Tarrant County, Texas

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Tarrant County
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Tarrant County Courthouse
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Location within the U.S. state of Texas
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Coordinates: 32°46′N97°17′W / 32.77°N 97.29°W / 32.77; -97.29
CountryFlag of the United States.svg United States
StateFlag of Texas.svg  Texas
Founded1850
Named for Edward H. Tarrant
Seat Fort Worth
Largest cityFort Worth
Area
 • Total
902 sq mi (2,340 km2)
 • Land864 sq mi (2,240 km2)
 • Water39 sq mi (100 km2)  4.3%
Population
 (2020)
 • Total
2,110,640
 • Estimate 
(2023)
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 • Density2,300/sq mi (900/km2)
Time zone UTC−6 (Central)
 • Summer (DST) UTC−5 (CDT)
Congressional districts 6th, 12th, 24th, 25th, 30th, 33rd
Website tarrantcounty.com

Tarrant County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas with a 2020 U.S. census population of 2,110,640, making it the third-most populous county in Texas and the 15th-most populous in the United States. Its seat of government is Fort Worth. [1] Tarrant County, one of 26 counties created out of the Peters Colony, was established in 1849 and organized the next year. [2] It is named after Edward H. Tarrant, a lawyer, politician, and militia leader.

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The ancestral homelands of Native American tribes: Caddo, Tonkawa, Comanche, and Cherokee covered Tarrant County. The Native American tribes resisted settlement and fought to defend their land. The Battle of Village Creek is a well known battle that took place in Tarrant County.

Geography

USGS map of Tarrant County, 1894 USGS Reconnaissance Map of Tarrant County, Texas 1918 (1894 edition) UTA.jpg
USGS map of Tarrant County, 1894

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has an area of 902 square miles (2,340 km2), of which 864 square miles (2,240 km2) is land and 39 square miles (100 km2) (4.3%) is water. [3]

Adjacent counties

Communities

Cities (multiple counties)

Cities

Towns

Census-designated places

Historical census-designated places

Unincorporated communities

Historical communities

Ghost towns

Notes

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
1850 664—
1860 6,020806.6%
1870 5,788−3.9%
1880 24,671326.2%
1890 41,14266.8%
1900 52,37627.3%
1910 108,572107.3%
1920 152,80040.7%
1930 197,55329.3%
1940 225,52114.2%
1950 361,25360.2%
1960 538,49549.1%
1970 716,31733.0%
1980 860,88020.2%
1990 1,170,10335.9%
2000 1,446,21923.6%
2010 1,809,03425.1%
2020 2,110,62316.7%
2023 (est.)2,182,947 [4] 3.4%
U.S. Decennial Census [5]
1850–2010 [6] 2010–2019 [7]
Tarrant County, Texas – Racial and ethnic composition
Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.
Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic)Pop 1990 [8] Pop 2000 [9] Pop 2010 [10] Pop 2020 [11] % 1990% 2000% 2010% 2020
White alone (NH)857,272895,253937,135904,88473.26%61.90%51.80%42.87%
Black or African American alone (NH)138,302182,713262,522358,64511.82%12.63%14.51%16.99%
Asian alone (NH)28,67652,05783,378127,7832.45%3.60%4.61%6.05%
Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)4,9215,9717,0377,0330.42%0.41%0.39%0.33%
Pacific Islander alone (NH)N/A2,0422,9384,147N/A0.14%0.16%0.20%
Other race alone (NH)1,0531,5402,4918,3210.09%0.11%0.14%0.39%
Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)N/A21,35330,55678,920N/A1.48%1.69%3.74%
Hispanic or Latino (any race)139,879285,290482,977620,90711.95%19.73%26.70%29.42%
Total1,170,1031,446,2191,809,0342,110,640100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%

Since the 1850 United States census, Tarrant County has experienced population growth except for the 1870 census; in 1850, the county had a population of 664, growing to 1,170,103 at the 1990 census. By the 2020 census, the county's population grew to 2,110,640. [11] Tarrant County is the second-most populous county in the Metroplex, behind Dallas County.

