 The 12-county Dallas-Fort Worth Metropolitan Planning Area (MPA) encompasses over 6 million acres of land. The 2005 Land Use Inventory describes how this land is utilized. Each section of land in the MPA (Collin, Dallas, Denton, Ellis, Hood, Hunt, Johnson, Kaufman, Parker, Rockwall, Tarrant and Wise counties) is classified into one of 25 categories. The data are available through interactive query or as downloadable GIS data.
2005 Land Use Data Query
2005 Land Use GIS Data
2005 Land Use Category Descriptions [PDF]
2005 Land Use Methodology [PDF]
Land Use FAQ
Historical Land Use
Historical land use data are available for select areas of the North Central Texas region. The extent of coverage varies by year. Changes in methodologies over the years have resulted in reclassifications of some areas, so direct comparisons of data for some years are not recommended. Historical land use data are available as reports or downloadable GIS data.
1995 Land Use by City [PDF]
2000 Land Use by City [PDF]
1990, 1995 and 2000 Land Use GIS Data
Historical Land Use Category Descriptions [PDF]
1990 Land Use Methodology [PDF]
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