Tarrant County

administration
The Tarrant County Courthouse in Fort Worth, listed on the NRHP with number 70000762
US state :	Texas
Administrative headquarters :	Fort Worth
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Tarrant County Courthouse 100 W. Weatherford Street Fort Worth, TX 76196-0401
Foundation :	1849
Made up from:	Navarro County
Area code :	001 817
Demographics
Residents :	1,809,034 (2010)
Population density :	809 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	2324 km²
Water surface :	88 km²
map

Website : www.tarrantcounty.com

The Tarrant County is a county in the state of Texas of the United States . The county seat is Fort Worth .

geography

The county is located about 200 km northeast of the geographic center of Texas and is part of the Dallas / Fort Worth Metroplex . It has an area of 2,324 km², of which 88 square kilometers are water. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Denton County , Dallas County , Johnson County , Parker County, and Wise County .

history

Tarrant County was formed in 1849 from parts of Navarro County . It was named after Edward H. Tarrant , a general who drove the Indians out of what would later become the county.

Demographic data (2010 and before)

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1850	664	-
1860	6020	806.6%
1870	5788	-3.9%
1880	24,671	326.2%
1890	41,142	66.8%
1900	52,376	27.3%
1910	108,572	107.3%
1920	152,800	40.7%
1930	197,553	29.3%
1940	225,521	14.2%
1950	361.253	60.2%
1960	538.495	49.1%
1970	716.317	33%
1980	860.880	20.2%
1990	1.170.103	35.9%
2000	1,446,219	23.6%
2010	1,809,034	25.1%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010 Age pyramid of Tarrant County

The Eagle Mountain Lake Park

Aerial view of Benbrook Lake

According to the 2000 census , Tarrant County had 1,446,219 people in 533,864 households and 369,433 families. The population density was 647 inhabitants per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 71.23 percent white, 12.80 percent African American, 0.57 percent Native American, 3.64 percent Asian, 0.16 percent from the Pacific island area and 9.09 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 2.51 percent were descended from two or more races. 19.73 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 533,864 households, 36.8 percent had children or young people living with them. 52.6 percent were married couples living together, 12.2 percent were single mothers and 30.8 percent were non-families. 24.9 percent were single households and 5.9 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.67 and the average family size was 3.22 people.

28.1 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 10.0 percent between 18 and 24, 33.5 percent between 25 and 44, 20.1 percent between 45 and 64 and 8.3 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females there were 98.1 males and for every 100 females age 18 or over there were 95.6 males.

The median income for a household in the city is $ 46,179 , and the median income for a family is $ 54,068. Males had a median income of $ 38,486 versus $ 28,672 for females. The per capita income was $ 22,548. 8.0 percent of families and 10.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.