In 2000, the racial and ethnic makeup of the county was 71.2% White, 12.8% Black or African American, 0.6% Native American, 3.6% Asian, 0.2% Pacific Islander, 9.1% from other races, and 2.5% from two or more races; 19.7% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. [12] In 2020, its racial and ethnic makeup was 42.87% non-Hispanic white, 29.42% Hispanic or Latino American of any race, 16.99% Black or African American, 6.05% Asian alone, 0.33% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.20% Pacific Islander, 0.39% some other race, and 3.74% multiracial. [11] Its increasing racial and ethnic diversity has reflected growing trends of diversification in Texas. [13] [14] [15]

In 2000, there were 533,864 households, out of which 36.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.6% were married couples living together, 12.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.8% were non-families. 24.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.67 and the average family size was 3.22. As of the 2010 census, there were about 5.2 same-sex couples per 1,000 households in the county. [16]

In 2000, 28.1% of the county's population was under the age of 18, 10.0% was from 18 to 24, 33.5% from 25 to 44, 20.1% from 45 to 64, and 8.3% was 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females, there were 98.10 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.6 males.

In 2000, the median income for a household in the county was $46,179, and the median income for a family was $54,068. Males had a median income of $38,486 versus $28,672 for females. The per capita income for the county was $22,548. About 8.0% of families and 10.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 13.8% of those under age 18 and 8.7% of those age 65 or over. According to the 2021 census estimates, the median income for a household in the county was $71,346.

American Community Survey 2023 Data

The United States Census Bureau estimated that in 2023, Tarrant County’s population was 2,182,947. It was also estimated that the county's population was 42.2% Non-Hispanic White, 30.5% Hispanic or Latino, 18.4% Non-Hispanic Black, 6.2% Asian, 0.4% Native American, 0.2% Pacific Islander, and 2.2% Multiracial. [17]

TotalPopulationPercentage
Non-Hispanic White920,28942.2%
Hispanic or Latino665,93630.5%
Non-Hispanic Black401,23918.4%
Asian134,8046.2%
Native American7,7710.4%
Pacific Islander4,4280.2%
Non-Hispanic Multiracial48,4802.2%

Government, courts, and politics

Government

Tarrant County, like all Texas counties, is governed by a Commissioners Court. The court consists of the county judge, who is elected county-wide and presides over the full court, and four commissioners, who are elected in each of the county's four precincts. [18]

County Judge and Commissioners

OfficeNameParty
 County JudgeTim O'HareRepublican
 County Commissioner, Precinct 1Roy Charles BrooksDemocratic
 County Commissioner, Precinct 2Alisa SimmonsDemocratic
 County Commissioner, Precinct 3Gary FickesRepublican
 County Commissioner, Precinct 4Manny RamirezRepublican

County Officials

OfficeName [19] [20] Party
 Criminal District AttorneyPhil SorrellsRepublican
 District ClerkThomas A. WilderRepublican
 County ClerkMary Louise NicholsonRepublican
 SheriffBill E. WaybournRepublican
 Tax Assessor-CollectorWendy BurgessRepublican

Constables

OfficeName [19] [20] [21] Party
 Constable, Precinct 1Dale ClarkRepublican
 Constable, Precinct 2Robert McGintyDemocratic
 Constable, Precinct 3Darrell HuffmanRepublican
 Constable, Precinct 4Jason Scott BedfordRepublican
 Constable, Precinct 5Pedro MunozDemocratic
 Constable, Precinct 6Jon H. SiegelRepublican
 Constable, Precinct 7Sandra LeeDemocratic
 Constable, Precinct 8Michael R. CampbellDemocratic

County services

The JPS Health Network (Tarrant County Hospital District) operates the John Peter Smith Hospital and health centers.

Countywide law enforcement is provided by the Tarrant County Sheriff's Office and Tarrant County Constable's Office. All cities in the county provide their own police services, with three exceptions: Westlake contracts service from the Keller Police Department, [22] and Haslet [23] and Edgecliff Village [24] contract service from the Sheriff's Office. DFW Airport, [25] the Tarrant County Hospital District, and the Tarrant Regional Water District also provide their own police forces.

Since the disbandment of the North Tarrant County Fire Department, no countywide firefighting services exist. All municipalities provide their own fire departments. Most cities also operate their own ambulances, with two notable exceptions: Fort Worth and 14 other Tarrant County cities are served by the Metropolitan Area EMS Authority (MAEMSA), a governmental administrative agency established under an interlocal operating agreement and operating as MedStar Mobile Health, [26] while the city of Arlington contracts paramedic apparatus from private entity American Medical Response. [27]

Fire and EMS protection in unincorporated portions of Tarrant County is governed by the Tarrant County Emergency Services District #1, which administers contracts with 17 fire departments (including 10 with EMS response) and has mutual aid agreements with eight additional fire departments. [28]

CareFlite air ambulance services operate from Harris Methodist Hospital in Fort Worth.

