Dallas County, TX elected officials: county commissioners, sheriff, school board and cities
Who holds every elected county, school board, city and special-district office in Dallas County: 19 seats on 6 elected bodies. 10 seats were on the November 3, 2026 ballot; they update once the county certifies its results.
The Census Bureau's 2022 Census of Governments counts 59 local governments in Dallas County. This page lists the ones whose offices are elected.
Kind of government
Census count (2022)
Listed on this page
County government
1
1
Cities, towns, villages and townships
25
0
School districts (school boards)
15
0
Special districts (elected boards)
18
1
Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments: Government Units Listing (census.gov).
About these counts
The Census Bureau counts every independent local government once, in the county it assigns it to: the one it mostly serves or where it's based. A city or district that crosses county lines is counted in only one county, so it may be listed on this page but counted elsewhere, or the other way around. Many special districts, such as housing authorities, have appointed boards, and some places have more than one elected body, so the two columns measure different things. School systems run by a county, city or the state aren't counted as separate governments (1 in Dallas County), though their boards may be listed here; in some states the Bureau counts community or state colleges as school districts. The counts are as of 2022.
Who lives in Dallas County
2,621,179people
34.1median ageU.S.: 38.9
$76,547 household incomeU.S.: $80,734
13.9%below the U.S.: 12.5%
35.7%of adults 25+ with a bachelor's degreeU.S.: 35.7%
$303,000median home valueU.S.: $332,700
5%unemployed (of the labor force)U.S.: 5.2%
24.8%born outside the U.S.U.S.: 14.1%
4.2%of adults are veteransU.S.: 6.2%
21.5%U.S.: 8.4%
52.1%of renting households pay of income on rentU.S.: 51.1%
32.4%of homeowners with a mortgage pay of income on housing costsU.S.: 28.1%
Race and Hispanic origin: Hispanic or Latino 41.3% · White 26.4% · Black 22.1% · Asian 7% · Other or more than one race 3.3% (Hispanic or Latino people can be of any race; the other groups are non-Hispanic.)
Census Bureau, 2020–2024 5-year estimates (data.census.gov).
About these figures
The American Community Survey asks about 3.5 million households a year about who lives there, their work, income, schooling and housing. The 5-year estimates pool 2020–2024 answers so that every county and district has enough of them. They're estimates with a (larger for smaller places), and they're different from the once-a-decade census count. "Median" means half are above and half below. Household income is before taxes and includes everyone in the household. The unemployment share here is the survey's five-year average, so it differs from the monthly rate in the BLS jobs report. Race and Hispanic origin are as people describe themselves.
Health insurance means any coverage, private or public (such as Medicaid or Medicare), when people answered; the share is of everyone except people on active military duty and people living in institutions such as prisons and nursing homes. The housing shares are of renting households, and of homeowners with a mortgage, for whom the Census Bureau can compute them (households with no income, or renters who pay no cash rent, are left out). Rent here is gross rent, rent plus utilities; owner costs include the mortgage, property taxes, insurance, utilities and fees.
Jobs in Dallas County
4.2%September 2026, preliminary. A year earlier: 4.4%. Texas: 4.3%.
1,391,551people employedSeptember 2026, preliminary. Counted where they live, not where they work.
1,453,109in the September 2026, preliminary.
Yearly average unemployment rate, 2016–2025.
