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Tarrant County, Texas

A county in Texas, ranked 3 of 254 by population.

CountyFIPS 48439

Within Texas
Tarrant County, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data. The dot marks Fort Worth, the county seat, located via the 2025 Census Gazetteer.

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Population
2,248,466
+132,272 (+6.3%) since 2020
Land area
865.4
square miles. A further 4.2% of the total area is water
Population density
2,598
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Fort Worth
Seat of county government.
Established
1849
176 years ago
Largest city
Fort Worth city
Population 1,006,863 for the whole place, which extends beyond this county.

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; Wikidata (CC0), Wikidata. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

Satellite view

Aerial imagery of Tarrant County with its boundary drawn on top. A map shows you the shape; this shows you what is inside it, and which side of the line a place falls on.

Aerial view of Tarrant County, Texas from the USGS National Map, with its boundary outlined
Imagery: USGS National Map, USGS Imagery Only, public domain, requested from USGS by your browser when you reach this point on the page, at 786 by 800 pixels. The boundary is the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file, reprojected to Web Mercator to match the imagery. You can also open the USGS National Map viewer.

Where Tarrant County ranks

Position among the 254 counties of Texas, and among all 3,144 US counties and county-equivalents. Computed from the figures on this page.

MeasureValueIn TexasNationally
Population2,248,4663rd of 25414th of 3,144
Land area865.4 sq mi179th of 254953rd of 3,144
Population density2,598 per sq mi3rd of 25449th of 3,144
Median household income$84,20731st of 254444th of 3,143

Full data for Tarrant County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population2,248,466Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20202,116,194Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?2,110,969Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area865.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area38.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area903.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?2,598 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$84,207American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$323,900American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age35.2American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households782,419American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units843,257American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, released 29 January 2026. Population density is computed here, not published: it divides the Vintage 2025 population estimate by the 2025 Gazetteer land area, which are two different Census products. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

How the population changed

The Census Bureau publishes the components behind an estimate, not just the total. For the year to July 2025:

Births minus deaths
+12,445
27,795 births, 15,350 deaths
Net migration
+5,784
More people moved in than moved out.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 6 areas bordering Tarrant County

Ordered by the length of the border actually shared, which the Census Bureau publishes in its county adjacency file and which no other county reference presents.

Bordering areaStateShared borderPopulation
Dallas CountyTexas30 mi2,661,397
Parker CountyTexas30 mi184,767
Johnson CountyTexas27 mi218,048
Denton CountyTexas21 mi1,069,346
Wise CountyTexas8.5 mi83,778
Ellis CountyTexas2.8 mi240,867

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

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Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.