As of 2021, Tarrant County was the largest county by population in the United States with no public defender. [29]

Courts

Justices of the Peace

OfficeName [19] [20] Party
 Justice of the Peace, Precinct 1Ralph Swearingin Jr.Republican
 Justice of the Peace, Precinct 2Mary Tom CurnuttRepublican
 Justice of the Peace, Precinct 3Bill BrandtRepublican
 Justice of the Peace, Precinct 4Chris GregoryRepublican
 Justice of the Peace, Precinct 5Sergio L. De LeonDemocratic
 Justice of the Peace, Precinct 6Jason M. CharbonnetRepublican
 Justice of the Peace, Precinct 7Kenneth SandersDemocratic
 Justice of the Peace, Precinct 8Lisa R. WoodardDemocratic

County criminal courts

OfficeName [19] [20] [30] Party
 County Criminal Court No. 1David CookRepublican
 County Criminal Court No. 2Carey F. WalkerRepublican
 County Criminal Court No. 3Bob McCoyRepublican
 County Criminal Court No. 4Deborah NekhomRepublican
 County Criminal Court No. 5Brad ClarkRepublican
 County Criminal Court No. 6Randi HartinRepublican
 County Criminal Court No. 7Eric StarnesRepublican
 County Criminal Court No. 8Charles L. "Chuck" VanoverRepublican
 County Criminal Court No. 9Brian BoltonRepublican
 County Criminal Court No. 10Trent LoftinRepublican

County civil courts

OfficeName [19] [20] Party
 County Court at Law No. 1Don PiersonRepublican
 County Court at Law No. 2Jennifer RymellRepublican
 County Court at Law No. 3Mike HrabalRepublican

County probate courts

OfficeName [19] [20] Party
 County Probate Court No. 1Chris PonderRepublican
 County Probate Court No. 2Brooke AllenRepublican

Criminal district courts

OfficeName [19] [20] [31] Party
 Criminal District Court No. 1Elizabeth H. BeachRepublican
 Criminal District Court No. 2Wayne SalvantRepublican
 Criminal District Court No. 3Douglas AllenRepublican
 Criminal District Court No. 4Andy PorterRepublican
 213th District CourtChris WolfeRepublican
 297th District CourtDavid C. HagermanRepublican
 371st District CourtRyan HillRepublican
 372nd District CourtJulie LugoRepublican
 396th District CourtGeorge GallagherRepublican
 432nd District CourtRuben Gonzalez Jr.Republican
 485th District CourtSteven JumesRepublican

Civil district courts

OfficeName [19] [20] [32] Party
 17th District CourtMelody WilkinsonRepublican
 48th District CourtChris TaylorRepublican
 67th District CourtDon CosbyRepublican
 96th District CourtJ. Patrick GallagherRepublican
 141st District CourtJohn P. ChuppRepublican
 153rd District CourtSusan Heygood McCoyRepublican
 236th District CourtTom LoweRepublican
 342nd District CourtKimberly FitzpatrickRepublican
 348th District CourtMegan FaheyRepublican
 352nd District CourtJosh BurgessRepublican

Family district courts

OfficeName [19] [20] [33] Party
 231st District CourtJesus "Jesse" Nevarez Jr.Republican
 233rd District CourtKenneth NewellRepublican
 322nd District CourtJames MunfordRepublican
 324th District CourtBeth PoulosRepublican
 325th District CourtCynthia TerryRepublican
 360th District CourtPatricia Baca BennettRepublican

Juvenile district court

OfficeName [19] [20] Party
 323rd District CourtAlex KimRepublican

Politics

Since the 1950s, Tarrant County has been very conservative for an urban county, and is one of the most populous Republican-leaning counties in the nation. However, it elected Democrat Jim Wright to 17 terms (1955–1989) as U.S. Congressman and Speaker of the House (1987–1989), and Wright was succeeded by fellow Democrat Pete Geren (1989–1997).