Every month, last two years
Month
Rate
Unemployed
Employed
Labor force
September 2026 (preliminary)
4.2%
61,558
1,391,551
1,453,109
August 2026
4.5%
65,790
1,383,688
1,449,478
July 2026
4.7%
67,857
1,377,927
1,445,784
June 2026
4.8%
68,738
1,371,092
1,439,830
May 2026
4.2%
60,073
1,379,483
1,439,556
April 2026
3.9%
56,556
1,379,036
1,435,592
March 2026
4.0%
57,355
1,377,850
1,435,205
February 2026
4.3%
61,397
1,374,411
1,435,808
January 2026
4.3%
62,077
1,369,553
1,431,630
December 2025
3.8%
54,405
1,388,238
1,442,643
November 2025
4.1%
60,101
1,388,660
1,448,761
October 2025
not collected (2025 federal shutdown)
September 2025
4.4%
63,421
1,387,529
1,450,950
August 2025
4.4%
64,050
1,381,474
1,445,524
July 2025
4.3%
62,019
1,381,052
1,443,071
June 2025
4.1%
59,110
1,376,176
1,435,286
May 2025
3.9%
55,152
1,375,680
1,430,832
April 2025
3.7%
53,319
1,384,692
1,438,011
March 2025
4.0%
57,058
1,373,179
1,430,237
February 2025
4.3%
60,932
1,367,260
1,428,192
January 2025
4.2%
59,350
1,367,316
1,426,666
December 2024
3.8%
53,887
1,374,464
1,428,351
November 2024
4.2%
59,536
1,371,351
1,430,887
October 2024
4.2%
59,496
1,369,559
1,429,055
Yearly averages
Year
Rate
Unemployed
Employed
Labor force
2025 (11 months)
4.1%
58,992
1,379,205
1,438,197
2024
4.2%
58,896
1,356,046
1,414,942
2023
4.0%
56,435
1,348,681
1,405,116
2022
3.8%
53,031
1,331,778
1,384,809
2021
5.6%
76,189
1,282,239
1,358,428
2020
7.8%
103,602
1,231,569
1,335,171
2019
3.5%
46,757
1,293,238
1,339,995
2018
3.8%
50,705
1,283,236
1,333,941
2017
3.9%
52,074
1,273,695
1,325,769
2016
4.0%
52,163
1,250,509
1,302,672
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, : BLS publishes county figures only that way, so they rise and fall with the seasons; compare a month with the same month a year earlier rather than with the month before. Texas's figure above is on the same basis; seasonally adjusted, as in BLS's monthly state release, it was 4.4% in September 2026. The latest month is preliminary and is revised the next month, and BLS revises earlier years each spring. People are counted where they live. October 2025 wasn't collected during the 2025 federal government shutdown, so 2025's yearly average covers 11 months.
Crime reported in Dallas County
249.0 per 100,0002025. Texas: 344.9.
1,662.2 per 100,0002025. Texas: 1,786.0.
43murders2025, 3,110 violent crimes in all.
Earlier years
Year
Violent
Rate
Property
Rate
2025
3,110
249.0
20,762
1,662.2
2024
3,335
270.2
25,171
2,039.3
2023
3,492
286.1
27,933
2,288.6
2022
3,618
304.2
29,456
2,476.6
2021
3,654
312.5
26,403
2,257.9
2020
3,419
293.8
26,961
2,317.1
2018
3,075
266.3
28,183
2,440.4
2017
3,474
303.7
29,572
2,585.1
2016
3,273
289.2
30,991
2,738.6
By police agency (24)
Agency
Year
Violent
Property
People served
Irving Police Department
2025
683
4,515
258,220
Grand Prairie Police Department
2025
426
2,776
210,147
Mesquite Police Department
2025
680
3,296
150,193
Lewisville Police Department
2025
297
1,853
138,488
Rowlett Police Department
2025
108
800
69,502
DeSoto Police Department
2025
161
890
56,851
Cedar Hill Police Department
2025
77
860
49,723
Coppell Police Department
2025
36
366
41,505
Lancaster Police Department
2025
143
839
40,640
Duncanville Police Department
2025
100
783
38,858
Farmers Branch Police Department
2025
48
759
37,609
Balch Springs Police Department
2025
107
730
27,214
University Park Police Department
2025
11
374
25,262
Glenn Heights Police Department
2025
45
152
20,789
Seagoville Police Department
2025
19
295
20,527
Addison Police Department
2025
72
702
17,291
Sunnyvale Police Department
2025
19
68
9,109
Highland Park Police Department
2025
4
217
8,736
Hutchins Police Department
2025
33
223
8,201
Dallas County Sheriff's Office
2018
50
236
7,078
Wilmer Police Department
2025
25
167
7,007
Ovilla Police Department
2025
1
17
4,893
Ferris Police Department
2025
8
35
4,659
Cockrell Hill Police Department
2025
7
45
3,629
Crimes to the county's city and county police agencies (FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, Return A), per 100,000 people they serve. Years with incomplete reporting are left out. Crime in Texas · the U.S.
