Jury Pool Profile
Tarrant County, Texas
- County seat
- Fort Worth
- Judicial district
- 17th District Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 2,248,466
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 2,167,390.
At a glance
Tarrant County is a 2,248,466-person venue. The county population is 48% White and 18% Black (Census race-alone categories). 30% identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race. Those figures overlap rather than adding up; counted separately, non-Hispanic White residents are 42.0%, which is the basis the chart below uses. Median household income is $85,208, $5,485 above the TX state median of $79,723; 34.8% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 29.9% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish, then other Indo-European languages (2.2%), a group the Census does not break out. The largest employment sector is Trade, transportation & utilities, at 25.0% of covered employment, average pay $72,447/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.14%, below the 4.32% state average. The county has not voted for the same party across the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles . See Section 3 for cycle-by-cycle breakdowns.
- Population
- 2,167,390
- Median household income
- $84,207
- Unemployment
- 4.1%
Who sits on a jury?
<50% in any single race-alone group. White here: 48%; Black: 18%.
Tarrant County has a population of 2,167,390, with a median age of 35.2. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 48.2%; Black residents 17.7%. Independently, 30.3% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $85,208; 34.8% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 11.5% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Largest sector in BLS QCEW, even counting every withheld job toward the other sectors: Trade, transportation & utilities, about 25% of covered jobs.
Trade, transportation & utilities is the largest employment sector at 25.0% of covered employment, followed by Education & health services at 20.6%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.14%, below the Texas state average.
Political composition
Different parties won across the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles.
Tarrant County was carried by the Republican candidate with 51.9% of the vote in 2024; the Democratic candidate with 49.3% of the vote in 2020; the Republican candidate with 52.2% of the vote in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 67% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 29.9% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
29.9% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, Vietnamese, Arabic. Veterans account for 6.2% of the adult civilian population (99,576 individuals).