Beginning in 2016, the Democratic Party rebounded to represent a larger portion of the political profile and made huge gains in Tarrant County, concentrated in several areas throughout the county: eastern Euless, Grand Prairie and eastern and southern Arlington, northern and western areas of Mansfield, large portions of Fort Worth, particularly the area surrounding the Stockyards and Meacham Airport, southern and eastern Fort Worth, especially in dense metro areas and along I-35W, and Forest Hill. [34]

Republicans are dominant in many of the rural areas of the county, downtown and western Fort Worth and north of Loop 820, and almost all suburban areas including Benbrook, rural Mansfield areas and western Arlington, Haltom City, Mid-Cities (Hurst, Euless, and Bedford), and the northern suburbs. [34] Tarrant County has consistently voted Republican in gubernatorial elections since 1994. [35]

The county has leaned Republican in United States Senate races since Democrat Lloyd Bentsen's 1988 victory, but in 2018 and 2024 Democratic U.S. Senate candidates carried Tarrant, though both lost statewide to incumbent Ted Cruz. [36]

Joe Biden carried the county with 49.3% (to Donald Trump's 49.1%) in the 2020 presidential election, the first win for a Democratic presidential ticket in Tarrant County since Texas native Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964, and the closest such race in the county since at least 1912. Biden's margin over Trump was 1,826 votes; the next closest margin was in 1976, when Republican Gerald Ford carried Tarrant by 2,146 votes over Democrat Jimmy Carter. Many other suburban Texas counties, including Tarrant's immediate neighbors Denton and Collin, as well as those around Houston and Austin, showed similar trends between 2016 and 2020. [37] However, in the 2024 election Tarrant County moved back in the Republican column, supporting Trump over Kamala Harris, 51.8% to 46.7%.

From the 1893 beginning of U.S. House District 12, there have been two Republicans in 127 years elected to the U.S. House for the western half of Tarrant County; from the 1875 inception of U.S. House District 6, there have been three Republicans in 145 years elected to the U.S. House for the eastern portion of Tarrant County, including former congressman and senator Phil Gramm's election as both a Democrat and a Republican after he switched parties in 1983 to run for re-election. The first Republican elected to the State Senate from Tarrant County since Reconstruction was Betty Andujar in 1972.

United States presidential election results for Tarrant County, Texas [38]
Year Republican Democratic Third party(ies)
No. %No. %No. %
2024 426,62651.82%384,50146.70%12,1851.48%
2020 409,74149.09%411,56749.31%13,3891.60%
2016 345,92151.74%288,39243.14%34,2015.12%
2012 348,92057.12%253,07141.43%8,8991.46%
2008 348,42055.43%274,88043.73%5,2530.84%
2004 349,46262.39%207,28637.01%3,3930.61%
2000 286,92160.74%173,75836.78%11,7102.48%
1996 208,31250.85%170,43141.60%30,9017.54%
1992 183,38738.90%156,23033.14%131,77927.96%
1988 242,66061.24%151,31038.19%2,2670.57%
1984 248,05067.25%120,14732.57%6650.18%
1980 173,46656.86%121,06839.69%10,5323.45%
1976 124,43350.05%122,28749.18%1,9110.77%
1972 151,59668.55%69,18731.29%3550.16%
1968 81,78642.88%79,70541.79%29,25615.34%
1964 56,59336.71%97,09262.98%4730.31%
1960 72,81354.75%59,38544.66%7880.59%
1956 66,32959.65%43,92239.50%9460.85%
1952 63,68057.97%45,96841.85%1940.18%
1948 17,15728.25%36,32559.81%7,25711.95%
1944 4,1138.05%36,79172.05%10,16119.90%
1940 7,47417.15%36,06282.73%530.12%
1936 3,78111.20%29,79188.24%1900.56%
1932 5,25115.67%27,83683.06%4261.27%
1928 20,48168.99%9,20831.01%00.00%
1924 5,85926.45%13,67361.73%2,61911.82%
1920 3,48620.38%12,43172.66%1,1916.96%
1916 1,55012.69%10,26984.08%3943.23%
1912 5486.13%7,22280.79%1,16913.08%

State Board of Education members

DistrictName [39] Party
 District 11Patricia HardyRepublican
 District 13Erika BeltranDemocratic

Texas State Representatives

DistrictName [39] PartyResidence
  90 Ramon Romero Jr. DemocraticFort Worth
  91 Stephanie Klick RepublicanFort Worth
  92 Salman Bhojani DemocraticEuless
  93 Nate Schatzline RepublicanFort Worth
  94 Tony Tinderholt RepublicanArlington
  95 Nicole Collier DemocraticFort Worth
  96 David Cook RepublicanArlington
  97 Craig Goldman RepublicanFort Worth
  98 Giovanni Capriglione RepublicanSouthlake
  99 Charlie Geren RepublicanRiver Oaks
  101 Chris Turner DemocraticGrand Prairie

