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is a city in northwest Ellis County, Texas, United States. The population was 7,480 at the 2000 census. In June, 2008 the North Central Texas Council of Governments (NCTCOG) estimated the municipal population to be 14,500.
Adjacent cities are Cedar Hill to the north, Grand Prairie to the northwest, Venus to the southwest, Waxahachie to the southeast, and Ovilla to the northeast.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 98.1 km² (37.9 sq mi). 37.7 square miles (97.7 km²) of it is land and 0.2 square miles (0.5 km²) of it (0.50%) is water. Midlothian's extra-territorial jurisdiction includes another .