TEXOMA HIDTA

The Texoma HIDTA region encompasses 17 counties in North Texas and eight counties in Oklahoma, yet impacts other counties in our area, neighboring states and a significant portion of the Eastern United States (See Map 1). The Dallas/Fort Worth area (DFW) is the fourth largest Metropolitan Statistical Area[1] (MSA) in the nation, with more than 7.1 million residents. It is the largest "inland" populated area in the country. Our region includes two major drug market areas, the Dallas/Fort Worth metropolitan area and Oklahoma City metropolitan area. It also includes three primary satellite areas: Amarillo and Tyler, Texas and Tulsa, Oklahoma. These markets constitute the most significant areas of illicit drug trafficking and abuse within our HIDTA region. Our region is a national transshipment and distribution area for drugs arriving from Mexico and destined for northern Texas, Oklahoma, as well as other areas within the United States.