The area of the district is 172.7 km2, the population 82,721 (January 1, 2012), which makes a population density of 479 persons per km2. The administrative center of the district is Dornbirn.
Administrative divisions
The district consists of three municipalities, two of which (Dornbirn and
Hohenems 
) are towns, the third (
Lustenau 
) being the largest market town in Austria. Hohenems is the youngest town in Vorarlberg to have received town privileges (in 1983).