Irving is a relatively large city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 191,611 people and 31 constituent neighborhoods, Irving is the 12th largest community in Texas.

Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Irving is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Irving is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Irving who work in office and administrative support jobs (18.52%), sales jobs (11.03%), and management occupations (9.45%).

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

Irving Information and Demographics

The overall education level of Irving citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 29.98% of adults in Irving have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 14.96%.

The per capita income in Irving in 2000 was $23,419, which is wealthy relative to Texas, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $93,676 for a family of four.

Irving is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Irving home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Irving is White, followed by African-American. Irving also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 31.28% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in Irving include German, English, and Irish.

Irving also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 26.46%.

The most common language spoken in Irving is English. Some people also speak Spanish.