Data from the 2020 Census showed Dallas-Fort Worth becoming the nation's fourth-largest metropolitan area behind New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago. J.H. Cullum Clark, the director of the Bush Institute-SMU Economic Growth Initiative and an adjunct economics professor at SMU says North Texas could pass the Chicago area as soon as the late 2030s.

<p>Data from the 2020 Census showed Dallas-Fort Worth becoming the nation's fourth-largest metropolitan area behind New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago. J.H. Cullum Clark, the director of the Bush Institute-SMU Economic Growth Initiative and an adjunct economics professor at SMU says North Texas could pass the Chicago area as soon as the late 2030s.</p>

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