Police staffing
1.61 per 1,000 residents2025, 23 agencies serving 1,249,053 people.
2,016sworn officers2025, full-time, as of October 31.
822civilian staff2025, full-time.
Agencies counted (23), 2025
Agency
Officers
Civilians
People served
Irving Police Department
398
206
258,220
Grand Prairie Police Department
287
166
210,147
Mesquite Police Department
260
85
150,193
Lewisville Police Department
181
78
138,488
Rowlett Police Department
105
53
69,502
DeSoto Police Department
85
43
56,851
Farmers Branch Police Department
83
26
37,609
Cedar Hill Police Department
68
22
49,723
Highland Park Police Department
66
17
8,736
Addison Police Department
66
9
17,291
Coppell Police Department
60
13
41,505
Duncanville Police Department
59
12
38,858
Lancaster Police Department
53
6
40,640
University Park Police Department
42
17
25,262
Balch Springs Police Department
36
11
27,214
Seagoville Police Department
28
11
20,527
Wilmer Police Department
25
9
7,007
Glenn Heights Police Department
24
9
20,789
Sunnyvale Police Department
27
2
9,109
Hutchins Police Department
20
7
8,201
Ferris Police Department
15
12
4,659
Cockrell Hill Police Department
18
6
3,629
Ovilla Police Department
10
2
4,893
Earlier years
Year
Officers
Per 1,000
Civilians
Agencies
2025
2,016
1.61
822
23
2024
1,984
1.61
801
23
2023
1,937
1.59
755
23
2022
1,887
1.59
724
23
2021
1,889
1.62
732
23
2016
2,103
1.86
2,504
23
Full-time employees of the county's city police departments and sheriff's office, as each reported them to the FBI (Uniform Crime Reporting, Law Enforcement Employees), per 1,000 people in the areas those agencies serve (the FBI's population figures). A year is shown only when every one of these agencies sent a count; a count under half or over double the agency's own counts in nearby years is treated as not sent. Towns policed under contract by another agency are counted through that agency. State police, campus and other agencies aren't included. Sheriffs' offices often also run the county jail and courthouse security, so their staff counts include those jobs.
Quick answers
Who is the Dallas County County Clerk?
John F. Warren is the County Clerk of Dallas County, Texas. The seat was on the November 3, 2026 ballot; the count isn't certified yet.
Who is the Dallas County Criminal District Attorney?
John Creuzot is the Criminal District Attorney of Dallas County, Texas. The seat was on the November 3, 2026 ballot; the count isn't certified yet.
Who is the Dallas County District Clerk?
Felicia Pitre is the District Clerk of Dallas County, Texas. The seat was on the November 3, 2026 ballot; the count isn't certified yet.
Who is the Dallas County Tax Assessor-Collector?
John R. Ames is the Tax Assessor-Collector of Dallas County, Texas.
Who are the Dallas County commissioners?
Clay Jenkins (County Judge); Theresa Daniel (Precinct 1); Andy Sommerman (Precinct 2); John Wiley Price (Precinct 3); Elba Garcia (Precinct 4).
What is the population of Dallas County?
About 2,621,179 people, with a median age of 34.1; the median household income is $76,547 and 13.9% live below the poverty line (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates).
What is the unemployment rate in Dallas County?
4.2% in September 2026 (preliminary): 61,558 people unemployed in a labor force of 1,453,109, against 4.4% a year earlier (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, not seasonally adjusted).
How many local governments are there in Dallas County?
59 in the Census Bureau's 2022 Census of Governments: 1 county, 25 municipal, 15 school district and 18 special district governments.
Officeholders as of November 6, 2026, from the Office of Court Administration's directory of trial courts by county (May 2026), the Texas Secretary of State's county officer lists, the Comptroller's county directory and each county's own website (commissioners); officials appointed since those lists were updated may differ; each name links to its source. Officials change between elections (appointments, resignations), and the body's own website is the authority. Party is shown only for offices elected on a partisan ballot.
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