runs “Keep Grand Prairie Beautiful program” to develop community leadership, education, public awareness and litter prevention.

Grand Prairie’s eastern boundary is 12 miles west of downtown Dallas and the western edge is 15 miles east of Fort Worth. The city is just five minutes away from DFW International Airport. The city is easily accessible through highways like Interstate 20, Interstate 30, State Highway 360, Loop 12 and Spur 303.

Demographic Information

Grand Prairie is a city, situated in Dallas, Ellis and Tarrant Counties in the state of Texas, United States. The city is a part of the Mid-Cities region in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. Grand Prairie is located at 32°42′55″N, 97°1′1″W (32.715266, -97.016864) and 515 feet above the sea level. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 81.5 square miles (211.2 km²). As of the census of 2000, there were 127,427 people, 43,791 households, and 32,317 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,784.6 people per square mile (689.1/km²). There were 46,425 housing units at an average density of 650.2/sq mi (251.0/km²).