Garland is a relatively large city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 215,991 people and 31 constituent neighborhoods, Garland is the tenth largest community in Texas.

Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Garland is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Garland is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Garland who work in office and administrative support jobs (19.09%), sales jobs (11.10%), and management occupations (8.67%).

Also of interest is that Garland has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Garland Information and Demographics

The percentage of people in Garland who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 14.96%: 21.78% of adults in Garland have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Garland in 2000 was $20,000, which is upper middle income relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $80,000 for a family of four.

Garland is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Garland home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Garland is White, followed by African-American. Garland also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 25.72% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in Garland include German, English, and Irish.

Garland also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 20.18%.

The most common language spoken in Garland is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Vietnamese.