Tarrant County, Texas facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Tarrant County
County
Tarrant County
Tarrant County Courthouse
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Location within the U.S. state of Texas
Texas's location within the U.S.
Country	United States
State	Texas
Founded	1850
Named for	Edward H. Tarrant
Seat	Fort Worth
Largest city	Fort Worth
Area
• Total	902 sq mi (2,340 km2)
• Land	864 sq mi (2,240 km2)
• Water	39 sq mi (100 km2)  4.3%
Population  (2020)
• Total	2,110,640
• Density	2,443/sq mi (943/km2)
Time zone	UTC−6 (Central)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
Congressional districts	6th, 12th, 24th, 25th, 26th, 33rd

Tarrant County is located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of 2020, it had a population of 2,110,640. It is Texas' third-most populous county and the 15th-most populous in the United States. Its county seat is Fort Worth. Tarrant County, one of 26 counties created out of the Peters Colony, was established in 1849 and organized the next year. It was named in honor of General Edward H. Tarrant of the Republic of Texas militia.

Geography

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.

Adjacent counties

• Denton County (north)
• Dallas County (east)
• Ellis County (southeast)
• Johnson County (south)
• Parker County (west)
• Wise County (northwest)

Demographics

2020 census

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 can be of any race.

2010 Census

As of the census of 2010, there were 1,809,034 people. Tarrant County is currently the second most populous county in the Dallas-Ft. Worth Metropolitan Statistical Area. Non-Hispanic whites are believed to constitute about 46.7% of the county's population according to current population trends.

Transportation

Major highways

• I-20
• I-30
• I-35W
• I-820
• US 81
• US 287
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  Bus. US 287
• US 377
• SH 10
• SH 26
• SH 97
• SH 114
• SH 121
• FM 156
• FM 157
• SH 161
• SH 170
• SH 180
• SH 183
• SH 303
• SH 360

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.

Communities

Cities (multiple counties)

Cities

Towns

Census-designated places

• Briar (partly in Wise and Parker counties)
• Pecan Acres (small part in Wise County)
• Rendon

Historical census-designated places

• Eagle Mountain

Unincorporated communities

Historical communities

Ghost towns

• Birds
• Dido

Notes

• Italicize indicates that the city is a principal city of DFW or a county seat
• The term "town" is used only in reference to relative population. Under Texas law, all incorporated places are officially designated "cities".

Education

Colleges and universities

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.

Independent school districts

• Arlington Independent School District
• Birdville Independent School District
• Carroll Independent School District
• Castleberry Independent School District
• Eagle Mountain-Saginaw Independent School District
• Everman Independent School District
• Fort Worth Independent School District
• Grapevine-Colleyville Independent School District
• Hurst-Euless-Bedford Independent School District
• Keller Independent School District
• Kennedale Independent School District
• Lake Worth Independent School District
• White Settlement Independent School District
• Azle Independent School District (partial)
• Burleson Independent School District (partial)
• Crowley Independent School District (partial)
• Godley Independent School District (partial)
• Mansfield Independent School District (partial)
• Northwest Independent School District (partial)

Charter schools

• Arlington Classics Academy
• Fort Worth Academy of Fine Arts
• IDEA Public Schools
• Harmony Public Schools
• Newman International Academy
• Texas School of the Arts
• Treetops School International
• Uplift Education (partial)
• Westlake Academy

Private schools

• Colleyville Covenant Christian Academy
• Fort Worth Christian School
• Fort Worth Country Day School
• Lake Country Christian School
• Nolan Catholic High School
• The Oakridge School
• Southwest Christian School
• Temple Christian School
• Trinity Baptist Temple Academy
• Trinity Valley School

Images for kids

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  USGS map of Tarrant County, 1894