Irving

Irving is a city in Dallas County, Texas, in the United States. It belongs to the Mid-Cities region of the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex and is an inner city suburb of Dallas. The 2020 census counted 256,684 residents, which made it the twelfth most populous city in Texas and the 91st most populous in the country. Irving was founded in 1903 and incorporated on April 14, 1914, with Otis Brown as its first mayor. Growth was slow at first, with only 357 residents in 1925, but it picked up in the 1930s, reached about 45,000 by the early 1960s and 155,037 by 1990. The city has a total area of 67.7 square miles (175 square kilometres), nearly all of it land, and lies in the humid subtropical climate region. Its western side has become home to a large Indian community near technology employers along State Highway 114.