Texas State Senators

DistrictName [39] PartyResidence
  9 Kelly Hancock RepublicanFort Worth
  10 Phil King RepublicanWeatherford
  12 Jane Nelson RepublicanFlower Mound
  22 Brian Birdwell RepublicanGranbury
  23 Royce West DemocraticDallas

United States House of Representatives

DistrictName [39] PartyResidence
  Texas's 6th congressional district Jake Ellzey RepublicanWaxahachie
  Texas's 12th congressional district Kay Granger RepublicanFort Worth
  Texas's 24th congressional district Beth Van Duyne RepublicanIrving
  Texas's 25th congressional district Roger Williams RepublicanWeatherford
  Texas's 26th congressional district Michael Burgess RepublicanLewisville
  Texas's 30th congressional district Jasmine Crockett DemocraticDallas
  Texas's 33rd congressional district Marc Veasey DemocraticFort Worth

Education

Colleges and universities

Under the Texas Education Code, Tarrant County is the entire official service area of Tarrant County College (formerly Tarrant County Junior College). [40]

Universities in Tarrant County include:

Primary and secondary schools

Public schools in Texas are organized into independent school districts and charter schools. Tarrant County is also home to dozens of private high schools and nearly 100 lower-level private schools. [41]

Independent school districts

Those serving the county include: [42]

Masonic Home Independent School District formerly served a part of the county. [43] In 2005 it merged into FWISD. [44]

Charter schools

Private schools

Transportation

Major highways

C. H. Rogers' Road Map of Tarrant County, 1920 Rogers Road Map of Tarrant County 1920 UTA.jpg
C. H. Rogers' Road Map of Tarrant County, 1920

Airports

Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport is partially in the cities of Grapevine and Euless in Tarrant County and Irving in Dallas County.

Fort Worth Alliance Airport is a city-owned public-use airport located 14 miles (23 km) north of the central business district of Fort Worth on Interstate-35W. Billed as the world's first purely industrial airport, it was developed in a joint venture between the City of Fort Worth, the Federal Aviation Administration and Hillwood Development Company, a real estate development company owned by H. Ross Perot Jr. Alliance Airport has 9600' and 8200' runways.

Fort Worth Meacham International Airport is located at the intersection of Interstate 820 and U.S. Business Highway 287 in northwest Fort Worth, 5 miles from the downtown business district. Meacham International Airport has two parallel runways.

Fort Worth Spinks Airport is located 14 miles south of the downtown business district. The airport is located at the intersection of Interstate-35W and HWY 1187 and serves as a reliever airport for Fort Worth Meacham International Airport and Dallas–Fort Worth International Airport.

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Grapevine is a city located in northeast Tarrant County, Texas, United States, with minor portions extending into Dallas County and Denton County. The population was 50,631 at the time of the 2020 census, up from 46,334 in the 2010 census. The city is located in the Mid-Cities suburban region between Dallas and Fort Worth and includes a larger portion of Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport than other cities.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Haslet, Texas</span> City in Texas, United States

Haslet is a city in mostly Tarrant County and partly in Denton County within the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex in the U.S. state of Texas, and is located 15 miles north of downtown Fort Worth and 20 miles south of Denton. Haslet borders Interstate 35W, U.S. Highway 287, and Alliance Airport. The population was 1,952 at the 2020 census.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex</span> Conurbation and metropolitan statistical area in the United States

The Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, officially designated Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, is the most populous metropolitan statistical area in the U.S. state of Texas and the Southern United States, encompassing 11 counties. Its historically dominant core cities are Dallas and Fort Worth. It is the economic and cultural hub of North Texas. Residents of the area also refer to it as DFW or the Metroplex. The Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington metropolitan statistical area's population was 7,637,387 according to the U.S. Census Bureau's 2020 census, making it the fourth-largest metropolitan area in the U.S. and the eleventh-largest in the Americas. In 2016, the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex had the highest annual population growth in the United States. By 2023, the U.S. Census Bureau estimated that the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area's population had increased to 8,100,037, with the highest numerical growth of any metropolitan area in the United States.

The Mid-Cities is a suburban region filling the 30-mile span between Dallas and Fort Worth. These communities include the cities of Arlington, Bedford, Colleyville, Coppell, Euless, Flower Mound, Grand Prairie, Grapevine, Haltom City, Hurst, Irving, Keller, Lewisville, Mansfield, North Richland Hills, Richland Hills, Southlake, and Watauga.

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